Bubsy 3D - What Happened?
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I played Bubsy 2 when I was a kid on my Genesis. I loved the game so much, that as a ten-year-old, I sent the studio a letter telling them how much I loved their game and if they had any merchandise anywhere that I could buy to remind me of Bubsy. They sent me a care package of posters, folders, and a mouse pad that somebody in the office was probably using since it had numbers scrawled on it, since I expect that the original crew was no longer in the office and they had to scrounge to find me some stuff. It was very magical for me, and I can't hate Bubsy no matter how bad the games did. Just the fact that a bunch of people went out of their way to send a ten-year-old a little care package about a game that apparently didn't even do that good is really something special.
That is really cool
Honestly that's beautiful. Thank you for sharing.
Diana Ruman thanks for taking the time to type all that, a very lovely story (:
Diana Ruman I’m sorry but the numbers scrawled on it part made me laugh 😂 but hey the gaming industry is tough and it’s the thought that counts 😃
That's really cool. It's such a shame that people tend to hate so much on Developers, 99% of them are doing their best, and sometimes things just don't work out, for whatever reason.
Destroying an entire game over getting to brag that you have the highest resolution is the funniest shit I've ever heard.
@DejaVoodooDoll That was by Silicon & Synapse (now known as Blizzard Entertainment) lol ;)
It sounds like the kind of thing you'd rant about and turn into a mantra you chant over and over when remembering you made this game drives you insane.
@bar clar Because it is the internet and the internet is us.
Good to know that Bend's two claims to fame is the last Blockbuster and the location of a bad Bubsy game developer.....
...
That's it, there's nothing else.
Ironically I think the higher resolution made the graphics look *worse*. The low resolution of most PS1 games hid the flaws of the system's graphics processor, and Bubsy 3D doesn't get that here. In one scene, you can clearly see the textures warp!
So there’s a fun story about CES in 96. Where both bubsy 3D and Mario 64 were on display. Richard Hamm was there showing off the game and after getting hands on to Mario 64 walked back to his both and was quoted as saying “We’re fucked”
God, I want that to have been filmed like an episode of Arrested Development so bad
@@cybercrasherstv "I ve made a huuuge mistake"
Wow that is so sad and hilarious....
I don't think Days Gone is that great but the fact it is the studio who made the infamous Bubsy 3D is like finding out From Soft made Superman 64
Yes....very much soo...
DaysGone surprised me by how great the game is compared to the shitty reviews the "game journalists" left.
Dude... From Soft made Steel Battalion Heavy Armor
... Really?
I think Days Gone was really solid. Not mindblowing and with a weak start, but overall very entertaining and honestly one of the games that does modern, ubisoft-like open world design the best.
"We went for super high resolution because no one else was doing it"
I wonder if it ever occurred to them that there might be a reason behind that.
Yeah you would think that programmers of all people would know about PC gamers having to set their monitors to 640 by 480 to play most 3d games at a decent fps
Everything went wrong.
And Bubsy refuses to die.
His like a roach
Bubsy wished for immortality on a Monkey’s Paw. We all have to live with the consequences.
David Raymond Still a more endearing character than Dark Pit.
Ethan Freeman Blame Square Enix for jacking off to useless Kairi for the reason why Gex, Soul Reaver/Legacy Of Kain, and Bushido Blade are still dead.
Oh, he died. It's just that he's a cat, so it didn't stick.
The fact that there's actually a good ending for Eidetic is actually kinda heartwarming. After seeing so many Wha Happuns with brutal endings for the companies in question, it's pretty refreshing.
Only way it would have been better was if Bubsy died a sad, lonely franchise death, but we've got some really mad folk out there in this world.
Wasn't the first new bubsy game at least decent? I dunno about the second, because i wasn't even aware we had a second new bubsy.
The second one is basically BitTrip Runner but with a Bubsy skin. So whether you'd like it depends on what you thought of that game.
@@GygasDistruttore eh it was just mediocre, almost skirting the edge of decent imo plus it's very basic and theres much better competition. Dunno about the second one
Why do people want "bad" franchises to die?
What a crazy comeback story.
