The Bugs Bunny Birthday Blowout
{{Short description|1990 video game}}
{{Infobox video game
| title = The Bugs Bunny Birthday Blowout
| image = Bugs Bunny Birthday Blowout.jpg
| caption = North American cover art
| developer = Kemco
| publisher = Kemco-Seika (U.S.)
Kemco (Japan, Europe)
| composer = Hiroyuki Masuno
| released = {{vgrelease|JP|August 3, 1990|NA|September 1990|EU|Q4 1990}}
| genre = Platform
| modes = Single-player
| platforms = Nintendo Entertainment System
}}
The Bugs Bunny Birthday Blowout, known in Japan and on the title screen as {{nihongo|Happy Birthday Bugs|ハッピーバースディ・バッグス}} and in Europe as The Bugs Bunny Blowout, is a platform video game developed and published by Kemco for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1990.
Plot
It is Bugs Bunny's 50th birthday anniversary. However, his friends, who were not invited, feel envious and decide to prevent Bugs from getting to his birthday party. By the time Bugs reaches his house, it turns out that his friends were playing tricks on him to stall him until they got his party ready.
Gameplay
The game is a side-scrolling platform game where players control Bugs Bunny on a quest to get to his 50th birthday party. He is armed with a mallet that he can swing at various enemies to defeat them, deflect certain projectiles or destroy bricks. He can also collect hearts to restore his health and carrots for bonus points. He can also land on top of enemies without getting damaged. At the end of most levels, Bugs Bunny has to use his mallet to defeat a Warner Brothers cartoon character, such as Foghorn Leghorn, Sylvester, or the Tasmanian Devil. These other Looney Tunes characters are trying to stop Bugs because they are all jealous that Bugs gets all the attention. Many of them can be damaged with the mallet or their own projectiles, but Daffy Duck can only be avoided in order to reach a carrot that takes him to the next level. Despite appearing on the cover, Porky Pig does not appear in the game. The cover art was designed by Larry Grossman.{{cite web|title=Lost Artwork For The Bugs Bunny Birthday Blowout Found Thirty-Two Years Later|date=7 November 2022|url=https://www.timeextension.com/news/2022/11/lost-artwork-for-the-bugs-bunny-birthday-blowout-found-thirty-two-years-later|publisher=Time Extension|access-date=September 14, 2023}}
At the end of each level, Bugs can play a minigame, which allows him to earn extra lives. The total amount he can earn is 99. Despite the name on the packaging, the North American and European releases retain the game's Japanese title, Happy Birthday Bugs, on the game's title screen.
Reception
It received average to positive reviews. Spanish magazine Super Juegos gave the game 72.6.{{cite magazine|title=La Suerte de ser Conejo |url=https://archive.org/stream/Superjuegos_004#page/n25 |magazine=Super Juegos |issue=4 |publisher=Grupo Zeta |date=August 1992 |page=27}} Brazilian magazine VideoGame gave the game four out of five stars.{{cite magazine|title=Sistema Nintendo |url=https://archive.org/stream/VideoGame_Ano_1_Numero_02_1991_Sigla_Editora_BR_pt_Video_News_Numero_103A_Edicao_Especial#page/n27 |magazine=VideoGame |volume=1 |issue=2 |publisher=Sigla |date=1991 |page=28}} French magazine Joypad gave the game 80%.{{Cite web|url=https://www.abandonware-magazines.org/affiche_mag.php?mag=84&num=1777&album=oui|title=Le site des anciennes revues informatiques - www.abandonware-magazines.org|website=www.abandonware-magazines.org}} Italian magazine Consolemania gave it 77.{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/Consolemania-005/page/n59|title = Consolemania 005|date = February 1992}}
References
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External links
- {{moby game|id=/bugs-bunny-birthday-blowout|name=The Bugs Bunny Birthday Blowout}}
{{Looney Tunes video games}}
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Category:Side-scrolling video games
Category:Seika Corporation games
Category:Nintendo Entertainment System games
Category:Nintendo Entertainment System-only games
Category:Single-player video games
Category:Bugs Bunny video games
Category:Video games based on Looney Tunes
Category:Video games about birthdays