History VideoGame / CookiesBustle

''Cookie's Bustle: Mysterious Bombo World'' is a 1999 Japanese [[PointAndClickGame point-and-click]] {{Adventure Game}} created by Keisuke Harigai and published by Rodik as their first and only release for Platform/MicrosoftWindows and Platform/AppleMacintosh. The game saw limited sales and remained obscure for the most part until it was ripped and uploaded onto the Internet in 2018. The game is notable for its MoodWhiplash in the first five minutes of the game, followed by dark and surreal humor. It later reached noteriety in December 2022 after uploads from the game was removed due to copyright claims.

->''(Cookie's a tiny, little girl)''\\
''Oh, yeah, Cookie's a tiny, little girl''\\
''(But she believes she's a baby bear)''\\
''Did she find that in the mirror?''\\
''(Come on, Cookie!) Hold that jump!''\\
''(Come on, Cookie!) Try again!''\\
''Everybody's looking for a hero, oh, yeah!''

** In the swimming and track sports mini games, if Cookie catches up to a contestant, they may be doing something random, such as, well, [=BDSM=].

''Cookie's Bustle: Mysterious Bombo World'' is a 1999 Japanese [[PointAndClickGame point-and-click]] {{Adventure Game}} created by Keisuke Harigai and published by Rodik as their first and only release for UsefulNotes/MicrosoftWindows and UsefulNotes/AppleMacintosh. The game saw limited sales and remained obscure for the most part until it was ripped and uploaded onto the Internet in 2018. The game is notable for its MoodWhiplash in the first five minutes of the game, followed by dark and surreal humor. It later reached noteriety in December 2022 after uploads from the game was removed due to copyright claims.

''Cookie's Bustle: Mysterious Bombo World'' is a 1999 Japanese [[PointAndClickGame point-and-click]] {{Adventure Game}} created by Keisuke Harigai and published by Rodik as their first and only release for UsefulNotes/MicrosoftWindows and UsefulNotes/AppleMacintosh. The game saw limited sales and remained obscure for the most part until it was ripped and uploaded onto the Internet in 2018. The game is notable for its MoodWhiplash in the first five minutes of the game, followed by dark and surreal humor. It later reached noteriety in December 2022 after uploads from the game was removed from copyright claims.

** In the pyramid, Cookie will find the corpse of a person who resembles [[VideoGame/TombRaider Lara Croft]] and even picks up a gun. However, Cookie claims that she "doesn't need it" and promptly throws it away.

* {{Backtracking}}: Cookie may have to revisit certain locations to find {{Plot Coupon}}s. This is only because said PlotCoupon only becomes available after she talks to certain NPCs that need the item. She also has to participate in the Bombo Games again for a gold medal in order to reach later parts of Derocity.

''Cookie's Bustle: Mysterious Bombo World'' is a 1999 Japanese [[PointAndClickGame point-and-click]] {{Adventure Game}} created by Keisuke Harigai and published by Rodik as their first and only release for UsefulNotes/MicrosoftWindows and UsefulNotes/AppleMacintosh. The game saw limited sales and remained obscure for the most part until it was ripped and uploaded onto the Internet in 2018. The game is notable for its MoodWhiplash in the first five minutes of the game, followed by dark and surreal humor typical of Japanese experimental games from the 1990s. It later reached noteriety in December 2022 after uploads from the game was removed from copyright claims, often speculated to be false takedowns by a disgruntled collector.

* RandomEvent: Several scenes are only accessed through multiple playthroughs and game files, which include:
** Other than the food stands and important {{Non Player Character}}s (like Mr. Goldman, Dr. Right, and the policeman), the other non-important characters will spawn in random locations in Bombo World.

** [[spoiler:Depending on the playthrough, the police may shoot Nancy once Cookie runs for the bomb chamber.]]

** [[spoiler:Nancy's voice is first heard during the game's prologue, where she tells Cookie to see her as soon as she gets to Bombo World. She does not show up in person until the very end of the game, where afterwards she is shot by the police (in some playthroughs).]]

** In Bombo World, Cookie may encounter a sword-swallowing clown who disappears in a burst of game, guerilla warfare (which can end in a game over if she gets shot), or a terrorist from John Simpson's faction trying to rally an audience into taking a stand against the aliens. Also, a streaker may run across the bottom of the screen.

** In Bombo World, a streaker may run across the screen at random times.

** Other than the food stands and important characters (like Allen, Mr. Goldman, Dr. Right, and the policeman), the {{Non Player Character}}s will be generated in random locations in Bombo World.

* RandomEvents: Several scenes are only accessed through multiple playthroughs and game files, which include:

** [[spoiler:Nancy's voice is first heard during the game's prologue, where she tells Cookie to see her as soon as she gets to Bombo World. She does not show up in person until the very end of the game, where afterwards she is shot by the police.]]

* YourMindMakesItReal: Cookie's actually a blonde little girl with green eyes. However, because she believes herself to be a baby bear, she takes on the appearance of one in the game.

''Everyone's looking for a hero, oh, yeah!''

->''Cookie's a little girl''\\
''Cookie's a little girl''\\
''You're just doing fine''

* ShoutOut: In the pyramid, Cookie will find the corpse of a person who resembles [[VideoGame/TombRaider Lara Croft]] and even picks up a gun. However, Cookie claims that she "doesn't need it" and promptly throws it away.

* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: The golden robot workers at Derocity are promptly disposed of when they are no longer able to work.

* DistressedDude: Dr. Light is kidnapped by the aliens some time after Cookie is able to enter Derocity.

* MacGuffinPersonReveal: [[spoiler:Dr. Light tells Cookie on his deathbed that the passcode to deactivating the alien's bomb is "Nancy", the name of Cookie's grandmother.]]

** A boulder is blocking the entrance to the pyramid. Cookie has to get a bomb from a NonPlayableCharacter before she can progress.

* PlotCoupon: The ghost of John Simpson tells Cookie that he had stolen the N66 bomb from the aliens and asks her to find it and pass it onto his allies in Derocity. Cookie finds it from the goblins, but the aliens confiscate the bomb anyway when she enters Derocity.