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<h2 id="formation">Formation</h2> <p>Bug-Byte was founded by Tony Baden and Tony Milner, two <a href="/facts/Oxford_University/ExVVQL6V">Oxford</a> chemistry graduates.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> In 1981 they paid £75 for <i>The Damsel and the Beast</i> for the ZX81, the first game produced by <a href="/facts/Don_Priestley/a9AJgBxW">Don Priestley</a>, a former teacher who had learned programming from a <a href="/facts/Night_school/rUcIjEFd">night school</a> course.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> Priestley produced two further games considered to be classic ZX81 titles, <i>Dictator</i> and <i><a href="/facts/Mazogs/0sVWgLWQ">Mazogs</a></i>,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a> before becoming a director of rival publisher <a href="/facts/DK%2527Tronics/Pbu26lsA">DK'Tronics</a>. </p> <h2 id="early-success">Early success</h2> <p>In 1982, Bug-Byte published the first commercially produced games for the <a href="/facts/BBC_Micro/YJxxPlIl">BBC Micro</a> and <a href="/facts/ZX_Spectrum/JVbaDHrU">ZX Spectrum</a>, <i>Spacewarp</i> and <i>Spectral Invaders</i>,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a> both developed by David Lawson. Lawson used the profits from his next game, <i>Spectres</i>, to set up <a href="/facts/Imagine_Software/EpSjAr48">Imagine Software</a> with Mark Butler, another Bug-Byte employee.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a> <i>Spectral Invaders</i> was the number one game for the ZX Spectrum in the first UK video game charts published by <i><a href="/facts/Popular_Computing_Weekly/P7PInukW">Popular Computing Weekly</a></i> in December 1982.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12"><sup>12</sup></a> </p><p>In 1983, Bug-Byte published <i><a href="/facts/Styx_(Spectrum_video_game)/bgloHFCI">Styx</a></i>, the first game from a three-game contract with <a href="/facts/Matthew_Smith_(games_programmer)/uy5YJXod">Matthew Smith</a>. His second, <i><a href="/facts/Manic_Miner/QMGUDFdP">Manic Miner</a></i>, originated in a request from Bug-Byte's Despatch Manager Alan Maton for a <i><a href="/facts/Donkey_Kong/fVuYobd0">Donkey Kong</a></i> style-game.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:13" href="#fn:13"><sup>13</sup></a> <i>Manic Miner</i> became the best selling video game in the country within weeks of its release,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:14" href="#fn:14"><sup>14</sup></a> but a dispute over royalties led to Smith creating his own publishing company <a href="/facts/Software_Projects/asxl9e3e">Software Projects</a>, and taking <i>Manic Miner</i>, and Maton, with him. </p><p>The company had several lesser hits over the next year including <i>The Birds and the Bees</i> (written by Matthew Smith's school friend Adrian Sherwin<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:15" href="#fn:15"><sup>15</sup></a>), the sequel <i><a href="/facts/The_Birds_and_the_Bees_II%3a_Antics/xxpHJflL">Antics</a></i> and the text adventure <i><a href="/facts/Twin_Kingdom_Valley/0CKfCbgH">Twin Kingdom Valley</a></i> which reached number one in the BBC micro charts.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:16" href="#fn:16"><sup>16</sup></a> In early 1985 it was being reported that the company was having cash flow problems<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:17" href="#fn:17"><sup>17</sup></a> which soon led to liquidation.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:18" href="#fn:18"><sup>18</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="use-as-a-budget-label">Use as a budget label</h2> <p>Later in 1985 the rights to their name and logo were purchased by <a href="/facts/Argus_Press_PLC/TQhL3EbW">Argus Press PLC</a> for use as a budget software label.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:19" href="#fn:19"><sup>19</sup></a> Along with original releases, they re-issued titles from the Argus Press Software back-catalogue and games previously published by <a href="/facts/Quicksilva/nRN3zrLa">Quicksilva</a> and Starcade, which it had also recently acquired.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:20" href="#fn:20"><sup>20</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:21" href="#fn:21"><sup>21</sup></a> In 1986, <i>Tennis</i> topped the BBC charts<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:22" href="#fn:22"><sup>22</sup></a> and their re-releases of <i>American Football</i> and <i><a href="/facts/Alien_(1984_video_game)/A8tE21wI">Alien</a></i> both reached the all-formats top 10 budget chart.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:23" href="#fn:23"><sup>23</sup></a> </p><p>In 1987, Argus Press Software was purchased by its managing director, Stephen Hall, renamed <a href="/facts/Grandslam_Entertainment/nrkmWsuA">Grandslam Entertainment</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:24" href="#fn:24"><sup>24</sup></a> and the Bug-Byte range was given a rebranding.