Ants: The Masses Against The Massive
A downloadable game
An experimental puzzle game for Amiga & Amiga emulators. I originally released this game in 1995.
Originally named Antz with a 'z', this was an experimental game about controlling a cloud-like mass. Amiga journalist Tony Dillon glimpsed the game and raved about its brilliance, signing it up (without payment) for a commercial release with start-up publisher Kellion. With his contacts, many magazine reviews were secured, but all were, alas, terrible, and the game was instantly dropped. I released the game as freeware. I still find the incident amusing. The game was never intended to be more than a PD release.
Supplied in ADF format for use with Amiga emulators, and in RP9 format for use with Cloanto's Amiga Forever and other RetroPlatform emulators.
The original Amiga assembler source code is supplied for use under a CC BY-NC 4.0 licence.
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- Ants: An Amiga GameSep 01, 2021
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I can't believe I found this page!
I also reviewed this game for the Lemon Amiga channel, and thought it was a great game.
Amazing! Thanks.
Incidentally, the game (then entitled 'Antz') was never published or sold. The reviews and publicity were down to Tony Dillon of (I think!) CU Amiga or Amiga Format who raved about the game, calling it 'the new Lemmings'. After tons of terrible reviews of a pre-release version, the game was dropped. I renamed it Ants and released it as PD (as I'd always planned, all of my games of that era were PD).
Hey, thanks Mark! And thanks for leaving a comment on my video. You did a great job and nothing to feel ashamed about. If you can imagine a modern game, with park benches and hotel furniture to eat, the game could so easily be on modern platforms, just by dragging a finger over the screen. People love collect and multiply games, like Katarami, so with that in mind I'd say it is a timeless classic and a masterpiece. Probably just needed better scenery, like Hovver Bovver mixed with Command and Conquer, and you have a perfect battle/skirmish game. Or virus vs anti-virus game. etc. etc.
Hmm, not sure. Try A500 emulation? I can't remember which Amiga it was written for...
looks like if i use "play with winFellow" then it works. nevermind. thx for reply so fast :-)