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Lady Bug

Description

You control a Ladybug that moves around a maze eating dots while avoiding poison and pursuing insects. The maze has revolving doors that can be used to thwart the insects. Collect letters to form the word "EXTRA" and receive an extra life or spell "SPECIAL" to earn free credits.

Lady Bug was produced by Universal in 1981.

Universal released 52 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1977. Universal was based in Japan.

Other machines made by Universal during the time period Lady Bug was produced include: Cheeky Mouse, Cosmic Alien, Magical Spot II, Magical Spot, Devil Zone, Zero Hour, Cosmic Avenger, Snap Jack, Mr. Do!, and Mr. Do! (Yankee DO!)

Specs

Name	Lady Bug
Developer	Universal (Japan)
Year	1981
Type	Videogame
KLOV/MOG #	8374
Class	Wide Release
Genre	Labyrinth/Maze
Monitor	Orientation: Vertical Type: Raster: Standard Resolution Color: Color
Conversion Class	Universal
Game Specific	Lady Bug Pinout
Dipswitch Settings	Lady Bug Dipswitch Settings (user contributed)
# Simultaneous Players	1
# Maximum Players	2
Game Play	Alternating
Control Panel Layout	Single Player
Controls	Joystick: 4-way (up, down, left, right)
Sound	Unamplified Mono (requires one-channel amp)
Cabinet Styles	Upright/Standard Cocktail
Bezel	Lady Bug Bezel Image
Control Panel	Lady Bug Control Panel Image
Side Art	Lady Bug Side Art Image

Game Introduction

A Pac-Man-style maze game. Collect the dots and avoid the poison while dodging pursuing insects. If an insect hits some poison it dies. The maze has revolving wall sections that turn when you walk into them. Collect bonus dots for an increased score and letters to spell out "EXTRA" for an extra life or "SPECIAL" for an extra credit. The letters change colour and must be collected when they are the same colour as the word being spelled.

Lady Bug KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 3.75 (11 votes)

Fun Factor: 3.83

Overall Like	4.09
Fun (Social)	2.73
Fun (Solo)	4.00
Collector Desire	3.82

Technical Rating: 3.67

Gameplay	4.00
Graphics	3.64
Originality	3.64
Sound/Music	3.09

Personal Impressions and Technical Impressions each account for half of the total score. Within the Personal Impressions category, Like carries a little more weight than the other factors.

Images

Cabinet - Video Game Marquee: Alternate

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Lady Bug Census

There are 15,211 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,644 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 166,563 machines (6,981 unique titles).

Very Common - There are 176 known instances of this machine owned by Lady Bug collectors who are active members. Of these, 68 of them are original dedicated machines. 14 of them are conversions in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet. 92 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

For Sale - There are 3 active VAPS members with a Lady Bug machines for sale. There are 10 active VAPS members with a Lady Bug circuit boards for sale.

Wanted - There are 9 active VAPS members currently looking for Lady Bug. There is one active VAPS member looking for a Lady Bug circuit board set.

This game ranks a 44 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

This game ranks a 17 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census want list records.

Rarity and Popularity independently are not necessarily indications of value. [More Information]

Flyers

Manuals

Instruction Manual - Lady Bug Manual — **Instruction Manual**
(12 pages, 7.3 MB File)

LadyBug Operation Maintenance and Service Manual - Lady Bug Manual — **LadyBug Operation Maintenance and Service Manual**
(24 pages, 3.9 MB File)

Schematics - Lady Bug Manual — **Schematics**
(3 pages, 0.43 MB File)

Foto-Finder® (Books)

The Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256) Page: C1; Color photo Price guide: No
The Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256) Page: 105; Color photo Price guide: No
Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256) Page: 105; Color photo

Additional References (logged in members often see more)

3D Model (External): Upright (3a3ee01d3a5afcf718b861f59880998d)

Arcade Map - Play This Game

Our members have reported that Lady Bug is playable at 2 locations:

Name	Location	State	Country	Details	Check-ins
Funspot	579 Endicott St North, Laconia	New Hampshire	United States	Unknown	25
Upstate Pinball & Arcade Museum	109A West Trade St, Simpsonville	South Carolina	United States	Arcade	2

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