Super Bug (video game)
| Super Bug | |
|---|---|
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| Developer(s) | Atari |
| Publisher(s) | Kee Games[1] |
| Designer(s) | Wendi Allen[2] |
| Platform(s) | Arcade |
| Release | |
| Genre(s) | Racing |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Super Bug is an arcade video game developed, manufactured, and released by Atari, Inc. in 1977. The player steers a yellow Volkswagen Beetle (or "Bug") along a multi-directionally scrolling track, avoiding the boundaries and occasional obstacles. The game ends when fuel runs out. Super Bug is in black and white, and the colored car comes from a yellow overlay in the center of the monitor.
The 1978 Atari arcade game Fire Truck is based on Super Bug.[3] Both games were programmed by Wendi Allen (credited as Howard Delman).[2]
Development
[edit]Originally titled City Driver, the video game Super Bug was the first to be designed and programmed by Wendi Allen. Allen stated in an interview that she had to learn a lot about the game development process during the nine months it took to create Super Bug.[3]
Joe Decuir of Atari was writing a version of the game for Atari 8-bit computers which was never completed.[4]
Reception
[edit]In the United States, it was among the top 35 highest-grossing arcade games of 1977, according to RePlay.[5] It went on to become the fourth highest-grossing arcade game of 1978 according to Play Meter,[6] or the year's fifth highest according to RePlay.[7] It was later the 19th highest-grossing arcade video game of 1979, according to Play Meter.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Production Numbers" (PDF). Atari Games. August 31, 1999. Retrieved April 19, 2021.
- ^ a b Hague, James. "The Giant List of Classic Game Programmers".
- ^ a b "DP Interviews Howard Delman". DigitPress.com. 2011.
- ^ Stilphen, Scott. "DP Interviews Joe Decuir". Digital Press.
- ^ "Profit Chart". RePlay. November 1977.
- ^ "The 'Winners' of '78: Top Arcade Games". Play Meter. 1978.
- ^ "Video Games". RePlay. November 1978.
- ^ "The Winners of '79". Play Meter. 1979.
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