| Ant Attack | |
|---|---|
 Cover art by David John Rowe[2] | |
| Developer(s) | Sandy White |
| Publisher(s) | Quicksilva |
| Engine | Softsolid 3D[3] |
| Platform(s) | ZX Spectrum Commodore 64 |
| Release | (Spectrum) 1984 (C64) |
| Genre(s) | Action |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Ant Attack is an action game written for the ZX Spectrum by Sandy White and published by Quicksilva in 1983. A Commodore 64 version was released in 1984.
While Zaxxon and Q*bert previously used isometric projection, Ant Attack added an extra degree of freedom (ability to go up and down instead of just north, south, east and west), and it may be the first isometric game for personal computers.[4] The same type of isometric projection was used in Sandy White's later Zombie Zombie. It was also one of the first games to allow players to choose their gender.[5][3]
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
CVGwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "On the Cover". Crash. No. 15. April 1985. p. 130. Retrieved 2023-12-18.
- ^ a b "Hall of Fame: Ant Attack". ACE. No. 38. Future Publishing. November 1990. p. 111. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
- ^ Sandy White. "Sandy White - an Ant Attack homepage". Archived from the original on 6 April 2006. Retrieved 2006-03-28.
- ^ Whitehead, Dan (Mar 8, 2013). "Code Britannia: Sandy White". Eurogamer.net.