Ant Attack for the Sinclair Spectrum

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Ant Attack

Year of Release

1983

The Advertising Blurb

Battle the Ants in the soft solid 3D city of Antescher.

Compatibility

48K Required

Original Price

£6.95

Worth now (confirmed sale)?

£5 Facebook August 2020.

Comments

Featured revolutionary Soft-Solid 3D.

Controls

Abandon Game - 1, Rotate Clockwise - ;, Rotate Anti-Clockwise - M, Change View - O P Enter ?, Throw Grenade - S D F G (Range increases with each key), Jump - C, Run Forward - V

Original Rating

Sinclair User 5/5 / Crash 85%

Review:

The Soft-Solid 3D technique was indeed revolutionary when this game was launched and remained unique up until Knight Lore was released using a similar perspective and then much copied.

Still, Ant Attack had other novel features such as the ability to view the playing area from different angles and the ability to choose between a boy and a girl. The actual animation is a little ropey nowadays and the game is not very big but it was an underated classic when released.

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