Bugs Bunny: Lost in Time is a video game for Windows and PlayStation. It was released in 1999 by Infogrames Entertainment, SA. A sequel, Bugs Bunny and Taz: Time Busters, was made for the same consoles and released a year later.
Plot
Bugs Bunny finds and activates a time machine after taking a wrong turn at Albuquerque. He ends up in Nowhere, home of a sorcerer named Merlin Munroe ("Moyle" to Bugs). Merlin explains to Bugs that he is lost in time and that he must travel through different eras to collect clocks symbols and golden carrots that will allow him to return to the present.
Gameplay
Players must help Bugs to go through five different eras of time to get back home.
Characters
- Bugs Bunny - The main character of the game. He is a rabbit who outwits his enemies on his quest to return to the present.
- Merlin of Monroe - A sorcerer who tells Bugs useful information to get back to the present. His name as a pun on Marilyn Monroe.
- Elmer Fudd - A caveman who hunts "wabbits." He is the antagonist of the Stone Age Era.
- Daffy Duck - Bugs' rival who is hunted by Elmer Fudd in the Stone Age and appears with his 'Robin Duck' persona in the Medieval Period.
- Witch Hazel - A witch who wants Bugs for her rabbit stew. She lives in the Forgotten Woods and appears in the Medieval Period.
- Yosemite Sam - Appears as the captain of a pirate ship who Bugs battles on Treasure Island in the Pirate Years.
- Rocky and Mugsy - Thugs who rob banks in the 1930s.
- Toro the Bull - A Spanish bull who is outsmarted by Bugs in a bullfight in the 1930s.
- Marvin the Martian - A martian who tests his latest weapon on Bugs Bunny. He appears in Dimension X.
- Instant Martians - Martians who start out as pills will turn into martians when water is added. They appear as obstacles in Dimension X.
- Blacque Jacque Shellacque - Appears as a common enemy in the Pirate Years (where his "Bonanza Bunny" appearance is used) and the 1930s.
- Beaky Buzzard - A sleepy buzzard who helps Bugs reach a high place when he is played a groovy tune. He appears in the Royal Square in the Medieval Period.
Controls
Action | Playstation Console | Microsoft Windows Keyboard |
---|---|---|
Jump | X Button | D Key |
Roll | L1 Button | E Key |
Kick | Square Button | F Key |
Action | R1 Button | R Key |
Crouch | Circle Button | S Key |
Rotate Camera (Left) | L2 Button | Q Key |
Rotate Camera (Right) | R2 Button | W Key |
View Game Status | Start Button | Esc Key |
Levels
Bugs Bunny: Lost in Time consists of 21 levels from five different eras.
Nowhere
The first level that trains you how to play this game. It is unknown what period of time this place is set in. This is also where Bugs Bunny first meets Merlin Munroe. After the player completes this level by collecting 10 golden carrots, Bugs will receive one clock.
Stone Age
This era is headed by Elmer Fudd.
Level names | Title Cards | Prerequisites | No. of Clocks | No. of Golden Carrots | No. of ACME Boxes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Wabbit on the Run | 1 clock | 9 | 22 | N/A | |
Guess Who Needs a Kick Start | 3 clocks | 1 | 5 | N/A | |
Wabbit or Duck Season | Title Card based on a scene from "Rabbit Seasoning" | 50 golden carrots | 1 | 0 | N/A |
Magic Hare Blower | 80 clocks | 14 | 31 | 7 |
Pirate Years
This era is headed by Yosemite Sam.
Level names | Title Cards | Title Card Source | Prerequisites | No. of Clocks | No. of Golden Carrots | No. of ACME Boxes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hey... What's Up, Dock? | Although some additional scenery was added, the background of the ship was from "Captain Hareblower" | 5 clocks | 9 | 17 | 5 | |
Follow the Red Pirate Road | "Rabbitson Crusoe" | 11 clocks, Super jump | 4 | 9 | N/A | |
When Sam Met Bunny | "Assault and Peppered", only title card reused from a Daffy and Speedy Cartoon. | 35 clocks | 1 | 2 | N/A | |
Mine or Mine? | 100 clocks | 10 | 41 | 10 |
The 1930s
This era is headed by Rocky & Mugsy.
Level names | Title Cards | Title Card Source | Prerequisites | No. of Clocks | No. of Golden Carrots | No. of ACME Boxes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
The Big Bank Withdrawal | Director Credit from "Bugs and Thugs" | 15 clocks | 6 | 15 | N/A | |
The Greatest Escape | "Bugsy and Mugsy" | 25 clocks | 6 | 15 | 5 | |
Objects in the Mirror are Closer than They Appear! | 50 clocks | 4 | 15 | N/A | ||
La Corrida | "Bully for Bugs" | 150 golden carrots | 1 | 5 | N/A | |
The Carrot Factory | 90 clocks | 8 | 15 | 5 |
The Medieval Period
This is the only era where it gives Bugs Bunny magical abilities. These abilities help to clear every obstacles in all eras.
This era is headed by Witch Hazel.
