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Scott Stilphen - 18/04/2021 |
Someone mentioned this is the same as Oil's Well only with different mazes. The premise is the same, but there's several key gameplay differences beyond simply having different mazes. |
| Scott Stilphen - 18/04/2021 |
There are some gameplay differences between this version and the arcade Anteater. In Anteater, if a worm is on your tongue, you can only eat it by backing up over it head-first; in Ardy, you can only eat it tail-first. In Anteater, you’re not safe from worms if you stay at the entrance but in Ardy you are. In Anteater, the spider will follow your tongue to the tip and kill you if it touches it; in Ardy, the spider will kill you if it touches your tongue. |
| AbbotKinneyDude - 20/12/2020 |
Chris Oberth should be credited for this. Later on, he was essential in porting Winter Games to the Apple II. He passed away in 2012. |
| Ardy and Oil's Well are based on a 1982 arcade game called Anteater. Chris Oberth wrote both Anteater and Ardy. |
| Note: The tape version came without the loading screen. |
| Daniel Thomas MacInnes - 10/05/2011 |
Should anybody mind that this is identical to Oil's Well? I think the mazes are different, but it's pretty much the exact same concept. Common for video games then, common today. It was fun in short bursts but, in the end, Oil's Well won out as the better game. But you can't deny Ardy's charm. I'll give it a 6/10. |
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Other version with the same title:
Datamost, Inc..
Later released in the UK by Databyte.
This version appears to be the same as the original except for three things:
- the disk comes unprotected
- the intro picture has different colors
- the bottom part of the intro picture has been modified to hide the original copyright year. |
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