BUG-BYTE
Bug-Byte's Spectral Invaders and Spacewarp were the first commercial ZX Spectrum and BBC games, and Spectral Invaders was the first number one Spectrum game in the first ever chart, published by Popular Computing Weekly in late 1982. By this time, programmer David Lawson had already founded another Liverpool-based software house: Imagine. A number one on the ZX81 chart came just two weeks later with Mazogs by Don Priestley, who became a director of DK'Tronics in early 1983
Manic Miner was Bug-Byte's biggest hit, but programmer Matthew Smith took the game with him to his new company, Software Projects, in November 1983.
The original Bug-Byte went into administration in 1985, but the name was soon revived for use as a budget label by Argus Press.
Total Associated Releases: 45
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 Manic Miner BUG-BYTE / SOFTWARE PROJECTS August 1983 to August 1985 Months in Top 10: 12 Months at No 1: 2 |
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 American Football ARGUS PRESS / BUG-BYTE November 1986 to January 1987 Months in Top 10: 2 Months at No 1: 0 |
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 Journey to the Centre of the Earth ARGUS PRESS / BUG-BYTE October 1986 Months in Top 10: 0 Months at No 1: 0 |
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