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From: candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid>
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Subject: Re: Ant Colony Construction Site
Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2025 13:00:04 -0000 (UTC)
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Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote at 23:09 this Saturday (GMT):
> On Sat, 31 May 2025 03:20:05 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07
><candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> wrote:
>
>>Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote at 14:38 this Wednesday (GMT):
>>> On Wed, 28 May 2025 06:00:03 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07
>>><candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>>OK i remembered to draw this :> i didnt know how to draw the biscut tho
>>>>so it looks a bit off lol
>>>>https://abslimeware.neocities.org/personal/gallery/commanderant.png
>>>
>>> Admittedly, it does look a bit like Ant On Cheddar (perhaps draw a
>>> smaller square on the top of the biscuit to make it look like there's
>>> a slight depression, like many biscuits have... and a bit less orange
>>> too :-) but otherwise very cute.
>>
>>I'll keep that in mind and also thx ^^
>>
>>> Bringing it back to video games (rememember video games? This is a
>>> newsgroup about video-games) that pic has similarities to to the old
>>> "Battle Bugs" real-time strategy game.
>>
>>
>>I haven't heard of it.
>
> No surprise, that. It was an early real-time strategy game, created by
> Sierra On-Line waaaay back in 1994. It pre-dated even the venerable
> "Command & Conquer" series. As such, "Battle Bugs" lacked a lot of the
> things now considered de rigeur for RTS games, and lacks the innate
> playability of the better known titles of that genre. It bears almost
> as much in common games like "Cannon Fodder" as it does proper
> strategy. Personally, I found it lacked the depth of gameplay to
> maintain my sustained interest. It's been forgotten for a reason, and
> it's not the sort of game I'd recommend you search out and play

Good to know, I probably would need to set up DOSBOX again if I wanted
to run it, anyway.

> But it had a cute cartoony art-style and it's one of the few
> insect-themed games. Your picture reminded me of it.


:D thanks
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