Cookie's Bustle - Someone is trying to remove all evidence that this obscure Japanese game from the 90's existed

[Vaporweeb]

As you may or may not have heard, someone is claiming and removing all videos and downloads relating to the 90's point-and-click game Cookie's Bustle. This is absolutely bizarre, considering that the developer went bust in the early 2000's and the general obscurity of the game. We don't yet know who is doing this, or better yet, why. Some have speculated that it is the work of a collector's attempt to artificially inflate the value of the game, but it's still up in the air.

Again, to reiterate, for YEARS this was considered abandonware to the point myabondonware.com had it available for download until recently.

2/25 Edit: IA links are down. If you'd still like to download, PM me.

I have the .img file, the .ova virtual machine setup, the OST in .mp4 format and Vinesauce's stream vod.

Videos and articles on the subject:

View: https://youtu.be/nk-stI_S4G8

Someone Is Trying To Erase This Obscure Japanese Video Game From The Internet

Cookie's Bustle is slowly being removed online

www.timeextension.com

Cookie’s Bustle (Japanese Video Game Obscurity) – Hardcore Gaming 101

www.hardcoregaming101.net

 

[shinobu]

The game itself is absolutely wild. Not just the premise but the absurd gameplay. I've been playing the first bits and I think everyone should give it a try if you like bizarre media.

So download it if you want it, but also there's a small community that formed after one of vinesauce's streams of this game and they have a guy who owns physical copies. So even if it gets taken down there's ways to get it back.

 

[Vaporweeb]

Here's a package that includes the ready-to-play game within a VM package. All you have to do is double click the .ova file and VirtualBox will add it.

Cookie's Bustle VM Package : Keisuke Harigai, Aki Harigai, Kouhei Okamura, Kouhei Kanai : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

a VM shell to make windows 98 game cookies bustle easier to run.

archive.org

 

[№56]

What a surreal situation. Why would anyone want this game to disappear so badly? The crazy game collector/copyright troll explanation makes sense, but I also have a hard time believing that a single person would be able to do all this. Did they create Graceware just to claim ownership of Cookie's Bustle? How were they able to file copyright claims under the names of Nintendo and Ukie? It's too weird. My inner conspiracy theorist says that there's something hidden in this game that somebody really wants covered up. The fact that the developers got their start making new age fortune telling software is suspicious.

 

[Vaporweeb]

Here's a mirror of the soundtrack that was taken off YouTube:

View: https://archive.org/details/cookie-s-bustle-special-sound-tracks-480p-30fps-h-264-128kbit-aac


A mirror of Vinny Vinesauce's vod that was taken off YouTube:

View: https://archive.org/details/vinesauce-vinny-kukkiizu-bassuru_202301

 

[no_chill]

Its probably the jews. Perhaps its one of the last unpozzed games out there that makes references to them

 

[h00]

archive links are dead
if someone can pm me a (magnet)link ill host it somewhere safe and relink here

 

[№56]

archive links are dead
if someone can pm me a (magnet)link ill host it somewhere safe and relink here

Sent ;^)

 

[OrientalGrill]

The existence of a 5 year old girl who thinks she is a teddy bear makes the elites seethe
How can one little girl be so based

 

[Vaporweeb]

I'm uploading what I have to a MEGA folder. Once it's done I'll update the post.

 

[h00]

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94.198.42.212

Hosting a copy here^ for anyone that wants it
Shouts to No56 for the initial share

May duplicate over ipfs and bittorrent

 

[№56]

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94.198.42.212

Hosting a copy here^ for anyone that wants it
Shouts to No56 for the initial share

May duplicate over ipfs and bittorrent

Should probably add that the file linked here is actually a Windows XP virtual machine that comes with the game already installed and configured correctly. Install Virtualbox, click on "Cookie's Bustle.ova," and you should be good to go. Make sure not to change the virtual machine resolution because it will break the game.

 

[Z0diacK]

Its probably the jews. Perhaps its one of the last unpozzed games out there that makes references to them

I agree. I would not be suprised! Maybe reptillians too.....

 

[no_chill]

I agree. I would not be suprised! Maybe reptillians too.....

Reptillians? Would be quite far fetched dont you think?

 

[Z0diacK]

Reptillians? Would be quite far fetched dont you think?

You will never know in this life, especially this current situation. Everyone is so heavily desentized to every single thing going on. If they would interfere, no one would know or notice, because sadly, no one cares anymore.

 

[SolidStateSurvivor]

Is there some sort of comprehensive tl;dr on how this game has been getting wiped and possible motives? I've never really seen this sort of thing happen with Japanese abandonware before

 

[wearyinternettraveler]

You know it's probably just a Japanese copyright clearinghouse since they're known for being hyper autistic about their IP but still...

Spoiler

 

[h00]

Is there some sort of comprehensive tl;dr on how this game has been getting wiped and possible motives? I've never really seen this sort of thing happen with Japanese abandonware before

start with the video linked by op