Bucky O'Hare — stories left

In addition to two people with "special thanks" credits, Hideyuki Suganami and Kouichi Kimura, later working at Treasure, Maegawa was founder and president of the company, and Shindoh worked on the visuals of Alien Soldier (1995).

A critic for ' said the game scrolled so fast the player would get hit by a small, unnoticed enemy.

Less positively, writers from Nintendo Magazine System stated that it had few original ideas, such as moving floors and a chase from lava, and the high quantity of prior platformers based on cartoons made the product especially uninteresting.

Sushi-X of Electronic Gaming Monthly praised it as "ever increasing" for players of all skill levels, and VideoGames & Computer Entertainment journalist B.W. felt it was balanced, where the earliest levels could be played by even the least experienced gamers, and the difficulty level would gradually increase.

Andy, who found its difficulty to be "nightmarish", and critics writing for GamePro, dubbed "The Pizza Guys", attributed much of the difficulty from the design of the levels, like disappearing block platforms, lava steams, meteor platforms, Ice Snakes, and spikes.

Even Andy, who felt the levels generally got progressively tougher, said there were random bumps in the challenge, particularly with its infinite continues, easy bosses and short sections that can be traversed "without firing a shot".

Reviewers praised its graphics and exciting gameplay, but disliked its lack of original contributions towards the platform genre and were divided on its difficulty.

Sushi-X of Electronic Gaming Monthly praised it as "ever increasing" for players of all skill levels, and VideoGames & Computer Entertainment journalist B.W. felt it was balanced, where the earliest levels could be played by even the least experienced gamers, and the difficulty level would gradually increase.

Kalata, more unfavorably, criticized the game for only having extreme ends of difficulty.

Play Time, in addition to highlighting Bucky's sprite animation, praised the backgrounds and scrolling.

Reviewers praised its graphics and exciting gameplay, but disliked its lack of original contributions towards the platform genre and were divided on its difficulty.

Sushi-X of Electronic Gaming Monthly praised it as "ever increasing" for players of all skill levels, and VideoGames & Computer Entertainment journalist B.W. felt it was balanced, where the earliest levels could be played by even the least experienced gamers, and the difficulty level would gradually increase.

Andy, who found its difficulty to be "nightmarish", and critics writing for GamePro, dubbed "The Pizza Guys", attributed much of the difficulty from the design of the levels, like disappearing block platforms, lava steams, meteor platforms, Ice Snakes, and spikes.

Kalata, more unfavorably, criticized the game for only having extreme ends of difficulty.

First announced in Nintendo Power in the June 1991 issue, Bucky O'Hare was previewed in magazines like Electronic Gaming Monthly and GamePro before its release.

Kalata, more unfavorably, criticized the game for only having extreme ends of difficulty.