Tiny Toon Adventures: Wacky Sports Challenge
| Tiny Toon Adventures: Wacky Sports Challenge | |
|---|---|
 North American Super NES cover art | |
| Developer | Konami |
| Publisher | Konami |
| Platforms | Super NES, Game Boy |
| Release | Super NES Game Boy |
| Genres | Party, sports |
| Modes | Single-player, multiplayer |
Tiny Toon Adventures: Wacky Sports Challenge[a] is a sports video game. The game was released in 1994 for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System and developed and published by Konami. It is based on the American children’s television series, Tiny Toon Adventures. It is one of the few SNES games to feature an SNES Multitap as a useable controller.[citation needed]
Gameplay
The player can choose to play as a variety of characters from the series. Available characters were: Hamton, the Master of Ceremonies, Buster Bunny, Babs Bunny, Plucky Duck, Dizzy Devil[3]
After choosing a character, the player can then choose to participate in various Olympic-style events. There are four difficulty levels, each with about six to seven events each. Events include: The Ice Cream Toss, The Chicken Dash, Weight Lifting, Saucer Throw, Bungee jumping, Birdman Contest, Freestyle Skiing, Pole Vault, Log Cutting, Swimming, Hammer Bash, and an Obstacle course.[3]
Game Boy version
Tiny Toon Adventures: Wacky Sports[b] was released in 1994 on the Nintendo Game Boy and developed and published by Konami.
In Wacky Sports, the players choose to play as either Buster or Babs Bunny. As Babs, the player can participate in their own choice of sports activities, including baseball, soccer, or tennis. As Buster, the users can also play carnival games set up by side characters of the franchise.[citation needed]
If the Konami Code is used at the title screen, a level select feature becomes available.[citation needed]
Reception
Power Unlimited gave the Game Boy version a review score of 49% writing: "Dull and lame action in this apparently quickly put together game in which the humor of the Tiny Toons does not come into its own at all."[4]
See also
- Tiny Toon Adventures: ACME All-Stars (1994) a similar Tiny Toons sports game developed for the Sega Genesis featuring a different set of sports.
Notes
References
- ^ a b Tsūshin, Hamamura; Doitsu, Suzuki; Watanabe, Miki; Chuji, Giorgio (October 7, 1994). "New Games Cross Review". Famicom Tsūshin (in Japanese). No. 303. ASCII Corporation. p. 38.
- ^ "Tiny Toon Adventures: Wacky Sports Challenge for Super Nintendo - GameFAQs". gamefaqs.gamespot.com. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
- ^ a b WACKY SPORTS CHALLENGE INSTRUCTION BOOKLET (PDF). Konami. 1994.
- ^ "Power Unlimited Game Database". powerweb.nl (in Dutch). November 1994. Archived from the original on October 20, 2003. Retrieved November 25, 2022.