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Antz: Panic in the Anthill!

Antz: Panic in the Anthill! is a 2001 Windows action-arcade game developed by Light & Shadow Production and based loosely on DreamWorks’ animated film Antz. The game plays much like Bomberman, with the player…

31 December 2001

Antz: Panic in the Anthill! is an arcade developed by Light & Shadow Production, released 31 December 2001 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Antz: Panic in the Anthill! is

Antz: Panic in the Anthill! is an arcade game developed by Light & Shadow Production and released in 2001. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Antz: Panic in the Anthill! is a 2001 Windows action-arcade game developed by Light & Shadow Production and based loosely on DreamWorks’ animated film Antz. The game plays much like Bomberman, with the player controlling Z, the ant hero, inside maze-like underground levels. To progress, you must place explosive mushrooms to clear rocks, defeat rival insects, collect power-ups, and avoid hazards while racing toward the exit. With 50 levels, three difficulty modes, and both single-player and two-player local gameplay, the title mixes simple maze destruction with fast-paced dodging and strategy. Despite its colorful cartoon theme, the game received lukewarm reviews for being repetitive and…
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Antz series

Antz: Panic in the Anthill! is the second of 4 entries we hold in the Antz series. It arrived 3 years after Antz. The next entry was Antz Extreme Racing in 2002.

See all 4 Antz games in release order →

What it launched against

Antz: Panic in the Anthill! launched on 31 December 2001, within three weeks of Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2, Silent Hill 2: Restless Dreams, Ikaruga and Sonic Advance.

Released around the same time: Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2, Silent Hill 2: Restless Dreams, Ikaruga, Sonic Advance.

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When did Antz: Panic in the Anthill! come out?
Antz: Panic in the Anthill! was released on 31 December 2001 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

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