If you're unhappy with what the camera is showing you, you can rotate or zoom the camera in or out. In most cases, the camera floats right behind Rollie and gives you a clear perspective on the playing area. Many 3rd person perspective games, including blockbusters like Tomb Raider, have problems with their camera control, but Bugdom has managed to avoid this pitfall. Overall, control is one area where Bugdom excels. For players more comfortable with keyboard control, Rollie can also be propelled and maneuvered that way, or the keyboard and mouse can be combined.

Rollie can turn left or right, move forward or backward, simply by moving the mouse in the appropriate direction. Rollie also has a number of movements and attacks that help him navigate the landscape and thwart the ants, he can run, roll, kick and jump, as well as fire a buddy bug that acts like a mini-missile.Ĭonsole games are designed to work with a controller, but Pangea couldn't count on Mac gamers having a joypad, so they instead worked out an intuitive mouse and keyboard control method that works nearly as well, and is actually similar to the mouse control used in Doom. There are 10 very different levels to explore and Bugdom's environments are expansive, featuring a variety of stages to go through. While the game itself may not live up to the quality of Mario, it is as close as any computer game has come to that kind of console experience. Rollie navigates a fully 3D world, exploring and solving puzzles. Game play will be familiar to anyone who has played Nintendo's Mario 64. If the description sounds reminiscent of Bug's Life or Antz, that's probably because the game is clearly influenced by the animated features and even delivers a sort of Bug's Life experience.

Rollie must free the Lady Bugs who used to rule the land, depose the evil King Thorax, and return peace to Bugdom. The Bugdom has been taken over by an evil fire ant king. If you're familiar with titles like Mario 64 or Croc, then you have some idea of the kind of game that Bugdom is.īugdom puts you in control of Rollie McFly, the last of the Rollie Pollies. Pangea Software has managed to capture the shear pleasure of a 3D platform game and deliver it to Mac gamers. It's not often that a game comes along that is both Mac only and good.

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