001ai – some memories of Colecovison: Ladybug

some memories of Colecovison: Ladybug

I played this in the 1980s.  Here is Dommie’s “CLASSIC GAMES REVISITED – LadyBug (ColecoVision) Review” of the Colecovision port on Youtube.com.  The direct link is:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B147wGBkxLA

These screenshots below are directly taken from Dommie’s Youtube video review above.

The start screen pictured here appears at the beginning of each maze.  The “prize” elements are the food item and the letters.  This particular screen offers R, I and A for this maze. The heart icons are score multipliers.  These elements change colour.  For instance, if you need a yellow E, you must wait until the colour is yellow.  This will apply to getting you one step closer to spelling EXTRA, where you get an extra ladybug (“life”) and you move on to the next level.  If you hit it on red, the E goes toward spelling SPECIAL.  This will finish your current level, and send you to a bonus vegetable filled level.   If you hit a letter item on blue, you wasted the letter.  You must hit the heart items on blue to get the score multiplication boost.  If you hit it on yellow or red, again you have wasted an nice opportunity.  Those white elements, aren’t really prizes as all. They aren’t very tasty, not one bit. They give the same effect to both the ladybug and the opponent bugs.

One of the most significant things of this game is the background MUSIC and SOUND effects! I highly recommend trying any port of Ladybug if you can’t get your hands on a ColecoVision version.

ladybug colecovision cartridge

first screen

select game option

other links:

 http://www.consoleclassix.com/colecovision/lady_bug.html
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Bug_(arcade_game)
 http://www.mobygames.com/game/colecovision/lady-bug