Bug!
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System(s): Sega Saturn, PC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Publisher: Sega | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Developer: Realtime Associates, Sega Away Team Beam Software | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sound driver: SCSP/CD-DA (72 tracks) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genre: Action | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number of players: 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Bug!, known in Japan as Bug!: Jump Shite, Fundzukechatte, Pecchanko (バグ! ジャンプして、ふんづけちゃって、ぺっちゃんこ) is a platform video game developed by Realtime Associates and published by Sega for the Sega Saturn and later PC.
Bug! was followed by Bug Too!, released in the following year.
Contents
Story
The plot revolves around the title character, Bug, an actor in Hollywood hoping to make his "big break". Players take control shortly after Bug has signed a deal for the lead role in an action film, in which his girlfriend is kidnapped by a black widow spider and he is tasked with rescuing her. The gameplay takes place "on the set" of each scene of the movie, and cutscenes between levels show Bug moving from one set to the next.
Gameplay
Bug! is a "2.5D" platform game, which for the most part is played like a traditional side-scrolling title. At various points in the level, Bug is allowed to travel towards or away from the camera, adding a third dimension in the process, however players are always confined to corridors, meaning gameplay is not as "open" as future 3D platformers, for example, Super Mario 64. Though levels are built using 3D geometry, the objects in a level are represented by 2D sprites.
Similar to many platformers, Bug can defeat enemies by jumping and landing on their heads. At certain points in the game Bug is able to walk up vertical surfaces and even upside down. Players can pick up two powerups to give Bug new forms of attack - one gives him an electric attack which was best used in close-quarters while another gives him a poisonous spitting attack for ranged combat.
Each stage has three "scenes" (levels) and a boss ("finale). Also at certain points in the game bonus stages can be activated where certain tasks must be achieved (for example, one stage has Bug race against Sega's mascot, Sonic the Hedgehog).
Stages
200px | Insectica |
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Reptilia | |
Splot | |
200px | Quaria |
Burrbs | |
Arachnia | |
Cheats
- Infinite Lives: At the main menu, press , , , , , , .
- Level Select: At the main menu, press , , , , , , , , . To use the trick, start playing then hold + to advance a level or + to backup a level.
History
Release
By the end of 1995, 150,000 copies of Bug! had been sold in the US, making it the second most popular Saturn game (behind Daytona USA)[5].
Production credits
Saturn version
- Programmer: Michael DiMambro
- Assistant Programming and Gameplay Design: Cheryl Harada, Steve Shimizu
- Additional Programming: Chris MacDonald
- Tools and Support: Eric Pugh, Glen Volk
- Map Layout Design: Scott Stoabs, Dwight Velarde
- Character Design and Animation: Jeff Cook
- Lead Animation: Tom Grevera
- Animation: Paul Drzewiecki, Doran Fish, Dan Goldman, Darin Hilton
- Background Graphics: Phil Knowles
- Additional Animation: Martin Foster, Mike Norville
- Animation Cleanup: Rich Neves, Ann Petersen, Virginia Smith
- Original Score and Sound FX: Greg Turner
- Voice Actors: John Frost (as Bug), Perry Keifer, Tim W. Jones
- Producer: David Bean
- Executive Producer: Dave Warhol
- Special Thanks: Bob Meissner, Mike Mito, Sean Platter
- Producer: Steven Apour
- Assistant Producer: Eric Rawlins
- Product Manager: Sarah Mason Richmond
- Video Technicians: Katie Weathers, Eric Caplain
- Test Lead: Atom Ellis
- Assistant Test Leads: Don Carmichael, Peter Clark, Lance Nelson, Lloyd Kinoshita, Mark Pentek
- Testers: Anthony Borba, Nathan Caroland, Rayman S. Suansing, Morgan Weiss, David Wood
- Manual: Neil Hanshaw, Carol Ann Hanshaw
- Special Thanks: Tim Dunley, Renee Greenwood, Larry Loth, Doria Sanchez, Angela Stern, Gail Tsujita
Opening and Win Movies: Asbury Entertainment
A Realtime Associates, Inc. Sega Away Team Production
Magazine articles
- Main article: Bug!/Magazine articles.
