Tiny Toon Adventures: Buster Busts Loose!

Tiny Toon Adventures: Buster Busts Loose!
North American cover art
DeveloperKonami
PublisherKonami
Composers
  • Kazuhiko Uehara
  • Yukie Morimoto
PlatformSuper NES[1]
Release
  • JP: December 18, 1992
  • NA: February 1993
  • EU: June 24, 1993
GenrePlatform
ModeSingle-player

Tiny Toon Adventures: Buster Busts Loose! (released in Japan as Tiny Toon Adventures) is a video game for the Super NES console that is based on the animated TV series Tiny Toon Adventures. It was developed and published by Konami, released in 1992 in Japan and in 1993 in Europe and North America.

Gameplay

This game features Buster Bunny in a side-scrolling adventure. It has three difficulty level settings: easy, normal, and hard (in game they are known as "Children", "Normal" and "Challenge" modes respectively) (except the Japanese version which only has easy and normal). Levels are significantly smaller in easy mode, and Buster only has one health container in hard mode, although extra containers can be collected by exploring the levels. The number of containers are reset after each level. This is done to add more of a challenge in this mode.

There are a total of six levels in the game when played normally (the fifth level is removed in easy mode). Buster's objectives vary from level to level, ranging from feeding Dizzy Devil so he stops destroying the school kitchen to defeating "Duck Vader". As is common for the era, the full ending is only accessed by finishing the game on hard (or normal in the Japanese release). After completing each level, the player is given a chance to earn extra lives by playing a minigame, the type of which is determined by spinning a wheel based on the one seen in the episode, "The Wheel O'Comedy".

Reception

Tiny Toon Adventures: Buster Busts Loose! received generally favorable reviews from critics.[2][3][4][18]

IGN ranked the game 99th in their "Top 100 SNES Games of All Time" praising the game as a "impressively varied hop-and-bop platformer".[19] In 2018, Complex placed the game 92nd on their "The Best Super Nintendo Games of All Time" describing the game as " Sheer platforming bliss".[20] Nintendo Power rated the game the tenth best SNES game of 1993.[21] In 1995, Total! listed the game 96th on its "Top 100 SNES Games."[22]

References

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  2. ^ a b Anglin, Paul; Rand, Paul (March 1993). "Review: Tiny Toon Adventures (SNES)". Computer and Video Games. No. 136. EMAP. pp. 54–55.
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  5. ^ Lowe, Andy; Douglas, Jim; Leach, James (April 1993). "Reviews (SNES): Tiny Toon Adventures". GamesMaster. No. 4. Future Publishing. pp. 48–50.
  6. ^ Davies, Paul; Merrett, Steve (March 1993). "Super NES Review: Tiny Toon Adventures". Nintendo Magazine System. No. 6. United Kingdom: EMAP. pp. 26–29.
  7. ^ Bielby, Matt (March 1993). "Import Review: Tiny Toon Adventures". Super Play. No. 5. Future Publishing. pp. 34–36.
  8. ^ Jarratt, Steve (June 1993). "SNES Reviews: Buster Busts Loose!". Total!. No. 18. United Kingdom: Future Publishing. pp. 36–37.
  9. ^ Eggebrecht, Julian (June 1993). "Test: Super Tiny Toons: Buster Busts Loose". Total! (in German). No. 1. Germany: MVL-Verlag. pp. 76–77. Archived from the original on 2026-02-08. Retrieved 2026-02-08.
  10. ^ Simmons, Alex; West, Allison (March 1993). "Review Control: Tiny Toons Adventures". Control. No. 7. Maverick Magazines. pp. 42–45.
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  12. ^ Millichamp, Rob; Roberts, Nick (March 1993). "Reviewed! Tiny Toon Adventures". N-Force. No. 9. Impact Magazines. pp. 24–26.
  13. ^ McCarthy, Patrick (March 1993). "Review: Tiny Toon Adventures (Super NES)". Nintendo Game Zone. No. 5. Dennis Publishing. pp. 24–27.
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  15. ^ Kirrane, Simon; Atherton, Steve (March 1993). "Super Review: Tiny Toon Adventures". Super Action. No. 6. Europress. pp. 50–53.
  16. ^ "A-Z of Games - Nintendo Games Index: Super NES". Super Gamer. No. 1. Paragon Publishing. April 1994. pp. 122–124.
  17. ^ Wynne, Stuart (February 1993). "Import Review: Tiny Toon Adventures: Buster Breaks Loose". Super Pro. No. 3. Paragon Publishing. pp. 14–17.
  18. ^ "Now Playing: Tiny Toon Adventures (Super NES)". Nintendo Power. Vol. 46. Nintendo of America. March 1993. pp. 103, 107.
  19. ^ "Top 100 SNES Games of All Time". IGN. Retrieved 2021-02-25.
  20. ^ Knight, Rich (April 30, 2018). "The Best Super Nintendo Games of All Time". Complex. Retrieved 2022-01-22.
  21. ^ "The Top Titles of 1993". Nintendo Power. Vol. 56. January 1994. pp. 2–5. Retrieved January 23, 2022 – via Archive.org.
  22. ^ "Top 100 SNES Games". Total! (43): 48. July 1995. Retrieved February 21, 2022 – via Archive.org.