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Looney Tunes B-Ball

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This page details one or more prototype versions of Looney Tunes B-Ball.

This prototype is documented on Hidden Palace.

A prototype of Looney Tunes B-Ball dated August 8, 1994 (about six months before the game's US release) was released by Hidden Palace on January 1, 2025.

Intro#

  • The Warner Bros. licensing screen is missing.

Proto

Final

  • The intro cinematic featuring Bugs and Daffy is an unfinished placeholder, using blank word balloons with no dialogue.

Proto

Final

  • More detail was added to the fake background. The stage door was also opened for Bugs and Daffy (and the ball) to actually go through.

Title Screen#

Proto

Final

The game at this point is called Loony Tunes: Hoop It Up! [sic], which ended up causing problems with the real life "Hoop It Up" basketball organization.

Proto

Final

  • More detail was added to the desert background, and the camera was panned down.
  • The "wacky meter" is referred to as the "karat meter".
  • In the controller customization screen, "turbo" is referred to as "arriba".

Character Select#

Proto

Final

The character select screen is very unfinished, lacking names and meaningful stats.

Proto

Final

The flowers in the forest background were recolored, and the ground was shifted slightly to the right, but is largely complete.

Proto

Final

The character portraits are unfinished across the board. Only Daffy, Wile E., and Sam's portraits are even somewhat done, with the others using a simple sprite placeholder.

Main Game#

Proto

Final

  • The scoreboards were cleaned up, condensing the time into a singular block.
  • The stage door is embedded in the floor (downstairs?) in the prototype. It was raised to street level in the final.
  • The lamp post and mailbox on the left side were removed.
  • The brick wall was somewhat retextured.
  • The paint lines on the street were dimmed and the center line cleaned up.

Credits#

  • The credits roll is missing several names, including all Sunsoft staff.