Level names | Title Cards | Title Card Source | Prerequisites | No. of Clocks | No. of Golden Carrots | No. of ACME Boxes | Magic Abilities Obtained |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
What's Cookin' Doc? | Based on a scene from "Broom-Stick Bunny" | 30 clocks | 15 | 37 | 10 | Super jump | |
Witch Way to Albuquerque? | "A Witch's Tangled Hare" | 65 clocks | 1 | 8 | 10 | Music ability | |
The Carrot-Henge Mystery | "Knight-mare Hare" | 73 clocks | 8 | 20 | 10 | Hovering ability, Open Sesame | |
Downhill Duck | 250 golden carrots | 1 | 0 | N/A | N/A |
Dimension X
This era is headed by Marvin the Martian.
Level names | Title Cards | Title Card Source: | Prerequisites | No. of Clocks | No. of Golden Carrots |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
The Planet X File | A scene from "Hare-Way to the Stars" | 40 clocks | 14 | 26 | |
Vort "X" Room | A scene from "Hare-Way to the Stars" | 60 clocks | 4 | 0 | |
The Conquest for the Planet X | A scene from "Duck Dodgers in the 24-1/2th Century" | 70 clocks | 1 | 14 | |
Train Your Brain! (a.k.a. The Space Speedway) | A scene from "Hare-Way to the Stars" | 117 clocks | 5 | 21 |
Present
The player has to collect 120 out of 124 clocks in order to finish this game.
Voice Cast
Character | English | Italian | Spanish (Spain) | French | German |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bugs Bunny | Billy West | Massimo Giuliani | Xavier Fernández | Gérard Surugue | Sven Plate |
Elmer Fudd | Marco Bresciani | Alberto Mieza | Patrice Dozier | Hans Jürgen Wolf | |
Merlin of Monroe | Jess Harnell | Valerio Ruggeri | Adrià Frías | ? | ? |
Daffy Duck | Mel Blanc (archive vocals) |
Marco Mete | Juan Antonio Bernal | Patrick Guillemin | Gerald Schaale |
Yosemite Sam | Vittorio Amandola | Pepe Mediavilla | Patrick Préjean | Tilo Schmitz | |
Witch Hazel | June Foray | Graziella Polesinanti | ? | ? | Gisela Fritsch |
Marvin the Martian | Joe Alaskey | Neri Marcorè | Marc Zanni | Jean-Loup Horwitz | Walter von Hauff |
Rocky | Rino Bolognesi | Claudi García | Michel Vigné | ? | |
Mugsy | Giorgio Locuratolo | ? | ? | ? |
In Other Languages
- Brazilian Portuguese - Pernalonga: Perdido no Tempo (localized texts but no dub)
- Chinese - 兔宝宝: 时空历险 (Title only texts but no texts and dub)
- Dutch - Bugs Bunny: Reis door de Tijd
- French - Bugs Bunny: Voyage à Travers le Temps
- German - Bugs Bunny: Auf Zeitreise
- Hebrew - Bugs Bunny: אבודים בזמן (Title only but no texts and dub)
- Italian - Bugs Bunny: Lost in Time (same as English)
- Korean - 벅스 바니 잃어버린 시간[1] (Title only but no texts and dub)
- Spanish - Bugs Bunny: Perdido en el Tiempo
Reception
WatchMojo placed the game at the #4 spot for their "Top 10 Best Looney Tunes Video Games" list; following up behind Duck Dodgers Starring Daffy Duck (#3), Looney Tunes: Space Race (#2), & Bugs Bunny and Taz: Time Busters (#1).[2]
Looney References
- "Knight-Mare Hare", which stars Merlin, is the basis of the game's plot. The intro and ending videos borrow many gags from the short.
- The Stone Age era is inspired by "Pre-Hysterical Hare". Additionally, Elmer Fudd appears with his caveman persona from that short.
- "Wabbit or Duck Season?" is an homage to "Rabbit Fire", which stars Elmer.
- Yosemite Sam appears with his pirate persona from "Buccaneer Bunny" and "Captain Hareblower". "When Sam Met Bunny" is an homage to this short.
- The common pirate enemy is based on Blacque Jacque Shellacque as he appeared in "Bonanza Bunny" and "Wet Hare".
- "La Corrida" is an homage to "Bully for Bugs".
- One of Hubie and Bertie appear in The Carrot Factory.
- In "Objects in the mirror are closer than they appear" there is a place called 'TAZ BAR' referencing the Tasmanian Devil, and the real chocolate bar who would go on to appear in the game's sequel as Bugs' sidekick.
- The royal castle part of "What's Cookin, Doc?" is inspired by "Rabbit Hood".
- Daffy Duck appears in the Medieval Period with his persona from "Robin Hood Daffy".
- The sneezing dragons are based on the one from "Knighty Knight Bugs".
- The opening cutscene of "Witch Way to Albuquerque?" is inspired by "A Witch's Tangled Hare".
Gallery
Boxart
Maps
Clips
Commercials
Walkthroughs
References
- ↑ https://oldpcgames.tistory.com/1954
- ↑ Richardson, T. (2021) Top 10 Looney Tunes Video Games, WatchMojo. Available at: https://watchmojo.com/video/id/37421 (Accessed: January 8, 2023).