Dung Beetles (video game)
| Dung Beetles | |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Datasoft |
| Publisher(s) | Datasoft Tandy Gentry Software |
| Designer(s) | Bob Bishop |
| Programmer(s) | Apple II Bob Bishop Atari 8-bit Mark Riley Color Computer Steve Bjork |
| Platform(s) | Apple II, Atari 8-bit, PC-6001, TRS-80 Color Computer |
| Release | 1982 |
| Genre(s) | Maze |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Dung Beetles is an Apple II maze video game written by Bob Bishop published in 1982 by Datasoft. The gameplay is similar to Pac-Man, but a portion of the maze around the player-controlled character is enlarged as if being viewed through a square magnifying glass.
Dung Beetles was ported to Atari 8-bit computers and the TRS-80 Color Computer. The Color Computer version, programmed by Steve Bjork, was sold by Tandy as Mega-Bug. Later Apple II and Atari versions were renamed to Tumble Bugs. In 1983, Datasoft moved the game to its Gentry Software label with another name change: Magneto Bugs. In Australia, the game was sold as Bug Attack. It was also released for the PC-6000 series.