From making one of the worst games of all time, to then making the _Syphon Filter_ series, two _Uncharted_ spin-offs and friggin' _Days Gone._
Wow.
Now think of all the garbage devs that coulda been great if they had just accepted that their bad games were bad and learned from the mistakes they made instead of continuing to push out garbage... *SAY* *GAH*
That’s like your opinion.
@@dontbestupid6664 sounds more like a fucking fact. What part sounds like an opinion to you exactly
I’m surprised it took you this long to get to anything Bubsy related.
Ikr
2:25 HEY, YOU BE NICE TO TOEJAM AND EARL
What could possibly go wrong? EVERYTHING.
what could pawsibly go wrong? I believe he's been shouting a pun this whole time.
@@ReikuHidori i think that's his shitty catchphrase
“THIS is what could go wrong” (shows this game)
-Somecallmejohnny
*pawsibly
Activision got involved, that's what!
I'm glad they had that crisp, clean resolution they could use to clearly display *checks notes* virtually no textures.
I had no idea Taco Bell was involved in that bubsy pilot, lmao
Because giving you flaming diarrhea wasn't bad enough 🔥
Same and I had no idea that the reason why Bubsy 3D looks so bad is mostly due to the decision to choose resolution over everything else
ιѕαвєllα ღ The Bubsy cartoon is the animated equivalent to flaming diarrhea
My guess would be they tried to hide the fact they had anything to do with the monstrosity lol
Taco Bell's Midnight Bobcat Box didn't really go ever well with test audiences.
My 3D modeling teacher at my college worked on this game, I asked him and he said he did some of the animated FMVs for this game. Very sweet man, I think I pissed him off by asking him though X'D
"Worst Game Ever"
Little did we know of the horror that would be Superman 64 three years later.
FNaF would like to have a word with you
Did you run a what happened monkey paw?
But at least Superman 64 had real backgrounds
@@Narusasu98 does it really matter? you can barely play that shit, with bubsy you don't clip through the map at least
And the studio that made Bubsy 3D released Syphon Filter.
I really hate how people forget about the classic Bubsy 3d 2: bubsy goes to the dmv. It really is an underrated classic for the gamecube. Honestly it’s on par with Mario goes to the fridge to get a glass of milk.
You've forgotten Crash Bandicoot gets a Root Canal, the greatest multiplayer game ever made.
It was only good after they fixed the bug where you got soft locked in if you read to many magazines in the waiting room
No respect for Sonic 4D: Turtles In Time on Wii? That game was revolutionary for its inclusion of characters.
eh, i'm partial to donkey king makes dinner 2: the second banana. sad that people avoided it for fear of sequelitis.
Gex 5: #Gextoo had some really underrated ideas that I swear I've seen in a lot of big name games for the next few years, but those stealth sections were awful.
Besides Coconut Fred, this another role Rob Paulsen wished he never did, at least it was only a pilot, but yet the Bobcat, SOMEHOW, still lives on.
Critically acclaimed game franchises like Mega Man X, Rayman, Earthworm Jim, Vectorman, Clayfighter, Jet Set Radio, Primal Rage, F-Zero, Virutal-On and Eternal Champions? All dead. But Bubsy? Keeps coming back.
Pls don’t hate on him.
A contract with Satan. THAT is how Bubsy still draws breath
@@horaciosi guitaroo man 2? Nahhh two more Bubsey sequels there's the money right there. *pass me the rum*
This is a crime
Sony: You guys sure you want to release this game the way it is?
Accolade: What could possibly go wrong?
Real Life: E V E R Y T H I N G!!!
One game I've always been curious about the development of is Guitar Hero: Van Halen. That title ended up being such a mess that they ended up giving it away for free to people who bought Guitar Hero 5. Maybe there's not a lot of meat there, but I'll throw it out there anyway. Also, what the hell happened with Drake of the 99 Dragons?
Same here. Except I also wonder what happened to a few BEMANI games, because some of them have some questionable decisions and hardware revisions that just make me scratch my head.
And I ESPECIALLY wanna know what went up with the BEMANI Sound Team deal, where artists werent getting credited. This was also going on around the time of the Kojima drama, so....
