Antarctic Adventure: Gameplay, Platforms and Key Facts

Antarctic Adventure (1983) is a platform, racing, arcade video game developed by Konami, available on colecovision, Wii, famicom, WiiU, MSX. It holds an aggregated critic and player score of 65/100 on IGDB.

What is Antarctic Adventure about?

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 player reaches the last station, the game starts from the first level again, but with increased difficulty.

Key details

Antarctic Adventure was released in 1983 and supports single player, multiplayer. Platforms: colecovision, Wii, famicom, WiiU, MSX. Developer: Konami.

Should you play Antarctic Adventure?

Reviews are mixed, but Antarctic Adventure retains a dedicated player base among platform, racing, arcade fans.