Jump Bug

Jump Bug[lower-alpha 1] is a scrolling platform shooter developed by Alpha Denshi under contract for Coreland,[2] and published in arcades by Sega in Japan and Rock-Ola in North America in 1981.[3] It was the first platform game to include smooth horizontal and vertical scrolling. Jump Bug was ported to the Emerson Arcadia and the Leisure Vision system.

Jump Bug
Arcade flyer
Developer(s)Coreland
Alpha Denshi
Publisher(s)
Designer(s)Hoei Corporation
Platform(s)Arcade, Arcadia 2001
Release
Genre(s)Scrolling shooter, platform
Mode(s)Up to two players, alternating turns
Arcade systemSega Z80
(Namco Galaxian)

Gameplay

The player controls a constantly bouncing car while driving through various environments including a city, pyramid, and underwater. The height of the jump and speed of a fall can be controlled with the joystick. The player can shoot various enemies that appear. Points are gained by collecting treasure, killing enemies and jumping on clouds.[4]

Notes
  1. Japanese: ジャンプバグ, Hepburn: Janpu Bagu

References
  1. Akagi, Masumi (13 October 2006). アーケードTVゲームリスト国内•海外編(1971-2005) (in Japanese) (First ed.). Japan: Amusement News Agency. ISBN 978-4990251215. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
  2. "ジャンプバグ レトロゲームしま専科". Archived from the original on 2008-02-11. Retrieved 2008-06-18.
  3. "Overseas Readers Column - Hoei Grants "Jump Bug" —Rock-Ola for U.S.A. and Sega for Other Areas—". Game Machine (in Japanese). No. 179. Amusement Press, Inc. 15 December 1981. p. 30.
  4. KLOV


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