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Fire Ant
Title:Fire Ant
Category:Game/Action
Release Date:
Language:English
Size:16K
Machine:PAL & NTSC
Code Type:Machine code
Distribution:Commercial/TA
Product Code:02374
Retail Price:£5.99
Game ending type:Has an end, restarts (reward)
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Released by:Commodore Business Machines (UK) Ltd. (CBM)
Produced by:Mogul Communications
Converted by:Choice Software
Re-released by:Top30
Code by:Bolton, David H.
Notes:AKA Fireant. Coder's initials 'DHB' on level 6.
  External links:
    C64 release
    Amstrad CPC release
    Enterprise release

User Rating: 7.8/10 (20 votes)
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Fire Ant Title Screenshot

Fire Ant Screenshot


Releases
NameReleased ByRelease DateDistributionProduct CodeRetail PriceFormatPackageRarityNotesOwned
Single releaseCommodore Business Machines (UK) Ltd.1984CommercialCassetteUnspecified3
Bundle releaseCommodore Business Machines (UK) Ltd.1984CommercialCassetteUnspecified4
2 found.


Hall Of Fame
1Csabo49,900YAPE 1.0.4. Completed game once, then reached level 5.
2Plus4Punk36,900
3David36020,100Played on YAPE.
4Kincsi17,000
5NaffTaff14,700
6MIK12,800Played on real hardware. Game completed once for video reasons and then play was stopped.
7retroscener10,200Played via Yape 1.0.4.
8siz9,800Real plus/4, joystick.
9haze1299,100
10Csaba Csabo6,800
11owlnonymous6,100
12Retroshire5,800Plus/4 Real machine, Unijoysticle 2 BT Gamepad, Beamer.
13GTi5,100
14FrodoNL4,800Played on MiSTer (FPGA).
15Atisoft4,700YAPE 1.2.0.
16MMS4,500
17DGS4,300Played on YAPE, reached level 3.
18RetroGamerVX3,700
18gerliczer3,700plus4emu 1.2.11 + gamepad.
19Steve Benway3,300


Derived Software
Ant-Hill
Edy Ant
Formicaio
La Formica
Scarabeus
Super Ant


Bundled with Hardware
Commodore Plus/4 Plus Pack


Publications
Map: H And D's C16 Plu... Volume 2 Issue 2 (Magazine/English) pg. 18
Cheat: H And D's C16 Plu... Volume 1 Issue 8 (Magazine/English) pg. 16
Review: Compute Mit SA 2/86 (Magazine/German) pg. 34
Cheat: H And D's C16 Plu... Volume 2 Issue 4 (Magazine/English) pg. 26
News: Computer & Video... April 1985 (Magazine/English) pg. 16


Remakes
TitleCreated byPlatformHomepageNotes
Fire Ant RemakeWindows
web
Fire AntPICO-8
web
Fire AntLacosteGameboy Color
web
2022-04-28


Covers
Clamshell Cassette Cover (Single Release)
Clamshell Cassette Cover (Single Release)
Instructions Leaflet 1
Instructions Leaflet 1
Instructions Leaflet 2
Instructions Leaflet 2
Cassette Cover (Bundle Release)
Cassette Cover (Bundle Release)
Cassette Cover Front (Top30)
Cassette Cover Front (Top30)


Physical Media
Cassette
Cassette


Maps
Game Map Preview
Download: fire_ant_map.gif
Created by Noro
Description: Game Map
Dimensions: 1720x980
File size: 65 KB.


Controls
J - Left
L - Right
I - Up
K - Down
Space - Fire


Clamshell Release Facts
Fire Ant that came in the clamshell case was never saved with Novaload and was originally a long loader. The program was also saved without a file name. One other thing that is different with this long loader release is that the KEYBOARD or JOYSTICK screen is white with black text unlike the later release using Novaload which saw a grey screen with black text.


Cheats - How do I use cheats?
Reset + Run/Stop
Stop game
>1B57 ##
## = Number of lives
>1C1F A5
Unlimited lives
>13F8 60
Remove scorpions
G 3F90
Restart game

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