The Making of Bubsy - Faran Thomason Interview (Atari, SEGA & Nintendo)
13Bubsy In: Fractured Furry Tales is the only Bubsy game to appear on the Atari Jaguar. It's a side scrolling platform game similar to the Genesis and SNES Bubsy series.
Bubsy is a bobcat superhero who can defeat all enemies by jumping on top of them. In Fractured Furry Tales, he finds himself in a series of fairy tales. When all havoc breaks loose in the land of fairy tales, Mother Goose sends in a brave and noble hero (who happens to be Bubsy) that will restore peace to the fairy tale land. So, Bubsy has to travel through 15 levels and set things right.
Faran Thomason worked across three of the largest video game companies of all time; Atari, SEGA and Nintendo. Faran shares some great stories including working on the Atari Jaguar, Mortal Kombat 3 and loads of insight on all three gaming companies.
This week's guest may be the only person we've ever interviewed who's worked for Atari, Nintendo and SEGA - the magic three! Faran Thomason kindly gave us some of his time a while ago for a text interview but we simply had to chat to him to get more of those stories out.
Especially a treat for Atari Jaguar fans, Adrian talks to the producer, QA tester and level designer himself about Bubsy, Baldies, Cybermorph and the abandoned Jag version of Mortal Kombat 3 among many other lovely retro gaming stories about all three legendary companies. He also talks about making consoles in China, Black Lives Matter, what the Tramiels were really like and working with the legendary Lance Henriksen. Enjoy!
While listening to how so many classic games were made, please enjoy this playthrough of Bubsy.
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