Honestly from what I remember with GH:VH it was a pretty uninteresting case of "we gave them six months to make a video game and OOPS didnt work" but I think a Wha Happun on 2009-2010 Guitar Hero in general would be fascinating.
wasnt there close to ten releases in that two year window?
Maybe Just whole GH series
I'm a huge van halen fan so I thought it was awesome.
Or maybe just do a Wuh Happen on the GH series in general. Honestly, its a series worthy of it, but the death of that franchise can't really be put onto one game in particular.
I remember this game too well. I was the perfect age for Bubsy's target demo, because the first two games came out when I was too young to know they were ripping off Sonic. Of course, when the PlayStation came around, I just HAD to have Bubsy 3D. I think my Christmas list from that year was just the words Bubsy 3D over and over again.
That Christmas, I could physically feel a part of my innocence die.
Hotel Mario and Zelda CDi should be a fun episode.
Ma boiii
Reminder that there's two new Bubsy games and still no Jazz Jackrabbit 3, Gex 4 or Croc 3.
Or even an banjo threeie
well there is a JJ3... more or less. People were working on it but couldn't find a publisher so the project all but died. An old alpha must still be floating around and i know some fans messed with it back in the days.
Or a new F-zero game.
Epic dont remember have Jazz Jackrabbit Because the only interesting today is Fortnite and stupids Exclusive for his horrible Store....
May Gex's potential new sequel be great and not be like the cash grabs that are the modern Bubsy reskins.
Matt: Eidetic was based in Bend, Oregon.
Me: Huh. I wonder if that's where Sony Bend are from?
Me at the end of the video: oh my god.
In honor of Batman’s 80th Anniversary,
Batman & Robin: Wha Happun?
I'd like to see that.
@@BATCHARRO happy wheels?
Literally everything that can be said of that movie has already been said, dude.
Richard Ham now spends his time reviewing board games for his channel Rahdo Runs Through. Super chill guy, funny to hear him talk about Bubsy
Watching this video, I was not expecting Rahdo. Dude is awesome
yeah I as soon as I saw the picture of Richard Ham in the video I was like hey this is Radho.
@@gyrz19 Take me the last picture to see that was Rahdo. Don't expected. And doing him some justice, he was creative director in The Sims and Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3
Yeah i was surprised to see his face pop up, big fan of his Board Game tutorials/reviews. Didn't realise Rahdo had history in the gaming industry. Seems like he's come a long way from the Bubsy/Brink experience (not to mention his involvment and success with The Sims/Tony Hawk Pro 3 etc.) and I agree, he's super chill and couldn't be happier for the guy to have found his iconic place in the board gaming community. Absolute Legend!!
"super chill guy"
Forgive me for not believing that. Going off that statement near the end of the video, he sounds like an entitled fucking manchild who can't take criticism. Glad he's left the game industry because he sure as shit doesn't belong in it
1:03 - Naming your new company so it becomes before your old company in the phone book is a powerful flex
7:10 - A quick google doesn't reveal exactly which high resolution Busby 3D used, but Crash Bandicoot also used a high resolution mode, as well as insane hacks to fit everything into the measly amount of RAM on the PS1.
As far as I remember, Crash Bandicoot was actually standard 256x240 resolution.
It looks good because it was designed well, not because of the resolution.
>KAIN under edgy animal mascots
I... Don't know how to feel about this
Well... we don't really know much of what he did back before his game in the mid-ninties before he became a vampire. Back them everyone wanted to be Sonic before being Blade was much cooler.
I know that I feel rather sad that this is the only kind of recognition he gets nowadays.
Poor Raziel being... Left out?
According to Matt it was just a joke. I thought it was a magazine scan at first so I was baffled.
@@paulcoorhagen1025 i kno right its sad when your last game was a f2p gutted multiplayer mode from a potential new game
Happy to see Skies of Arcadia mentioned as a forgotten gem.
Makes me sad that we probably won't even see a remaster.
Yes please, a remaster with the less compressed sound and sharper graphics of the Dreamcast original, but with all the content of the GameCube release. Oh and a second part of course, but I would already be happy with the former
Ah yes, Bubsy. Everyone's favourite video game mascot that they wish it never existed.