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:25" href="#fn:25"><sup>25</sup></a> The rights to <a href="/facts/Domark/SI9fU9zm">Domark's</a> games were also obtained resulting in re-releases of games including <i><a href="/facts/A_View_to_a_Kill_(video_game)/1q7Sn313">A View to a Kill</a></i> and <i><a href="/facts/Split_Personalities_(video_game)/ayd83zte">Split Personalities</a></i>. The final few games were published under the name "Bug-Byte Premier" at a slightly higher price. </p> <h2 id="software-products">Software products</h2> <h3>Published by Bug-Byte</h3> <ul><li><i>Backgammon</i> (1981)</li> <li><i>Breakout</i> (1981)</li> <li><i>Chess</i> (1981)</li> <li><i>Invaders</i> (1981)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:26" href="#fn:26"><sup>26</sup></a></li> <li><i>The Damsel and the Beast</i> (1981)</li> <li><i>Asteroids</i> (1982)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:27" href="#fn:27"><sup>27</sup></a></li> <li><i>Dictator</i> (1982)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:28" href="#fn:28"><sup>28</sup></a></li> <li><i>Dragon Quest</i> (1982)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:29" href="#fn:29"><sup>29</sup></a></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Mazogs/0sVWgLWQ">Mazogs</a></i> (1982)</li> <li><i>Panic</i> (1982)</li> <li><i>Space Pirates</i> (1982)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:30" href="#fn:30"><sup>30</sup></a></li> <li><i>Spacewarp</i> (1982)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:31" href="#fn:31"><sup>31</sup></a></li> <li><i>Spectral Invaders</i> (1982)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:32" href="#fn:32"><sup>32</sup></a></li> <li><i>Spectres</i> (1982)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:33" href="#fn:33"><sup>33</sup></a></li> <li><i>Another Vic in the Wall</i> (1983)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:34" href="#fn:34"><sup>34</sup></a></li> <li><i>Aquarius</i> (1983)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:35" href="#fn:35"><sup>35</sup></a></li> <li><i>Cavern Fighter</i> (1983)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:36" href="#fn:36"><sup>36</sup></a></li> <li><i>City Defence</i> (1983)</li> <li><i>Cosmiads</i> (1983)</li> <li><i>Galaxy Wars</i> (1983)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:37" href="#fn:37"><sup>37</sup></a></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Manic_Miner/QMGUDFdP">Manic Miner</a></i> (1983)</li> <li><i>Old Father Time</i><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:38" href="#fn:38"><sup>38</sup></a></li> <li><i>Pool</i> (1983)</li> <li><i>Scramble</i> (1983)</li> <li><i>Sea Lord</i> (1983)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:39" href="#fn:39"><sup>39</sup></a></li> <li><i>Space Invaders</i> (1983)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Styx_(Spectrum_video_game)/bgloHFCI">Styx</a> (1983)</i><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:40" href="#fn:40"><sup>40</sup></a></li> <li><i>The Birds and the Bees</i> (1983)</li> <li><i>The Castle</i> (1983)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:41" href="#fn:41"><sup>41</sup></a></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Twin_Kingdom_Valley/0CKfCbgH">Twin Kingdom Valley</a></i> (1983)</li> <li><i>Up up and away</i> (1983)</li> <li><i>Vic Men</i> (1983)</li> <li><i>Vic Panic</i> (1983)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:42" href="#fn:42"><sup>42</sup></a></li> <li><i>Fridge Frenzy</i> (1984)</li> <li><i>Kung-Fu</i> (1984)</li> <li><i>Rapscallion</i> (1984)</li> <li><i>Star Trader</i> (1984)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Turmoil_(1984_video_game)/pw23nPm3"><i>Turmoil</i></a> (1984)</li> <li><i>Automan</i> (1985)</li> <li><i>Stay Kool</i> (1985)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/The_Birds_and_the_Bees_II%3a_Antics/xxpHJflL">The Birds and the Bees II: Antics</a></i> (1985)</li></ul> <h3>Published by Argus Press</h3> <ul><li><i>Bomber Bob</i> (1985)</li> <li><i>Cricket</i> (1985)</li> <li><i>Diagon</i> (1985)</li> <li><i>Ice Hockey</i> (1985)</li> <li><i>Jack Attack</i> (1985)</li> <li><i>Ludoids</i> (1985)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:43" href="#fn:43"><sup>43</sup></a></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Savage_Pond/9warBVJS">Savage Pond</a></i> (1985)</li> <li><i>Star Force Seven</i> (1985)</li> <li><i>Tennis</i> (1985)</li> <li><i>Zoot</i> (1985)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Aardvark_(video_game)/PFx6VcXR">Aardvark</a></i> (1986)</li> <li><i>BOP!