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Bug!

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Bug!
Bug! cover
Developers
Realtime Associates
Windows Beam Software
Publishers
Sega
Re-release Expert Software
Release dates
Windows September 9, 1996[1]
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Third-person
Controls Direct control
Genres Platform
Art styles Cartoon, Pre-rendered graphics
Series Bug!
Bug! on HowLongToBeat
Bug! on IGDB
Bug! guide on StrategyWiki
Bug! on MobyGames
Bug! on Wikipedia
Bug!
Bug! 1996
Bug Too! 1996

Bug! is a singleplayer third-person platform game in the Bug! series.

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM details are not known
Windows

Demo

Available to download from PCGamingWiki Files.

Monetization

Type Notes
One-time game purchase The game requires an upfront purchase to access.

Essential improvements

Running on modern systems

Running on modern OS[citation needed]

Use compatibility mode with the next options:

  • Run this program in compatibility mode for: Windows 95
  • Run in 256 colors
  • Run in 640 x 480 screen resolution

Notes

Fixes the "Bug cannot be run on High-resolution modes" error.
This fix won't work on Windows 8 and later.

Bug!er Up

Updates the game to run on modern versions of Windows.
Removes the CD check needed to play the game.
Adds support for XInput controllers.
Adds support for custom music in Red Book format.
May have bugs not featured in the original release.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\BUG!.CFG[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\*.sav[Note 1]

Video

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
F4
Borderless fullscreen windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
High-fidelity upscaling
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
30 fps cap
High dynamic range display (HDR)
Color blind mode
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Input

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio
Red Book CD audio
On Windows, CD music might not play correctly; see the troubleshooting guide for solutions.

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
DirectDraw 2
Software renderer
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows[2]
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 95
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium 75 MHz
System memory (RAM) 8 MB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD) 8 MB
Video card (GPU) SVGA
Sound (audio device) Sound Blaster 16 compatible
Other 2x CD-ROM drive


Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

References