Looney Tunes (video game)

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Looney Tunes
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Developer(s) Sunsoft
Publisher(s) Sunsoft
Director(s) Akito Takeuchi
Producer(s) Kiharu Yoshida
Programmer(s) Michio Okasaka
Artist(s) Shigeyuki Asa
Hiroshi Ito
Composer(s) Manami Matsumae
Series Looney Tunes
Platform(s) Game Boy, Game Boy Color
ReleaseGame Boy
  • NA: October 2, 1992 [1]
  • JP: December 22, 1992
  • EU: 1992
Game Boy Color
  • NA: September 1999
  • EU: September 1999
Genre(s) Platformer
Mode(s) Single player

Looney Tunes is a platform video game developed and published by Sunsoft released for Game Boy in 1992. The game was re-released for Game Boy Color seven years later.

Contents

It features Daffy Duck, Tweety, Porky Pig, Taz, Speedy Gonzales, the Road Runner and Bugs Bunny as playable characters. Other Looney Tunes characters include Elmer Fudd, Marvin the Martian, Wile E. Coyote and Sylvester. [2]

Gameplay

There are 7 levels in total, each starring a different Looney Tunes character that the player can control. They each have their own special ability. At the end of every level except 2 and 4, a boss must be beaten in order to progress to the next one. [3] A minigame is played after clearing a level in the Game Boy Color rerelease.

Reception

IGN gave it a rating of 6/10. [2] French gaming website Jeuxvideo.com gave it 16/20. [4]

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References

  1. "Looney Tunes (Game)". Giant Bomb. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
  2. 1 2 Harris, Craig (24 February 2000). "Looney Tunes". IGN . Retrieved 19 January 2018.
  3. Sunsoft (1999), Looney Tunes EU Instruction Booklet, Game Boy Color
  4. "Test du jeu Looney Tunes sur GB". Jeuxvideo.com. 20 October 1999.