IT Came From The Desert - Antheads: IT Came From The Desert II

It Came From the Desert was followed by an expansion pack called Antheads: It Came from the Desert II in 1990. Antheads was made available in the United States through mail order directly from Cinemaware, and on store shelves in Europe.

Antheads was not a standalone game; it required ownership of the original chapter in order to play. It won game of the year honors from Computer & Video Games magazine.

The story of the game takes place 5 years after the previous and expands on the possible second Ant Queen mentioned in the first game's ending. The protagonist is an Army Officer named Brick who has stolen a detonator for an atomic bomb as his kid brother is a tester for the weapon and fears that the Army's then-ignorance of radiation will cause his brother and other testers to die. Brick tries to find Dr. Wells who has since died and is ambushed by surviving soldier ants who steal the detonator to rouse their dormant second queen. Brick must find Dr. Wells' notes that prove radiation is fatal as well as help the town fend off the new ant army.