Game:

Bug! (1995)

Category:

Review

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In this game you play as Agent Starman, and you are hired to defeat the bug-eyed Xabanneus aliens, which is trying to take over the entire Galaxy.

The game starts with you entering the alien’s spacehip, where you have to make your way through 10 levels, and reach and destroy the power generator at level 10.

You have an oxygen supply on your back, and you have to complete each level before the oxygen runs out.

You can not shoot or jump or anything, the only thing you can do is go left or right, so the game is quite simple, and it is a matter of practice, timing and remembering the levels for completing the game.

It actually works pretty well, it is almost as addictive as Manic Miner, and the graphics is quite good. Boev Soft has added a very nice AY soundtrack in this version making the game much more enjoyable to play.

The game was published by Icon Software Ltd in 1985.

Rating:
Original 48k version: 83%
Unofficial 128k version: 88%

If you do not have Beta Disk / TR-dos this version can also run on ZX Spectrum Next and emulators. The game can run on a standard ZX Spectrum 128k with tape recorder if someone changes the loading routine to tape format.

48k tape: http://www.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/games/b/Bug-Eyes.z80.zip
128k Beta Disk / TR-dos: https://vtrd.in/gamez/b/B_FIES_.ZIP