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 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] It was one of 12 games included in the Extreme Mac 12 Pack.
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]
Paul Pettitt for MAClan Journal commented that "Bumbler Bee-Luxe is an almost pointless game of being a bee and getting flowers."[6]
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20030525105815/http://www.maclan.org:80/newsletters/newsletter1198.pdf
External links
[edit]- Bumbler Bee-luxe at the Macintosh Repository