Ants on MSN Gaming Zone

Ants on MSN Gaming Zone hit the wire on October 19, 1998. Microsoft said that Ants, a free, Internet-based multiplayer strategy game in which gamers compete against each other as ants, is available for free download and play on the MSN Gaming Zone. Ants is set in a miniature world complete with house-size soft drink cans, giant baked goods and monstrous molded jello.

The object of the game is to collect as much food as you can and bring it back to your anthill. But that's not all: you have to compete against up to three other players for the same food supply. Along the way, your ants will discover power-ups that allow them to swim, blow things up, set things on fire, steal from other ants and act like a complete brute.