| Dung Beetles | |
|---|---|
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| Developer(s) | Datasoft |
| Publisher(s) | Datasoft Tandy Gentry Software |
| Designer(s) | Bob Bishop |
| Programmer(s) | Apple II Bob Bishop[1] Atari 8-bit Mark Riley[2] Color Computer Steve Bjork[3] |
| Platform(s) | Apple II, Atari 8-bit, PC-6001, TRS-80 Color Computer |
| Release | 1982 |
| Genre(s) | Maze |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Dung Beetles is an Apple II maze video game written by Bob Bishop published in 1982 by Datasoft.[1] The gameplay is similar to Pac-Man, but a portion of the maze around the player-controlled character is enlarged as if being viewed through a square magnifying glass.
Dung Beetles was ported to Atari 8-bit computers and the TRS-80 Color Computer. The Color Computer version, programmed by Steve Bjork, was sold by Tandy as Mega-Bug.[3] Later Apple II and Atari versions were renamed to Tumble Bugs.[4] In 1983, Datasoft moved the game to its Gentry Software label with another name change: Magneto Bugs.[5] In Australia, the game was sold as Bug Attack.[citation needed] It was also released for the PC-6000 series.
- ^ a b Hague, James. "The Giant List of Classic Game Programmers".
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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- ^ "Tumble Bugs". Atari Mania.
- ^ "New Products". ANALOG Computing (13): 17. September 1983.