Rank and Play ID: RNP-IGDB-4592

Antarctic Adventure

Rank and Play

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Critic rating

64.9 / 100

42 votes

Release

Dec 31, 1983

Genres

Platform, Racing

Overview

Antarctic Adventure is a video game developed by Konami in 1983 for MSX, and later for video game consoles, such as NES. The player takes the role of an Antarctic penguin, racing to disparate research stations owned by different countries in Antarctica. The gameplay is similar to Sega's Turbo, but plays at a much slower pace, and features platform game elements. The penguin, later named Penta, must reach the next station before time runs out while avoiding sea lions and breaks in the ice. Throughout the levels, fish jump out of ice holes and can be caught for bonus points. The game, like many early video games, has no ending – when the playe…