From the festival floppies collection.

Ant Hill
volume 1 version 1.0
(c) copyright 1991 by Chris Busch

"Ants are small little harmless insects..."

Not in the Amazon! You are an explorer investigating the burning of the Amazon Rain Forest. Many times you have heard the natives telling stories of over grown menacing ants, as large as wolves! Curious, you ask a native to lead you to one of the large ant hills. With much hesitation, he decides to bring you only within sight of the hill. Swallowing, you venture down into the depths...

Ant Hill Features:

- 640x350 16 color EGA graphics.
- Mouse support.
- Joystick support.
- Interrupt driven sound.
- Auto-timing or user controllable speed.
- High score screen.
- A nice helpful help screen.
- 10 intriguing "levels" to amuse the most serious professional.

Tips:

You want to squish the black ants, but avoid the red ones. Be sure to collect all the ant eggs, gems, and pick axes you can find. Use the pick axes sparingly, it is unnecessary to break all the brittle walls. Don't rush! Sometimes you have to wait a while for the thing to move way out of your way. Most of all, have fun!

About the Author and the Program:

Chris Busch lives in Northfield, Minnesota with his family. He is 17 years old and has been programming for over five years. Chris attends Northfield High School and works at a local grocery store, among his various other activities. This program was written in Turbo Pascal 6.0 ((c) by Borland International), Chris's favorite programming language. Source code will not be released.

System Requirements:

An IBM computer or compatible computer of any speed having at least a disk drive. An EGA or EGA compatible board (VGA) is also required to display the superb graphics. A mouse or a joystick is optional.

Last but not Least:

Ant Hill volume 1 is being distributed with the shareware concept in mind. Where you the user may use this program on a "trial" basis and if you find it enjoyable you should register it, for only $10. With the registration you receive the secret password and your name will be placed on the author's mailing list.

But wait! There is another volume of Ant Hill! But it can only be obtained from directly from Chris Busch (remember my initials) for a very minimal fee of $15.

Ant Hill Volume 2 features:

- The same enjoyable user interface!
- More levels!
- Invisible, illusionary, and many other walls!
- More thrilling sound effects!
- More creatures!
- Plus the ability to throw rocks!

By the way, if you register volume 1 and order volume 2 with the same mailing you receive a special deal! Both for only $20, a savings of $5! It seems my generosity contains no limits!

P.S. Remember what I told you? Type those to get past the final message.

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