The Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle (USA)
The Crazy Castle series is an action-puzzle game series created by Kemco and released on the Famicom Disk System, NES, Game Boy, Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance. It stars different popular cartoon characters, most notably the Warner Bros. cartoon character, Bugs Bunny, and the Walt Disney cartoon character, Mickey Mouse.
Technical
CPU
- maincpu N2A03 (@ 1 Mhz)
Chipset
- N2A03 (@ 1 Mhz)
Display
- Orientation Yoko
- Resolution 255 x 240
- Frequency 60.098 Hz
Controlers
- Number of players 4
- Number of buttons 2
- Kind of controler
- triplejoy (8 ways)
- triplejoy (8 ways)
- triplejoy (8 ways)
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History
Kemco started the franchise after they bought the rights to produce a Famicom Disk System game based on the film Who Framed Roger Rabbit to make the first game's plot loosely based on the film. When Kemco was planning to release it outside of Japan, there was already an NES game based on the same film developed by Rare and published by LJN. In order to release it outside of Japan, Kemco bought the rights to Warner Bros.' Looney Tunes franchise to produce Looney Tunes-based video games, while the looks of some other Looney Tunes characters featured in the game as enemies have similarities to the Toon Patrol.
When the promotion of the film Who Framed Roger Rabbit in Japan ended, Kemco lost the rights in producing video games based on the film there, but gained the rights to produce Disney-based ones, due to the Who Framed Roger Rabbit film being produced by Touchstone Pictures, a studio owned by The Walt Disney Company. Kemco later produced their Mickey Mouse versions in the Crazy Castle series and released most of these versions exclusively in Japan, while continuing their Looney Tunes versions outside of Japan; however, some were based on other licenses such as Jim Davis's Garfield comic strip and The Real Ghostbusters animated television series.
Shortly before the release of Bugs Bunny: Crazy Castle 3 worldwide with Nintendo publish it outside the Japan, Kemco released the compilation Bugs Bunny Collection exclusively in Japan, which for them was just a re-release of Mickey Mouse I and II, but with the Bugs Bunny sprite set and other minor updates (such as the Super Game Boy support). The rest of the Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle series were released as original titles throughout all territories from this point forward.
The fifth and (so far) final entry of the Crazy Castle series starred Walter Lantz' Woody Woodpecker in the role, rather than Bugs Bunny, due to Kemco losing their license to release Warner Bros. properties, while switching to the exclusive rights for releasing Universal Studios properties, because of their release of the Nintendo GameCube title, Universal Studios Theme Parks Adventure, in which Woody was also one of the main characters.
When the promotion of the film Who Framed Roger Rabbit in Japan ended, Kemco lost the rights in producing video games based on the film there, but gained the rights to produce Disney-based ones, due to the Who Framed Roger Rabbit film being produced by Touchstone Pictures, a studio owned by The Walt Disney Company. Kemco later produced their Mickey Mouse versions in the Crazy Castle series and released most of these versions exclusively in Japan, while continuing their Looney Tunes versions outside of Japan; however, some were based on other licenses such as Jim Davis's Garfield comic strip and The Real Ghostbusters animated television series.
Shortly before the release of Bugs Bunny: Crazy Castle 3 worldwide with Nintendo publish it outside the Japan, Kemco released the compilation Bugs Bunny Collection exclusively in Japan, which for them was just a re-release of Mickey Mouse I and II, but with the Bugs Bunny sprite set and other minor updates (such as the Super Game Boy support). The rest of the Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle series were released as original titles throughout all territories from this point forward.
The fifth and (so far) final entry of the Crazy Castle series starred Walter Lantz' Woody Woodpecker in the role, rather than Bugs Bunny, due to Kemco losing their license to release Warner Bros. properties, while switching to the exclusive rights for releasing Universal Studios properties, because of their release of the Nintendo GameCube title, Universal Studios Theme Parks Adventure, in which Woody was also one of the main characters.
List of games in the series
Japanese Title | North American Title | PAL Region Title | System | Year |
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ロジャーラビット Roger Rabbit | The Bugs Bunny Birthday Blowout | The Bugs Bunny Blowout | NES/FDS | 1989 |
ミッキーマウス Mickey Mouse | The Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle | The Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle | NES/Game Boy | 1989 & 1990 |
ミッキーマウスII Mickey Mouse II | The Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle 2 | Hugo/Mickey Mouse | Game Boy | 1991-1993 |
ミッキーマウスIII 夢ふうせん Mickey Mouse III: Yume Fūsen (lit. "Mickey Mouse III: Balloon Dreams") | Kid Klown in Night Mayor World | NES | 1992 & 1993 | |
ミッキーマウスIV 魔法のラビリンス Mickey Mouse IV: Mahō no Labyrinth (lit. "Mickey Mouse IV: The Magical Labyrinth") | The Real Ghostbusters | Garfield Labyrinth | Game Boy | 1992 & 1993 |
ミッキーズチェイス Mickey's Chase | Mickey's Dangerous Chase | Mickey's Dangerous Chase | Game Boy | 1992 & 1993 |
それいけ!! キッド Go! Go! Kid! Soreike!! Kid: Go! Go! Kid (lit. "Let's Go!! Kid: Go! Go! Kid") バックス・バニー クレイジーキャッスル3 Bugs Bunny: Crazy Castle 3 | Bugs Bunny: Crazy Castle 3 | Bugs Bunny: Crazy Castle 3 | Game Boy/Game Boy Color | 1997 & 1999 |
ミッキーマウスV 魔法のステッキ Mickey Mouse V: Mahō no Stick (lit. "Mickey Mouse V: The Magical Stick") | Mickey Mouse: Magic Wands! | Game Boy | 1993 & 1998 | |
バックス・バニー クレイジーキャッスル4 Bugs Bunny: Crazy Castle 4 | Bugs Bunny in Crazy Castle 4 | Game Boy Color | 2000 | |
ウッディー・ウッドペッカー クレイジーキャッスル5 Woody Woodpecker: Crazy Castle 5 | Woody Woodpecker in Crazy Castle 5 | Woody Woodpecker: Crazy Castle 5 | Game Boy Advance | 2002 & 2003 |
Crazy Castle | Mobile Phone | 2004 |
Reception
These games received generally mixed reviews from critics.