Bucky O'Hare

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Bucky O'Hare for the NES comes as a loose cartridge, ready to plug in and play. Coolection photographs every game in hand, so the real photos on this page show you exactly what you're getting — no stock images, no surprises. The cartridge has been tested by our team and was playing as it should. Please refer to the provided photos for the exact details of the item's condition.

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Bucky O'Hare is the kind of NES cartridge that stops collectors mid-scroll, and the game behind the label earns that attention. Konami built it late in the console's life from the comic created by Larry Hama and Michael Golden and the animated series that brought the green-furred captain to Saturday mornings, and it plays like the work of a studio that knew the hardware inside out. The Toad Air Marshal has captured the crew of the Righteous Indignation, and Bucky has to blast his way across four planets to bring them home.

The structure will feel familiar to Mega Man fans. The Green, Red, Blue and Yellow Planets can be tackled in almost any order, and each one holds a captured crewmate who becomes playable once rescued. Every character brings a special ability that opens up the stages in a new way: Bucky makes long, soaring jumps, Dead-Eye Duck climbs vertical walls, Jenny uses her third eye to form a crystal ball of energy, the android Blinky takes to the air with a jetpack, and Willy DuWitt fires a heavy beam that punches through several enemies at once. Switching to the right crewmate for the obstacle in front of you is the heart of the game, and it keeps every stage feeling fresh.

Just when the rescue mission seems finished, the toads strike back, snatching the Righteous Indignation and dragging the adventure aboard their Magnum Tanker, where the crew has to save each other all over again before blowing the ship apart. Through all of it, the presentation is first-rate: big, expressive sprites, colorful planets and a punchy Tomoko Sumiyama soundtrack that captures the cartoon's swashbuckling space-opera energy. Critics at the time singled out the graphics, music and fast action, and while opinions on the difficulty vary, its unlimited continues make the tough stretches something to learn rather than dread.

Konami also made a four-player arcade brawler from the same license, but this NES cartridge is an entirely different design, a tight run-and-gun platformer that sits comfortably among the company's best 8-bit action games. It is a rare case of a short-lived cartoon getting a game good enough to outlive its source. Seeing Bucky and his crew in motion again, and swapping between them to crack each planet's challenges, is a treat that rewards both nostalgia and real skill.

Fast factsgame data via IGDB
Released
1992
Publisher
Konami
Players
Single player
About the game

Bucky O'Hare stars the titular rabbit as the captain of the Righteous Indignation, which protects the parallel universe of the Aniverse. His other crew members, duck Dead-Eye, cat Jenny, android Blinky, and human Willy, have been captured by the Toad Air Marshall. The first four levels take place on the Green, Red, Blue, and Yellow Planets, where the crew members are imprisoned. The player starts out with Bucky, and the other kidnapped crew members are playable once rescued and have different abilities and weapons. After all the members are saved, the Toad Air Marshall then kidnap the Righteous Indignation again in the Magnum Tanker. The remainder of the game involves the crew members saving each other, blowing up the Magnum Tanker and escaping.

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