| Crazy Bus | |
|---|---|
 Title screen | |
| Developer(s) | Tom Scripts [1] |
| Composer(s) | Tom Scripts |
| Engine | BasiEgaXorz |
| Platform(s) | Sega Genesis |
| Release | 2004 |
| Genre(s) | Driving simulator |
| Mode(s) | Single player |
Crazy Bus (also spelled CrazyBus) is a 2004 unlicensed bus simulator video game. [2] [3] Originally created as a tech demo, it was subsequently put on a ROM cartridge and published by an unauthorized 3rd party for the Sega Genesis. [4] The game was developed by Venezuelan game developer Tom Scripts. [2]
Crazy Bus was initially uploaded online as a software test program made for the Sega Genesis. It was developed by Venezuelan Tom Scripts (real name Tom Maneiro). [2] [5] After attracting the attention of video game enthusiasts in the United States and elsewhere, a ROM cartridge was created by a third party, complete with cover art and a user manual. [6] [7] Neither the game's creator nor Sega were involved in the release of the cartridge. [4] [7]
The gameplay simply consists of driving a 2D bus back and forth. Driving the bus forward accumulates points, with a highest possible score of 65,535 points. Driving the bus backwards subtracts points, however, points can roll over to the maximum score of 65,535. [8] The game also allows the player to honk the horn of the bus [3] [4] and players can choose between five different buses from Brazilian, Venezuelan, and Spanish brands, [9] including a more generic/standard yellow school bus. [4]
The game's "soundtrack" music is composed of random tones, generated with a pseudorandom algorithm. [10]
Crazy Bus has gained notoriety for its bizarre, scrambled music. [9] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] The soundtrack has been described by ScreenRant as "one of the most over-the-top and intolerably shrill soundtracks of all time" [3] and by CBR as "chaotic". [16] The soundtrack was featured on the 2022 "Level Up: Gaming Soundtracks" episode of BBC Radio 3's Late Junction music programme. [5]
In 2014, the game was reviewed in episode 124 of the popular web series Angry Video Game Nerd , where all aspects of the game were criticized for poor quality. [2] [8] According to a 2021 report published by the University of Carabobo, while Crazy Bus didn't achieve commercial success as a pirated game, the subsequent popularity of Crazy Bus drew attention to other games published in Venezuela. [2]
The game is considered notable as an unusual part of video game history and is often played by YouTubers and Twitch streamers, who mainly treat it as a strange novelty. [17]
Se trata de Crazy Bus, un título bootleg realizado por Tom Scripts lanzado para la consola Sega Genesis en el año 2004. En la pantalla de inicio se puede apreciar en inglés, hecho en Venezuela, y utiliza imágenes de buses pertenecientes a empresas en el interior del país ... Este curioso videojuego encontró popularidad gracias a una reseña hecha por James D. Rolfe, también conocido como The Angry Video Game Nerd, en Youtube, el 13 de diciembre del año 2014 ... y cuenta con una dura reseña donde critica Crazy Bus por su pobre producción en todas las áreas. Al tratarse de un videojuego pirata, es indudable que sufrió de un fracaso comercial. No obstante, su popularidad ha llamado la atención sobre la clase de videojuegos que se producen en Venezuela.
