While not heavily praised, and widely regarded as below contemporary N64 standards, "Buck Bumble" was met with generally positive reception from various gaming critics. Narayan Pattison of the Australian magazine "N64 Gamer" gave the game several compliments, comparing it to "Star Fox" for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, which was also partly developed by "Argonaut Games", saying that it avoids Star Fox's "restricted preset paths that had to be followed." They also compliment the game's designers for the added features, like the player being able to hover in the air, and drop down and walk across the ground, thus giving the player "the ability to try some new gameplay techniques that have never been used before." He describes the game's main theme as being a "very catchy dance beat that even has clear vocals." However, he was disappointed with the game's thick fog, repetitive textures, and that the save feature after each level, "makes the game too easy".