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From: Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: What Have You Been Playing... IN OCTOBER 2024?
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On Sat, 2 Nov 2024 19:00:03 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07
<candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> wrote:

>Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote at 18:46 this Friday (GMT):
>> On Fri, 1 Nov 2024 16:40:02 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07
>><candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> wrote:
>>>Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote at 15:27 this Friday (GMT):
>>
>>>> What Have You Been Playing... IN OCTOBER 2024?
>>
>>>Lots of bug fables and UFO 50. I think i've talked about bug here
>>>before, its a paper mario styled game but with bugs and its super
>>>charming and the fandom is pretty small actually. 
>>
>>
>> The only "Bug" game I remember was the attrocious mascot-platformer
>> published by Sega back in the mid-90s. ;-)
>
>? which one?

"Bug!".

No, really, that was the name of the game. It was an early
3D-platformer featuring an eponymous insect as the protagonist. It
came out for Windows and Sega Saturn. 

It was pretty poor, at least on PC. Surprisingly, it wasn't so much
the visuals or controls that I disliked, but just the general
aesthetics and style of gameplay. Replaying it today, I'm a bit more
forgiving -on a technical front, I think it's actually sort of
impressive - but I still don't like the music, level design or visual
style. Nonetheless, I guess it sold well enough, since it got a sequel
("Bug Too!").

I mostly recall it because it was one of the earlier games released
specifically for Windows95, and it did nothing to convince me that new
OS would ever be a worthwhile OS for gaming. With games like "Bug!",
is it any wonder I stuck with DOS for so long? ;-)