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bubsy_(series)
📅 Updated:2026-08-28
🕒 Created:2026-08-27
🆔 ID:111357
Description
Bubsy is a series of platform video games created by Michael Berlyn and developed and published by Accolade. The games star an anthropomorphic bobcat named Bubsy, a character that takes inspiration from Super Mario Bros. and Sonic the Hedgehog. The first entry in the series was released in 1993, with multiple sequels released afterwards, but poor reception to Bubsy 3D (1996) caused the series to be put on hold.
Beginning in 1999, ownership of Accolade and the franchise changed hands several times, with later owners including Infogrames (now Atari SA), Tommo, and Billionsoft, the latter of which released two Bubsy games in the late 2010s.
As of April 2023, Atari SA has re-acquired the Bubsy franchise and is currently publishing new games through Atari, Inc. In addition to the games, a television pilot (titled: What Could Possibly Go Wrong?), was created for a potential animated series, but it was not picked up by any channel. It was also a collaboration between Calico Entertainment and Imagination Factory, and sponsored by Taco Bell, it aired on Bohbot Communications' Kid's Day Off syndication package for Thanksgiving 1993. The pilot itself was included in Super Bubsy (1997) and The Purrfect Collection (2025).
In 2013, independent game developer Arcane Kids released Bubsy 3D: Bubsy Visits the James Turrell Retrospective an unofficial fan game satirizing Bubsy in celebration of the franchise's 20th anniversary. The parody game was well-received by audiences, and was briefly considered for inclusion in the previously mentioned collection.
Wikipedia link:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bubsy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bubsy
