A huge bee hive appeared on Earth and the inhabitants are less than friendly.
The player’s mission is to kill the queen by entering the hive with a special
vehicle representing a grasshopper. The basic goal of each level is to find
the exit which is is made more difficult by the maze-like structure of the
tunnels. Three markers can be dropped at will as waypoints.

Of course the player also faces opposition from various enemies and obstacles
which can be either shot or dodged by ducking respectively jumping. There are
also various items to find which are stored in an inventory until used, e.g.
shields, enemy freeze or a grabber to reach objects from a distance. The
grasshopper uses up energy which is either taken from pylons or the life
force. Obviously the latter is not desirable because reaching zero life force
results in death – so the player needs to find pylons inside the hive. When
having two pylons, the life force automatically recharges. Two specialities of
the game are the vector graphics and a password which is constantly updated
and always on screen.