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[โ€“] KeepFlying@lemmy.world 17 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I don't know if it's forgotten, but it's forgotten to me. There was this ant game where you had a colony of ants that would go collect food, or attack other colonies. There was this very pixelated top-down map view where you could see the brightly colored food disappear pixel by pixel as they ate.

I can't figure out what the game was but I loved it.

[โ€“] Jhogenbaum@leminal.space 20 points 5 months ago (2 children)
[โ€“] KeepFlying@lemmy.world 10 points 5 months ago

Nope, the other commenter got it. It was Microsoft Ants. Sim Ant is what most people guess when I have brought this one up before though. I'll have to try it sometime.

[โ€“] anomoly_@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago

This is what it sounds like to me, and Sim Ant is the game I had in mind opening this post. It was a good one.

[โ€“] soloner@lemmy.world 18 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Thank you for reminding me of this game. I think it is Microsoft ants

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Ants

[โ€“] KeepFlying@lemmy.world 15 points 5 months ago

Oh my God! Finally! I genuinely couldn't track down what the game was for years. Thank you!