This is a port of Pangea Software's Bugdom to PlayStation Vita, based on the modern version of Bugdom written by Iliyas Jorio. For more information on the history of Bugdom and @jorio's rewrite, see https://github.com/jorio/bugdom.
The Vita port uses Rinnegatamante's VitaGL library. Therefore, you must first install libshaccg.suprx; for instructions see https://samilops2.gitbook.io/vita-troubleshooting-guide/shader-compiler/extract-libshacccg.suprx.
Once you have libshaccg.suprx, you can then download and install the Bugdom VPK from the release page.
Controls are the same as they were implemented by @jorio; the help (nut) item in the main menu explains them.
Cheats have been given new controls. The following have been implemented:
Hold down L1 and R1 and select the START icon to bring up a level select dialog.
For all in-game cheats, you must simultaneously hold down the left and right shoulder buttons (L1+R1) along with a given key.
| Key combo | What it does |
|---|---|
L1+R1 + Start |
win this level |
L1+R1 + D-pad up |
get shield |
L1+R1 + D-pad right |
full health |
L1+R1 + D-pad down |
full inventory |
L1+R1 + D-pad left |
full ball timer |
L1+R1 + Triangle |
toggle liquid invincibility |
L1+R1 + Circle |
display debug statistics |
L1+R1 + Select |
hurt player |
Pangea Software's official Bugdom cheat page has maps of the levels: https://pangeasoft.net/bug/cheats.html
Here's the official strategy guide for the game: https://pangeasoft.net/bug/strategyguide/index.html
Overall the port seems to run quite smoothly. The levels are a bit slow to load, typically taking ~15s.
If you notice any bugs (...), please feel free to open an issue. This is simply a port of @jorio's excellent work, so new features are beyond the scope of this project (unless they are straightforward and Vita-specific).
Games are saved to ux0:data/Bugdom/. There are only 3 save slots, but you can back up the files from this directory to effectively have more.
- Controller navigation has been added to all menus and most cheat codes
- Settings have been added to allow reversing camera and flight controls
- A third level of detail has been added between high and low.
- BUILD.md — How to build Bugdom VPK on Linux
- CHANGELOG.md — Bugdom-vita and Bugdom version history
- LICENSE.md — Licensing information (see also below).
- Instructions.pdf — Original instruction manual. International versions: DE EN FR IT JA SP SV
Bugdom is being re-released at https://github.com/jorio/bugdom under the CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 license with permission from Pangea Software, Inc. This Vita port therefore has the same license.
Bugdom® is a registered trademark of Pangea Software, Inc.
- © 1999 Pangea Software, Inc.
- Designed & developed by Brian Greenstone & Toucan Studio, Inc.
- All artwork herein is © Toucan Studio, Inc.
- All music herein is © Mike Beckett.
- This software includes portions © 2020 Iliyas Jorio.
- The Vita port includes portions © 2022 ywnico.
If you'd like to support the development of this software, please consider buying the desktop version of Bugdom (or another Pangea game) from Iliyas Jorio at https://jorio.itch.io, or make a contribution to Rinnegatamante (Patreon link), who developed VitaGL and so much more for PS Vita.