subdirectory_arrow_right Baby Boomer (Game), Bio Miracle Bokutte Upa (Game), Yeah Yeah Beebiss I (Game), Yeah Yeah Beebiss II (Game), Atlantis no Nazo (Game)
▲
1
▼
In four separate 1989 issues of Video Games & Computer Entertainment, the mail-in game order service Play It Again put up an advertisement featuring a list of games customers could order. Among these is a mysterious title, Yeah Yeah Beebiss 1, which is not the name of any one game - this title would reappear in a separate advert for FuncoLand, under the name "Yeah Beebiss 1". To add further mystery to this game, it was placed between W and X games alphabetically instead of with Y games. There are multiple theories on the status of Beebiss:
•Some believe that Beebiss is a baby-themed game like Baby Boomer, Rai Rai Kyonshis: Baby Kyonshi no Amida Daibouken, or Bio Miracle Bokutte Upa, given that "baby" sounds like "Beebiss" - with Rai Rai Kyonshis being considered the most likely candidate of the 3 for "Rai Rai"'s (A Japanese onomatopoeia associated with China) similarity to "Yeah Yeah", the game's release in 1989, and the presence of other import games on the listing. Rai Rai Kyonshis is generally the most accepted identity of the game.
•One theory proposes that the game was made as a copyright trap to catch which retailers are stealing game lists, something one of the founders of Play It Again confessed to doing, albeit without confirming if Beebiss was among those games.
•A rather strange theory proposes that the game was somehow related to exploring, possibly being Atlantis no Nazo's cancelled US release Super Pitfall II, named for Charles William Beebe, a famous explorer and naturalist
•Another theory suggests that the title was simply a bizarre, elaborate in-joke that both Play It Again and FuncoLand employees were in on.
The myth of Beebiss would inspire the game Yeah Yeah Beebiss II, developed by popular retro gaming YouTuber John Riggs and based on the aesthetic of Rai Rai Kyonshis.
•Some believe that Beebiss is a baby-themed game like Baby Boomer, Rai Rai Kyonshis: Baby Kyonshi no Amida Daibouken, or Bio Miracle Bokutte Upa, given that "baby" sounds like "Beebiss" - with Rai Rai Kyonshis being considered the most likely candidate of the 3 for "Rai Rai"'s (A Japanese onomatopoeia associated with China) similarity to "Yeah Yeah", the game's release in 1989, and the presence of other import games on the listing. Rai Rai Kyonshis is generally the most accepted identity of the game.
•One theory proposes that the game was made as a copyright trap to catch which retailers are stealing game lists, something one of the founders of Play It Again confessed to doing, albeit without confirming if Beebiss was among those games.
•A rather strange theory proposes that the game was somehow related to exploring, possibly being Atlantis no Nazo's cancelled US release Super Pitfall II, named for Charles William Beebe, a famous explorer and naturalist
•Another theory suggests that the title was simply a bizarre, elaborate in-joke that both Play It Again and FuncoLand employees were in on.
The myth of Beebiss would inspire the game Yeah Yeah Beebiss II, developed by popular retro gaming YouTuber John Riggs and based on the aesthetic of Rai Rai Kyonshis.
Related Games
Battle Assault 3 featuring Gundam Seed
Dragon Ball Z: Budokai
Fighting For One Piece
Dragon Ball Z: Supersonic Warriors 2
Dragon Ball Z: Super Butouden
Dragon Ball Z: Harukanaru Densetsu
Dragon Ball Z Gaiden: Saiya-jin Zetsumetsu Keikaku
Chubby Cherub
The Idolmaster
Digimon: Battle Spirit 2
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
Rockman EXE WS
.Hack//Mutation
Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 3
Digimon World 3
Digimon Digital Card Battle
Slam Dunk: Yonkyou Gekitotsu!!
Sailor Moon
Pandemonium!
One Piece: Grand Battle!
Dragon Ball Z: Super Butouden 2
Golden Axe
Digimon World 2
.Hack//Infection
Ultimate Muscle: Legends vs. New Generation
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Digimon Rumble Arena
Chibi-Robo!
Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie
Dragon Power
Digimon Tamers: Battle Spirit
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie
Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 2
Madagascar
Digimon World
Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Battle 22
One Piece: Ocean's Dream!
One Piece: Going Baseball - Kaizoku Yakyuu
Saint Seiya: The Sanctuary
Armadillo
The Legend of Zelda
Kung Fu
Dragon Warrior II
Star Luster
Somari
Erika to Satoru no Yume Bouken
Devil World
Sweet Home
10-Yard Fight