Bug-Byte

Bug-Byte Software Ltd
IndustryVideo games
FoundedMay 1980[1]
DefunctJune 1985
HeadquartersMulberry House, Canning Place Liverpool, England
Key people
Tony Baden, Tony Milner
ProductsMazogs, Manic Miner, Twin Kingdom Valley

Bug-Byte Software Ltd. was a video game company founded in 1980 in Liverpool, initially producing software for the Acorn Atom and ZX80. Bug-Byte's first hit was Don Priestley's Mazogs which was one of the most successful titles for the ZX81. In 1983, it published Manic Miner, considered to be one of the most influential platform games of all time.[2] The company went into liquidation in 1985 but their name and logo were purchased by Argus Press PLC for use as a budget software label.

  1. ^ "History for Bug-Byte Software Ltd". Archived from the original on 31 October 2019. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  2. ^ "Contents". Retro Gamer. No. 48. Imagine Publishing. 28 February 2008. p. 4.