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Toonstruck
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| Developer(s) | Burst Studios |
| Publisher(s) | Virgin Interactive |
| Designer(s) | Richard Hare |
| Release date(s) | 1996 |
| Genre(s) | Adventure game |
| Mode(s) | Single player |
| Rating(s) | ESRB: T (Teen) USK: 6+ ELSPA: 15+ |
| Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows, DOS |
| Media | 2 CD-ROMs |
| System requirements | Intel Pentium 486/66 or equivalent CPU, 8 MB RAM, 34 MB available hard disk space, 2X CD-ROM drive, Sound Card |
| Input | Keyboard, mouse |
Toonstruck is a 1996 point-and-click adventure game in which, although all the imagery is drawn and scanned into the game, the protagonist Drew Blanc (played and voiced by Christopher Lloyd) is an actual video-captured representation of the actor (the name is a pun, since the character has "drawn a blank" on coming up with a new idea for a character.) Drew's sidekick, crudely named Flux Wildly, is a drawn character voiced by Dan Castellaneta. Toonstruck also features scan-line compressed FMV.
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In Toonstruck, Drew Blanc is an animator and original creator of the Fluffy Fluffy Bun Bun Show, but in reality the many cute talking rabbits that star in the show sicken him. His self-revered creation, Flux Wildly, a wise-talking and sarcastic purple animal, has been denied the chance of starring in his own show. Drew's boss, Sam Schmaltz (played by Ben Stein), sets him the task of coming up with an idea of a new character to star in the Fluffy Fluffy Bun Bun Show by the next morning. The depressed animator nods off before coming up with this new character, suffering from an acute lack of inspiration. Waking up early in the morning by his television coming on, Drew is sucked into the television as it displays the Fluffy Fluffy Bun Bun Show, the cartoon world he created becoming his reality.
Toonstruck is a point-and-click adventure game. The game uses extensive minimalism in its design, with only an inventory icon (represented by a "Bottomless Bag") as an omnipresent HUD. The pointer key, represented by an animated white-gloved hand, is context-sensitive, changing icon depending on what it is rolled over.
The released version of Toonstruck was only half of what the full game was originally intended to be. Just before the beta was released the game was cut in half. A sequel, using leftover footage and animations from the first game, was planned but never released. A few of the unused backgrounds, animations and pictures from the original game can be found at an EX-ARTISTS SITE.
On current Windows XP systems it's almost impossible to play Toonstruck natively without extra software and / or complicated tweaking. For best results it is recommended that you use DOSBox as Toonstruck is fully supported[1].
Drew Blanc - Acted and voiced by Christopher Lloyd
Flux Wildly - Voiced by Dan Castellaneta
Count Nefarious - Voiced by Tim Curry
King Hugh - Voiced by David Ogden Stiers
Sam Schmaltz - Acted and voiced by Ben Stein
Fluffy Fluffy Bun Bun - Voiced by Tress MacNeille