The Birds and the Bees II: Antics

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The Birds and the Bees II: Antics
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Developer(s) Adrian Sherwin
Tim Lewis
Andrew Peckham
Publisher(s) Bug-Byte
Platform(s) Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum
Release1983
Genre(s) Maze
Mode(s) Single-player

The Birds and the Bees II: Antics is a video game released for the Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum in 1983.

Contents

Boris the Bee has been kidnapped by a group of anti-social ants and his cousin Barnabee must rescue him. The player must travel through an underground ant complex, which has four different entrances into the above-ground world. Ants must be avoided; contact reduces the player's energy level. The game is over when energy reaches zero, but can be replenished by finding pollen from flowers present in the maze. [1]

The general arrangement of the game is a maze; flowers will remove barriers elsewhere in the complex. The individual screens are also self-contained mazes. Each screen may have more than one exit. [1]

Reception

Antics was placed at number 46 in the official top 100 list that was created by British gaming magazine Your Sinclair .[ citation needed ]

References

  1. 1 2 Story information and game overview at MobyGames
  2. Game review, Crash issue 6, July 1984, page 9