Bucky O'Hare (arcade game)

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Bucky O'Hare
Composer(s)
Norio Hanzawa
Hideaki Shikama
Koji Kazaoka
Kazuhito Imai
Platform(s)Arcade
ReleaseSeptember 1992
Genre(s)Beat 'em up, run and gun
Mode(s)Up to 4 players simultaneously

Bucky O'Hare is an arcade game produced by Konami in 1992.[1]

Gameplay

This video game is based on the cartoon television series

Bucky O'Hare and the Toad Wars under license from Hasbro, Inc. While it is generally classified as a scrolling beat 'em up game, as the player's character is also armed with a laser gun, it adds elements of a scrolling shooter
.

Much like the cartoon, Bucky O'Hare features colorful animation, and voice actors from the series were hired to participate in the game's

cut scenes
.

The player chooses from four protagonists:

Komplex
" and release the "Interplanetary Life Force".

The enemies, among them

Air Marshall
, and "Komplex-2-Go" who featured in the comic book and cartoon series continuities.

Soundtrack

The music for Arcade Bucky 'O Hare were: Planet Warren, Climate Converter, Space River, Toad Star and Komplex was contained on the CD Soundtrack Konami All-Stars 1993: Music Station of Dreams on December 24, 1992.

Reception

RePlay reported Bucky O'Hare to be the third most-popular arcade game at the time.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Bucky O'Hare". Arcade Museum. 1992. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
  2. ^ "The Player's Choice - Top Games Now in Operation, Based on Earnings-Opinion Poll of Operators: Best Video Software". RePlay. Vol. 18, no. 4. RePlay Publishing, Inc. January 1993. p. 4.

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