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Gets boring too quickly

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 6 / 7
Date: May 13, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This is an old game. A very old game, as you can probably see by the system requirements. So you can't expect too much from it. As an ant, you go around getting food for your anthill, and avoiding all the obvious dangers (spiders, bad ants, human feet, even lawn mowers.) You can lead your ants as an army, whether to the enemy or just to food. You have to conquer the yard. The strategy is pretty simple, and it's pretty tough to lose (all you really have to do is block the red ants' entrance to their anthill using rocks, which makes their queen die of starvation. The you just multiply.) As for the spider shooting lasers, yes, it can do that, but only when "crazy" mode is turned on (you can turn this off.) The game is mainly better for just goofing off (not actually playing to win.) For example, you can become the spider, and walk around eating both bad ants and good ants. Plus, if you are an ant, and dig far down, you actually get to these teleports underground (they look like little beetles) and you can use them to get to the red nest. Aside from the regular modes (quick game and full game), there's experimental mode, where you just goof around, and can't control any ants. You can spray pesticides, make mazes (and put ants in them), put out food, kill the spider, kill the queens, etc. All in all, the whole point of this game is a little boring, but if all you want to do is goof off without trying to win, then this is the game for you.

Not for Bug-Phobics

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 8 / 12
Date: April 26, 2000
Author: Amazon User

You first buy SimAnt. Your first task: avoid a large spider and grab green food (placed next to the spider). Though my concern could very well be limited to me, if you have any fear of spiders, you will probably not enjoy being eaten by one.

Though I have a problem with the giant spider (I'm exaggerating), the game is excellent. If you have decided you don't mind the giant spider, then you'll adore this game.

Worth

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 5 / 6
Date: January 02, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I thought that this is a game that has pretty good graphics, and is a good stategy game that is diferent each time you play it. It also has sevral variations of the game already in it. It's fairly easy to play but it isn't boring. I suggest it for 10 and above for them to thourghly understand it but i'm sure younger kids would get a kick out of it too.

Sim ant is cool!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: November 12, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Basically, you are a yellow ant in a coliny of black ants and you are trying to rid the yard of the red ants and run the humans out of their house.
Or, you can play expiremental mode, where you can do almost ANYTHING you want!(bombard the yard with food, make ants, make walls, rocks etc.)
Maxis should make a "sim ant 2", with more yards (and possibly have something special in the doghouse, such as, mabey, a dog?)

I am a tester for maxis and EA

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 6 / 9
Date: August 31, 2000
Author: Amazon User

This game is fun for the whole family with easy learning for the kids and adults but this game could have been better at the start it is very hard to get use to but in the end it is very fun but after about a 2 month period it can get boring if you like simulated games go check out SIM CITY 3000 and THE SIMS they are great games!!! PoPkOrN

Why wasn't it updated

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: November 27, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Most of your reviewers agree that Simant is a fantastic `game` - I don't say game, because it is an educational program that gives players an insight into ant life - their life and problems. I've been happily playing it in its original DOS mode for years - it's my favourite game. Trouble is that now I've updated my computer SimAnt won't run. It's like losing a member of the family. Come on someone - update Simant to work under Windows XP and make a fortune - it's irresistable. Best SIM going.

good fun game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 11
Date: July 10, 2000
Author: Amazon User

this game is really cool! i have a lot of fun controlling the ant and killing those disgusting red things [ants]. i also like exchanging into the spider.

SWEET

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 8
Date: March 12, 2006
Author: Amazon User

OMG this game is so cool. I feel sooo evil when a kill all the red ants...hahahah heh. Anyway, it's such a cute little game, and amazingly entertaining.Very interesting. Something fun to play on a cold, rainy day, or a hot, humid day for that matter!!! Sorry I got carried away. Interesting and comes to show there is a PC game for virtually everything!! Hehe!

pretty cool....

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: August 14, 2006
Author: Amazon User

except my nest ALWAYS got taken over by the stinkin' red ants!!ugh i went to experimental mode after that sprayed the queen ant and connected both nests to eachother cause it was so annoying to get killed all the time but i know there's humans i saw them once but where the heck is the dog? i don't get it the instructions said watch out for the dog,the reviews said there was a dog but i got in there and...where did he go?

COOL BEANS!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 7
Date: January 01, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I love this game! I recieved it for Christmas and I haven't stopped playing yet! Although the graphics and sound quality aren't all that great, it is such a fun game! Some of the music is realy cool! And, the best part is, it isn't that hard to learn how to play! I believe people aged 6 to 106 would enjoy playing this game!

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