Systems Failure is a role-playing game written by Bill Coffin and published by Palladium Books in July 1999.

They are energy beings from beyond Earth (whether another dimension or another planet is not clear) that invaded at the end of 1999, leaving a post-apocalyptic world in their wake.

The Bugs feed on energy and are capable of transmitting themselves through modern power transmission and phone lines.

Some groups, such as survival-oriented militias, were well-prepared for something to go wrong and so form the nuclei of stable societies and resistance to the Bugs.

In addition, there are people who have been driven mad by the stress, those who have joined gangs and seek to exploit others, and those who trade their skills as mechanics, medics, scientists, or merchants.