</i> (1986)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Flyer_Fox/NRCaeG8K">Flyer Fox</a></i> (1986)</li> <li><i>Hoodoo Voodoo</i> (1986)</li> <li><i>Hunkidory</i> (1986)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:44" href="#fn:44"><sup>44</sup></a></li> <li><i>Jeep Command</i> (1986)</li> <li><i>Leaper</i> (1986)</li> <li><i>Miami Dice</i> (1986)</li> <li><i>Plan B</i> (1986)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:45" href="#fn:45"><sup>45</sup></a></li> <li><i>Roboto</i> (1986)</li> <li><i>Sky Hawk</i> (1986)</li> <li><i>Time Trax</i> (1986)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:46" href="#fn:46"><sup>46</sup></a></li> <li><i>Uranians</i> (1986)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:47" href="#fn:47"><sup>47</sup></a></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Dunjunz/yTCvoXCM">Dunjunz</a></i> (1987)</li> <li><i>Head Start</i> (1987)</li> <li><i>Megarok</i> (1987)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:48" href="#fn:48"><sup>48</sup></a></li> <li><i>Nick Faldo Plays The Open</i> (1987)</li> <li><i>Rubicon</i> (1987)</li> <li><i>Plan B2</i> (1987)</li> <li><i>Spellseeker</i> (1987)</li> <li><i>Squeakaliser</i> (1987)</li> <li><i>Star Soldier</i> (1987)</li> <li><i>Strangeloop</i> (1987)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:49" href="#fn:49"><sup>49</sup></a></li> <li><i>Templeton</i> (1987)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:50" href="#fn:50"><sup>50</sup></a></li> <li><i>The Pay-Off</i> (1987)</li> <li><i>Piggy</i> (1988)</li> <li><i>Droid Dreams</i> (1988)</li> <li><i>STI</i> (Search for Terrestrial Intelligence) (1988)</li> <li><i>Test Cricket</i> (1988)</li></ul> <h3>Published by Grandslam</h3> <ul><li><i><a href="/facts/Elevator_Action/KcVwqbjg">Elevator Action</a></i> (1988)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Galaga/dwSCS0TP">Galaga</a></i> (1988)</li> <li><i>Gladiator</i> (1988)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Grange_Hill_(video_game)/IsH0HHf7">Grange Hill</a></i> (1988)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:51" href="#fn:51"><sup>51</sup></a></li> <li><i>International Cricket</i> (1988)</li> <li><i>Kat Trap</i> (1988)</li> <li><i>Little Green Man</i> (1988)</li> <li><i>Monkey Nuts</i> (1988)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:52" href="#fn:52"><sup>52</sup></a></li> <li><i>Orbix The Terrorball</i> (1988)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:53" href="#fn:53"><sup>53</sup></a></li> <li><i>Pi-R Squared</i> (1988)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Split_Personalities_(video_game)/ayd83zte">Split Personalities</a></i> (1988)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Yabba_Dabba_Doo!/Wk0Dz6pb">Yabba Dabba Doo!</a></i> (1988)</li> <li><i>Codename Mat 2</i> (1989)</li></ul> <p>on the "Bug-Byte Premier" label: </p> <ul><li><i>Terramex</i> (1989)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:54" href="#fn:54"><sup>54</sup></a></li> <li><i>Chubby Gristle</i> (1989)</li> <li><i>Power Pyramids</i> (1989)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Peter_Beardsley%2527s_International_Football/7FQwUlpz">Peter Beardsley's International Football</a></i> (1989)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/The_Flintstones_(1988_video_game)/hRPTJz7e">The Flintstones</a></i> (1989)</li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="https://retromuseums.com/bug-byte-gallery/">Game Cover Gallery Bug-Byte</a></li> <li><a href="https://retromuseums.com/bug-byte-softology/">Game Softology Bug-Byte</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li 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April 1984. <a href="https://archive.org/stream/commodore-user-magazine-07/Commodore_User_Issue_07_1984_Apr#page/n19/mode/2up" target="_blank">https://archive.org/stream/commodore-user-magazine-07/Commodore_User_Issue_07_1984_Apr#page/n19/mode/2up</a> <a href="#fnref:34" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:35"><p>https://www.pressreader.com/uk/crash-9YY2/20210225/281543704027534. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help) <a href="https://www.pressreader.com/uk/crash-9YY2/20210225/281543704027534" target="_blank">https://www.pressreader.com/uk/crash-9YY2/20210225/281543704027534</a> <a href="#fnref:35" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:36"><p>"Cavern Fighter". World of Spectrum. <a href="https://worldofspectrum.org//pub/sinclair/games-inlays/c/CavernFighter.jpg" target="_blank">https://worldofspectrum.org//pub/sinclair/games-inlays/c/CavernFighter.jpg</a> <a href="#fnref:36" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:37"><p>"Galaxy Wars - Software - Game - Computing History". <a href="http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/17715/Galaxy-Wars/" target="_blank">http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/17715/Galaxy-Wars/</a> <a href="#fnref:37" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:38"><p>"Old Father Time - Software - Game - Computing History". <a href="http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/17718/Old-Father-Time/" target="_blank">http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/17718/Old-Father-Time/</a> <a href="#fnref:38" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:39"><p>"Sea Lord - Software - Game - Computing History". <a href="http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/4285/Sea-Lord/" target="_blank">http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/4285/Sea-Lord/</a> <a href="#fnref:39" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:40"><p>https://www.pressreader.com/uk/crash-9YY2/20210225/281543704027534. