At the UKAG meetup in June 2026, we are pleased to have Novabug in attendance. Yes, that Novabug, from the Amstrad Live Game Testing regular weekend stream.
A little bit of Novabug info and history
The name Novabug is an amalgamation of two spacecraft from UK sitcom Red Dwarf; the Nova 5 and Starbug.
- First Amstrad CPC owned in 1987
- Returned to collecting Amstrad in 2012
- Amstrad Eterno Judge 2017 to 2023
- RetroDev Jury – 2019, 20, 21, 22, 23
- Amtix writer – 2021 to 2024
- Amstrad collection includes:
- Four CPC464’s (Chewy, Minty, Smokey, Frankie)6128 (Donnie)6128 Plus (Frenchie)Two GX4000’s
- Over 1500 cassettes
ALGT started in Jun 2017 as a joke Facebook stream from an old mobile phone, pointing at the monitor. It became popular, sort of. The target is to reach episode 464, and as of February 2026 it’s in the 330’s. Patreon supporters are known at the Bug Army.
The Novabug YouTube channel started in Oct 2013 and the first video was about the GX4000.
Two games written by Yellow Belly (YB Soft) feature a character called Novabug: Bugs Quest 1 and 2. Many people contributed to this and all proceeds went to Macmillan Cancer Support.
There have been six charity streams and they have raised a whopping £7,403! At UKAG Novabug will have Bug’s Quest 1 and Xyphoes Knightmare available to play.
Bug’s Quest 2 competition
You are invited to play to score the highest on Master Mode of Bug’s Quest 2 at the inaugural UKAG meetup in June 2026! You can have more than one attempt and entry is free, with donations welcome for Macmillan Cancer Support.
The winner will be declared at the end of the day and receive a one-of-a-kind Bug’s Quest 2 mug and certificate.
