Cookie's Bustle: secret Tokyo event 25 years after release of rare PC game

Kotaku reports that a secret time-capsule event was held in Tokyo for players who sent in a registration card in 1999; QualityTime Consulting is also mentioned in that context as a party involved.

Yuki of D_Drive / East Of Eden wrote on X that she played guitar at the Cookie's Bustle time-capsule event two days earlier, and that Ayasa was there.

What happened

Cookie's Bustle is presented in the sources as an obscure Japanese PC adventure that remained hard to find for years. In the YouTube description, the title appears as Cookie’s Bustle: Mysterious Bombo World and the release is listed as 1999. The description also calls it a surreal point-and-click adventure, but the title alone is not enough to establish more historical detail than the limited context provided there.

Kotaku describes a secret event in Tokyo tied to players who had sent in a registration card in 1999. In the supplied text, the event is framed as a 25-year milestone, while it is also mentioned that the game was discontinued in 2001. The available sources do not make clear how many people were invited, how the selection worked, or what the full structure of the event was.

On October 4, 2026, Yuki (@D_Drive_Yuki) wrote on X that she had been allowed to play guitar at Cookie's Bustle's time-capsule event “the day before yesterday.” In the same post, she mentions Ayasa and says the performance took place 25 years after the game's original period. The tweet is the clearest source for the live performance, but it remains a personal recollection and does not provide a full event schedule or guest list.

The name QualityTime Consulting appears in the supplied context as a party involved with the Tokyo event. However, the sources do not provide a complete picture of its role, and it remains unclear whether the company organized the event itself, co-organized it, or was involved in some other capacity.

Background

The available sources frame Cookie's Bustle as a niche game with a small but unusually long-lasting footprint in Japanese game history. The combination of a 1999 release, a cited discontinuation in 2001, and an event 25 years later shows that the title resurfaced in 2026. The sources use both the short name Cookie's Bustle and the longer form Cookie’s Bustle: Mysterious Bombo World, so it is not fully clear whether that is a subtitle, an alternate name, or a specific version.

The exact setup of the Tokyo event remains unclear. The sources do not mention an attendance count, do not provide a full invite list, and do not say whether there was any announcement about the game's future beyond the commemoration itself. The wording around the 2001 discontinuation is also limited to the supplied context; it is not visible whether that came from an official statement by the creator, a later summary, or a detail from event communications.

Yuki's post does add one concrete detail: she says she played guitar at the time-capsule event and that Ayasa was present. That at least confirms the event was not just a quiet archival gathering, but included a live element. At the same time, it remains unclear how many performers took part, whether there were other musical contributions, or whether the performance was part of a larger program built around the 25-year anniversary.

The YouTube description from ClassicsOfGame adds another layer of context by describing the game as a surreal point-and-click adventure from 1999. That supports the release date, but says nothing about the Tokyo event itself. The combination of a rare PC game, a 1999 registration card, a secret 2026 event, and a public post from an artist makes the story notable mainly as a commemorative moment around an obscure title, not as a fully documented relaunch or new announcement.

Sources

• Kotaku: Players Who Registered Rare Japanese PC Game Invited To Secret Party Over 25 Years Later
• X/Twitter: @D_Drive_Yuki, post from October 4, 2026
• YouTube channel ClassicsOfGame, description for video about Cookie’s Bustle: Mysterious Bombo World