Tiny Toon Adventures was developed and published by Konami, directed by Kazuyuki Yamashita with programming by Yuji Shibata, art from Kazumichi Ishihara and Hirotaka Fukuda, and a score credited to Jun Funahashi, Masae Nakashima, and Satoko Miyawaki, releasing in December 1991 as the animated series’ first video game adaptation on any console. Its stage structure and general feel drew heavily from Super Mario Bros 3, giving it a polished, familiar platforming foundation to hang its Looney Tunes-adjacent cast on. Players start as Buster Bunny working through colorful themed worlds to rescue Babs Bunny from the wealthy bully Montana Max, and before certain worlds can grab a star ball that lets them switch into one of three alternate playable characters, Dizzy Devil, Furrball, or Plucky Duck, each with their own unique moveset suited to different obstacles. That character-switching mechanic on top of an already well-regarded Mario-inspired platforming base helped make Tiny Toon Adventures one of the better-received licensed platformers of the early ’90s, standing out from the often-shaky reputation cartoon tie-in games had at the time.