<s>
Snake	B-Application
is	O
a	O
sub-genre	O
of	O
action	B-Application
video	I-Application
games	I-Application
where	O
the	O
player	O
maneuvers	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
a	O
growing	O
line	O
,	O
often	O
themed	O
as	O
a	O
snake	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
must	O
keep	O
the	O
snake	B-Application
from	O
colliding	O
with	O
both	O
other	O
obstacles	O
and	O
itself	O
,	O
which	O
gets	O
harder	O
as	O
the	O
snake	B-Application
lengthens	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
originated	O
in	O
the	O
1976	O
two-player	O
arcade	B-Application
video	I-Application
game	I-Application
Blockade	B-Application
from	O
Gremlin	O
Industries	O
where	O
the	O
goal	O
is	O
to	O
survive	O
longer	O
than	O
the	O
other	O
player	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
concept	O
evolved	O
into	O
a	O
single-player	O
variant	O
where	O
a	O
snake	B-Application
gets	O
longer	O
with	O
each	O
piece	O
of	O
food	O
eaten	O
—	O
often	O
apples	O
or	O
eggs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
simplicity	O
and	O
low	O
technical	O
requirements	O
of	O
snake	B-Application
games	I-Application
have	O
resulted	O
in	O
hundreds	O
of	O
versions	O
—	O
some	O
of	O
which	O
have	O
the	O
word	O
snake	B-Application
or	O
worm	O
in	O
the	O
title	O
—	O
for	O
many	O
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
1982	O
's	O
Tron	B-Application
arcade	O
game	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
film	O
,	O
includes	O
snake	B-Application
gameplay	O
for	O
the	O
single-player	O
Light	O
Cycle	O
segment	O
,	O
and	O
some	O
later	O
snake	B-Application
games	I-Application
borrow	O
the	O
theme	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
a	O
version	O
simply	O
called	O
Snake	B-Application
was	O
preloaded	O
on	O
Nokia	O
mobile	O
phones	O
in	O
1998	O
,	O
there	O
was	O
a	O
resurgence	O
of	O
interest	O
in	O
snake	B-Application
games	I-Application
as	O
it	O
found	O
a	O
larger	O
audience	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
Blockade	B-Application
from	O
1976	O
and	O
its	O
many	O
clones	O
are	O
two-player	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Viewed	O
from	O
a	O
top-down	O
perspective	O
,	O
each	O
player	O
controls	O
a	O
"	O
snake	B-Application
"	O
with	O
a	O
fixed	O
starting	O
position	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
"	O
head	O
"	O
of	O
the	O
snake	B-Application
continually	O
moves	O
forward	O
,	O
unable	O
to	O
stop	O
,	O
growing	O
ever	O
longer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
must	O
be	O
steered	O
left	O
,	O
right	O
,	O
up	O
,	O
and	O
down	O
to	O
avoid	O
hitting	O
walls	O
and	O
the	O
body	O
of	O
either	O
snake	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Single-player	O
versions	O
are	O
less	O
prevalent	O
and	O
have	O
one	O
or	O
more	O
snakes	B-Language
controlled	O
by	O
the	O
computer	O
,	O
as	O
in	O
the	O
light	O
cycles	O
segment	O
of	O
the	O
1982	O
Tron	B-Application
arcade	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
most	O
common	O
single-player	O
game	O
,	O
the	O
players	O
snake	B-Application
is	O
of	O
a	O
certain	O
length	O
,	O
so	O
the	O
tail	O
also	O
moves	O
,	O
and	O
with	O
every	O
item	O
"	O
eaten	O
"	O
by	O
the	O
head	O
of	O
the	O
snake	B-Application
the	O
snake	B-Application
gets	O
longer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Snake	B-Application
Byte	I-Application
has	O
the	O
snake	B-Application
eating	O
apples	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nibbler	B-Application
has	O
the	O
snake	B-Application
eating	O
abstract	O
objects	O
in	O
a	O
maze	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Snake	B-Application
began	O
with	O
the	O
1976	O
arcade	B-Application
video	I-Application
game	I-Application
Blockade	B-Application
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Gremlin	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
cloned	O
as	O
Bigfoot	B-Application
Bonkers	I-Application
the	O
