<s>
Dung	B-Application
Beetles	I-Application
is	O
an	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
maze	B-Application
game	I-Application
by	O
Bob	O
Bishop	O
published	O
in	O
1982	O
by	O
Datasoft	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
gameplay	O
is	O
similar	O
to	O
Pac-Man	B-Application
,	O
but	O
a	O
portion	O
of	O
the	O
maze	B-Application
around	O
the	O
player-controlled	O
character	O
is	O
enlarged	O
as	O
if	O
being	O
viewed	O
through	O
a	O
square	O
magnifying	O
lens	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dung	B-Application
Beetles	I-Application
was	O
ported	O
to	O
Atari	B-Device
8-bit	I-Device
family	I-Device
and	O
the	O
TRS-80	B-Device
Color	I-Device
Computer	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Color	B-Device
Computer	I-Device
version	O
was	O
sold	O
by	O
Tandy	O
and	O
renamed	O
Mega-Bug	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Mega-Bug	B-Application
port	O
was	O
programmed	O
by	O
Steve	O
Bjork	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
versions	O
for	O
both	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
and	O
Atari	O
were	O
named	O
Tumble	O
Bugs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1983	O
,	O
Datasoft	B-Application
moved	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
its	O
Gentry	O
Software	O
label	O
with	O
another	O
name	O
change	O
:	O
Magneto	O
Bugs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
also	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
NEC	B-Device
PC-6001	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
concept	O
and	O
gameplay	O
are	O
based	O
on	O
Pac-Man	B-Application
,	O
but	O
features	O
a	O
much	O
larger	O
,	O
randomly-generated	O
maze	B-Application
and	O
a	O
moving	O
"	O
magnifying	O
rectangle	O
"	O
that	O
shows	O
the	O
player	O
's	O
character	O
,	O
maze	B-Application
details	O
,	O
and	O
nearby	O
enemies	O
close-up	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
objective	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
is	O
to	O
score	O
points	O
by	O
eating	O
all	O
of	O
the	O
dots	O
in	O
the	O
maze	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
the	O
player	O
character	O
moves	O
through	O
the	O
maze	B-Application
,	O
it	O
leaves	O
a	O
trail	O
of	O
dung	O
behind	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dung	B-Application
beetles	I-Application
navigate	O
the	O
maze	B-Application
searching	O
for	O
the	O
player	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
ends	O
when	O
the	O
player	O
's	O
character	O
is	O
caught	O
by	O
a	O
dung	O
beetle	O
,	O
at	O
which	O
point	O
the	O
game	O
plays	O
a	O
digitized	B-Application
voice	I-Application
that	O
says	O
"	O
We	O
gotcha	O
!	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Writing	O
for	O
ANALOG	O
Computing	O
,	O
Marc	O
Benioff	O
called	O
Tumble	O
Bugs	O
,	O
"	O
an	O
outstanding	O
variation	O
on	O
Pac-Man	B-Application
"	O
.	O
</s>
