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{{Infobox video game
| title = Bugs Bunny & Taz: Time Busters
| image = Bugs and Taz Time Busters Game Cover.jpg
| caption = PAL cover featuring [[Tasmanian Devil (Looney Tunes)|Taz]] and [[Bugs Bunny]]
| developer = [[Artificial Mind and Movement]]
| publisher = [[Infogrames Entertainment, SA|Infogrames]]
| designer =
| composer = Gilles Léveillé
| series =
| engine =
| released = '''PlayStation''' {{vgrelease|NA|November 24, 2000|EU|November 24, 2000}}'''Microsoft Windows''' {{vgrelease|NA|September 2000|EU|December 8, 2000}}
| genre = [[Platform game|Platform]]
| modes = Single Player, Two player cooperative<ref name="IGN game profile">{{Cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/games/bugs-bunny-taz-time-busters|title=Bugs Bunny & Taz: Time Busters - PlayStation|work=[[IGN]]|accessdate=22 May 2014|archive-date=16 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220216050155/https://www.ign.com/games/bugs-bunny-taz-time-busters|url-status=live}}</ref>
| platforms = {{plainlist|
* [[Microsoft Windows]]
* [[PlayStation (console)|PlayStation]]}}
}}
'''''Bugs Bunny & Taz: Time Busters''''' is a [[Looney Tunes]] [[platform video game|platform]] [[video game]] released for the [[PlayStation (console)|Sony PlayStation]] and [[Microsoft Windows]] in 2000, and is an indirect sequel to the 1999 game ''[[Bugs Bunny: Lost in Time]]''. It also came on a Twin Pack CD bundled with ''[[Wacky Races (2000 video game)|Wacky Races]]'' in 2003.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mobygames.com/game/bugs-bunny-taz-time-busters-wacky-races |title=Bugs Bunny & Taz: Time Busters / Wacky Races for Playstation (2002) |date=20 March 2008 |work=[[MobyGames]] |accessdate=13 August 2013 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304123737/http://www.mobygames.com/game/bugs-bunny-taz-time-busters-wacky-races |url-status=dead }}</ref>
== Plot ==
While on duty as the top pest controller for "Jet Age Pest Control," [[Daffy Duck]] accidentally breaks [[Granny (Looney Tunes)|Granny]]'s Time Regulator and is thrown back in time with the core of this machine, a precious Time Gem. The time regulator goes haywire, hurtling various residents of different eras in time across time and space, and the gears that help the regulator function are scattered as well. [[Bugs Bunny]] arrives at Granny's house, and is tasked with finding the Time Gem, the gears, the lost characters, and Daffy with Granny's pet [[Tasmanian Devil (Looney Tunes)|Taz]]. Bugs and Taz solve various puzzles and battle local villains, many of whom Daffy has run afoul of due to greedily trying to steal their riches.
The game features two possible endings upon the defeat of the final boss, Count Bloodcount. If the player has not collected all the Time Regulator's gears by the time they defeat Bloodcount, Granny asks the player to return to the game to retrieve the remaining gears; if the player refuses, Granny accepts the Time Regulator not working perfectly, and Daffy is left in the Transylvanian Era to be killed and eaten by Count Bloodcount. If the player either agrees to return to collect the remaining gears and succeeds, or has already collected them all by the time they defeat Bloodcount, Granny fully repairs the Time Regulator and rescues Daffy from Bloodcount. The gateways to the various eras are then sealed off forever, and Daffy returns to the present shrunken to insect size.
== Gameplay ==
The object of the game is to collect all the gears scattered around the levels and progress through all four different eras. The gameplay plays much the same as ''Bugs Bunny: Lost in Time'', retaining Bugs' traits, but introducing new ones to Taz, as well as a co-op mode where one player can control Bugs, with the other controlling Taz; alternatively, the game can be played in single-player, with the player having to switch between controlling Bugs and Taz throughout the game. Both characters need to be used to make use of their unique abilities to make areas accessible and defeat certain enemies.
All Eras are accessed from the central hub level Granwich. Once an era has been completed of its levels, a boss must be confronted and defeated, along with collecting nearly all of the current era's gears, in order to unlock the next era. After the last era is completed, the player is given two different endings based on if all gears were collected. If all gears are not collected, the player can choose to continue playing to collect the remaining gears.
