Sim Ant

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I found a copy of Sim Ant at the local landfill today. Complete with the original box, 4x 5.25" floppy disks, 2x 3.5" floppy disks and the manual, with a whopping 178 pages.

One of the requirements on the box actually says "Requires hard drive". Click the photo for some more.

The Whole package

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