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This game dosen't BUG me!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: November 08, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I think this game rocks! You can kick, jump, swim, and ride bugs. Some of your enemies include grasshoppers that punch you with boxing gloves and fire ants thar throw arrows and rocks at you. The toughest enemie is the king of the fire ants. Once you defeat him you will become ruler of the Bugdom. I also like this game because there are some secret codes. I reccomend Bugdom!

Best game ever

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: November 08, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Bugdom is a great game! As you dodge the grasshoppers role through the ants and save lady bugs you can't help but put a smile on your face. Bugdom is the best computer game i've ever played in my life!

Bugdom

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: November 10, 2000
Author: Amazon User

This game is very exiting and endventurous. There's a new adventure lurking behind every level. Of course winning is fun but in this game every thing inbetween is what really makes the game. I recomend this game to anyone that is in a change for something really fun!

Awsome game!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 6
Date: November 19, 2000
Author: Amazon User

This is one of the coolest games I have ever come across;its graphics are a feast for the eyes, and gameplay is no less than completly addictive!The fist few levels are easy,to prepare you for taking on the Ant King's shadowy henchmen,but as the game goes on, you nwill find yourself cursing those stupid little ants as your Rollie dies once again.All in all,a real must-have game for young and old alike!

Good game, but not on Windows

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 11 / 15
Date: November 20, 2000
Author: Amazon User

This game is great! I love the graphics! Unfortunately, it does not deserve to be on Windows. It was originaly made for Mac, and it did and still does rock, but only on that platform. On Windows in isn't nearly as exciting, partly because the game doesn't run as well. I don't think it should have been made for Windows, however, it does show that Mac games are sometimes better than Windows ones.

To the tune of Gilligan's Island

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 35 / 41
Date: November 27, 2000
Author: Amazon User

(To the tune of Gilligan's Island)

Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale, A tale of a fateful install,

That started from this online store on the world wide web.

I was a mighty PC guru, The wife was anxious and unsure.

One PC guru set out for a six hour install. A six hour install . . .

Needless to say this was one wicked install. I build my own PC's from scratch and people have a motto that they tell me to stick to, "If it 'ain't' broke, don't fix it." Unfortunately, I try not to listen to every one else. The problem is NOT with the game itself but with the OpenGL (OGL) drivers that are installed when GLSetup is installed. In theory, GLSetup should NOT be run if you have the latest drivers from the company. However, I did not have the updated drivers so naturally I ran GLSetup. That's when all Hell basically broke loose.

Why am I talking about OpenGL? Because Bugdom is an OpenGL only game. Therefor it will only run correctly with the latest drivers and at least DirectX 7.0. (Don't ask, I don't know why.) Granted the graphics aren't exactly as smooth as that of the "gasp!" Mac version but it is very very cute. The story is pretty basic, You play as a potato bug looking thing who calls himself Rollie McFly to try and save the Princess Lady Bug from the Evil King Thorax. Really kind of typical and over played in numerous other games, oh well. The graphics are very well done eliciting a very loud "How cute!" from my girlfriend and a "I wanna play! I wanna play!" from some shrimp I've never seen before in the house at the time. I did notice that the "options" menu contains NONE of the traditional options like sound/music volume, screen resolution, detail level and what not. The Window-like buttons are also VERY subtle, It's very difficult to see if the buttons in the sub menus are pressed in or not. I guess it qualifies as a "Blooper" in Jeff Johnson's eyes. Another unsual thing I did notice, the PC that had all of the problems had a ATI Rage Fury, which uses the ATI 128 chipset. Last I checked, this is part of the same family of 128 Pro's that the iMac and other apple thingies use. Also uses the same set of drivers as the 1280 Pro, How odd.

As far as installation goes, I certainly hope that Take2 does a double take on the installation software. There are several notes to take during the installation.

First. Check the BOIS/CMOS if you have a motherboard with an AGP style video card. It is crucial that you set the aperture size correctly. In my case it was 64 before it became stable.

And Second. Get all of the latest drivers for your hardware, not least of all the video card.

Sad to say this game will not run otherwise. But why the four stars? You may ask. Well, like I said I'm a PC Guru, I don't consider twisting a PC to my whim and will a problem but a challenge instead. If you can get past the BS that this game gives you during installation, You or your children will certainly enjoy the game. It certainly is a nice game to get away from the blood and gore that games like American McGee's Alice or Quake III offers. Besides, I'm not allowed to play the bloody games when the shrimp is in the house.

Tigerpomme

BUGDOM

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 11
Date: December 23, 2000
Author: Amazon User

This game is horibble. Speacially for Windows. Don't play it.

Addendum to my scathing earlier review!

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 10 / 15
Date: December 29, 2000
Author: Amazon User

OK. I got Bugdom working after a little guidance from Tech Service.

The problem was installing the OpenGL drivers. Once I had those set up properly AND new video drivers for my video card, I was off and running.

It is a beautiful game that my seven year old navigates with ease.

If it wasn't for the installation problems, I would recommend this game to everyone.

BUGDOM is Fun For BUGS (and people!)

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 5
Date: January 31, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Dear peoples, All of the people out there who hate bugdom are wired. Don' listen to them (at all!!) Bugdom is awsome, the whole 5th grade has it on every comp. and like EVERYONE plays it! Why do people play it and make such a big fuss over it? The answer is simple! People love the game! (EASY!) Rollie is soooooo cute and so is buddy. The mad Taxi Driver is cool, but hard to control, so it's a challenge! I can't belive people don' like this game. I love it! People ove it, bugs love it, and ants hate it. There are cheat codes as well as the regular jump,kick, and roll buttons, there are buttons that give you green keys so you can go in any door. Buttons that allow you get coin,life and more rolling power.You skip levels with some and even beat the game! with others. Nearly all of the buttons are combined of the F1,f2,f3 buttons on your keyboard. The 1 and 2 buttons makes the screendifferent sizes. 1 magnifies the screen and 2 makes it smaller. I love Bugdom! I hope you do to after reading my review. SINCERERLY, A BUGDOM LOVER- Christina Mills

No Technical Support- too bad for a great game

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 7
Date: February 03, 2001
Author: Amazon User

After great expectations the software arrived and the files areincomplete- Errors abound as we try to load- No help file- no oneanswers the help line after 5PM on Weekdays and nothing onweekends. My son who loves this game is crushed.... A real bummer.

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