- Snake (video game)
"Snake" is a
video game that came out in the late 1970s and has maintained popularity since then, becoming somewhat of a classic. The player controls a long, thin creature, resembling asnake , which roams around on a bordered plane, picking upfood (or some other item), trying to avoid hitting its own tail or the "walls" that surround the playing area. Each time the snake eats a piece of food, its tail grows longer, making the game increasingly difficult. The user controls the direction of the snake's head (up, down, left, or right), and the snake's body follows. The player cannot stop the snake from moving while the game is in progress.History
The Snake variety of games originated with the
arcade game "Blockade", released by Gremlin in1976 . [http://www.arcade-history.com/?n=blockade&page=detail&id=287] The first known microcomputer version of Snake, titled 'Worm', was programmed in 1978 by P. Trefonas (USA ) on theTRS-80 computer, and published by CLOAD magazine the same year. This was followed shortly afterwards with versions from the same author for the PET and Apple II computers. A microcomputer port of "Hustle" was first written by P. Trefonas in 1979 and published by CLOAD magazine [http://brainless.hkc.free.fr/missing/Tandy%20Radio%20Shack%20TRS-80%20-%20Model%20Ihave.txt] . This was later released by Milton Bradley for the TI-99/4A in1980 . [http://my.stratos.net/~hewston95/RTM07/RTM07.html]Some better-known versions include the
Neopets example, which is known as "Meerca Chase". Its revised version is known as "Meerca Chase II". A popular variant called "Nibbles" was also included withMS-DOS for a period of time.An analog joystick-controlled variant of "Snake", called
Anaconda , was included as a hiddenminigame in "TimeSplitters 2 ".The version included on the
Nokia N70 and other later model Nokia phones is a 3D version, with level goals.nake on the BBC Micro
There were several versions of Snake on the
BBC Micro . "Snake" by John Cox from Computer Concepts was different in that the snake was controlled using the left and right arrow keys relative to the direction it was heading in. The snake increases in speed as it gets longer, and there are no 'lives', making achieving a high score or reaching higher levels relatively difficult as one mistake means starting from the beginning.nake on Nokia phones
Nokia is well known for putting "Snake" on most of their phones. Versions include:
*"Snake" - The original, formonochrome phones. Graphics consisted of black squares, and it had 4 directions. An example of a phone with it installed is theNokia 5110 .
*"Snake II" - Included on monochrome phones. Snake improved to a snake pattern, introduction of bonus bugs etc... An example of a phone with it installed is theNokia 3310 .
*"Snake Xenzia" - Included on present-day monochrome phones (and some cheaper colour phones, such as theNokia 1600 ). An example of a phone with it installed is theNokia 1112
*"Snake EX" - Included on colour phones. Graphics improved toSNES quality. It supports multiplayer throughBluetooth andInfra-Red . An example of a phone with it installed is the Nokia 6260.
*"Snake EX2" - This is included in several Series40 handsets by Nokia.
*"Snakes" - A 3D version. This game was designed for theN-Gage , developed by IOMO(published byNokia ). It featured multiplayer throughBluetooth . Graphics improved to basicPlayStation quality. Introduction of hex levels, etc. Later Nokia started giving this game pre-installed(without multiplayer feature) in itsNseries phones like N70, N73, N80, etc.
*"Snake III" - A 3D version, different from "Snakes" in the fact that "Snake III" takes a more living snake approach, rather than the alternate universe feel of "Snake". An example of a phone with it installed is theNokia 3250 . It is also available on theNokia 5310 andNokia 5610 . It also supports multiplayer modes viaBluetooth
*"Snakes Subsonic " - Sequel to "Snakes", released onMay 22 ,2008 for the second generation N-Gage platform.Variants by platform
* Worm and Hustle computer games, published by CLOAD, 1978 and 1979: http://brainless.hkc.free.fr/missing/Tandy%20Radio%20Shack%20TRS-80%20-%20Model%20Ihave.txt
* [http://www.thomasjensen.com/software/snake/ CGA-Snake] - Late-Eighties version of "Snake" usingColor Graphics Adapter technology
* [http://www.cli.di.unipi.it/~buzzelli/my_home_page%20files/html/CIproject_ENG.htm#downloads GL Snake] - Very realistic three dimensional variant of snake (openGL |Glut )
*Hustle - arcade game, TI-99/4A
*HYPER-WURM - TRS-80
*Light Cycle - "Tron" (fictional game) and its arcade implementation "Tron"
* [http://www.diovo.com/apps/snake/ Need for Snake] - Simple online Snake in JavaScript
*Nibbler - arcade version
*Nibbles -MS-DOS (QBasic )
*Plasmaworm -Microsoft Windows
*Rattler Race -Microsoft Windows
* [http://sourceforge.net/projects/serpent3d/ Serpent 3D] - First Person 'Eater' (openGL |Glut )
*SeveralZX Spectrum games, of whichLaser Snaker is one example
*snake - as aTIFF homebrew game on theSony PlayStation Portable
*Snake -BBC Micro
*Snake -MSX
*Snake - Texas Instruments TI-83 and TI-84 graphing calculators
*Snakeball -PlayStation 3
* [http://kirl.nl/snakers2.5.php Snakers] - browser game (4 players on Wii)
* [http://membres.lycos.fr/widget64/snake2/ SnakeII] - Texas Instruments TI-89, TI-89 Titanium, TI-89 Silver Edition, TI-92 Plus, Voyage 200 graphing calculators
*SnakeTIX -Apple Macintosh (classic Mac OS)
*Snake Race (ksnake) -Linux distributions
*SpaceBall - LG brandmobile phone s
*Tape Worm -Atari 2600
*worm - Nintendo DS Linux
*Worm of Bemer - Atari 8-bit, VIC-20, Commodore 64, TI-99/4A, and IBM PC/PCjr [http://www.atarimagazines.com/compute/issue47/109_1_Worm_Of_Bemer.php]
*Worms - Commodore VIC-20
* [http://wiibrew.org/index.php?title=Homebrew_apps/Snake Snake] on the Wii Homebrew
* [http://www.chocolatetechnologies.com TiltSnake] on the iPhone and iPod Touch. Uses the accelerometerReferences
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