Bugs Bunny: Lost in Time Demo

Although it rarely functions in real life, being a wisecracking joker worked wonders for one particular rabbit over the decades, despite the fact that it also got him into trouble more times that anyone could count. Using sarcasm and a fair amount of wits, Bugs Bunny manages to elude the incompetent hunter who's after him, by always finding a way to trick and deceive him.

Bugs Bunny: Lost in Time is a classic arcade game in which you have to help the legendary rabbit get out of yet another pickle, this time involving time travel and a multitude of other prehistoric dangers. While the basic mechanics are centered around classic item collection and level navigation, there are also some adventure elements thrown into the mix, which come out in the form of various puzzles that must be solved before you are able to move forward.

As far as the plot is concerned, the usual mumbo-jumbo is called into action, since nothing really makes a lot of sense, but it certainly looks fun and colorful. Hence, after Bugs Bunny accidentally fools around with a time machine, he gets to unwillingly travel a few millennia backwards and visit various periods throughout history. Naturally, his purpose is to return from where he left, a goal that takes him through a wide array of interesting locations and many dangerous situations.

In order to return to his original timeline, Bugs Bunny must collect the clocks and the golden carrots from each level, which are usually placed in rather hard-to-reach locations and require a fair amount of work to get to. On the other hand, navigating the stages is half the fun, since the bunny is capable of a wide range of actions, such as jumping, rolling or even pushing objects from one place to the other.

Unfortunately, it must be mentioned that the PC version at hand can be extremely frustrating and annoying, due to the weird control scheme and the absolutely wild camera work. Although you can manually pan the view around using the keyboard, that obviously requires a lot of coordination as well, which is not exactly what you have time for during the platforming sections that punish every wrong step with sudden death.

Bugs Bunny: Lost in Time may be filled with classical cartoon humor and a variety of funny characters, but it is pretty difficult to crack a smile when you are not able to properly control the rabbit and the camera always provides you with the worst angles imaginable. Thus, every jump is a gamble and you routinely miss stuff throughout the levels, which takes its toll on your patience and sanity, the more you struggle to march on forwards