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 |
Release | Game BoyGame Boy Color |
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.
It features Daffy Duck, Tweety, Porky Pig, Taz, Speedy Gonzales, Road Runner and Bugs Bunny as playable characters. Other Looney Tunes characters include Elmer Fudd, Marvin the Martian, Wile E. Coyote and Sylvester. [2]
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.
IGN gave it a rating of 6/10. [2] French gaming website Jeuxvideo.com gave it 16/20. [4]
Speedy Gonzales is an animated cartoon character in the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons. He is portrayed as "The Fastest Mouse in all Mexico" with his major traits being the ability to run extremely fast, being quick-witted and heroic while speaking with an exaggerated Mexican accent. He usually wears a yellow sombrero, white shirt and trousers, and a red kerchief, similar to that of some traditional Mexican attires. There have been 46 theatrical shorts made either starring or featuring the character.
Aero the Acro-Bat is a 1993 video game developed by Iguana Entertainment and published by Sunsoft. It was released for both the Super Nintendo Entertainment System and Sega Genesis. Aero the Acro-Bat, a red anthropomorphic bat, was created by David Siller. In 2002, Metro 3D released a version of the game for the Game Boy Advance, with a battery back-up. The GBA version was titled Aero The Acro-Bat - Rascal Rival Revenge in Europe and Acrobat Kid in Japan. The Super NES version of the game was released on the Wii's Virtual Console in the PAL region and North America in July 2010. The Super NES version was re-released in August 2024 for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S, alongside a new localization in Japanese made by Shinyuden as Aero: Acrobat Kid for the Nintendo Switch users in Japan, while the GBA version re-release for the same platforms is scheduled to be released in November of the same year.
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