''Battle Bugs'' is a

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video game developed for MS-DOS by

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and released by

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in 1994. A

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port was published in Japan in 1997.

Gameplay

The game details a war of one group of insects battling against another. The battlefields are common household places such as the kitchen floor or the backyard. The player must navigate their bugs, each with special skills, and engage the enemies’ bugs. The main objective of each battle is to either eradicate all of the enemy bugs or 'capture' every piece of food on the battlefield. This is achieved by positioning your bugs on the food long enough to raise a flag. When all pieces of food bear your team's flag, the battle is won. However, the enemy bugs will attempt to do the same thing and can reclaim captured food. The game develops the logical skills of the player. Different bugs are stronger and weaker versus other types of bugs so the player must combine different strategies to go to the next mission. There is also a multiplayer mode that can be played. It involves hot-seating between two players by pressing 'pause' on a virtual stopwatch, similar to the way that competitive chess is played.

Reception

Robert L. Hayes Jr. of ''

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'' wrote, "No one will lose their jobs or spouse to an overdose of ''Battle Bugs'' playing, but plenty of gamers will have many enjoyable evenings of conquering cheese wedges and slaughtering spiders."

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*{{moby game, id=/battle-bugs, name=''Battle Bugs'' 1994 video games DOS games Real-time tactics video games PlayStation (console) games Multiplayer and single-player video games Video games about insects Video games developed in the United States Sierra Entertainment games Epyx games