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help) <a href="https://www.pressreader.com/uk/crash-9YY2/20210225/281543704027534" target="_blank">https://www.pressreader.com/uk/crash-9YY2/20210225/281543704027534</a> <a href="#fnref:40" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:41"><p>"The Castle". <a href="https://worldofspectrum.org/archive/software/text-adventures/the-castle-bug-byte-software-ltd" target="_blank">https://worldofspectrum.org/archive/software/text-adventures/the-castle-bug-byte-software-ltd</a> <a href="#fnref:41" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:42"><p>"Vic Panic - Software - Game - Computing History". <a href="http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/52426/VIC%20Panic/" target="_blank">http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/52426/VIC%20Panic/</a> <a href="#fnref:42" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:43"><p>https://www.pressreader.com/uk/crash-9YY2/20210225/281543704027534. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help) <a href="https://www.pressreader.com/uk/crash-9YY2/20210225/281543704027534" target="_blank">https://www.pressreader.com/uk/crash-9YY2/20210225/281543704027534</a> <a href="#fnref:43" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:44"><p>"Hunkidory - Software - Game - Computing History". <a href="http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/17723/Hunkidory/" target="_blank">http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/17723/Hunkidory/</a> <a href="#fnref:44" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:45"><p>"Plan B - Software - Game - Computing History". <a href="http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/18720/Plan-B/" target="_blank">http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/18720/Plan-B/</a> <a href="#fnref:45" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:46"><p>"Time Trax (1986, MSX, Bug-Byte Software) | Generation MSX". <a href="https://www.generation-msx.nl/software/bug-byte-software/time-trax/2871/" target="_blank">https://www.generation-msx.nl/software/bug-byte-software/time-trax/2871/</a> <a href="#fnref:46" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:47"><p>"Uranians - Software - Game - Computing History". <a href="http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/17714/Uranians/" target="_blank">http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/17714/Uranians/</a> <a href="#fnref:47" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:48"><p>"Megarok". <a href="http://bbcmicro.co.uk/game.php?id=840" target="_blank">http://bbcmicro.co.uk/game.php?id=840</a> <a href="#fnref:48" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:49"><p>"Strangeloop". Spectrum Computing. <a href="https://worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/games-inlays/Rereleases/s/Strangeloop(Bug-ByteSoftwareLtd).jpg" target="_blank">https://worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/games-inlays/Rereleases/s/Strangeloop(Bug-ByteSoftwareLtd).jpg</a> <a href="#fnref:49" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:50"><p>"Templeton - Software - Game - Computing History". <a href="http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/37058/Templeton/" target="_blank">http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/37058/Templeton/</a> <a href="#fnref:50" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:51"><p>"Grange Hill". Spectrum Computing. <a href="https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/zxdb/sinclair/entries/0002120/GrangeHill(Bug-ByteSoftware).jpg" target="_blank">https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/zxdb/sinclair/entries/0002120/GrangeHill(Bug-ByteSoftware).jpg</a> <a href="#fnref:51" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:52"><p>"Monkey Nuts". <a href="http://bbcmicro.co.uk/game.php?id=640" target="_blank">http://bbcmicro.co.uk/game.php?id=640</a> <a href="#fnref:52" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:53"><p>"World of Spectrum - Orbix the Terrorball". <a href="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0003541" target="_blank">http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0003541</a> <a href="#fnref:53" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:54"><p>"Terramex - Software - Game - Computing History". <a href="http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/51224/Terramex/" target="_blank">http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/51224/Terramex/</a> <a href="#fnref:54" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>