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The 13 most hateful video game mascot characters of the '90s

The risible zeros who tried to be heroes

Words: David Houghton, GamesRadar UK
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Icehearted  - 2 months 19 days ago 
I'd won a Bubsy T-shirt in a magazine contest once... and I never lived down the shame.
Styrophoamicus  - 2 months 19 days ago 
How could you forget James Pond?

Kudos for including Mohawk and Headphone Jack. I rented that once in my early, impressionable youth and the only thing I remember is that you had to collect CD's. I really don't remember anything else. Except that he was technically naked 0.o

Also, watching the video for Havoc, I couldn't help but feel like sections of that stage are lifted right from Green Hill Zone. Shame, that
nai1210  - 2 months 19 days ago 
I remeber looking forward to busby,then i played it.I guess they where trying to make it seem faster than Sonic by having him run so close to the right hand of the screen you couldn't see what was coming up,total unplayable shit is what it was.You can't blame developers for trying with the popularity of Mario/Sonic games around the time these games where released,but boy did they get it wrong and then some.Liked your never heard of boogerman before but it looks comparison to boogerman and earthworm jim like a failed flash game trying to be like earth worm jim,how did it get released i feel sorry for the kid's who bought that back in the day instead of earthworm jim,those kids though will have grown up and trully appreciate the value of money having spent around 50 quid on that piece of shit.
nai1210  - 2 months 19 days ago 
my last post seems to have came out a bit all over the place,having probs with PC,Can't be arsed to fix the post but i'm sure you will get the general gist of it
V13Dragongal  - 2 months 19 days ago 
DOWM WITH BUBSY!!! I HATE YOU!!!

Besides for that ur complety right those games look like they suck. im neva playing them.
Bri77777  - 2 months 19 days ago 
.....I...watched the whole episode of bubsy. this shows that i have cajones. now i need them to kill the bastards who created this abomination that even Hitler would consider worse than torture.
SandroTheMaster  - 2 months 17 days ago 
I was half afraid Captain Claw would have made this list. I always thought he was an excellent character in an excellent platformer, but once I saw Gex (which I also considered great... only the first game though).

But maybe it is because these two were PC games in a time PC games in my country had a fad for being localized, and so the Portuguese speaking Gex didn't sound so bad as the American one.

I always thought Gex was pretty innovative for having a character who interacted more freely with the environment, being able to walk at walls.
SandroTheMaster  - 2 months 17 days ago 
"once I saw Gex...", forgot these...
MATTSHADOW  - 2 months 17 days ago 
gex looks like the older brother of espio
schneebm  - 2 months 17 days ago 
Hey Boogerman was my favorite on the old system!!!! lol But all the rest you have right.
Crocket  - 2 months 15 days ago 
You guys are so far off base with Bubsy that I cannot believe it. That game for the SNES was almost as fun as DK Country. It did get frustratingly hard at times but it was great fun to play.
Mysticgamer  - 2 months 15 days ago 
Wow, that Bubsy show was pure garbage. It made the writing and artwork of The Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog look like a Miyazaki movie.
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