Disney's Bonkers: Wax Up!

Disney's Bonkers: Wax Up! is a video game developed by Al Baker & Associates, published by Sega and released in February 1995 for the Game Gear[1] under the Sega Club brand.[2]It is based on the Bonkers television series. The game was exhibited in the Las Vegas Consumer Electronics Show.[3] It was later ported to the Master System in 1998 and published by Tec Toy.

Disney's Bonkers: Wax Up!
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Developer(s)Al Baker & Associates
Publisher(s)Sega
Tec Toy (Master System)
Designer(s)Thomas L. Fessler
Platform(s)Game Gear, Master System
ReleaseGame Gear
  • US: February 1995
Master System
Genre(s)Platform
Mode(s)Single-player

Plot

The toon cop Bonkers D. Bobcat goes on a mission to follow a trail that will take him to the casting factory where he has to rescue his partner Lucky Piquel and several toons that have encased as wax statues by the evil Madame Whosaid, who plans to open her own wax museum.

Gameplay

The player has Bonkers making his way through a level to find and collect a certain number pickle clues and rescue any waxed toons, while dodging hazards and fighting enemies. Food items grant Bonkers health recovery, badges grant bonus points and Bonkers icons grant extra lives.

Reception

The Game Gear version of the game received average reviews at most. GamePro reviewer Scarry Larry found the graphics to be a mixed bag due to the sprite details and darkened layouts, but found the music to be repetitive and concluded the game was only good for Bonkers fans.[5] A review on Video Games The Ultimate Gaming Magazine did not praise the graphics, audio or gameplay, but found them acceptable.[6] Consoles + had complaints about the slowdowns. Defunct Games found that the title worked as a portable game, but lacked the ambition of DuckTales.[7] The Master System version did not meet up to reception of the handheld original. Retrogamer Le Geek, stated that the game was only good for Tec Toy game collectors.[8]

References
  1. "Game Players Calendar". Game Players. No. 49. February 1995. p. 68.
  2. "Bobcat Polices New Territory". Sega Visions. No. 22. International Data Group. December 1994. p. 150.
  3. Marshal M. Rosenthal (March 1995). "Las Vegas Consumer Electronics Show Report". Sega Megazone. No. 49. Megazone Publications. p. 6.
  4. "Rien à voir avec la MD". Consoles +. No. 42. Éditions Mondiale. April 1995. p. 130.
  5. Scarry Larry (April 1995). "Proreview". GamePro. No. 69. International Data Group. p. 110.
  6. "Capsule Reviews". Video Games The Ultimate Gaming Magazine. No. 77. Future plc. June 1995. p. 86.
  7. Lachel, Cyril. "Disney's Bonkers: Wax Up! - Defunct Games". Defunct Games. Retrieved December 10, 2020.
  8. Coldewey, David. "Le Geek (Disney's Bonkers Wax Up)". Le Geek Retrogaming. Archived from the original on July 11, 2012.
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