Insects

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Arthropods, with two antennae, compound eyes, 3-part bodies, 6 jointed legs, & an exoskeleton. Generally not considered appealing to western societies.

Notable people involved: Mike Thome, Jon Payne, Andries Brouwer, Jay Fenlason and Kenny Woodland

Simple 2000 Series Vol. 113: The Tairyou Jigoku

PS2 2007-02

Bug Off!

A800 1982

Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar

SMS 1990

TI99 1983

VIC 1983

ARCD 1989

CPC 1990

ARCD 1989

WIN 2014-08-14

NES 1984-07-04

DOS 1985

Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar

9801 1987-07-18

Although not generally appealing to touch or eat in western societies which usually think of most insects as pests. There are notable exceptions. Ladybugs (a beetle), butterflies, some caterpillars, and occasionally dragonflies are considered less repulsive to touch. Walking sticks, praying mantis, caterpillars (usually released at the butterfly stage), ants, and occasionally cockroaches are kept as pets. Insects are rarely considered domestic as they generally do not adapt to domestic life, keepers instead adapt to the needs of the wild insects.

Scorpions, millipedes, spiders. pill bugs, hermit crabs, and crabs are arthropods and not insects. These are also sometimes kept as pets.

Some people collect and mount Butterflies, damsel flies, dragonflies, or beetles, as a hobby.

Parent group

Arthropods

Games by year

The first Insects video game was released in 1978.

Origin, Audiogenic, Nintendo and Pony Canyon published most of these games.

Platforms

Linux	42
C64	24
Windows	19
Arcade	12
Apple II E	11
MS-DOS	11
ZX Spectrum	10
Atari 400/800	10
Amiga	9
NES	8
VIC-20	7
Mac OS Classic	6
Amstrad CPC	6
Tandy Coco	5
Mac OS X	5
Atari ST	5
Android	4
Electron	4
Master System	3
PC Engine	3
BSD	3
Atari 2600	3
C16/Plus4	3
GBC	3
Famicom Disk System	3
BBC	3
Nintendo DS	2
PS2	2
Sharp X1	2
Wii	2

Most common companies

Origin	6
Nintendo	6
Audiogenic	6
Pony Canyon	5
Impulze	5
Zeppelin Games	5
Firebird	5
Interceptor Micros	4
Ripstone	4
Deep Silver	3
DKIT Android	3
Galactic Software	3
Hudson Soft	3
Starcade	3
Atari	3
Sega	3
Interbellum	3
Manifesto Games	2
Program Power	2
D3 Publisher	2

Child groups

Ants	Ants are social colonies of workers, soldiers, drones, & queens (usually 1). Not all casts are present in all species & other specialized casts exist.	1978 / 2020	92 games
Bees	Insect known for black & yellow color, ability to deposit one stinger in a target, & making honey. Though many species lack one or all of these traits	1977 / 2017	110 games
Beetles	Includes beetles or beetle-like critters.	1982 / 2019	46 games
Butterflies	An insect known for beautiful wings. Unlike most insects, most people don't mind butterflies, even touching them.	1984 / 2016	48 games
Caterpillars	The larval stage of moths & butterflies before cocooning themselves. They typically ungulate & appear to have many legs but only 6 are actually legs.	1986 / 2015	22 games
Dragonflies	Has large multifaceted eyes, 2 pairs of transparent wings that extend horizontally and perpendicular from a long body. They are associated with water.	1983 / 2017	24 games
Earwigs	Insects with large pincher's on their back end. Though said to enter human ears to lay their eggs in the brain, they do not do this.	1983 / 1998	8 games
Fleas	Blood sucking insect parasites. Know for infesting domestic animals, especially dogs & cats, each having a specific species that prefers them.	1980 / 1998	26 games
Giant insects	Features giant insects or insect-like critters.	1982 / 2023	395 games
Insect protagonist	The protagonist is an insect.	1981 / 2018	137 games
Larvae		1998 / 2015	20 games
Maggots		2007 / 2013	5 games
Millipedes	Long segmented arthropod with 2 leg pairs per body segment, excluding the legless 'neck'. They actually have 36 to 750 legs.	1983 / 1998	9 games
Mosquitoes	Blood sucking gnats.	1983 / 1998	11 games