BugBomber (DOS)

BugBomber

Platform: DOS Year: 1992 Developer: Kingsoft GmbH

BugBomber is a Bomberman-esque multiplayer action game where you try to destroy computer bugs and your opponents with bombs, landmines, bolts of energy, and seeker robots in the matrix of a computer's memory. Power-ups randomly appear on the screen and increase your abilities if you get them and each of the four possible players are uniquely drawn.

Screenshots

The title screen. Setting up a new game. Setting traps for the bugs. Be careful not to blow yourself up! Things get intense with four players! Finishing off the first level.

Music

The only music in BugBomber is a title screen theme which was originally composed by Chris Hülsbeck. A jazzy version was arranged by Matthias Steinwachs. Unfortunately, the game sets up a lot of mute and discord in the middle. Fortunately, a gamer can fix this by entering:

sound b50aa

before starting the game.

Recording

The music was recorded from the title screen:

1. as is.
2. with the above fix on a real Pentium 60 MHz with a Sound Blaster 16 CT1740.

#	Title	Composer	Arranger	Length	Listen	Download
01	BugBomber Theme	Chris Hülsbeck	Matthias Steinwachs	2:52		Download
02	BugBomber Theme (fixed)	Chris Hülsbeck	Matthias Steinwachs	2:52		Download

Credits

• Ripper: TheAlmightyGuru
• Recorder: TheAlmightyGuru (track 1), Professor Chaos (track 2)
• Game Credits:
  • PC Music: Matthias Steinwachs
  • Not Credited Composer: Chris Hülsbeck

(Source: Steinwachs himself on MobyGames.)

Game Rip

Format	Download
	Download (Info)

Located in the game folder are the song in ROL format, a custom instrument bank (misleadingly named like Ad Lib's standard bank) in BNK format, AdLib Sound Driver 1.51, and PlayROL version 1.2 compressed using LZEXE.

Audio Devices

Music
Sound

For music, the game calls PlayROL and waits until it returns. If AdLib Sound Driver is not running, PlayROL returns immediately. The driver assumes an Ad Lib Music Synthesizer Card or compatible at port 388_hex (or a port specified using the driver's P option), but does not actually check for it. Either way, PlayROL runs for the song's duration, or until a key is pressed. The actual game plays sound effects on the PC Speaker.

Releases

Germany Title: BugBomber Platform: DOS Released: 1992-??-?? Publisher: Kingsoft GmbH

Links

• mobygames.com/game/dos/bug-bomber - MobyGames.

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BugBomber	•  •
Notable Songs	BugBomber Theme
Notable Personnel	Chris Hülsbeck
Notable Companies	Kingsoft