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Fast Facts on Bug!
Publisher: Sega Developer: Sega System(s): Sega Saturn, PC Released in US: 1995 Released in EU: May 15, 1995 Released in JP: Dec. 8, 1995 Genre: 3D Platform ESRB CERO

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.

Story

The plot revolved around the title character, 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.

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. Bug can walk sidewise up vertical surfaces and even upside down, which actually adds a lot to the feel of the game; no other platformed has done something like this, at least not this well. Each set of levels (ranging from a bright, green grassy area to a deep red, desert level) have a deeply individual look and feel.

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.

Screenshots

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.

Trivia

Sonic in Bug!

• A 32X port of Bug! was planned, but ultimately scrapped.
• Sonic makes a cameo appearance in a bonus stage, where Bug has to beat him in a race.
• Bug! is similar in concept to Sonic X-treme.
• It was followed up with a sequel some years later, entitled Bug Too!.

Resources

Box Art

US cover	EU cover	EU disc	JP cover (front)
JP cover (back)

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