== Reception ==
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<!-- Aggregators -->| GR_PC = 70%<ref name="gamerankings-psx">{{cite web|url=http://www.gamerankings.com/ps/374989-bugs-bunny-and-taz-time-busters/index.html|title=Bugs Bunny & Taz: Time Busters for PlayStation|work=[[GameRankings]]|accessdate=22 May 2014|archive-date=9 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191209014849/https://www.gamerankings.com/ps/374989-bugs-bunny-and-taz-time-busters/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
| GR_PS = 74.95%<ref name="gamerankings-pc">{{cite web|url=http://www.gamerankings.com/pc/580251-bugs-bunny-and-taz-time-busters/index.html|title=Bugs Bunny & Taz: Time Busters for PC|work=GameRankings|accessdate=22 May 2014|archive-date=9 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191209011439/https://www.gamerankings.com/pc/580251-bugs-bunny-and-taz-time-busters/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
| MC_PC =
| MC_PS = 72/100<ref name="metacritic-psx"/>
<!-- Reviewers -->| Allgame_PC = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=25532&tab=review|title=Bugs Bunny & Taz: Time Busters (PC) - Review|last=Jones|first=Carolyn|work=AllGame|accessdate=17 November 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141117032423/http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=25532&tab=review|archivedate=17 November 2014}}</ref>
| Allgame_PS = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=25531&tab=review|title=Bugs Bunny & Taz: Time Busters (PS) - Review|last=Thompson|first=Jon|work=[[AllGame]]|accessdate=17 November 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141117032254/http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=25531&tab=review|archivedate=17 November 2014}}</ref>
| EGM_PC =
| EGM_PS = 7.67/10<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.zdnet.com/egm/stories/main/0,11589,2685277,00.html|title=Bugs and Taz in Time Busters <nowiki>[sic]</nowiki> (PS)|author=EGM Staff|date=April 2001|magazine=[[Electronic Gaming Monthly]]|accessdate=22 May 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20010421185757/http://www.zdnet.com/egm/stories/main/0%2C11589%2C2685277%2C00.html|archivedate=21 April 2001|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| GI_PC =
| GI_PS = 8.5/10<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.gameinformer.com/Games/Review/200102/R03.0806.1051.18396.htm|title=Bugs Bunny & Taz: Time Busters (PS)|last=Reiner|first=Andrew|issue=94|date=February 2001|magazine=[[Game Informer]]|accessdate=22 May 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080121074245/http://gameinformer.com/Games/Review/200102/R03.0806.1051.18396.htm|archivedate=21 January 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| GSpot_PC =
| GSpot_PS = 7.5/10<ref name="gamespot-review"/>
| GameZone_PC = 8/10<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pc.gamezone.com/gzreviews/r16528.htm|title=Bugs Bunny & Taz Time Busters Review on PC|last=Courtney|first=Rita|date=2 March 2001|work=GameZone|accessdate=22 May 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050216072204/http://pc.gamezone.com/gzreviews/r16528.htm|archivedate=16 February 2005|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| GameZone_PS =
| IGN_PC = 6.8/10<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2001/03/02/bugs-bunny-taz-time-busters-2|title=Bugs Bunny & Taz: Time Busters (PC)|last=Lopez|first=Vincent|date=2 March 2001|work=IGN|accessdate=7 December 2020|archive-date=29 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130629075334/http://www.ign.com/articles/2001/03/02/bugs-bunny-taz-time-busters-2|url-status=live}}</ref>
| IGN_PS = 7.9/10<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2000/12/21/bugs-bunny-taz-time-busters|title=Bugs Bunny & Taz: Time Busters (PS)|last=Zdyrko|first=David|date=21 December 2000|work=[[IGN]]|accessdate=7 December 2020|archive-date=16 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220216050153/https://www.ign.com/articles/2000/12/21/bugs-bunny-taz-time-busters|url-status=live}}</ref>
| OPM_PC =
| OPM_PS = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.zdnet.com/opm/stories/main/0,11891,2667594,00.html|title=Bugs Bunny & Taz: Time Busters (PS)|last=Steinman|first=Gary|date=February 2001|magazine=[[Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine]]|accessdate=22 May 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20010418230403/http://www.zdnet.com/opm/stories/main/0%2C11891%2C2667594%2C00.html|archivedate=18 April 2001|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| PCZone_PC = 67%<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=3688|title=PC Review: Bugs Bunny & Taz: Time Busters|last=Shoemaker|first=Richie|year=2000|journal=[[PC Zone]]|accessdate=22 May 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080605174929/http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=3688|archivedate=5 June 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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The game was met with fairly positive reception upon release. [[GameRankings]] and [[Metacritic]] gave it a score of 74.95% and 72 out of 100 for the PlayStation version,<ref name="gamerankings-psx"/><ref name="metacritic-psx">{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/bugs-bunny-and-taz-time-busters/critic-reviews/?platform=playstation|title=Bugs Bunny & Taz: Time Busters for PlayStation Reviews|work=[[Metacritic]]|accessdate=25 April 2012|archive-date=26 November 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111126234853/https://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation/bugs-bunny-taz-time-busters|url-status=live}}</ref> and 70% for the PC version.<ref name="gamerankings-pc"/> Frank Provo, writing for [[GameSpot]], gave the game a score of 7.5/10, writing that "it does an excellent job of capturing the humor and personality that the Looney Tunes franchise embodies."<ref name="gamespot-review">{{cite web|url=https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/bugs-and-taz-time-busters-review/1900-2672445/|title=Bugs & Taz: Time Busters Review (PS)|last=Provo|first=Frank|date=8 January 2001|work=[[GameSpot]]|accessdate=22 May 2014|archive-date=27 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161227015546/https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/bugs-and-taz-time-busters-review/1900-2672445/|url-status=live}}</ref>
==See also==
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== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{moby game|id=/bugs-bunny-taz-time-busters}}
{{Looney Tunes video games}}
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