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Anteater
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Name: Anteater Developer: Tago Electronics Year: 1982 Type: Videogame Class: Wide Release
Game Specific: Anteater Pinout Number of Simultaneous Players: 1
Sound: Amplified Mono (one channel)
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Anteater DescriptionYou play an anteater that elongates his sticky tongue through maze-like anthills eating ants, other bugs and insects.Anteater was produced by Tago Electronics in 1982. Tago Electronics released 3 different machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1981. Other machines made by Tago Electronics during the time period Anteater was produced include Calipso, and Video Hustler (Tago). Anteater - KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 3.31 (1 vote)
Personal Impressions and Technical Impressions each account for half of the total score. Within the Personal Impressions category, "Like" carries a little more weight than the other factors. Log in to rate this game! Cabinet InformationThe cabinet shown was a Stern conversion with original Tago side art but an after market marquee. The marquee shown is original.Cabinet Style Weights and Measures
Game IntroductionThe game has four different critters which the anteater can get to score points and each of them have different point values. Ant larvaes are worth 10 points, ants are worth 100 points, worms are worth 200 points and a Queen Ant is worth 1,000 points. Also, an extra anteater is rewarded every 20,000 points.You cannot touch the worm's head, but you can munch him from behind. Worms and spiders cannot be killed unless they reach the tip of your tongue. The spider comes out at night and travels down the tongue until it reaches the tip. It can only be removed by eating a Queen Ant which clears all the critters from the screen. The Days get shorter as the game progresses, consequently the spider comes out earlier. The spider is truly the nemesis of this game. VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Anteater CensusThere are 12,084 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,585 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 162,631 machines (6,830 unique titles).Uncommon - There are approximately 18 known instances of this machine presumably owned by our current and past members. More are likely owned by non-members. 6 of these machines are owned by our active Anteater collectors. And of these, 2 are conversions in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet, and 4 are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired. Wanted - There is one active VAPS member currently looking for Anteater. There is one active VAPS member looking for a Anteater circuit board set. This game ranks a 7 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records. This game ranks a 5 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often wanted, 1=least common) in popularity based on census want list records.
TechnicalThe game uses a 3.072 MHZ CPU Z80 for main processing and a 1.789 MHZ Z80 and a 2XAY-8910 for sound processing. The screen resolution is 224 lines by 256 pixels and uses 96 static colors.TriviaThe current high score of 224,170 is held by Maria Blasucci.Manuals
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eBay ListingsClick to search eBay for Anteater Videogame machines and related items.Click to search eBay for Tago Electronics for machines and parts. Check out the IAM/KLOV report of the hottest coin-op machine auctions, powered by Ace.com.
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