Yes
There's also the fact that the early PS1 dev kits were...unsurprisingly limited (just look at the 1994 PS1 games), in fact they were even worse than the Net Yaroze kits.
If that team used those early dev kits, that decision to use the hi-res mode made things 150x more complicated for them
Maybe go for Playstation All Stars? From what I've heard, it contains a lot of "What Happened?" moments
Oh man, I would love to see that one. What a mess of a game that was...
Smash Ultimate is already a better PlayStation All-Stars than PlayStation All-Stars. The only thing it's missing is adding either real Dante, Crash or Spyro to further rub salt on the wound.
What happened: "Smash Bros is making lots of money and we want some"
I wanna find out what the HECK happened with Phillip's CDI Zelda games!
Seconded.
Same.
Oh lord, _please_ yes. I need to fully appreciate the insemination of the entire 2009-2013 YTP era.
Those games strangely made me not trust Sony's Playstation for a while
You got your wish. 🙂
"It was dark after Bubsy" is a quote that will stick with me for the rest of my life.
I remember the first Bubsy semi-fondly. I CANNOT play it now, but I do love how well animated it was...and that's about it. Warm kid memories and decent animation.
Q: What Happened?
A: They made Bubsy 3D
I love that Kain was in that roll call of goofy cartoon characters 😂
I had to pause the video 😂😂
It's nice to have a happy ending of sorts for a change. I mean they still ended up making Days Gone, but the studio wasn't shut down. That's something.
Man, how refreshing is it to see a developer that actually gets that rare second chance and DOES SOMETHING WITH IT.
I'm still waiting for that episode on Sonic: Dark Brotherhood. :D
I have never heard of Bubsy until way into the internet, and he just seems like the thing the ironic enjoyment crowd would like.
Bubsy 1 was cool.
Chinchilla Cutie Nah, Bubsy 1, 2 and POF are solid titles.
Pomeranian Girl Imagine being mad over an opinion.
@Pomeranian Girl I may not like Bubsy, but please try to be more respectful. 🤷
It's crazy hearing them talk about there not being a model for 3D platformers knowing what was coming down the pipeline that same year.
10:19 that joke aged in quite a curious way
The only good thing to come out of Bubsy 3D was Bubsy 3D: Bubsy Visits the James Turrell Retrospective.
Montague btw, I’ve been to the ACTUAL James Turrell Retrospective and it was breathtaking. Literally the best art exhibit I have ever seen.
@@tawdryhepburn4686 Did it involve coffin sledding in Hell and skeletons warning you of the dangers of capitalism?
My gran used to buy us gifts at new year (she was Scottish so they were Hogmanay gifts. It was apparently a thing on our family but I think she just wanted to give us more gifts after Christmas) she died before new year the year Bubsy was released. I can't remember if she had bought it or if my mum and dad went and got in in place of her (judging by the release date I'm guessing my parents got it...) but this was the game I got for Hogmanay that year. I fucking loved it. I spent so long playing it. I didn't care how janky it was or how frustrating it was to play. It was the last gift from her so it meant so much to me. I still have my copy to this day.
Looking back though...yeah, the game was fucking terrible. But it didn't change it for me.
17:18 you mean like...basically all of SEGA's IPs that arent called sonic?
Yakuza and Phantasy Star Online are both mega successful nowadays too.
@@zaneseibert Skies of Arcadia is dead because it sold like shit, twice, even the second time when it got a significantly better port.
It's sad, but what can you do.
Showing bloody roar just made me cry. That game needs a comeback pronto
I love hearing the success stories of studios reformed after making games like these. It gives me hope that I too can bounce back from a misstep.
I will always find it ironic that Bubsy’s catchphrase was “What could possibly go wrong?” When literally everything with him went wrong.
6:37 Ballz 3d sounds like something you would find in a adult video store
The Bubsy people made Syphon Filter? What a twist!
Not gonna lie. Seeing Power Stone and Bloody Roar made me tear up a little. I miss them.
"I should have made a left turn in Uranus"
Bubsy, You are a savage...XD
Seeing F-Zero GX float across the screen at the end hurt. Why would you do this to me Matt?
