PA comic: Wednesday Nov. 2, 2011 - Retroid

Bogey

RMS Oceanic

I want a future Cool Spot.

Taramoor

This... this comic just makes me sad.

Goatmon

Oh damn, I remember Bubsy.

I remember renting that, one weekend, some 15 years ago.

Memories, man.

SabreMau

Where future Captain Comic at?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33VX9NvLf4s

Galactic

Should have rated G Conker come by and meet his Bad Fur Day future self.

UncleSporky

They could have half the levels in 2D sidescrolling style, and half in this style:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=viCUneosjw4

ThreeCubed

Bubsy introduced himself in like Ludacris.

JustinSane07

This comic could go on for hundreds of panels.

Korlash

I don't get this. I guess I was always a Nintendo guy before switching to Xbox/PC. Are these characters from long dead Sega franchises?

PaperLuigi44

Bubsy in the second panel is so happy.

Fandeathis

I played the shit out of Bubsy as a kid.

Blake T

Korlash wrote: »

I don't get this. I guess I was always a Nintendo guy before switching to Xbox/PC. Are these characters from long dead Sega franchises?

Bubsy was available for the snes man.

Enlong

Bubsy and Ristar were "Mascots with attitude" who were made in the '90s in the wake of Sonic's immense popularity.

And then their games flopped and their series died out.

So there is no "Future Bubsy".

Blackhawk1313

Need a fourth panel of Bubsy's expression once he finds out he's a forgotten nobody.

faits

I don't get this. I guess I was always a Nintendo guy before switching to Xbox/PC. Are these characters from long dead Sega franchises?

the first bubsy game was multiplat, made by accolade and released in the early 90s. I played it on snes when I was a kid.

Pata

Where's my Ristar sequel Sega.

TetraNitroCubane

"What could possibly go wrong?"

Everything, Bubsy. Everything.

Ticaldfjam

This comic. THIS FUCKING COMIC!, is awesome.

RoyceSraphim

Blackhawk1313 wrote:

Need a fourth panel of Bubsy's expression once he finds out he's a forgotten nobody.

Panel 3 from yesterday over layed on Bubsy's face and liberal use of the smear button

Incindium

Ha! I was playing Ristar this weekend checking out some old games in Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection on the 360.

rabidmuskrat

I wonder how expensive the rights to Bubsy and Ristar would be. I can't help but think that making new versions as xbox arcade titles would be very lucrative.

Candymancer

Bubsy died on the way back to his home planet.

Corehealer

Candymancer wrote:

Bubsy died on the way back to his home planet.

He crashed into Ristar.

Henroid

Retroid is my crimefighting name.

Also, while I remember Bubsy, I don't really feel the need for him to return. Now, Ristar on the other hand, so much amazing shit can be done with that. The best level was stage 1 of the singing planet with the birds. As you gave the metronomes to the sad birds throughout, the music amped up more and more. It was really neat.

Lars

When I was in college, my roommate and I used to try and come up with webcomic ideas, none of which ever got off the ground.

One of the ones we came up with was to star Bubsy and feature other forgotten video game characters (I guess we were planning on counting on parody use or whatever? Doubt that would have worked but it's not like it mattered since it never got off the ground). I remember one of the running gags was people constantly confusing him for Ratchet and him getting very upset and screaming that he's not a lombax. The only strip I remember that got partially drawn involved an argument with Aero the Acrobat about who has more games (the punchline being Bubsy concedes that he shouldn't count Bubsy 3D and that one of his games was basically Bubsy 1.5, but that 2.5 games is still greater than 2).

Galactic

Gex should have made an appearence, meeting his future self selling car insurance.

I'm still wondering when future Vectorman and Sketch Turner will show up... A man can dream...

Candymancer

I hear Vectorman is working as a garbage man.

Griswold

Candymancer wrote:

I hear Vectorman is working as a garbage man.

And Portnoy and Hodge-Podge are working behind the scenes at Marmaduke.

DeliciousTacos

Didn't know anything about Ristar until it was released on the Wii virtual console, but man that is a fun game

Dark Raven X

Ahaa, I loved Bubsy.

Also, so hyped for Generations. Amazon better dispatch it soon or I might eat my own face.

Maz-

I am twelve and what is this

Seriously though, I don't know these characters. Forgotten Sega franchises I guess?

ArbitraryDescriptor

I heard that Earl lost a foot to diabetes. You'd think ToeJam would have donated one, but apparently they don't speak anymore.

Tleilaxu

RoyceSraphim wrote:

Blackhawk1313 wrote:

Need a fourth panel of Bubsy's expression once he finds out he's a forgotten nobody.

Panel 3 from yesterday over layed on Bubsy's face and liberal use of the smear button

Ask and ye shall receive.

Blackhawk1313

That is wonderful.

EvilBadman

Maz- wrote:

I am twelve and what is this

Seriously though, I don't know these characters. Forgotten Sega franchises I guess?

Jesus christ, I'm old.

Alfred J. Kwak

a metacritic score of 77/100 doesn't sound like

“Best” and “Game” and “in Decades,”

at all, to me. There are probably even other recent Sonic games with better reviews.

Tleilaxu

Maz- wrote:

I am twelve and what is this

Seriously though, I don't know these characters. Forgotten Sega franchises I guess?

If you have a Wii, go acquaint yourself with Ristar and Alex Kidd on the virtual console. No Bubsy there though, which is probably for the best.

Sterica

I don't recall Ristar being branded as a "with attitude" kind of character.

And contrary to popular belief, Bubsy's first game wasn't terrible. It was by no means great and overly difficult, but it was decent.

Aldo

Lead designers reviewing their own games is clearly the best solution. After all, who knows more about the game than them?

Langly

I really can't believe that eurogamer allowed that to happen. If I were the reviewer I would feel completely betrayed