Crazy Bus

This article is about the video game. For the song from Arthur, see Arthur (TV series) § Music.
Crazy Bus
Title screen
Developer(s)Tom Scripts[1]
Publisher(s)Devster Specialties[2]
Platform(s)Sega Genesis
Release2004
Genre(s)Driving simulator
Mode(s)Single player

Crazy Bus (also spelled CrazyBus) is a 2004 unlicensed Venezuelan bus simulator game.[3][4][5] Originally created as a tech demo, it was subsequently put on a ROM cartridge and self-published for the Sega Genesis.[6][7] The game was developed by Tom Scripts and uses Sonic the Hedgehog as a base.[3][8]

The gameplay simply consists of driving a bus back and forth to accumulate points, and also allows the driver to honk the horn.[4][6] The high score is 65,535 points.[6] The game allows the player to choose between five buses from Brazilian, Venezuelan, and Spanish brands.[9]

Crazy Bus has gained notoriety for its music,[10] described by ScreenRant as "one of the most over-the-top and intolerably shrill soundtracks of all time"[4] and by CBR as "chaotic".[11] WatchMojo ranked the title screen music #1 on its list of "Top 10 Most Annoying Songs and Music In Video Games".[7]

In 2014, the game was reviewed in episode 124 of the Angry Video Game Nerd series, where it was criticized for poor quality in all areas.[3][12] According to the University of Carabobo, the subsequent popularity of Crazy Bus drew attention to other games published in Venezuela.[3] A mod was created of Sega Genesis Classics that included Crazy Bus.[8]

  1. ^ "CrazyBus Screenshots and Videos". Kotaku. Retrieved 2024-10-23.
  2. ^ "CrazyBus (2004)". IGDB.com. Retrieved 2024-10-23.
  3. ^ a b c d Thais Elena Font Acuña, ed. (2021). LA PROPIEDAD EN LA GESTIÓN TECNOLÓGICA INTELECTUAL. Universidad de Carabobo. p. 123–124. Se trata de Crazy Bus, un título bootleg realizado por Tom Scripts lanzado para la consola Sega Genesis en el año 2004. En la pantalla de inicio se puede apreciar en inglés, hecho en Venezuela, y utiliza imágenes de buses pertenecientes a empresas en el interior del país ... Este curioso videojuego encontró popularidad gracias a una reseña hecha por James D. Rolfe, también conocido como The Angry Video Game Nerd, en Youtube, el 13 de diciembre del año 2014 ... y cuenta con una dura reseña donde critica Crazy Bus por su pobre producción en todas las áreas. Al tratarse de un videojuego pirata, es indudable que sufrió de un fracaso comercial. No obstante, su popularidad ha llamado la atención sobre la clase de videojuegos que se producen en Venezuela.
  4. ^ a b c Dee, Jake (2021-09-28). "10 Hilariously Horrendous Video Game Soundtracks". ScreenRant. Retrieved 2024-10-23.
  5. ^ "Top 10 Worst Sega Genesis Games". WatchMojo. 2016-04-27. Retrieved 2024-10-23.
  6. ^ a b c "『CRAZYBUS』タイトルに嘘偽りなくすべてがクレイジーなバス運転シミュレーションRTA". Niconico News (in Japanese). 2023-11-10. Retrieved 2024-10-23.
  7. ^ a b Maxwell, Owen (2018-04-15). "Top 10 Most Annoying Songs and Music In Video Games". WatchMojo. Retrieved 2024-10-23.
  8. ^ a b Lada, Jenni (2016-05-09). "CheatCC Rewind: Let's Get Weird with Sega Genesis". Cheat Code Central. Retrieved 2024-10-23.
  9. ^ "CRAZYBUS". Eidolon's Inn. Archived from the original on 2014-07-02. Retrieved 2024-10-23.
  10. ^ Harris, Iain (2021-07-21). "Musician turns Final Fantasy, Halo, and Mass Effect tunes into Doom Eternal versions". PCGamesN. Retrieved 2024-10-23.
  11. ^ Pantano, Noah (2021-10-07). "Top 10 Games Where The Soundtrack Was Distracting". CBR. Retrieved 2024-10-23.
  12. ^ "CrazyBus (Sega Genesis) Angry Video Game Nerd (AVGN) Episode 124". Cinemassacre. 2014-12-13. Retrieved 2024-10-23.