Bug Too!

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Bug Too!
System(s): Sega Saturn, Windows PC
Publisher: Sega Sega PC
Developer: Realtime Associates, SegaSoft
Distributor: SKC Softland (KR)
Sound driver: SCSP/CD-DA (11 tracks)
Genre: Action
Number of players: 1-2
Release Date RRP Code JP 1997-01-31 ¥5,8005,800 GS-9128 US 1996-12-06 $39.9939.99 81040 EU 1997-04-24 MK81040-50 DE 1997-04-24 MK81040-50 PT 1996 STJSE0490 UK 1997-04-24 £39.9939.99 MK81040-50 PL 1997 229zł229 AU 1997 BR 1997-02 R$59.9759.97 193336 US 1997 11016 UK 1997-06-05 £29.9929.99 MK 85039-50 KR 199x

Bug Too!, called Bug Too! Motto Motto Jump Shite, Fundzukechatte, Pecchanko (バグ・トゥー！ もっともっとジャンプして、ふんづけちゃって、ぺっちゃんこ) in Japan, is a sequel to Bug!. It was developed by Realtime Associates and SegaSoft, and was published for the Sega Saturn and PC in 1996 and 1997.

Story

Superfly, Bug, and Maggot Dog

After long negotiations with top Hollywood executives, Bug and his colleagues Maggot Dog and Superfly have just signed a six-picture deal, with all six movies to be filmed in a single day.

Gameplay

Bug Too! is 2.5D platform game that plays similarly to its predecessor but with some additions. Players can now choose from three selectable characters: Bug, his pet Maggot Dog, and the funky Superfly. The game also adds an two-player mode where players alternate playing the game and compete for high scores. The game takes place across six different worlds (represented by parody "movies"), each consisting of two to five levels (called "scenes"). Scenes can now be played in any order, which are selectable from a hub level, with a boss unlocking once every scene has been completed. The goal of each level is to find and jump on the "Bug Stop" at the end. Levels are maze-like and often contain branching paths or require the player to flip a switch or solve a simple puzzle to progress.

Gameplay takes place on track-like floating platforms, with borders around the path indicating edges that cannot be walked or jumped through. Characters walk using the D-Pad and can only move in one direction at a time. They run by holding while holding a direction. They jump with and can hover momentarily by holding while in midair. They duck with or . Enemies are defeated by jumping on them; many enemies require more than one hit to defeat. Characters can find items that give them a ranged spitting attack for the rest of the level, which is performed with .

Characters have a health meter depicted as a bottle of "Bug Juice." They can sustain five hits from an enemy or hazard before losing a life, restarting from the beginning of the level or the last checkpoint. They lose a life instantly if they fall into a bottomless pit, if they are crushed, or if they touch lava. The game saves the player's progress to the Saturn's internal memory, allowing the player to start a new game from any previously completed level.

Items

	Sugar Crystals, Doggie Bones, and Disco Balls
	Collect 100 Sugar Crystals (for Bug), Doggie Bones (for Maggot Dog), or Disco Balls (for Superfly) to earn an extra life. If the player obtains 100 or more Blue Crystals in every level of the world, the player plays a special Flying Bumpercar bonus level after defeating the boss.
	Heart
	Replenishes a fifth of the character's health.
	Bug Juice
	Replenishes all of the character's health.
	1-Up
	Gives the player an extra life.
	Clapper Board
	Gives the player an extra continue.
	Spit Wad
	Allows the character to spit deadly globs at enemies with . It can be done while ducking or jumping. Green shoots a single glob, red shoots two globs at a time, blue shoots three globs in quick succession, and purple shoots bouncing globs. Lasts until the end of the level.
	Mushroom
	Shrinks the character.
	Coin
	Enters a bonus level.
	Statue
	Collect 10 in a bonus level to earn an extra life.

Levels

	Weevil Dead 2
	This world contains 3 levels.
	Lawrence of Arachnia
	This world contains 5 levels.
	Antennae Day 4
	This world contains 5 levels.
	Flee Wee's Big Adventure
	This world contains 3 levels.
	Swatterworld
	This world contains 2 levels.
	Cicada Night Fever
	This world contains 2 levels.

Bonus levels

The game has two types of bonus levels.

If the player collects 100 collectibles in every level of the world, the player enters the Flying Bumpercar bonus level after defeating the boss. The player controls the character driving a flying bumpercar. The D-Pad moves in any direction; the vertical controls are inverted so that dives and climbs. The player must fly through the rings to reach the end; the bonus level ends if the bumpercar fails to fly through a ring or collides with a ring. The player earns a continue if the bumpercar makes it to the end of the level.

There are also bonus levels that can be entered within each level by finding a Coin. These bonus levels vary in gameplay, but the goal of each is to collect as many statues as possible. Every ten statues collected earns an extra life. The bonus level ends if the character takes damage or time runs out.

Falling

Pyramid

Space race

Pyramid

Slots

Falling

Versions

Similarly to its predecessor, the PC version of Bug Too! sees several cutbacks over the Sega Saturn original, including a drop to 256 colours and missing fogging effects to hide geometry pop-in. Scanlines are added to all full-motion video sequences, presumably to help mask the limited colour palette.

The fog in Weevil Dead 2 is also much more striking, lacking the "texture" of the original game and being both brighter and "thicker", making it harder to see gameplay. Loading times are generally reduced across the board, but more frequent frame rate drops occur even on high-end machines.

