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Moon Bugs

Defend Earth against insect invaders! The gameplay is a mix between Galaxian and Defender. The alien bugs will attack you and swoop down and steal the uranium drums at the bottom of the screen. As they fly…

31 December 1983

Moon Bugs is an arcade developed by Windmill Software, released 31 December 1983 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Moon Bugs is

Moon Bugs is an arcade game developed by Windmill Software and released in 1983. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Defend Earth against insect invaders! The gameplay is a mix between Galaxian and Defender. The alien bugs will attack you and swoop down and steal the uranium drums at the bottom of the screen. As they fly away with the drum, you have to shoot them before they reach the top of the screen to retrieve it. During the game, the space station on the left will load in all uranium drums and then make a connection to the satellite dish on the right, thus ending the level. At the end of each level you get 200 bonus points for each refueled uranium drum and -200 points penalty for each stolen drum. Occasionally a UFO will fly from left to right at the top of the screen. The blue box will display…
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How it plays

Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Moon Bugs launched on 31 December 1983, within three weeks of The Witness, Chuckie Egg, Atic Atac and Zoo Keeper.

Released around the same time: The Witness, Chuckie Egg, Atic Atac, Zoo Keeper.

Official trailer

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Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

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When did Moon Bugs come out?
Moon Bugs was released on 31 December 1983 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

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