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Game Overview

Animal Kingdom on the Amiga is one of those weirdly charming games that feels like it was made by someone who really loved animals—maybe a little too much. You start off managing a tiny patch of land, trying to keep your critters happy while fending off predators and natural disasters. The pixel art has this rough, hand-drawn look, like a biology textbook that came to life.

At first, I just threw food everywhere and hoped for the best, but then I realized the lions kept eating the antelopes, which... yeah, that tracks. There’s something oddly satisfying about balancing the ecosystem, even if it mostly involves frantic clicking and the occasional existential crisis when your favorite giraffe gets wiped out by a drought. The music’s got this repetitive synth loop that either hypnotizes you or drives you insane—no in-between.

It’s janky, unpredictable, and weirdly hard to put down once you get into the rhythm of it. Definitely a product of its time, but in a good way.