Bubsy in: The Purrfect Collection

Bubsy in: The Purrfect Collection

September 9, 2025

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Is Bubsy a celebrated icon from the mascot wars of the early 90s or a platforming punchline? The team at Limited Run Games has built a new collection to find the answer. Bubsy in: The Purrfect Collection explores the franchise&s;s troubled history and enduring popularity. Bubsy in: The Purrfect Collection …

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Andrew Thornton Hey Poor Player Sep 2025
30.0 /100

"The problem, ultimately, is that this is a collection of really lackluster titles. Even the best game here isn’t worth your time. It’s hard to recommend to anyone because they’re not even bad in an interesting way; they’re just poorly …"

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Azario Lopez Noisy Pixel Sep 2025
65.0 /100

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45.0

Gameplay

20.0

Story

15.0

"Bubsy in: The Purrfect Collection is a lovingly curated yet brutally honest preservation of one of gaming’s most chaotic mascots. Packed with extras and accessibility features, it faithfully captures every quirky, frustrating, and occasionally charming moment of Bubsy’s retro reign, …"

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Chris Dunlap Gaming Age Sep 2025
70.0 /100

Graphics

68.0

Gameplay

62.0

Story

65.0

"I’m giving this props for being a well presented collection but the subject matter is just not very good. I mean, it’s Bubsy, thats basically all you need to know."

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Cody Medellin Worth Playing Sep 2025
55.0 /100

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60.0

Gameplay

55.0

Story

50.0

"There are two ways to look at Bubsy in: The Purrfect Collection. The games aren&s;t that great. The first Bubsy game is tolerable, but each sequel has enough bad design decisions that you need the patience of a saint and …"

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Connor Nichols Seafoam Gaming Sep 2025
40.0 /100

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20.0

Gameplay

30.0

Story

40.0

"Ultimately, Bubsy is a franchise that definitely started OK-ish during a mascot boom and was made by a real passionate team, but every subsequent entry got worse and worse, or had a major flaw that made the rest of the …"

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David Pietrangelo Console Creatures Sep 2025
60.0 /100

"Bubsy in: The Purrfect Collection is complete with lacklustre platformers and a set of bonus features that are hit and miss."

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John Hansen Game Sandwich Sep 2025
30.0 /100

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20.0

Gameplay

15.0

Story

10.0

"Bubsy in: The Purrfect Collection is Atari and Limited Run bringing back some pretty bad games and bundling them together with features that make them minimally better, but not good. If you are a Bubsy mega fan who has played …"

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Ken McKown ZTGD Sep 2025
70.0 /100

Graphics

70.0

Gameplay

45.0

Story

70.0

"Bubsy is a weird character. So many old school gamers know and love him but will freely admit they are bad games. Yet here we are in the year of our lord 2025 and getting one of the best compilations …"

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Leonardo Faria WayTooManyGames Sep 2025
40.0 /100

Graphics

25.0

Gameplay

30.0

Story

10.0

"I’m glad that Bubsy in: The Purrfect Collection exists, but only as a means to preserve a handful of (in)famous games for posterity, and not because the content included in it is actually worth bothering. Not a single title in …"

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Nathaniel Stevens Digital Chumps Sep 2025
75.0 /100

Graphics

65.0

Gameplay

45.0

Story

30.0

"Bubsy In: The Purrfect Collection from Limited Run Games and Atari is a solid trip down memory lane that features good add-ons and a worthy refurbished 3D version of Bubsy 3D. Now, that said, the collection might be tough for …"

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Richard Dobson TheXboxHub Sep 2025
50.0 /100

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50.0

Gameplay

50.0

Story

50.0

"As a collection and a retrospective anthology of Bubsy games, Bubsy in: The Purrfect Collection ticks all the boxes. The issue here though, and it is a fairly major one, is that the games weren’t ever very good in the …"

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Richard Seagrave GameSpew Sep 2025
50.0 /100

"Bubsy in: The Purrfect Collection bundles up four games that are all varying degrees of bad, with Bubsy 3D being the worst of the lot. It is cheap, however, and has extras that fans of the bobcat will no doubt …"

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Spencer Legacy MonsterVine Sep 2025
70.0 /100

"Bubsy in: The Purrfect Collection is an odd case. As a collection and as a piece of digital preservation, it’s brilliant. There are lots of interesting bits of bonus content, tight emulation, and pleasant visuals. It’s just that the Bubsy …"

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Stephan Adamus COGconnected Sep 2025
50.0 /100

Graphics

30.0

Gameplay

45.0

Story

10.0

"But Bubsy in: The Purrfect Collection is an incredibly loving and complete package of everything Bubsy. Anyone with nostalgic love for this series will be over the moon. I just don’t think Bubsy’s gonna make any new fans any time …"

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Tom Massey Nintendo Life Sep 2025
40.0 /100

Graphics

60.0

Gameplay

35.0

Story

20.0

"One wonders if the entire Bubsy series wasn&s;t actually designed as a sort of torture parody; that the intention all along was to pummel unsuspecting children into submission via an innocent-looking, anthropomorphic-bobcat-led platform game.Picture this: some kid in 1993 got …"

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Trevor Gould Pure Nintendo Sep 2025
75.0 /100

Graphics

30.0

Gameplay

45.0

Story

20.0

"The Bubsy games have become unpopular as time has passed, but his collection does its best to make them more playable than they&s;ve ever been. You can relive the nostalgia of the first two 16-bit games, roll your eyes at …"

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