''Aardvark'' is a maze video game for the Commodore 64, and

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published by Bug-Byte in 1986. ''Aardvark'' is based on 1982 arcade game ''

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'' and 1983

Atari 8-bit family The Atari 8-bit family is a series of 8-bit home computers introduced by Atari, Inc. in 1979 as the Atari 400 and Atari 800. The series was successively upgraded to Atari 1200XL , Atari 600XL, Atari 800XL, Atari 65XE, Atari 130XE, Atari 800XE ...

''Ardy The Aardwark'' designed by Chris Oberth''.

Gameplay

The player must collect ant

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using the snout of an

aardvark The aardvark ( ; ''Orycteropus afer'') is a medium-sized, burrowing, nocturnal mammal native to Africa. It is the only living species of the order Tubulidentata, although other prehistoric species and genera of Tubulidentata are known. Unlike ...

References

1986 video games Bug-Byte Software games Commodore 16 and Plus/4 games Commodore 64 games Fictional aardvarks Single-player video games Video game clones Video games about ants Video games about insects Video games developed in the United Kingdom {{8bitcomputer-game-stub