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From: candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action
Subject: Re: What Have You Been Playing... IN OCTOBER 2024?
Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2024 12:30:03 -0000 (UTC)
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Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote at 00:33 this Monday (GMT):
> Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 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? ;-)
>
> Did it even have an ant? ;P


My game or theirs? Because there's a lot actually
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