Electronic Gaming Monthly's Top 11 Aero the Acro-Bat, Bubsy the Bobcat & Chester Cheetah Games
48So far in this EGM Ranks series, we’ve talked about Mario, Sonic and even Bonk. But what about the other mascot characters trying to make a name for themselves in the early 1990s? What about the games starring Aero the Acro-Bat, Bubsy the Bobcat and Chester Cheetah, or, as I like to call them, the ABCs of platforming heroes. What did Electronic Gaming Monthly think of these short-lived franchises and, more importantly, what mascot came out on top?
Now, in case you’re curious, Electronic Gaming Monthly reviewed a total of eleven games across the Aero, Bubsy and Chester Cheetah franchises. That includes pretty much everything from all three of these series, though not all of the ports were reviewed. They also missed out on reviewing both 2017’s Bubsy: The Woolies Strike Back and 2019’s Bubsy: Paws on Fire, but as somebody who reviewed both of those games, I can assure you that EGM didn’t miss a thing. What we’re going to do today is count down the best and worst Aero, Bubsy and Chester Cheetah games using Electronic Gaming Monthly’s own words and scores. There’s no editorializing here, we’re going to focus on what the critics said back when these games first came out. So, grab a bag a Cheetos and get ready to join the circus, because this is another smart-mouthed episode of EGM Ranks Aero the Acro-Bat, Bubsy the Bobcat and Chester Cheetah, the ABCs of platforming heroes.
0:00 – Introduction
1:41 – Commercial: Aero the Acro-Bat (U.S.)
2:12 – Bubsy 3D (PS1)
3:03 – Chester Cheetah: Wild Wild Quest (SNES)
3:23 – Chester Cheetah: Wild Wild Quest (Genesis)
3:56 – Bubsy in Fractured Furry Tales (Jaguar)
4:33 – Aero the Acro-Bat (Genesis)
4:54 – Bubsy II (Game Boy)
5:13 – Aero the Acro-Bat 2 (Genesis)
5:41 – Chester Cheetah: Too Cool to Fool (SNES)
6:08 – Bubsy in Claws Encounters of the Furred Kind (SNES)
6:36 – Aero the Acro-Bat (SNES)
7:10 – Zero the Kamikaze Squirrel (Genesis)
7:50 – Commercial: Chester Cheetah 1989 (U.S.)
8:20 – Question of the Day
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