Antics

Antics is a video game in the action genre developed by Bug-Byte Software Ltd. and published by Bug-Byte Software Ltd. originally released in 1985. It is currently playable on Commodore 64.

Boris the Bee (the protagonist of the first game) has been kidnapped by a gang of anti-social kids, and his fantastically named cousin Barnabee must rescue him.

The player controls Barnabee as he travels through the ants' subway complex, which has two different entry points from the four surface screens initially seen. In the bulk of the game, the side-view screens contain ants to anticipate and avoid, as they reduce your strength. The action is quite frantic at times. At the risk of being pedantic, you have to touch flowers to replenish energy through pollen.

The layout of the game is a maze, with many flowers removing barriers in other parts of the maze. Many individual screens are self-contained mazes, with barriers that are removed when you move or fly into them. In keeping with the maze, many screens have more than two exits. Once you find Boris, you must guide him back to the surface at his speed (which, without being frivolous, is slower than yours).

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