One gamer received a shock when they discovered that a colony of ants had infiltrated their Atari game collection and had made a nest inside. While insects and arachnids making themselves at home in gaming equipment and consoles is nothing new, this recent infestation in a case filled with Atari games is likely one of the bigger ones.
When many people think of the early days of video games, Atari is likely one of the companies to come to mind. It has released a number of systems over the years, with the Atari 2600 becoming one of the most popular video game consoles during the late 1970s and early 1980s, capable of playing many classic games from the era. While many nostalgic gamers have fond memories of these iconic games, one person revealed that a group of insects also took an interest in the retro titles.
Taking to Reddit, a user known as rain-is-wet shared a picture of part of their collection of Atari games. However, this was no ordinary picture, as it revealed that the games had become infested with ants. In fact, the image taken by the Reddit user showed the tiny creatures covering the entire case where the collection of games was being stored. When posting the picture to Reddit, rain-is-wet simply said, “Ants built a nest in my Atari game collection :(." The frowny face summed up their feelings about the new residents.
This unusual occurrence has been gaining significant traction in the gaming community on Reddit. In fact, the post has managed to gain an astounding 45.4K upvotes in less than a day. In the comment section, many gamers had something to say about the strange infestation. Unsurprisingly, some gamers cracked jokes about the situation. For example, one user dubbed the insect-infested game collection the “Antari.”
While many gamers had fun joking about the Atari collection that included games like Pac-Man and Missile Command, a number of other fans tried to help rain-is-wet get rid of the infestation. Among the comments, the prevailing opinion was to leave the console in the sun, theorizing that the heat would cause the ants to move on to another location. Interestingly, rain-is-wet revealed this was what they ended up doing and said the colony left by the end of the day. “No trace left, all games work,” they noted.
Even though discovering a colony of ants living in a collection of old games is not very common, other gamers have shared similar stories of insects taking up residence in video game consoles. For example, another user previously revealed that a spider had made a web inside their Xbox Series X. Time will tell what other unusual animal stories related to gaming are shared in the coming days.