Man, I kinda really like how the environments in Bubsy 3D look. The solid colors feel almost Dali-esque to me. Or like every video I was ever shown in school through the late 90s to the early 10s.
Sometimes doing everything wrong teaches you how to make everything better.
The fact that there are like a million Bubsy games and we never even got Pulseman on a real cartridge is one of the Genesis' biggest injustices. At least we got Tempo from the same folks.
the one thing you can say about this game: they genuinely tried
My first exposure to this trainwreck was Somecallmejohnny’s full Bubsy series review. That was a fun as hell video. Since Matt and Johnny have recently stated interacting and sharing stuff with each other on Twitter, It’d be amazing to have him in a future episode. Maybe Metroid Other M? Also, I’m still waiting for Drake of the 99 Dragons
From Bubsy 3D to Days Gone. That's one hell of a turn around.
The fact that the same company who made...Bubsy 3D, also made Days Gone is mindblowing. While it has some problems, Days Gone is a fantastic game that's quite ambitious and has an incredibly unique atmosphere. I loved my time with it. Guess that's what 20+ years of experience and the backing of a massive company who's known know for quality can do.
Wow. That's actually great to see a studio turn it around and succeed.
Seriously, how many of us reach out towards our computer monitors when Skies of Arcadia floated by?
I actually liked the first Bubsy for SNES back then. I even still have my copy of it somewhere in my basement.
Bubsy 3D to Syphon Filter is one HELL of a glow-up.
Wow...
Just watching this video makes me anxious from the intense crunch and anxiety the devs must've gone through
You guys should check out Nitro Rad's review of this game. He actually sits down and beats the whole thing, which is something you really can't say for most people that do something on this turd. It's funny to see one of the most chill reviewers on the platform slowly losing his mind as the game breaks him down. And hey, supporting smaller CZcamsrs is always good.
If using a "Unlock all levels" cheat code and pretending that you've beaten the whole game is beating the whole game then okay. In his review he complains about Bubsy constantly talking wich is not true. in the later levels Bubsy barely says anything. (Wich means that hasn't gotten that far) He also usually shows beginning of the levels. (Wich also is weird) And by the time he would get into the later levels he would get used to the controls wich is not the case. I'm also not sure why the game is "inconsistent" for him because you can collect these rockets along the way. However his review wasn't the worst. At least he didn't show only 3 levels like most reviewers did or complain about everything he can.
It's a shit game, cheats or no.
@@Buglin_Burger7878 First of all I played the entire game and managed to find all the rockets. And yeah sure the controls are hard to get used to but once you get used to them you'll have a blast. However if you are just constantly bitching about it and don't care then yes, the game is frustrating. Also he said that the levels are maze like wich is not true. The only levels that could be considered maze like are: Clawstrophobic, Missing Lynx, Das Bobcat, Crimson Hide and maybe Domicidal Maniac. But the rest of the levels are linear. And if you get lost even if there are arrows pointing the way then that's sad. Also just because you don't care is not an excuse to cheat. Also in the options there is a setting to turn of Bubsy's voice. I feel like you're the one who has no idea what he's talking about...
It's okay to like the game. ... It's just objectively shit.
@@Honza-gr4qx Sorry bud, it's a shit tier garbage game
This game almost drove jontron to insanity
Ohhh my sweet memories as a kid playing Bubsy in Genesis.
I want a "What Happened?" With the 2000s Crash games mostly Titans and Mind Over Mutant.
Basically the IP went to different developers who wanted to mix up the franchise a bit. I never bought or played them as even the box art looked stupid. Saw in-depth reviews of them, and I was right, they did suck.
"When have you ever seen a Bobcat fly?" - Jontron
Do Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark, Bomberman: Act Zero, Sonic Forces, and more Sonic games!
Eww, JonTron.
How does anyone treat his reviews seriously to this day is a mystery to me.
@@mix3k818 I think people like Jontron cause he wasn't "another AVGN." He was like this at first, but soon developed his own style. I don't watch him as much, but I like his older content.
Destron Laserwave Meanwhile, I'm glad he left gaming. There's so much stuff he did wrong I find it hard to tolerate the influence he had.
@@mix3k818
He was never a serious reviewer in the first place, it was 90% jokes with a small amount of his personal opinion.
