![]() Additionally, the same Buddy Bugs that helped Rollie McFly defeat King Thorax will help you defeat most mean enemy bugs that you encounter.īugdom 2 is a 3D action-adventure game suitable for all ages. Sam will usually make you prove your worthiness before he will help you, but Sally is just interested in gathering acorns, so be sure to brings lots of those to her. Keep an eye out for Sam the Snail and Sally the Chipmunk. ![]() You will make new friends in the Bugdom who will help you through each area. The chase takes place mostly in and around a house. Your job as Skip is to track down the Bully Bee and get your knapsack back. While on his way to visit his family on the far side of the Bugdom, a Bully Bee swooped down and stole Skip's knapsack. It has been three years since Rollie McFly rid the Bugdom of the evil King Thorax and his minions, but the Bugdom can still be a dangerous place as our new hero Skip is about to find out. Visit Pangea Software’s Web site for more info, screenshots, and links to downloadable demos.Bugdom 2 New adventures in the kingdom of bugs. ![]() When the CD version is released, you’ll be able to pick it up for $34.95. The Microsoft Windows version, released in 2000, was developed by Hoplite Research and published by On Deck Interactive, a division of Gathering of Developers. It was included with the iMac DV 2000 and later iBook models. The online version is available for US$29.95. Bugdom is a 1999 platform video game originally created by Pangea Software for Mac OS 9. If you’re using a Power Mac or other system, make sure it’s equipped with at least a RAGE 128 or better 3D graphics accelerator with 8MB of VRAM. The game runs on Mac OS 9 or Mac OS X, and requires at least a 400MHz iMac DV with 128MB RAM. The third-person action familiar to players of the original game has been augmented with special levels that will put Skip in control of a balsa airplane on a mission to bomb anthills, and surfing down rushing water in a sewer pipe.Īt a time when it’s increasingly common to see games requiring Mac OS X and heavy system requirements, Bugdom 2 is a little more low-key. ![]() Ten levels take Skip through the world of Bugdom, both inside and around a house. Since Pangea has taken the direct sales approach, it’s found it to be much more profitable than retail, according to Greenstone, who told MacCentral that since his game Cro-Mag Rally went shareware, they’ve made more money than they did when it was in retail distribution.Īlong with a new protagonist with new capabilities, Bugdom 2 sports entirely new level designs and new gameplay features. In fact, Pangea’s experience has been so negative that Greenstone sees a lot more sense in avoiding the retail racket all together. While it’s worked out okay for major publishers who can spread their bets with a variety of titles like MacPlay, Aspyr Media and MacSoft, Pangea - which produces about one game a year - doesn’t have that luxury. This puts Mac game publishers at a huge disadvantage, as they’re trying to attract a smaller audience and generally aren’t as well heeled as their PC counterparts to begin with. The distribution companies responsible for getting those products onto store shelves will drop publishers quickly unless they’re capable of maintaining a steady stream of revenue. It costs a lot of money for software publishers to get their products in wide distribution. Retail distribution of game software in North America is a notoriously expensive endeavor that can be littered with financial and logistical pitfalls.
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