Insectoids
Creatures theme
Features creatures that resemble insects in some manner but aren't.
459
games
52platforms
WIN 2000-09-19
WIN 1999-08
FDSY 1987-01-14
WIN 1998-12-18
WIN 2003-07
WIN 2009-05-14
PS3 2008-11-14
WIN 2011-11-11
SWTC 2017-06-22
DOS 1996
LIN 2011-04
DOS 1999
Semi-common features:
* Compound eyes
* Unusually large number of of eyes (compare spiders with 4, wasps with 5)
* Angular/sharp features, commonly sleek limbs
* Sparse but noticeable body hair/fur
* Noticeable mandibles, especially spider-like fangs
* Insect-like abdomen (behind hind legs)
* Chittering or clicking mode of speech, often do this idly when they aren't even speaking (a bit like engine hum, but for insects).
* Multi-jointed limbs (1 or more joints than humans have, when only counting wrist/ankle, elbow/knee, and shoulder/hip joints)
* Wings, especially under a protective ("chitin") carapace
* Mantis-like raptorial forelimbs
Insectoids can easily look very similar (confusingly so) to crustacoids, though tend to lack the generally rounded shape, pincers and eyestalks.
* Compound eyes
* Unusually large number of of eyes (compare spiders with 4, wasps with 5)
* Angular/sharp features, commonly sleek limbs
* Sparse but noticeable body hair/fur
* Noticeable mandibles, especially spider-like fangs
* Insect-like abdomen (behind hind legs)
* Chittering or clicking mode of speech, often do this idly when they aren't even speaking (a bit like engine hum, but for insects).
* Multi-jointed limbs (1 or more joints than humans have, when only counting wrist/ankle, elbow/knee, and shoulder/hip joints)
* Wings, especially under a protective ("chitin") carapace
* Mantis-like raptorial forelimbs
Insectoids can easily look very similar (confusingly so) to crustacoids, though tend to lack the generally rounded shape, pincers and eyestalks.
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Games by year
The first Insectoids video game was released in 1982.
Nintendo, Blizzard and Deep Silver published most of these games.