SimAnt: The Electronic Ant Colony
Published: February 1, 2009 - Last update: May 2, 2013 - 40572 downloads
- Alt names
- SimAnt: Die Trick-Kolonie, シムアント
- Year
- 1991
- Genre
- Simulation
- Theme
- Ecology / Nature
- Publisher
- Maxis Software Inc.
- Developer
- Maxis Software Inc.
- Perspectives
- Isometric, Side-Scrolling, Top-Down
193 votes
706 KiB
Description of SimAnt: The Electronic Ant Colony
Offering simulation in a world of ecology / nature, SimAnt: The Electronic Ant Colony (also known as SimAnt: Die Trick-Kolonie, シムアント) is an abandonware developed by Maxis Software Inc. and published by Maxis Software Inc.. Released in 1991, you wander around in a isometric, side-scrolling, top-down perspective.
SimAnt was released by Maxis and is part of the Sim series. In the nineties, several Sim like games were created, Sim Ant is a ant colony simulator.
You have to manage your ants by digging tunnels, find food, protect the queen, expand your territory, fight against many enemies, including the evil red ants ! The conquest of the whole garden and the house will make you victorious.
The game was a hit with more than 100,000 copies sold and was released on many platform. SimAnt was included in the SimClassic pack.
OM wrote : ...This was one of the few games that the early pirate groups actively encouraged the "if you like it, buy it!" dogma. When it came out, it actually outsold SimCity and the various cosmetic packs, and there was almost no negativity seen in the reviews published in the plethora of trade rags at the time. Even PC Week gave it an excellent review, and those choads back then were notorious for hating anything that wasn't Lotus 1-2-3.
...IIRC, Maxis toyed around with the idea of a new version of SimAnt. Same gameplay, but if you chose to actively control an ant, instead of the "Dig Dug" view, you became the and and played it as an FPS! Never went beyond comments made by Maxis staffers at the trade shows, but talk about it went on until "Streets of SimCity" came out and royally tanked, which killed off any ideas of FPSing any other Maxis sims. Bastards.
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kaffy-waffy added this comment :
I remember playing this game all of the time! Now I can't find the actual disk for it, so I'm really glad that I can download it online :3 I had such a sad childhood :P
Oph added this comment :
You probably need DosBox to run this. Search for it. Not very hard to setup and there are tutorials. DosBox will run any of this old abondonware.
DMC14 added this comment :
I had this when i was a kid too Wow. but none of this stuff is compatible with my laptop.
Sprite added this comment :
If you're running D-Fend and when you go to play it will not load, make sure than when you set it up it's trying to run simant.exe, not info.exe
Hope that helps some people
Anonymous added this comment :
I believe that If you're using a 32-bit version of Windows 7, it should work.(SimAnt is a 16-bit application)
Duly added this comment :
Yes, you need Dosbox or simply have a computer running windows 98. I believe that's the windows I played it on so many years ago. Or maybe it was win 95, however, it should work with win98 just because win98 still uses a working MSDos platform. After Win98, though, you should need Dosbox or some other Dos emulator.
Nicole added this comment :
um do u need the dosbox for windows 7 because it dont work with me
vinicius alan dantas batista added this comment :
veioe difiçil baixar aki no meu pc :| '-' xD
vinicius alan dantas batista added this comment :
muito lol esse jogo e dificil ter o quintal todo conquistado :( mais e massa o jogo XD
ThriceElite added this comment :
I got it to work by dragging the SIMANT.EXE onto the D-Fend Reloaded window. However, I cannot get the sound to work. Any tips on fixing the sound?
ktkat22 added this comment :
tried to open it with d-fend reloaded and dosbox. program couldn't find the executable? help pls?
The Help Guy added this comment :
Okay, if any one of you wants to get ANY games to work, just use DOSBOX, Here is a step-by-step tutorial on it.
Step 1- Download Dosbox, (www.Dosbox.com)
Step 2- When you UNZIP this game UNZIP it into your main Hard Disk Directory.(Ex. C:\SIMANT)
Step 3- In DOSBOX, type in "mount C C:\Simant"
Step 4- Then, type Simant
Step 5-????
Step 6-PROFIT??
Crash added this comment :
WOW THIS GAME IS TOO FUN I PLAYED IT FOR HALF A DAY!
Believe me guys.........I've reached the house and it was soooooo damn fun.Give it a change and download it
williewampwamp added this comment :
i downloaded the game when i tried to open it said couldnt open in full screen so i use alt enter and it says the ntvdm cpu has encounteres and illegal instruction...what does that mean and how do i fix?
victor0072 added this comment :
@Demondon818
you have to un zip the compressed file to get the exe. and since its in zip format you dont have to instal it
Demondon818 added this comment :
i keep downloading the game and every time its a compressed file and no game. can anybody help?
admin added this comment :
You can switch to full screen or extend the window. Try to hit ALT+ENTER once the game is running.
acid added this comment :
this game is fun but a lot harder to control that I remember...it's hard to do anything using dosbox at least since the window is so small.
admin added this comment :
Replaced the archive, some files were corrupted and the game could not be launched.
jake added this comment :
is corrupted or something it said something about a protection error but maybe its just my computer
Wolfey180 added this comment :
yaaaa ummmmmm ya the last copy i dwnld was corrupeted soooooo i hope this 1 is good.
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ToBeAdvised added this comment :
Awesome, who thought a game about ants would be so fun? ;)