same	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1977	O
,	O
Atari	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
released	O
two	O
Blockade-inspired	O
titles	O
:	O
the	O
arcade	O
game	O
Dominos	B-Application
and	O
Atari	O
VCS	O
game	O
Surround	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Surround	B-Application
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
nine	O
Atari	O
VCS	O
launch	O
titles	O
in	O
the	O
US	O
and	O
was	O
sold	O
by	O
Sears	O
under	O
the	O
name	O
Chase	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
That	O
same	O
year	O
,	O
a	O
similar	O
game	O
was	O
launched	O
for	O
the	O
Bally	B-Device
Astrocade	I-Device
as	O
Checkmate	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
known	O
home	O
computer	O
version	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
titled	O
Worm	O
,	O
was	O
programmed	O
in	O
1978	O
by	O
Peter	O
Trefonas	O
for	O
the	O
TRS-80	B-Device
and	O
published	O
by	O
CLOAD	O
magazine	O
in	O
the	O
same	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
was	O
followed	O
shortly	O
afterwards	O
with	O
versions	O
from	O
the	O
same	O
author	O
for	O
the	O
Commodore	B-Device
PET	I-Device
and	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
clone	O
of	O
the	O
Hustle	O
arcade	O
game	O
,	O
itself	O
a	O
clone	O
of	O
Blockade	B-Application
,	O
was	O
written	O
by	O
Peter	O
Trefonas	O
in	O
1979	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
CLOAD	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
authorized	O
version	O
of	O
Hustle	O
was	O
published	O
by	O
Milton	O
Bradley	O
for	O
the	O
TI-99/4A	B-Device
in	O
1980	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
single-player	O
Snake	B-Application
Byte	I-Application
was	O
published	O
in	O
1982	O
for	O
Atari	O
8-bit	O
computers	O
,	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
,	O
and	O
VIC-20	O
;	O
a	O
snake	B-Application
eats	O
apples	O
to	O
complete	O
a	O
level	O
,	O
growing	O
longer	O
in	O
the	O
process	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Snake	B-Application
for	O
the	O
BBC	B-Device
Micro	I-Device
(	O
1982	O
)	O
,	O
by	O
Dave	O
Bresnen	O
,	O
the	O
snake	B-Application
is	O
controlled	O
using	O
the	O
left	O
and	O
right	O
arrow	O
keys	O
relative	O
to	O
the	O
direction	O
it	O
is	O
heading	O
in	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
snake	B-Application
increases	O
in	O
speed	O
as	O
it	O
gets	O
longer	O
,	O
and	O
there	O
is	O
only	O
one	O
life	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nibbler	B-Application
(	O
1982	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
single-player	O
arcade	O
game	O
where	O
the	O
snake	B-Application
fits	O
tightly	O
into	O
a	O
maze	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
gameplay	O
is	O
faster	O
than	O
most	O
snake	B-Application
designs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
single-player	O
version	O
is	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
1982	O
Tron	B-Application
arcade	O
game	O
,	O
themed	O
with	O
light	O
cycles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
reinvigorated	O
the	O
snake	B-Application
concept	O
,	O
and	O
many	O
subsequent	O
games	O
borrowed	O
the	O
light	O
cycle	O
theme	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Starting	O
in	O
1991	O
,	O
Nibbles	B-Application
was	O
included	O
with	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
for	O
a	O
period	O
of	O
time	O
as	O
a	O
QBasic	B-Language
sample	O
program	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1992	O
,	O
Rattler	B-Application
Race	I-Application
was	O
released	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
second	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Entertainment	I-Application
Pack	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
adds	O
enemy	O
snakes	B-Language
to	O
the	O
familiar	O
apple-eating	O
gameplay	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Serpent	B-Application
(	O
1990	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
