 The development of Grabbed by the Ghoulies began after the release of Conker 's Bad Fur Day . The idea for the game began with the name which comes from the slang term for being " grabbed by the testicles " . According to designer Gregg Mayles , the name of the game materialised after he overheard someone mention " being grabbed by the goolies " , and thought that it would make a suitable name for an upcoming Rare game . Before any details of the game were publicised , it was rumoured that Grabbed by the Ghoulies would be the subtitle to the next Conker the Squirrel game . After Microsoft purchased Rare for £ 375 million in 2002 , development of the game for the GameCube was delayed until Rare converted it to the Xbox console . 
