Bug!
| Bug! | |||
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| Studio | Realtime Associates | ||
| Publisher | Sega | ||
| Erstveröffent- lichung |
Saturn: December 8, 1995 1995 September 15, 1995 PC: August 31, 1996   |
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| platform | Sega Saturn , Windows | ||
| genre | Jump 'n' run | ||
| Game mode | Single player | ||
| control | Gamepad | ||
| medium | CD-ROM | ||
| language | English | ||
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Bug! is a Jump 'n' Run - computer game , which as a side-scroller expires. It was one of the earliest 3D platformer. It was developed by Realtime Associates and first published in 1995 by Sega for Sega Saturn . In 1996 a version of Bug! for Microsoft Windows 3.1 and Windows 95 . In the same year came the sequel Bug Too! which was also first published for the Sega Saturn and later ported to Windows 95 .
background
The backstory revolves around the title character Bug !, a famous Hollywood star who wants to celebrate his biggest breakthrough. Players take control shortly after Bug! signed a contract for a title role in an action film in which his girlfriend was kidnapped by Queen Cadavra and he moves out to save her. The gameplay takes place on the film set of each scene and cutscenes between the levels show how Bug! got from one movie set to another.
Course of the game
Bug! as a traditional side-scroller - Adventure play game. In the same way as in Sonic the Hedgehog (having to race against the bug! In one of the bonus levels), Bug hops! through extensive levels and collect power-ups , stabbing the heads of his enemies to fight them. The specialty of Bug! are the 3D levels which are taken from the side view and which change them. Bug! can walk up sideways on vertical surfaces and even walk upside down. Each level set , which ranges from bright green grass to deep red desert levels, has an individual look and feel .
reception
Bug! was well received by the game critics. The Game Informer magazine awarded an "excellent" rating of 9 out of 10, as well as Electric Playground and Electronic Gaming Monthly , there was 8 of 10. The Sega Saturn Magazine distributed 5 of 5 stars and praised the scope of the game, the high degree of difficulty and the amazing graphics. However, the game from Next Generation received only 3 out of 5 stars, although it was criticized that the game "converted the 2D gameplay directly to 3D." GameSpot rated the PC version with 6 out of 10 points, calling it "visually amazing" and praised the "fast and responsive" gameplay, but criticized the fact that the game "does not explore new territory in a tired genre [...]".
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ PROJECT: Bug Too! Bug too! ( Memento from February 22, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Bug Too! - MobyGames
- ↑ Andy, et al. McNamara: Not To Be Denied! . Game Informer . September 1995. Archived from the original on November 20, 1997. Retrieved March 15, 2014.
- ↑ "Bug!" Game rankings. Accessed October 19, 2011. http://www.gamerankings.com/saturn/573934-bug/index.html
- ↑ Review: Bug! . In: Sega Saturn Magazine , Emap International Limited , November 1995, p. 95.
- ↑ bug! . In: Imagine Media (ed.): Next Generation . 1, No. 9, September 1995, pp. 88-89.
- ↑ Jim Varner: Bug! Review. GameSpot, August 29, 1996.