Jalen Dunlap And yet a lot of people still treat him like he was some kind of Messiah.
Another fantastic episode - this is my favorite series on CZcams right now, thanks Matt and pals.
Definitely gotta agree with you when it comes to other franchises that definitely deserve a sequel or more sequels than Bubsy does. F-Zero, Skies of Arcadia, and Power Stone are some of my favorite games of all time, yo.
Real talk, What Happun? is one of youtube's finest series. Great job, Matt.
I would love to see you do "Outpost". A game that shipped with about half of the features in the instruction manual not actually implemented. I hear Outpost 2 is actually good, but the original version of the first game was a trainwreck.
That confused me so much as a kid. The game seemed so much deeper than it actually was and I never knew why until literally just now. I remember Outpost 2 being great!
This has been a pretty good lore drop on a Bubsy I did not think I needed.
11:18 "Mr. Bubsy, I don't feel so good..." - Bubsy 3D for Sega Saturn, probably
17:17 Powerstone and Skies... right in the feels.
This is the timeline we're living in. Bubsy can be in one of the worst games of all time and still be semi-relevant, yet Blinx, Klonoa, and almost half of Sega's franchises might never see the light of day again, with Klonoa's movie getting cancelled as a final kick in the head.
Klonoa was going to have a movie?!
Why can't all franchises be relevant?
well, at least Sega is gonna bring back a few dead IPs
haven't played Blinx yet, but yea, a new Klonoa game would be great (tho ig it might still happen eventually if we got the Phantasy Reverie Series remaster)
What about Bubsy V Bubsy visits the James Turrell retrospective
ah yes my favorite bubsy game
Reminds me a lot of Earthworm Jim going 3D, when's that train-wreak getting the spotlight?
I played that train wreck
It was all right
You got your wish. 🙂
And to think that this is from the same developer behind Days Gone and the Syphon Filter games.
Bubsy and Taco Bell. A surprisingly natural pairing.
We all knew this one was coming, it was a matter of time.
Kind of funny seeing Kain in the mascot yearbook
Spyro: Enter the Dragonfly would make a great episode
Holy 💩. I really like Days Gone. If they can improve, all of us can.
Ever try something on Eternal Champions? I feel like that game series certainly deserves its own "What Happened?" spotlight episode.
Command & Conquer 4: Tiberian Twilight was an absolutely glorious faceplant of a game
After seeing Kain for one frame I would love to see a Blood Omen/Legacy of Kain/Nosgoth/Dead Sun What Happen
Wait... Days Gone was literally from the Bubsy 3D devs????? That answers so much
I mean, there's probably very few if any people who worked on Bubsy 3d working there by now
You kept saying "Clawed Encounters of the Furred Kind" when the title was clearly "Claws Encounters of the Furred Kind" which actually works for the joke much better!
This should be a lesson to everyone who always claims a video game's worth is only by how it looks or what the resolution is
Oooh a little bit of the Bubsy (3D)!
You just made the list!
@@brianmcdonald7017 Not the Bubsy list!!!!! The Inner Bubsy is gonna hunt all of us down.
If only there was a “wha happun?” For Bloody Roar 4.
my Game Design Professor (Klee Miller) was one of the Devs for this game ^^
Really cool guy too
I rented this game from blockbuster when I was 8. I played it for like 5-10 mins, regretted my decision and had my parents return the game, and I was scarred for life…
Gotta love how one of the worst gaming failures of all time, in my area, turns out to have a happy ending. Long live Bend Studio ✊🏻
The Legend of Oz: Dorothy’s Return.
Fun facts
Mike Berlin had to submit an essay (yes a literal essay) on what made Sonic the Hedgehog a good game before he was allowed to start on the first Bubsy game.
In the 1996 Consumer Electronics Show, Bubsy 3D was being showcased right alongside Mario 64 - and the developers were *fully aware* when they saw what Mario 64 was doing, that they were in trouble.
As an old PC gamer, I can say that the best Accolade game ever made wasn't Bubsy, but was Test Drive 2: The Duel. Probably the best PC racing game of it's time.
11:40 So basically the co-op mode for this game inspired Mario Galaxy's Co-op mode?