Bug!

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Bug!

Developer(s)	Realtime Associates
Publisher(s)	Sega
Platform(s)	Sega Saturn, PC: Microsoft Windows 3.x, Windows 95, GameTap
Release date	Sega Saturn ^NA 1995 ^JP 1995-12-08 ^PAL 1995-05-15 PC ^NA 1996-08-31 ^PAL 1996
Genre(s)	Platform game
Mode(s)	Single player
Rating(s)	ESRB: Kids to Adults
Media	1 CD-ROM
System requirements	PC version: Pentium 90MHz, 8MB RAM, 256 colors video card, 16bit stereo soundcard (redbook CD audio), 2X CD-ROM drive
Input methods	Dual Joystick Singular Control, Keyboard

Bug! is a video game for the Sega Saturn. Released in 1995 in North America, Japan and Europe, it was one of the earliest 3D platform games. It was later released for Windows 3.x & Windows 95 on August 31, 1996 by Beam Software, on one CD that contains both versions of the game.

1 Story
2 Gameplay
3 Powerups
4 Sequel
5 External links

[edit] Story

The actual background plot revolved 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 and must rescue her. The actual gameplay takes place "on the set" of each scene and cutscenes between levels show Bug moving from one set to the next. It is used to determine the future job of the players.

[edit] Gameplay

Bug! was played like a traditional side-scrolling adventure title. In the same fashion as Sonic, Bug jumped on the heads of his enemies to defeat them while making his way through large levels and collecting power-ups. What sets Bug! apart is the game's 3D levels, which take the side-view and tweak it. Bug can walk sidewise up vertical surfaces and even upside down. Each set of levels (ranging from a bright, green grassy area to a deep red, desert level) has a deeply individual look and feel.

[edit] Powerups

To change the pace of the gameplay every once in a while (in case gamers got tired of the constant jumping strategy), players could pick up two powerups to give Bug new forms of attack. One gave him an electric attack which was best used in close-quarters while another gave him a poisonous spitting attack for ranged combat.