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Main data
Romset and name:
anteater Anteater
Short name:
Anteater
Manufacturer:
Tago Electronics
Year:
Genre:
Category:
Maze / Collect
Serie:
-
Driver source:
galaxian/galaxian.cpp
Language:
English
Similar games:
Input / Controls
Players:
Only one supported (solo, 2 alternates)
Input:
Joystick 4 ways
Buttons / keys:
Coins:
Cabinet:
-
Free-play:
Not supported
Rankings
Average user rating:
AntoPISA BestGame:
70 to 80 (Good)
MASH All-Time:
Video
Display:
768x224@60.606061 Hz, ruotato di 90°, CRT 15kHz
Orientation:
Vertical
Scrolling:
Unknown
Colors:
-
CPU:
Zilog Z80
Audio
Sound:
Audio chips:
AY-3-8910A PSG, Netlist Sound Device, Speaker
Romset
First release:
Mame 0.25 released on jun-28 1997
Last release:
Mame 0.271 released on oct-31 2024
Clone of:
-
Clones:
Bios:
Not required
Use rom of:
-
Use sample of:
-
Previous romset:
None
New romset:
None
Files
Dump:
GOOD
Required files:
Status
OVERALL:
GOOD
Emulation:
Good
Graphic:
Good
Color:
Good
Sound:
Good
Cocktail:
Good
Protection:
Good
Save state:
Supported
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  • Arcade Video game published 42 years ago:

    Anteater © 1982 Tago Electronics

    Anteater is an abstract maze game in which the player controls an anteater that elongates its tongue through maze-like anthills eating ants and ant larvae. The object of the game is to eat all of the larvae - represented as round dots - before the timer runs out. Once all larvae have been eaten, play moves onto the next stage.

    Players can only eat ants with the tip of the anteater's tongue, if an ant touches any other part of the tongue, the anteater is bitten and a player life is lost. As well as the ants, worms also roam the stages, worms will not harm the anteater upon contact with the extended tongue but if the head of the worm touches the tongue's tip, the player loses a life. Worms can be safely eaten from behind.

    Large queen ants are situated at the bottom of the nest and eating these will temporarily clear all insects from the screen.

    Anteater has a short day-night cycle represented by a moving Sun at the top of the screen. Once the sun has traveled across the screen and night falls, a spider will appear. The spider climbs down the anteater's tongue, taking a life if it reaches the tongue's tip. The spider can only be killed by eating a queen ant.

    TECHNICAL
    Main CPU: Zilog Z80 (@ 3.072 Mhz)
    Sound CPU: Zilog Z80 (@ 1.78975 Mhz)
    Sound Chips: (2x) General Instrument AY8910 (@ 1.78975 Mhz)

    Screen orientation: Vertical
    Video resolution: 224 x 256 pixels
    Screen refresh: 60.61 Hz
    Palette colors: 99

    Players: 2
    Control: 4-way joystick
    Buttons: 1

    TRIVIA
    Freddie Morrish holds the record for this game with 219,320 points on October 9, 1983.

    Anteater is known in UK as "The Anteater" and in Germany as "Ameisenbaer".

    SCORING
    Larvae: 10 points.
    Ant: 100 points bonus.
    Worm: 200 points.
    Queen Ant: 1,000 points.

    TIPS AND TRICKS
    • Ants can be killed by moving directly into them, but watch out for your tongue above when you are in the lower part of the anthill. Ants can only be killed by the tip of your tongue, and if they hit the extended part you lose a life.
    • Worms cannot be killed head-on, but cause no damage when they hit your extended tongue. You should move down below a worm or wait for it to pass, and then move in to eat it from behind.
    • Spiders can only be killed by eating a Queen Ant. This will destroy all insects on the level, removing any imminent danger. Spiders move across the top tunnel of the screen until they reach the middle, and then walk down your tongue, until they reach the tip which causes you to lose a life.
    • Try to save eating the Queen Ants for as long as possible, until absolutely necessary to save you from a life-threatening situation.
    • Worms often appear at the same time as ants, and this will make killing them difficult. Also, you have to be careful the ants do not hit the tongue. You must move the the row below them and cut round behind them, as eat them both before the ant makes contact with the extended part of the tongue.

    STAFF
    Designed and programmed by: Chris Oberth

    PORTS
    • CONSOLES:
    Atari 2600 (1983)

    • COMPUTERS:
    Commodore C64 (1986, "Aardvark")

    CONTRIBUTE
    Edit this entry: https://www.arcade-history.com/?&page=detail&id=85&o=2
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