Buck Bumble
Developer(s)	Argonaut Games
Publisher(s)	Ubisoft
Release date(s)	November 30, 1998
Genre(s)	Action
Mode(s)	Single player, multiplayer
Rating(s)	ESRB: Everyone (E)
Platform(s)	Nintendo 64

Buck Bumble is an action video game for the Nintendo 64 released by Ubisoft in 1998. Frequently acknowledged about the game is the extremely catchy trip-hop main menu music (complete with actual vocals, an uncommon feat for an N64 game). Image File history File links Buck_Bumble_box. ... A video game developer is a software developer (a business or an individual) that creates computer or video games. ... Argonaut Games PLC was a British video game developer. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Ubisoft Entertainment (formerly Ubi Soft) is a computer and video game publisher and developer with headquarters in Montreuil, France. ... November 30 is the 334th day (335th on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 31 days remaining. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... In computer games and video games, single-player refers to the variant of a particular game where input from only one player is expected throughout the course of the gaming session. ... Online gaming redirects here. ... The Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) is a self-regulatory organization that applies and enforces ratings, advertising guidelines, and online privacy principles for computer and video games and other entertainment software in the United States and Canada (officially adopted by individual provinces 2004-2005). ... The Nintendo 64 ) is Nintendos third home video game console for the international market. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Namcos Pac-Man was a hit, and became a cultural phenomenon. ... The Nintendo 64 ) is Nintendos third home video game console for the international market. ... Ubisoft Entertainment (formerly Ubi Soft) is a computer and video game publisher and developer with headquarters in Montreuil, France. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... Trip hop (also known as the Bristol sound or Bristol acid rap) is a term coined by British dance magazine Mixmag, to describe DJ Shadow s hip hop instrumentals that (inspired by Organized Confusions track Releasing Hypnotical Gases) changed-up the beat and pallet mid-cut, giving the listener...

Storyline

The game casts the player as a cyborg bee, Buck Bumble, part of an organization known as "The resistance." It is the Buck's duty to stop the evil Herd Army, bugs that have been mutated by chemicals spilled into a garden, who are bent on taking over the garden, and eventually the whole world. Buck is armed with 15 different weapons, and can also use some enemy's weapons. While the levels are height restricted, Buck can fly around in over 20 missions. Families Andrenidae Apidae Colletidae Halictidae Megachilidae Melittidae Stenotritidae Bee collecting pollen Bees (a monophyletic lineage within the superfamily Apoidea, presently classified by the unranked taxon name Anthophila) are flying insects, closely related to wasps and ants. ... A garden is a planned space, usually outdoors, set aside for the display, cultivation, and enjoyment of plants and other forms of nature. ... The bayonet is used as both knife and spear. ... In computer and video games, a level (sometimes called a stage, course, episode, round, world, map, wave, board, phase, or landscape) is a separate area in a games virtual world, in modern games typically representing a specific location such as a building or a city. ...

Buck's missions send him to defending the resistance base, attacking Herd supply lines, traveling through sewers, and eventually fighting the Herd's mantis style Queen. Mantis is Greek for prophet. ... A queen regnant is a female monarch who possesses all the monarchal powers that a king would have without regard to gender. ...

Multiplayer

Buck Bumble has a classic Multiplayer mode in which up to four players can engage in an airborn dog-fight on a preset map. Online gaming redirects here. ...

An interesting multiplayer aspect of the game is the soccer minigame. The goal is to hit a giant soccer ball into the opposing player's net, just like soccer, except the player has the ability kill his or her opponent in the process. Players are able to use two weapons from the game; a simple zapper, which gently moves the ball along, and a rocket launcher, which sends the ball flying in a different direction. Football is a ball game played between two teams of eleven players, each attempting to win by scoring more goals than their opponent. ... In Fantastic Dizzy, the player has to complete a sliding puzzle to get an extra life. ... A football, when used in the singular, is a ball used to play one of the sports known as football. ...