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Instruction booklet · May 1993

Bubsy in Claws Encounters of the Furred Kind

Platform1 playerPre-ESRB

The story

Bubsy in Claws Encounters of the Furred Kind, known as Bubsy for short, is a platform video game released by Accolade in the early 1990s. It is the first game in the Bubsy series of video games. The game's name is a play on words in reference to Close Encounters of the Third Kind, with the game revolving around Bubsy defending the planet's supply of yarnballs from alien invaders.

Specifications

Released
May 1993
Developers
Accolade, Solid Software
Publisher
Accolade
Players
1
Genre
Platform
Rating
Pre-ESRB
Series
Bubsy
Themes
Fantasy · Comedy
View
Side view

What the magazines said

7
9
8
8
EGM · four reviewers
7
6
5
4
Famitsu · four reviewers
Players
51/100 (42 ratings)
Game Informer
{{ubl|8.75/10,|8.5/10, 9/10}}
GameFan
{{ubl|87%, 80%,|81%, 84%}}
GamesMaster
71%
Official Nintendo Magazine
79/100
Super Play
77%
Total!
{{ubl|(UK) 81%,|(DE) 2}}
VideoGames & Computer Entertainment
8/10
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