<s>
is	O
a	O
maze	B-Application
chase	O
video	O
game	O
produced	O
by	O
Universal	O
and	O
released	O
for	O
arcades	O
in	O
1981	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
gameplay	O
is	O
similar	O
to	O
Pac-Man	B-Application
,	O
with	O
the	O
primary	O
addition	O
to	O
the	O
formula	O
being	O
gates	O
that	O
change	O
the	O
layout	O
of	O
the	O
maze	B-Application
when	O
used	O
,	O
adding	O
an	O
element	O
of	O
strategy	B-Application
to	O
the	O
genre	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
arcade	O
original	O
was	O
relatively	O
obscure	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
game	O
found	O
wider	O
recognition	O
and	O
success	O
as	O
a	O
launch	O
title	O
for	O
the	O
ColecoVision	B-Device
console	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
goal	O
of	O
Lady	B-Application
Bug	I-Application
is	O
to	O
eat	O
all	O
"	O
flowers	O
,	O
"	O
hearts	O
,	O
and	O
letters	O
in	O
the	O
maze	B-Application
while	O
avoiding	O
other	O
insects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
is	O
represented	O
by	O
a	O
red	O
,	O
yellow	O
,	O
and	O
green	O
character	O
resembling	O
a	O
ladybug	B-Application
while	O
the	O
enemy	O
insects	O
 '	O
appearance	O
varies	O
by	O
level	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
border	O
of	O
the	O
maze	B-Application
acts	O
as	O
timer	O
,	O
with	O
each	O
circuit	O
signaling	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
an	O
enemy	O
insect	O
from	O
the	O
central	O
area	O
,	O
up	O
to	O
(	O
generally	O
)	O
a	O
maximum	O
of	O
four	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
Pac-Man	B-Application
,	O
the	O
player	O
can	O
alter	O
the	O
layout	O
of	O
the	O
maze	B-Application
by	O
shifting	O
any	O
of	O
the	O
twenty	O
green	O
gates	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
not	O
possible	O
to	O
completely	O
isolate	O
a	O
portion	O
of	O
the	O
maze	B-Application
through	O
gate-shifting	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
the	O
fourth	O
enemy	O
insect	O
enters	O
the	O
maze	B-Application
,	O
the	O
central	O
area	O
will	O
show	O
a	O
level-specific	O
vegetable	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
randomly	O
placed	O
skull	O
icons	O
are	O
lethal	O
to	O
ladybugs	B-Application
and	O
enemy	O
insects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
ladybug	B-Application
who	O
dies	O
will	O
shrink	O
from	O
view	O
and	O
be	O
briefly	O
replaced	O
with	O
icons	O
resembling	O
the	O
stereotypical	O
wings	O
and	O
halo	O
of	O
an	O
angel	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
each	O
level	O
,	O
the	O
maze	B-Application
will	O
contain	O
three	O
letters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
melodies	O
that	O
play	O
when	O
a	O
new	O
Lady	B-Application
Bug	I-Application
enters	O
the	O
maze	B-Application
,	O
and	O
when	O
the	O
player	O
is	O
awarded	O
an	O
extra	O
Lady	B-Application
Bug	I-Application
,	O
are	O
snippets	O
of	O
a	O
Japanese	O
pop	O
song	O
called	O
"	O
Ladybug	B-Application
Samba	O
"	O
( てんとう虫のサンバ	O
,	O
Tentōmushi	O
no	O
Sanba	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lady	B-Application
Bug	I-Application
was	O
adapted	O
to	O
the	O
home	O
video	O
game	O
systems	O
Intellivision	B-Operating_System
and	O
ColecoVision	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
ColecoVision	B-Device
version	O
,	O
completing	O
SPECIAL	O
puts	O
the	O
player	O
into	O
a	O
bonus	O
level	O
(	O
known	O
in-game	O
as	O
a	O
"	O
Vegetable	O
Harvest	O
"	O
)	O
where	O
the	O
goal	O
is	O
to	O
consume	O
as	O
many	O
randomly	O
placed	O
vegetables	O
as	O
possible	O
within	O
a	O
