<s>
Snafu	B-Application
is	O
a	O
video	O
game	O
released	O
by	O
Mattel	O
for	O
its	O
Intellivision	B-Operating_System
video	O
game	O
system	O
in	O
1981	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
of	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
snake	B-Application
games	I-Application
released	O
in	O
the	O
late	O
1970s	O
and	O
early	O
1980s	O
,	O
Snafu	B-Application
features	O
players	O
controlling	O
ever-lengthening	O
serpents	O
as	O
they	O
attempt	O
to	O
corner	O
their	O
opponents	O
and	O
trap	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
version	O
of	O
Snafu	B-Application
was	O
released	O
for	O
Mattel	O
's	O
short-lived	O
Aquarius	B-Device
personal	O
computer	O
in	O
1983	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Snafu	B-Application
contains	O
16	O
different	O
game	O
variations	O
based	O
around	O
two	O
game	O
formats	O
,	O
"	O
Trap	O
"	O
(	O
12	O
variations	O
)	O
and	O
"	O
Bite	O
"	O
(	O
4	O
variations	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Programmer	O
Mike	O
Minkoff	O
began	O
work	O
on	O
the	O
game	O
under	O
the	O
working	O
title	O
Blockade+Snakes	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
inspirations	O
of	O
the	O
two	O
game	O
variations	O
,	O
the	O
board	O
game	O
Blockade	O
and	O
a	O
prototype	O
handheld	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Mattel	B-Operating_System
Electronics	I-Operating_System
but	O
never	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
Mattel	O
had	O
decided	O
to	O
name	O
the	O
game	O
after	O
the	O
military	O
acronym	O
SNAFU	B-Application
,	O
even	O
though	O
Minkoff	O
believed	O
there	O
was	O
no	O
connection	O
between	O
the	O
game	O
and	O
the	O
acronym	O
's	O
meaning	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Snafu	B-Application
was	O
re-released	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Intellivision	B-Application
Lives	I-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
An	O
updated	O
version	O
,	O
Snafoo	O
,	O
was	O
announced	O
for	O
the	O
Intellivision	B-Application
Amico	I-Application
.	O
</s>
