<s>
Surround	B-Application
is	O
a	O
video	O
game	O
programmed	O
by	O
Alan	O
Miller	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Atari	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
Video	I-General_Concept
Computer	I-General_Concept
System	I-General_Concept
(	O
later	O
known	O
as	O
the	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
2600	I-General_Concept
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
nine	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
VCS	I-General_Concept
launch	O
titles	O
released	O
in	O
September	O
1977	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Surround	B-Application
is	O
an	O
unofficial	O
port	O
of	O
the	O
arcade	B-Application
video	I-Application
game	I-Application
Blockade	B-Application
,	O
released	O
the	O
previous	O
year	O
by	O
Gremlin	O
Industries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
first	O
home	O
console	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
that	O
became	O
widely	O
known	O
across	O
many	O
platforms	O
as	O
Snake	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
its	O
predecessor	O
Blockade	B-Application
,	O
the	O
object	O
of	O
Surround	B-Application
is	O
to	O
maneuver	O
a	O
square	O
across	O
the	O
screen	O
,	O
leaving	O
a	O
trail	O
behind	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Two	O
additional	O
variations	O
provide	O
a	O
non-game	B-Application
mode	O
called	O
"	O
Video	O
Graffiti	B-Application
"	O
in	O
which	O
players	O
use	O
the	O
joysticks	O
to	O
draw	O
pictures	O
on	O
the	O
screen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
Winter	O
1979	O
issue	O
of	O
Video	O
,	O
the	O
cartridge	O
was	O
reviewed	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
a	O
general	O
review	O
of	O
the	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
VCS	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
