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Bug Too!

1996 video game

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 17, 2026
Entity authorityQ2927686
Source-derived summary

Bug Too! is a platform game developed by Realtime Associates and SegaSoft. It is the sequel to Bug!, which was developed and published by Realtime Associates and Sega. It was first released for the Sega Saturn on December 6, 1996, in North America. It was later ported to Windows devices on December 10 of the same year in both North America and PAL regions. Finally, it was released in PAL regions for the Sega Saturn on April 24, 1997. Players are given the option of choosing from Bug, Maggot Dog, or Super Fly, a trio of action movie stars, who must proceed through a series of levels across multiple zones, with a boss level at the end of each zone.

Bug Too! received mixed reviews, holding an average of 71% on Game Rankings.

Gameplay

Players can play as Bug, Maggot Dog, or Super Fly, all big-name action film stars, with the premise being that they were signed up to do a six-picture deal that they must complete all in one day.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Bug Too!” as 1996 video game. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1996, 1997—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1996-11-30. The account is most persuasive where video and game can be independently traced.
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The subject matters to the general reference register because the source frames it as 1996 video game. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

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The citation trail is more important than the brevity of the summary: it shows where individual claims can be examined in context. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 17, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q2927686. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1996 and 1997.

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This entry incorporates text from Bug Too!” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.