Draft:Bumbler Bee-Luxe

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Bumbler Bee-Luxe
Developer(s)Dadgum Games
Publisher(s)Dadgum Games
StarPlay Productions[1]
Platform(s)Mac OS
ReleaseAugust 25, 1997[2]
Genre(s)Multidirectional shooter
Mode(s)Single-player

Bumbler Bee-Luxe is an insect-themed multidirectional shooter video game,[3] developed and published by American studio Dadgum Games in 1997 for the Macintosh. In 1998, it was included in the Extreme Mac 12-Pack compilation from StarPlay Productions, which also contains Marathon and Glider Pro.[1]

Gameplay[edit]

Bumbler Bee-Luxe is a 2D shooter in which the player is a bee, trying to protect its hive from invaders.[4]

Development[edit]

The game was developed by Dadgum Games, a company founded in 1996.[5]

Reception[edit]

Next Generation reviewed the Macintosh version of the game, rating it four stars out of five, and stated that "The only downside is that the background never seems to change [...] and sometimes, due to the color scheme, we lost track of enemies against the honey-combed background. Overall though, an excellent effort."[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Extreme Mac 12-Pack CD-ROM". archive.org. Starplay Productions, Inc. 1998.
  2. ^ "Recent News". dadgum.com. Archived from the original on February 11, 1998. Retrieved June 13, 2023.
  3. ^ "Bumbler Bee-Luxe". Incredibly Strange Games. February 17, 2010.
  4. ^ a b "Finals". Next Generation. No. 36. Imagine Media. December 1997. p. 176.
  5. ^ "About Dadgum Games". dadgum.com. Archived from the original on February 11, 1998. Retrieved June 13, 2023.

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