The controls themselves are a simple point-and-click interface, but it takes a while to get the hang of what the different commands actually do and when you need to use them.įor example, you have to Forage, leave Scent Trails, Breed, and Dig. Beginners should boot up the Tutorial to learn about ant life and to master SimAnt's system of window icons (the game is compatible with the SNES Mouse) and the variety of commands available.

There are three different simulation challenges in the game that are all based on patterns of real ant behavior.

SimAnt-icsĪs a SimAnt, your task is simple - go forth, multiply, and conquer. SimAnt may not be for everyone, but the game's a classic example of how to make edutainment fun. Songs starting with a 1 were recorded on a Sound Blaster 16, songs starting with a 2 were recorded on an AdLib.Maxis, creators' of SimCity and SimEarth, have designed the best ant farm ever to hit the SNES hill. The titles come from a combination of the song's file names and the meta data in the MIDI files. Several of the songs have noticeably altered tempos, and a lot of the instruments sound pretty different (not in a harmonious way), and some of the notes are out of place. However, it appears Maxis didn't do a very good job of converting the music from the custom driver. While the DOS game used a custom sound driver, the Windows port used General MIDI. The original DOS score consists of 30 songs, but the Windows port only has 29, and, even then, eight of those appear to go unused. SimAnt features a soundtrack credited to Matthew Berardo, Steve Hales, Jack Thorton, and Chris Schardt, although the credits don't list the composers based on their songs.

Crawling under a coffee table inside the house.

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