''Bucky O'Hare'' is an arcade game produced by

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in 1992.

Gameplay

This video game is based on the cartoon television series ''

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'' under license from Hasbro, Inc. While it is generally classified as a scrolling beat 'em up game, as the player's character is also armed with a

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gun, it adds elements of a

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. Much like the cartoon, ''Bucky O'Hare'' features colorful animation, and voice actors from the series were hired to participate in the game's

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s. The player chooses from four protagonists:

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, the heroic rabbit captain of the space ship ''Righteous Indignation''; Jenny, an "Aldebaran cat" and

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; Dead-Eye Duck, a four-armed

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; and Blinky, a one-eyed android. As in the television series, the characters must stop the

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Empire from invading extraterrestrial planets and enslaving their peoples; to do so they must shoot their way through an army of brainwashed toads to destroy their evil leader, a computer program known as " Komplex" and release the "Interplanetary Life Force". The enemies in the game are Al Negator, Toadborg, Total Terror Toad, a "Cyborg Spider", the various varieties of Toad Storm Troopers, the Toads' Air Marshall, and "Komplex-2-Go", who are featured in the comic book and cartoon series continuities.

Soundtrack

The music for Arcade ''Bucky 'O Hare'' were: ''Planet Warren'', ''Climate Converter'', ''Space River'', ''Toad Star'' and ''Komplex'' was contained on the CD Soundtrack ''Konami All-Stars 1993: Music Station of Dreams'' on December 24, 1992.

Reception

''RePlay'' reported ''Bucky O'Hare'' to be the third most-popular arcade game at the time.

References

External links

*
The only walk-through guide available for this video arcade

''Bucky O'Hare''
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Gameplay

Soundtrack

Reception

See also

References

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