Anteater (arcade game)
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| Anteater | |
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 Screenshot of Anteater |
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| Developer(s) | Stern |
| Publisher(s) | Stern |
| Designer(s) | Chris Oberth |
| Release date(s) | 1982 (Arcade) 1982 (Atari 2600) |
| Genre(s) | Maze |
| Mode(s) | Single player, Up to 2 players, alternating turns |
| Platform(s) | Arcade Game, Atari 2600 |
| Input | 4-way Joystick, 1 Button |
| Arcade cabinet | Vertical |
| Arcade CPU(s) | Z80 |
| Arcade sound system(s) | Sound CPU : Z80 Sound Chips : AY8910 |
| Arcade display | Raster, 224 x 256 pixels, 99 colors |
Anteater is a maze arcade game released in 1982 by Stern, where you play an anteater that elongates his sticky tongue through maze-like anthills eating ants and worms, while avoiding nasties like spiders biting his tongue.
[edit] Trivia
- Freddie Morrish holds the record for this game with a maximum possible 219 320 points [1]
- Anteater is known in Britain as "The Anteater" and in Germany as "Ameisenbaer".
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