<s>
Anteater	B-Application
(	O
The	O
Anteater	B-Application
in	O
Britain	O
,	O
Ameisenbär	O
in	O
Germany	O
)	O
is	O
an	O
arcade	B-Application
video	I-Application
game	I-Application
designed	O
by	O
Chris	O
Oberth	O
and	O
released	O
in	O
1982	B-Application
by	O
Tago	O
Electronics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
steers	O
the	O
tongue	O
of	O
the	O
eponymous	O
creature	O
through	O
a	O
maze	B-Application
,	O
retracting	O
it	O
when	O
dangers	O
approach	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Though	O
the	O
arcade	O
game	O
was	O
not	O
a	O
hit	O
,	O
it	O
spawned	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
direct	O
clones	O
for	O
home	O
computers	O
;	O
Sierra	O
's	O
Oils	B-Application
Well	I-Application
became	O
better	O
known	O
than	O
the	O
original	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Oberth	O
wrote	O
an	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
version	O
of	O
his	O
own	O
game	O
for	O
Datamost	O
using	O
a	O
different	O
title	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
controls	O
an	O
anteater	B-Application
that	O
elongates	O
its	O
tongue	O
through	O
a	O
maze-like	O
ant	O
colony	O
in	O
search	O
of	O
ants	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pressing	O
the	O
second	O
button	O
quickly	O
retracts	O
the	O
anteater	B-Application
's	O
tongue	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
spider	O
climbs	O
down	O
the	O
anteater	B-Application
's	O
tongue	O
,	O
taking	O
a	O
life	O
if	O
it	O
reaches	O
the	O
tip	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Between	O
levels	O
,	O
Anteater	B-Application
plays	O
"	O
In	O
the	O
Hall	O
of	O
the	O
Mountain	O
King	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
ported	O
to	O
the	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
2600	I-General_Concept
by	O
Mattel	O
in	O
1983	O
but	O
never	O
published	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
No	O
official	O
ports	O
were	O
released	O
but	O
Datamost	O
's	O
Ardy	B-Application
The	I-Application
Aardvark	I-Application
(	O
1983	O
)	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
almost	O
identical	O
,	O
was	O
written	O
for	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
by	O
Anteater	B-Application
creator	O
Chris	O
Oberth	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
That	O
game	O
was	O
converted	O
to	O
the	O
Commodore	O
64	O
and	O
Atari	B-Device
8-bit	I-Device
family	I-Device
by	O
Jay	O
Ford	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sierra	O
's	O
1983	O
home	O
clone	O
,	O
Oil	B-Application
's	I-Application
Well	I-Application
,	O
was	O
re-themed	O
to	O
be	O
about	O
drilling	O
for	O
oil	O
and	O
was	O
heavily	O
promoted	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
sparked	O
its	O
own	O
clones	O
:	O
Pipeline	O
Run	O
for	O
the	O
C64	O
in	O
1990	O
and	O
Oilmania	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
in	O
1991	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
clones	O
of	O
Anteater	B-Application
are	O
Bug-Byte	O
’	O
s	O
Aardvark	B-Application
(	O
1986	O
)	O
,	O
Jack	O
the	O
Digger	O
(	O
1986	O
)	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
8-bit	I-Device
family	I-Device
,	O
and	O
Blue	O
Ribbon	O
's	O
Diamond	B-Application
Mine	I-Application
(	O
1984	O
)	O
and	O
Diamond	B-Application
Mine	I-Application
II	I-Application
(	O
1985	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
