Gold Bug
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Description
Dig soil to fill the trucks at the bottom. Collect treasures and gold for more points. When monsters are white you can kill them for points or let a bug do it. If you release a bug it will kill whatever it touches: them or you.
Gold Bug was produced by Century Electronics in 1982.
Century Electronics released 19 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1980. Century Electronics was based in United States.
Other machines made by Century Electronics during the time period Gold Bug was produced include: Cosmos, Dark Warrior, Space Fortress, Video 8 Ball (Eight Ball), El Grande, Dazzler, Delete, Radar Zone, Logger, and Out Line
Specs
| Name | Gold Bug |
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| Developer | Century Electronics (United States) |
| Year | 1982 |
| Type | Videogame |
| KLOV/MOG # | 7963 |
| Class | Wide Release |
| Genre | Labyrinth/Maze |
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| Conversion Class | unique |
| # Simultaneous Players | 1 |
| # Maximum Players | 2 |
| Game Play | Alternating |
| Control Panel Layout | Single Player |
| Controls |
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| Sound | Amplified Mono (one channel) |
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Game Introduction
This game is reminiscent of Dig Dug, both in looks and a little in gameplay.
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VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Gold Bug Census
There are 14,774 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,483 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 164,626 machines (6,906 unique titles).
Very rare - There is one known instance of this machine owned by an active member Gold Bug collector. It is a set of circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.
Wanted - No active members have added this machine to their wish list.
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Flyers
1981
Technical
The game has voice simulation. As it was created in 1982, the quality of the voice is not all that great but for the time it was an inovative attempt to stand out.
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