 ANTICS

 Bug-Byte 1984



 CONTROLS : Keyboard, Kempston, Cursor

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 AIM : Boris the Bee has been kidnapped by the local ants and locked

 away inside their nest. His cousin Barnabee (what else?) has however

 decided to come to his rescue. It's your job to guide him around the

 maze of the ants' nest.

 

 GAMEPLAY : Barnabee starts off above ground and must fly to the ants'

 nest, avoiding the blue birds which kill on contact. Within the nest

 he must discover Boris' whereabouts and lead his cousin back out of

 the nest. Boris will follow Barnabee if the two bees are close enough,

 but Boris has been weakened by his ordeal and so will only follow

 slowly.



  Within the nest are lots of ants (as you would expect) and beetles;

 contact with these will sap Barnabee's strength, but visiting the

 flowers in the nest will allow him to regain energy. Some flowers

 also have the property of opening up walls in the maze when they are

 visited - the wall may not necessarily be on the current screen. In

 some mazes the walls are weak and will collapse as Barnabee touches

 them. There are also energy-sapping thorns embedded in the walls of

 the mazes. 



 COMMENTS : "Original, playable and addictive ... highly recommended."

 RATING : 90% (CRASH #6, July 1984)



 NOW : A simple but fairly enjoyable maze game. Just don't expect too

 much from it!

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 KEYS : Left		- Q, E, T, U, O

	Right		- W, R, Y, I, P

	Flap wings	- Z to M

	Sound on	- S

	Sound off	- A