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SimAnt: The Electronic Ant Colony

Release Date calendar
January 1, 1991
Platform joystick
Windows
Game Type type
Released
Max Players players
1
Overview

The game is essentially a simulation of an ant colony. Wright was inspired by E. O. Wilson's study of ant colonies. The game consists of three modes: a Quick Game, a Full Game, and an Experimental Game. It was released for the IBM PC, Commodore Amiga, Apple Macintosh, and Super Nintendo Entertainment System. The Nintendo version also added eight scenarios, where the goal in each is to eliminate the enemy red ants in various locales, each with different hazards. In SimAnt, the player plays the role of an ant in a colony of black ants in the back yard of a suburban home. The ant colony must battle against enemy red ants. The ultimate goal is to spread throughout the garden, into the house, and finally to drive out the red ants and human owners. In this respect, SimAnt differed from other 'Sim' games that were open-ended and had no victory conditions.

Alternate Names
  • SimAnt
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Cooperative

No

ESRB

E - Everyone

Developers
Maxis Software
Publishers
Maxis Software
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