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Another hobby of mine is the Fiero car by Pontiac and they would have these license plate frames for when the car survived the first 100,000 miles known as the "100,000 Mile Club". And I remember when my car entered the "200,000 Mile Club" The Bubsy blog started sometime in June 8, 2008 is now entering the ... 100,000 Visits Club. Now at this time I have made 87 entries, and maybe read over my blog entries after posted. So say I read each blog four times each, that is 387 times I have looked at this blog. That means that 99,613 times were other people. Thank you everyone! (blowing kisses) MUH!! MUH!! MUH!! This is a good time to say that it all started with the Bubsy fan page of my friend Bluies that opened my eyes to the rest of the Bubsy world and what was beyond the Bubsy game on the Atari Jaguar: http://www.bluies-island.com/BubsyHQ/ And there was a thread we've added to over the years here on Atariage "Bubsy - Your Opinions" which was fun to read all the exploration of the Fractured Furry Tales, and when I finally beat that damned lobster on December 17, 2006. Yes, that was a day for the calendar. That damned lobster on level 12 is just horrible to beat and took me six years to build up the nerve to beat him. http://atariage.com/forums/topic/85838-bubsy-your-opinions/ So all this to say thanks for getting us to the 100,000 views with all the contributions, comments, fan art, and decompiling of the Bubsy rom for the Jaguar. So what do we do to get things kicked off to move on into the future? More FAN ART!! First off Bubsy as Rocket Raccoon by Justinanddennnis. Really cool since I absolutely loved Guardians of the Galaxy. Here we have Parappa Bond_and_Dr Bubsy 007 by Justinanddennnis. Loved the style of this one. Pop Fizz d Bubsy by justinanddennnis. LOL! Bubsy becoming a Godzilla. Love it. Good work JustinandDennis! Keep up the creative Bubsy stuff! So let's see, I've collected other Bubsy items over the past two months for the big 100,000 celebration. Well, ok, not really, I got busy as usual, but it was a good cover. So here in no particular order are other Bubsy pictures I thought were interesting lately: bubsy 3d comic thing by Solarpaintdragon Mystery Science Theater 3000 with the Bubsy Bobcat Cartoon Pilor bysithvampiremaster Bubsy and Jontron by Purpledazz Bubsy 3d Wallpaper with text by Waluigisrevenge Oldies Bubsy interrogated by Mamei799tickle Mario vs Bubsy by Sebastianvonbuchwald Good art. I am verring away from the more negative things being said and shown about Bubsy out there since 100,000 hits is showing that there is more than just me that finds Bubsy fascinating. So what interested me about this picture? Well, for starters they really bulked out Mario and left Bubsy.. well.. Bubsy. You don't have Bubsy fighting a iddy biddy Mario from Donkey Kong or ever Paper Mario, but this.. well, I don't know what in the hell happened to Mario. But good background art which takes place on one of the water slides of the first Bubsy game. Yes, art done not about the infamous Bubsy 3D, but the first (and most would say actually good) Bubsy game. And of course I've noticed that Bubsy is often thrown in pictures with Mario and Sonic. You know how it is... Mario, Sonic... and (cough cough) that other guy. And make no mistake there are MANY MANY game mascots that we can't even name, but oh boy people can name Bubsy! Well, as my friend said, if you can't be famous be infamous and Bubsy does that with style. Bubsy Bobcat by TVsKyle Hey Overbuff Mario... I think Bubsy is ready for a rematch!! Over the years we have have seen Bubsy in other virtual environments such as Second Life and even as a Mii on the Ninento Wii. And I am happy to say we now have a Bubsy for MINECRAFT!! Speaking of the Wii... A fairly funny article of "What if Game Characters were Sold in a Pet Shop" http://www.gamesradar.com/what-if-video-game-characters-were-sold-pet-shop/ [And we quote for archival purposes] "Bubsy (from the Bubsy series) Bubsy is quite a character. A Bobcat full of expression (and wearing a wonderfully endearing T-shirt with an exclamation mark on it), he's a totally lovable little scamp who does amazing things like jumping and gliding, and absolutely loves playing with balls of wool. What the pet shop assistant told us: "Honestly, I can't even give this one away. We started off at £25, then dropped it to £10. Then we tried offering him as a free bonus if you bought anything in the shop. Seriously, we have fish tank ornaments that cost 20p and still no-one will take him. It would be madness to offer £20 store credit if you take the damn thing away but, to be honest, mate, that's where it's heading." Here we have my favorite Bubsy cosplay to date. Even surpassing my own. Yes, she's cuter.... THE WRAP UP------------------- Some have asked why I like Bubsy as much as I do. Well, it hit me tonight, Bubsy is the King of Lame, he is a looser, and yet you have to admit he is good at being what he does, and that is, being Bubsy. I mean he is ball of fur and uncool, and yet he just barrels forward, dieing left and right and coming back with his many lives, unbothered by the many things that can kill him, or even those, like Arnold, that simply want to not be around him. And yet Bubsy continues to think of himself as a superstar. Not a bad lesson for anyone when you think about it. Bubsy is so uncool that he loops the block twice achieving enough uniqueness to be remembered and to actually be coo.. no... can't say that, but he achieves being Bubsy. In January 2007 I uploaded a video to YouTube of Bubsy 3D. The response has been unreal. The video currently has 101,851 views and 822 comments. Face it: Winner or looser... loved or hated... there is something about the Bobcat that provokes a response both good and bad with people. Most that liked Bubsy seem to have good memories playing Bubsy as a kid. For me one such person, and how it really all started, was I was at Trader's Village in Texas and a Video Game store had a booth out there. I was looking for games for an Atari Jaguar I had bought sometime in 1999. So this was about 2000-ish. The teenager working there said "Well, we have Bubsy for the Jaguar. I liked the game on the Genesis so I would suggest that." Took Fractured Furry Tales to my friend's place, and played with my friend's kids when I would hang out over there. At the time the oldest was about 4, the next 2, and the other recently born. I was getting my a$$ handed to me at first but I didn't notice. I would stop Bubsy and the kids would laugh as Bubsy would put his hands on the screen, and then laugh some more when he would knock on the glass. I would run Bubsy into tunnels and we would make car racing sounds as the Bubsy was transported from one tunnel to the next, and then make breaking sounds when we reached the other side. And then I would have blast running Bubsy into stuff. They would always laugh at that one. I believe they are 19, 17, and 15 at this point. I still hang out with them, and their 8 year old brother likes for me to hook up the old Jaguar from time to time. What great times. And I look forward to seeing what other fan arts will be created, and even Bubsy games, as we saw with the weird but kinda fun games Rip Van Bubsy and the Bubsy 3D game at the museum. Hopefully we'll see more creative stuff. As Bubsy said in at least two games (Bubsy 1 and FFT) "Keep it up! Just Keep it up!" -Doctor Clu * This also dedicated to my cat Pika who is this weird 20 something abnysian/Tabby cat that is probably the closest thing I'll ever have to a Bobcat. Someday I will put a shirt on him and take a picture. Oh yes.... ** As I started this entry tonight the blog had 99,991 views, and now we have 100,019. YOWZA!