snake	B-Application
game	I-Application
for	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Meerca	B-Protocol
Chase	O
is	O
a	O
snake	B-Application
game	I-Application
available	O
on	O
Neopets	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Slither.io	B-Application
(	O
2016	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
multiplayer	O
interpretation	O
of	O
Snake	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2017	O
,	O
Google	O
released	O
a	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
as	O
an	O
easter	O
egg	O
,	O
whenever	O
the	O
phrases	O
"	O
snake	B-Application
"	O
,	O
"	O
play	O
snake	B-Application
"	O
,	O
"	O
snake	B-Application
game	I-Application
"	O
and	O
"	O
snake	B-Application
video	I-Application
game	I-Application
"	O
are	O
typed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nokia	O
puts	O
Snake	B-Application
on	O
the	O
majority	O
of	O
their	O
phones	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Snake	B-Application
–	O
The	O
first	O
published	O
by	O
Nokia	O
,	O
for	O
monochrome	O
phones	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Snake	B-Application
II	O
–	O
Included	O
on	O
monochrome	O
phones	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
Nokia	O
3310	O
from	O
2000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Snake	B-Application
Xenzia	O
–	O
Included	O
on	O
later-model	O
monochrome	O
phones	O
(	O
and	O
most	O
cheaper	O
colour	O
phones	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
Series	B-Operating_System
30	I-Operating_System
and	O
Series	B-Operating_System
30+	I-Operating_System
budget	O
mobile	O
devices	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Snake	B-Application
EX	O
–	O
Included	O
on	O
colour	O
phones	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
supports	O
multiplayer	O
through	O
Bluetooth	B-Protocol
and	O
Infra-Red	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Snake	B-Application
EX2	O
–	O
Introduced	O
with	O
the	O
Nokia	O
3100	O
in	O
2003	O
and	O
included	O
in	O
several	O
Series	B-Operating_System
40	I-Operating_System
handsets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Snakes	B-Language
–	O
A	O
3D	O
version	O
designed	O
for	O
the	O
N-Gage	B-Operating_System
in	O
2005	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
featured	O
multiplayer	O
through	O
Bluetooth	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
Nokia	O
started	O
preinstalling	O
it	O
(	O
without	O
multiplayer	O
)	O
on	O
some	O
Nseries	B-Language
smartphones	O
like	O
N70	B-Language
,	O
N73	B-Language
,	O
N80	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Snake	B-Application
III	O
–	O
A	O
3D	O
version	O
,	O
different	O
from	O
Snakes	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Snake	B-Application
III	O
takes	O
a	O
more	O
living	O
snake	B-Application
approach	O
,	O
rather	O
than	O
the	O
abstract	O
feel	O
of	O
Snakes	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
example	O
of	O
a	O
phone	O
with	O
it	O
installed	O
is	O
the	O
Nokia	B-Algorithm
3250	I-Algorithm
from	O
2005	O
,	O
and	O
it	O
supports	O
multiplayer	O
modes	O
via	O
Bluetooth	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Snakes	B-Language
Subsonic	O
-	O
Sequel	O
to	O
Snakes	B-Language
,	O
released	O
on	O
May	O
22	O
,	O
2008	O
for	O
N-Gage	B-Operating_System
2.0	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Snake	B-Application
Xenzia	O
(	O
2017	O
)	O
-	O
First	O
released	O
on	O
the	O
Nokia	O
3310	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
lieu	O
of	O
a	O
title	O
they	O
listed	O
it	O
as	O
"	O
Snake	B-Application
game	I-Application
"	O
in	O
quotes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
November	O
29	O
,	O
2012	O
,	O
the	O
Museum	O
of	O
Modern	O
Art	O
in	O
New	O
York	O
City	O
announced	O
that	O
the	O
Nokia	O
port	O
of	O
Snake	B-Application
was	O
one	O
of	O
40	O
games	O
that	O
the	O
curators	O
wished	O
to	O
add	O
to	O
the	O
museum	O
's	O
collection	O
in	O
the	O
future	O
.	O
</s>