Promotional material
Physical scans
Saturn version
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Based on 43 reviews |
Windows version
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PC, US (Expert Software) |
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Technical information
Save data
The Sega Saturn version makes use of the Saturn's internal battery back-up to save progress. The game will save when an entire world is cleared.
Name | Comment | File Size |
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BUG_SAVE_## | BUG LEVELS | 2 |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 File:GamesWorld DE 0708.pdf, page 16
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 File:CVG UK 167.pdf, page 52 Cite error: Invalid
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- ↑ File:GamePro US 078.pdf, page 25
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 File:CDConsoles FR 11.pdf, page 98 Cite error: Invalid
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- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Saturn no Game wa Sekai Ichi~i~i~i!: Satamaga Dokusha Race Zen Kiroku, SoftBank Publishing, page 16 Cite error: Invalid
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tag; name ":File:SnGwSISDRZK Book JP.pdf_p16" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ Alaab Alcomputtar, "" (SA; 1996-xx-xx), page 27
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- ↑ Edge, "November 1995" (UK; 1995-09-28), page 73
- ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "August 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 38
- ↑ Gambler, "11/1996" (PL; 1996-xx-xx), page 1
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- ↑ GamePro, "November 1995" (DE; 1995-10-04), page 52
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- ↑ Game Informer, "September 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 37
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- ↑ MAN!AC, "10/95" (DE; 1995-09-13), page 66
- ↑ Maximum, "October 1995" (UK; 1995-09-01), page 147
- ↑ Mega Fun, "09/95" (DE; 1995-08-23), page 88
- ↑ Magazina Igrushek, "5/1996" (RU; 1996-xx-xx), page 93
- ↑ Player One, "Octobre 1995" (FR; 1995-xx-xx), page 110
- ↑ Power Up!, "Saturday, September 23, 1995" (UK; 1995-09-23), page 1
- ↑ Saturn Fan, "1996 No. 3" (JP; 1996-01-19), page 78
- ↑ Saturn+, "Christmas 1995" (UK; 1995-12-14), page 61
- ↑ Sega Magazine, "September 1995" (UK; 1995-08-13), page 56
- ↑ Sega News, "Leden 1997" (CZ; 1997-xx-xx), page 22
- ↑ Sega Power, "November 1995" (UK; 1995-09-21), page 54
- ↑ Sega Pro, "October 1995" (UK; 1995-09-07), page 52
- ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "1995-13 (1995-12-08)" (JP; 1995-11-24), page 197
- ↑ Strana Igr, "Mart 1996" (RU; 1996-xx-xx), page 101
- ↑ Super Juegos, "Octubre 1995" (ES; 1995-xx-xx), page 76
- ↑ Todo Sega, "Octubre 1995" (ES; 1995-xx-xx), page 36
- ↑ Top Consoles, "Octobre 1995" (FR; 1995-xx-xx), page 90
- ↑ Total Saturn, "Volume One Issue Four" (UK; 1996-12-29), page 14
- ↑ Ultimate Future Games, "October 1995" (UK; 1995-09-01), page 72
- ↑ Última Generación, "Noviembre 1995" (ES; 1995-1x-xx), page 98
- ↑ Videogame Advisor, "Volume 1, Number 3: July 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 31
- ↑ Video Games, "10/95" (DE; 1995-09-27), page 96
- ↑ VideoGames, "August 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 80
- ↑ Hacker, "12/1996" (HR; 1996-xx-xx), page 26
- ↑ LeveL, "Říjen 1996" (CZ; 1996-10-01), page 24
- ↑ PC Action, "11/96" (DE; 1996-10-16), page 106
- ↑ PC Gamer, "Vol. 4, No. 1: January 1997" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 259
- ↑ PC Games, "11/96" (DE; 1996-10-02), page 160
- ↑ PC Game Parade, "Dicembre 1996" (IT; 1996-1x-xx), page 77
- ↑ Power Play, "11/96" (DE; 1996-10-09), page 154
- ↑ Score, "Listopad 1996" (CZ; 1996-11-01), page 48
- ↑ Secret Service, "Grudzień 1996" (PL; 1996-12-01), page 26
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Bug! (1995) | Bug Too! (1996) | |
Bug! (1997) | |
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Bootleg Sampler (1995) | Bug! Playable Preview (1995) | Sega Screams Volume 1 (199x) |
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