DESCRIPTION

A precursor of Oil's Well, Anteater is an obscure, though delightfully addicting game in which players control an anteater's sticky tongue as it winds its way around a series of trickier and trickier underground anthill mazes, gobbling up ant larvae, ants, worms and queen ants. Eating a queen ant destroys all onscreen enemies. What sets this title apart from Pac-Man and other maze games is that the tongue stays tethered to the anteater, and players will lose a life if an enemy touches any part of the elongated tongue other than the tip. To avoid this, press the button to zip the tongue back into the anteater's mouth. When the game progresses from day to night (a visually cool scene), a spider will travel along the tongue toward the tip. Players should gobble up a queen ant before the spider reaches the tip of the tongue. Objects and characters are recognizable, but decidedly ordinary. The musical intro sounds like a synthesized keyboard, but the sound effects are merely adequate. Shear gameplay is definitely Anteater's best asset. ~ Brett Alan Weiss, All Game Guide