fixed	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
SPECIAL	O
register	O
does	O
not	O
appear	O
in	O
the	O
Intellivision	B-Operating_System
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1982	O
,	O
a	O
catalog	O
of	O
Atari	O
2600	O
cartridges	O
manufactured	O
by	O
Coleco	O
said	O
that	O
an	O
Atari	O
2600	O
version	O
of	O
Lady	B-Application
Bug	I-Application
would	O
be	O
released	O
,	O
but	O
Coleco	O
never	O
released	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lady	B-Application
Bug	I-Application
was	O
also	O
released	O
as	O
"	O
Fighting	O
Bug	O
"	O
on	O
the	O
Casio	B-Operating_System
PV-1000	I-Operating_System
in	O
Japan	O
,	O
one	O
of	O
only	O
13	O
games	O
released	O
for	O
that	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lady	B-Application
Bug	I-Application
did	O
"	O
just	O
all	O
right	O
in	O
the	O
arcades	O
"	O
but	O
became	O
popular	O
when	O
it	O
was	O
released	O
as	O
a	O
home	O
video	O
game	O
cartridge	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
said	O
the	O
ColecoVision	B-Device
port	O
is	O
"	O
proving	O
to	O
be	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
most	O
successful	O
home	O
videogames	O
ever.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
arcade	O
game	O
was	O
recognized	O
for	O
its	O
originality	O
within	O
the	O
maze	B-Application
game	I-Application
genre	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Electronic	O
Games	O
called	O
it	O
"	O
the	O
most	O
wonderful	O
blend	O
of	O
strategy	B-Application
and	O
maze-chase	O
thrills	O
ever	O
concocted.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Reviewing	O
the	O
ColecoVision	B-Device
version	O
,	O
Creative	B-General_Concept
Computing	I-General_Concept
Video	O
&	O
Arcade	O
Games	O
said	O
in	O
1983	O
that	O
Lady	B-Application
Bug	I-Application
was	O
not	O
a	O
Pac-Man	B-Application
clone	O
,	O
stating	O
that	O
the	O
movable	O
turnstiles	O
"	O
set	O
it	O
apart	O
from	O
all	O
other	O
maze	B-Application
games	I-Application
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
magazine	O
reported	O
that	O
the	O
ColecoVision	B-Device
version	O
had	O
become	O
more	O
popular	O
than	O
the	O
arcade	O
game	O
at	O
its	O
office	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
reviewed	O
in	O
Video	O
magazine	O
in	O
its	O
"	O
Arcade	O
Alley	O
"	O
column	O
where	O
it	O
was	O
described	O
as	O
"	O
a	O
maze-chase	O
game	O
with	O
all	O
the	O
high-speed	O
action	O
and	O
thrills	O
of	O
Pac-Man	B-Application
combined	O
with	O
strategy-oriented	O
play	O
and	O
pinball-style	O
bonus	O
features	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
popular	O
,	O
winning	O
the	O
Videogame	O
of	O
the	O
Year	O
award	O
in	O
the	O
"	O
16K	O
or	O
more	O
ROM	B-Device
"	O
category	O
at	O
the	O
5th	O
annual	O
Arkie	O
Awards	O
where	O
the	O
judges	O
described	O
it	O
as	O
an	O
"	O
outstanding	O
home	O
edition	O
of	O
a	O
coin-op-palace	O
cult	O
favorite	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
has	O
received	O
appreciation	O
in	O
later	O
years	O
,	O
being	O
praised	O
by	O
some	O
as	O
"	O
the	O
most	O
challenging	O
of	O
the	O
clones	O
...	O
</s>
<s>
Doodle	O
Bug	O
is	O
a	O
1982	O
clone	O
for	O
the	O
TRS-80	B-Device
Color	I-Device
Computer	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bumble	O
Bee	O
replaces	O
the	O
main	O
character	O
with	O
a	O
bumblebee	O
and	O
the	O
enemies	O
with	O
spiders	B-Protocol
;	O
it	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
1983	O
and	O
1984	O
by	O
Micro	O
Power	O
for	O
the	O
BBC	B-Device
Micro	I-Device
,	O
Acorn	B-Device
Electron	I-Device
,	O
and	O
Commodore	O
64	O
.	O
</s>
