Jump Bug[a] is a 1981 scrolling shooter platform game developed by Alpha Denshi under contract for Hoei Corporation.
[4] It was distributed in arcades by Sega in Japan and Europe, and by Rock-Ola in North America.
Jump Bug is one of the earliest forced scrolling horizontal shooters, following in the wake of Scramble and Super Cobra from earlier in 1981.
[5] The player controls a constantly bouncing car, which resembles a Volkswagen Beetle (or "bug"), driving through a city, mountains, pyramid, and underwater.
In Japan, Jump Bug was tied with Scramble and Space Panic as the 14th highest-grossing 1981.