Bubsy Smart-Aleck Bobcat Bounces Again! The cat with the chat is back. A catchy new catastrophe is about to befall Mr. Purrsonality (better known around these climes as Mr. Mouth). Bubsy II from Accolade puts the famous-in-his-own-mind furball in a one- or two- player battle against a swine named Oinker P. Hamm and his henchhogs. You'll marvel (or at least swoon) at the number of new things Bubsy can do in this cataclysmic Adventure. You can cat-apault through any of the worlds (in any order), get catatonic over bunches of new usable items, play through a game catacombed with funny new subgames, and best of all, cat-fight a capitalist boar with your favorite cat-o'-nine-lives. Publisher: Accolade Players: 1 or 2 Controller: 3-Button Rating: Not Yet Rated High-Tech Hairball Hijinks Oinker P. Hamm has hijacked Dr. V. Reality's WOMPUM (a mouthfull of an acronym for a machine that steals history) and built his own indoor amusement park. The pig calls it the Amazatorium and, as you might imagine, he's in hog heaven charging folks to see what was rightfully theirs to begin with. Our fearless (or was that peerless?) hairball takes his niece and nephew, the Bubsy Twins (Terri and Terry) to see the park, and with typical Bubsy timing, he's a day early and a marble short. The twins take it upon themselves to hightail it into the park while Uncle Bubsy's not paying attention (this guy has the attention span of a houseplant). Now our fur- brained friend has to sneak in to the park and find them. Bodacious Bunches of Bubsy Bubsy II offers more types of play than a deck of cards. (Note: The previous line was a blatant exaggeration and we don't know how it snuck in.)The Amazatorium has three floors and two wings East and West. Each Tour increases in challenge, starting with the First Floor Tour, then up to the Second and Third Floor Tours, with the largest and most difficult being the Grand Tour. But wait - they didn't stop there (oh, no). You can choose to go it alone or bring a friend along. Two players can select Friendly or Feisty mode. The game play is normal turn taking, with a major twist. In Friendly, while waiting for your turn with Bubsy, you lob bananas at enemies and collect stuff for your pal. In Feisty, you toss bananas in Bubsy's path and steal his goodies before he gets ’em. Got it? Not enough? One- or two-player Mini Games let you play all three subgames - Frogapult, Armadillo Drop, and Liquid Lunacy. Teaching an Old Cat New Tricks Every game gives you bunches of new items to collect. You can now leave a level and come back as often as you want by using the Portable Hole. You get a Diving Suit to brave water hazards. A new Smart Bomb takes out all the enemies onscreen and turns ’em into marbles (also stuns the Twin in Feisty mode). Now you can blast your enemies with a Ballzooka and collect tons of additional things on your travels, including a health Patch-Up (Bubsy no longer uses up a life when he gets hit a single time, you get three hits). There're lots of new things to do and lots of new ways to play. Hot Hints All the switches in Egypt look like a lion's head. Look Up and Down before leaping. Sell your stuff to get bunches of lives at the Gift Shop (at the completion of each level). You can revisit levels to collect lives before hitting the Boss Doors. Follow the arrows, but note that they get fewer and farther between as you move up the floors. The East wing Grand Tour is slightly harder than the West wing version.