Draft:Bumbler Bee-Luxe
| Bumbler Bee-Luxe | |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Dadgum Games |
| Publisher(s) | Dadgum Games StarPlay Productions[1] |
| Platform(s) | Mac OS |
| Release | August 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 Mac. In 1998, it was re-released in several game compilations from StarPlay Productions.
Gameplay
Bumbler Bee-Luxe is a 2D shooter in which the player is a bee, trying to protect its hive from invaders.[4]
Development & release
The game was developed and published by Dadgum Games, a company founded in 1996.[5]
Bumbler Bee-Luxe was also released in two game compilations from StarPlay Productions: Extreme Mac 12-Pack (which also contains Marathon and Glider Pro)[1] and Extreme Mac 6-Pack.[6]
Reception
Next Generation reviewed 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]
Paul Pettitt for MAClan Journal commented that "Bumbler Bee-Luxe is an almost pointless game of being a bee and getting flowers."[7]
References
- ^ a b "Extreme Mac 12-Pack CD-ROM". archive.org. Starplay Productions, Inc. 1998.
- ^ "Recent News". dadgum.com. Archived from the original on February 11, 1998. Retrieved June 13, 2023.
- ^ "Bumbler Bee-Luxe". Incredibly Strange Games. February 17, 2010.
- ^ a b "Finals". Next Generation. No. 36. Imagine Media. December 1997. p. 176.
- ^ "About Dadgum Games". dadgum.com. Archived from the original on February 11, 1998. Retrieved June 13, 2023.
- ^ "MacMall Advert". MacAddict. No. 34. June 1999. p. 89.
- ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20030525105815/http://www.maclan.org:80/newsletters/newsletter1198.pdf
External links
- Bumbler Bee-luxe at Macintosh Repository