Bouncers (video game)

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Bouncers
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Developer(s) Dynamix
Publisher(s) Sega
Designer(s) Rhett Anderson
Dave Hensley
Tim Midkiff
Randy Thompson
Artist(s) John Garvin
Composer(s) Christopher Stevens
Timothy Clark
Platform(s) Sega CD
Release
Genre(s) Sports
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer

Bouncers is a sports video game developed by Dynamix and published by Sega for the Sega CD in December 1994.

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Gameplay

Bouncers is a combination fighting game and basketball game, with the player as the ball. [2] [3] [4]

Development and release

Bouncers was developed by American studio Dynamix. Designers included Rhett Anderson, Dave Hensley, Randy Thompson and Tim Midkiff. [5] Anderson and Hensley previously wrote the one-on-one sports game Basketball Sam & Ed as a type-in program for their magazine Compute!'s Gazette in July 1987. [6] In 1988, the duo wrote the similar Arcade Volleyball for Commodore 64 which Thompson and Midkiff promptly ported to the Amiga. [7] Bouncers features art and cartoon cutscenes created by John Garvin, who later went on the become a lead designer and creative director on the Syphon Filter series. [8] [9] [10] Voice acting in Bouncers was performed by Michael Bell, Mark Hamill, and John Kassir. [5] The game was released by Sega exclusively for the North American Sega CD in December 1994. [11] [12] Christopher Stevens and Timothy Steven Clarke contributed to the music and sound effects. Stevens and Clarke left Dynamix shortly before the game was released to establish LoudMouth, Inc., a game music production company. [13] Tracks from Bouncers were included on the group's 1995 album Get Loud! vol. 1 alongside selections from other Dynamix titles. [14]

Reception

Next Generation reviewed the game, rating it three stars out of five, and stated that "It's goofy as hell, and a complete blast. However, it's such an odd concept for a game that it seems you either love it or hate it. Fortunately, we liked it." [2]

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