Production credits

Saturn version

• Lead Programmer: Jim Schuler
• Programmers: Gil Villarreal, Tim Winnegar, Simon Clarke, Joe Minowitz
• Additional Programmers: Kyle Riccio, Mona Elzankaly, Martin Jajam
• Level Designer: Scott Stoabs
• Production Designer: Jeff Cook
• Lead SGI Artist: Tom Grevera
• SGI Artist: Dan Goldman, Kevin Tudish, Blair Wolf, Will Faust
• Artists: Martine Gaudissart, Connie Goldman, Ann Petersen
• Additional Artists: Samati Boonchitsitsak, Shelley Fuch, Tim W. Jones
• Paper Animators: Jeff Cook, Joe Hawkins, Jerry Brice
• Music Composer & Arranger: Greg Turner
• Sound Designer: Wndy Kurko
• Producer: Ann Lediaev
• Assistant Producer: Heather N. Thompson
• Production Assistants: Jake Watt, Kirk Lambert, Chris Rodrick, Scott Smith
• Music Recording Studios: IMFR Studios Bellcanyon, CA, Front Page Recorders, Burbank, CA, Realtime Studios, Los Angeles, CA
• Music Mixing Studios: Front Page Recorders, Burbank, CA, Jandemonium Studios, North Hollywood, CA
• Recording Engineer: Bob Tucker
• Music Producer: Greg Turner
• Additional Voice Editor: Tony Capelli
• Voice Processing Assistance: Chad Norris

SegaSoft Team

• Producer: Marianne Arotzarena
• Executive Producer: Steve Apour
• Product Marketing: Seth Gerson
• Game Analyst: Joe Cain
• Additional Animation: Blam!
• Video Compression: Eric Caplain
• Video Sound Effects: Tony Berkeley of SMG
• Video Compression & Sound Direction: Gordon Lyon
• Lead Tester: Atom Ellis
• Assistant Leads: Don Carmichael, John Harlow, Benjamin Rubright
• Testers: Jason Bartholomew, Elton Brown, Roger Deforest, David Dodge, Neil Hamburger, John Jansen, Cesar Lemus, Mark Paniagua, Kristian Sorge, David Wood

• Character Voices:
  • Bug: John Frost
  • Maggot: Tim W. Jones
  • Superfly: Darryl Pollard
  • "The Agent": Mr. Birchum
  • Enemy Voices: Tim W. Jones, Perry Kiefer, John Frost
  • Character Voice Recording: Wood Holly Studios
• Special Thanks To: The Bug One Team, John Grusd, Shippy Ohka, Kudo Tsunoda, Dave Warhol
• And To: Dave Albert, Amoebaway Team, Bonus Cinema, Janine Cook, Digitainment, Inc., John Broenen, Jef Feltman, Marty Franz, Rosie Freeman, Gary Griffiths, Neil Kaplan, Debbie Kramer, Larry Loth, Willie Mancero, Jenny Martin, Sarah Mason, Steve Payne, Eric Rawlins, Maury Rosenfeld, Deb Robbins

Source:

In-game credits

Magazine articles

Main article: Bug Too!/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Saturn print advert in Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #89: "December 1996" (1996-xx-xx)

Physical scans

Saturn version

Sega Retro Average
Publication Score Source GamesMaster (UK) 65

	65
Based on 1 review

Sega Retro Average

Publication Version Score 576 KByte (HU) 81 Consoles + (FR) PAL 92 Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U 74 Freak (IL) 76 Fun Generation (DE) NTSC-U 70 Gambler (PL) 76 GameFan (US) NTSC-U 86 GamePro (US) NTSC-U 88 Game Informer (US) NTSC-U 78 Intelligent Gamer (US) 50 Joypad (FR) 88 Kiber Zona (LT) 73 Level (TR) 75 MAN!AC (DE) PAL 68 Mega Force (FR) PAL 85 Mega Fun (DE) PAL 76 Mean Machines Sega (UK) PAL 83 Next Generation (US) NTSC-U 25 Player One (FR) 83 Saturn Fan (JP) NTSC-J 63 Saturn Fan (JP) NTSC-J 54 Secret Service (PL) 0 Sega Magazin (DE) 79 Sega Power (UK) PAL 70 Sega Saturn Magazine (UK) PAL 85 Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J 60 Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J 59 Strana Igr (RU) 60 Ultra Game Players (US) 45 Video Games (DE) PAL 84

	70
Based on 30 reviews

Bug Too!

Saturn, JP
Cover
Spinecard Disc Jewel Case Inlay

Saturn, US
Cover
Disc Manual

Saturn, EU
Cover
Disc

Saturn, PT
Disc

Saturn, AU
Cover
Disc

Saturn, BR
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Disc File:Bug2-Saturn-BR-Maniual.pdf Manual

PC version

Sega Retro Average
Publication Score Source

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Based on 0 review

Sega Retro Average
Publication Version Score 576 KByte (HU) 77 Génération 4 (FR) 33 Gry Komputerowe (PL) 50 Kiber Zona (LT) 73 Riki (SK) 89 Score (CZ) 70 Secret Service (PL) 40 Svet Kompjutera (YU) 84

	65
Based on 8 reviews

Bug Too!

PC, US
Cover

PC, EU
Jewel Case

PC, KR
Cover

Technical information

Main article: Bug Too!/Technical information.

External links

• Sega of America webpage: Saturn