Publisher: Accolade(bought by Infogrames, which is now Atari)
Developer: Accolade
Size: 16 megs
No. of players: 2
Official Ad: Yes
Got it for: $3.99, complete!
An alien race known as the "Woolies" have come to Earth to jack its supply of yarn...just sounds like something your cat would love right? Anyway, it's up to our talkative, hip (bob)cat Bubsy to save the Earth from these yarn-stealing bastards.

What's it all about?
It's pretty much your basic, cartoon-style side scroller, but with a lot more humor. Bubsy's main attacks consists of jumping on enemies...and well, jumping then gliding down onto enemies. Most of the time you are hauling ass around these HUGE levels, trying to step as lightly as possible(as Bubsy is, unfortunately, a one-hit-kill kitty) to make it to the end. About every four or five levels a boss(or two) will show up, at which time you will glide-pounce them to death mercilessly.
Graphics - Awesome! Not pulling a Probe on us, Accolade did a great job of making the graphics on the Genesis version of Bubsy every bit as great as its SNES counterpart. The *huge* levels are incredibly lush with parallax effects and color, and the enemies and Bubsy have excellent animation.
Sound - Bad-ass! Accolade shows off with Bubsy's large amount of speech, coming through clearly without the scratchiness were generally accustomed to. The music is great, though with the levels being so damn long, after about the second or third loop, you may want to turn it down a bit...
Control - Frisky! You can make your way around pretty easily thanks to Bubsy's incredibly responsive control scheme. Though he won't stop on a dime, you have free movement in the air and Bubsy can even float(kind of).
AI - Weak. Most of the enemies just seem to attack thin air, the only time it gets in the way is when you run into it.
Replay value - Moderate. The game is so tough at certain points, I can't really see going back, but skipping those few levels may have you coming back to play occasionally.
Tips for better gaming experiences:
The game is tough, and can be quite aggravating at times as the levels are sooooo big, and it only takes one hit to send you allllllllll the way back to the last marker. To reduce the stress, kill the timer, it serves no purpose but to make you rush through levels and make mistakes. Also, if you want, kick in the Infinite Lives code so you don't have to worry about getting pounded by the same enemies and level bosses everytime.
Game Genie:
Infinite time: ADTA-6AAC
Infinite lives: RERT-86V4

Those enemies a little friskier than you thought? One hit kills got you down? The genie is pet friendly...give him a shot.

My rating: 80(out of 100) - I love Bubsy, I really do, but the game's tough difficulty level knocks it down quite a bit in my book. If you can hang with it though, it's an excellent platformer with one of the coolest cats you'll ever meet.

(bob)Cat's roar: I love this game! You go, bobcat, go! Excellent platformer with a feline that makes me proud to be a cat! In fact, you made the cover of EGM, you go kitty!
Cats and water...
Look at that pounce!
GameFan named Bubsy the best new character of 1993.
All aboard!
Suing me, no, I'm suing you!:
Prior to Bubsy's release, Sega and Accolade were at each other's throats. Accolade had reverse-engineered the Genesis hardware so their games could be played without Sega's "Seal of Approval" or license. Sega took them to court, and lost as the ruling was that the coding was acceptable under the "Fair Use" doctrine. Accolade games prior to Bubsy have an extremely hard time being played on the model 1 Genesis, but will play easily on the model 2 Genesis as it has the "Licensed by Sega" part burnt into the Rom. Note: If you have a 32X, unlicensed games(like Double Dragon and earlier Accolade stuff) *will* play on the model 1 Genesis.