Bucky O'Hare

Nintendo exclusive

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.

Released: 1 January 1992
Platforms: NES
Genres: Adventure Platformer
Developers: —
Publishers: —
Series: Bucky O'Hare
Perspective: Side view
Themes: Action Science fiction
Age ratings: CLASS_IND L
Languages: English

About

Bucky O'Hare is a fictional character and the hero of an eponymous comic book series and spin-off media, including an animated TV series and various toys and video games. He was created by comic book writer Larry Hama and comic book artist Michael Golden between 1977 and 1978 and made its publishing debut in Echo of Futurepast #1 in May 1984 by Continuity Comics.

The storyline of Bucky O'Hare follows a parallel universe where a galactic war is ongoing between the United Animals Federation (U.A.F.) and the sinister Toad Empire. The U.A.F. is an interplanetary republic run by sapient mammals, while the Toad Empire is controlled by a vast computer system known as KOMPLEX, which has led the highly consumerist toad population to fight an expansionist campaign against the rest of the galaxy.

Media

The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Legacy

During the 1990s, VHS tapes were released by Family Home Entertainment. Due to the lack of a US domestic distributor for Sunbow Productions (it was formerly Rhino and later Sony Wonder), the cartoon had been stalled in releasing a Region 1 DVD. A company called Exposure Entertainment was supposed to have released the 13 episodes on DVD in North America, in Region 1 NTSC format for the first time, but the overall release was either very rare and limited, or no set had appeared at all. The same company had a similar issue with their first season release of Biker Mice from Mars, but it did have a Region 2 PAL DVD release in the UK by Metrodome Distribution, which as of 2013 is now out of print. Hasbro has recently acquired the rights to most of their cartoon library, including Bucky O'Hare, but it is unknown whether the series will see a DVD release in Region 1.

In 2008, Continuity Studios produced a CGI animated Bucky O'Hare short, partially adapting the opening scene of the original comic, in which the Righteous Indignation comes under fire from a Toad squadron, even featuring dialogue lifted straight out of the comic.