''Bug Attack'' is a

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video game written by Jim Nitchals for the

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and published by

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in 1981. An version for

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was released in 1982. ''Bug Attack'' is based on

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's ''

Centipede Centipedes (from New Latin , "hundred", and Latin , " foot") are predatory arthropods belonging to the class Chilopoda (Ancient Greek , ''kheilos'', lip, and New Latin suffix , "foot", describing the forcipules) of the subphylum Myriapoda, an ...

'' arcade game.

Gameplay

''Bug Attack'' is a game in which the player uses beetles to fight other insects.

Reception

Dave Jones reviewed the game for ''

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'', and stated that "the novel touches of ''Bug Attack'', such as the variety of vegetations and patterns of color, and the intermissions which break up the action between insect waves, served to maintain my interest in the game hour after hour. The author of the game is to be complemented on his packing such a successful combination of imaginative flair and technical expertise into the confines of the Apple II." Reviewing the Apple II original, Leigh Goldstein wrote in ''

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'': "Clearly modeled on Atari's coin-op, ''Centipede'', ''Bug Attack'' just doesn't offer enough of the features that make ''Centipede'' such a great game" and "''Bug Attack'' is dull gaming." She cited ''Centipede''s sound effects and vertical player movement as two elements lacking from ''Bug Attack''.

Reviews

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References

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