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> the famous snake game we could play on our Nokia 3310 I typed in the snake code from Home Computer Magazine (v.4 no. 5). If anyone cares to reminisce with me

> the famous snake game we could play on our Nokia 3310 I typed in the snake code from Home Computer Magazine (v.4 no. 5). If anyone cares to reminisce with me, see page 69 (or 123 for the actual code) at this link: https://archive.org/details/HomeComputerMagazine_Vol4_05 https://archive.org/details/HomeComputerMagazine_Vol4_05 That version was called "Slither", but there were no ".io" domain names just yet. But wikipedia says it goes back even further to 1976: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snake_(video_game_genre) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snake_(video_game_genre) Maybe the author knows Nokia didn't invent the game.

roywiggins 8y ago
Snake is certainly older than the 3310, but I'd bet there's an entire generation of people who first saw it there. They're very closely associated- the rebooted 3310 made sure to include a Snake clone too. https://www.theverge.com/2017/2/27/14749896/nokia-3310-snake-gameplay-preview-mwc-2017 https://www.theverge.com/2017/2/27/14749896/nokia-3310-snake...
kroltan 8y ago
Easier links to the magazine's pages: Game Description: https://archive.org/stream/HomeComputerMagazine_Vol4_05/Home_Computer_Magazine_Vol4_05#page/n67/mode/2up https://archive.org/stream/HomeComputerMagazine_Vol4_05/Home... Program Listing: https://archive.org/stream/HomeComputerMagazine_Vol4_05/Home_Computer_Magazine_Vol4_05#page/n121/mode/2up https://archive.org/stream/HomeComputerMagazine_Vol4_05/Home...
ariehkovler 8y ago
Everyone who learnt to code in the 80s made a version of the snake game. I did one in ZX Basic on my old Spectrum as a bored 9yo using ASCII number 8s as my snake's body
- ChrisSD 8y ago
  Snake and Wall (bouncing ball hitting bricks) were games I made for every programmable system I owned up until around the mid 90's.
  - ariehkovler 8y ago
    I wasn't smart enough for Wall (we still called it Breakout in my day and played it with paddle controllers). But I was so excited when I got my snake to move with joystick control

roywiggins 8y ago

Snake is certainly older than the 3310, but I'd bet there's an entire generation of people who first saw it there. They're very closely associated- the rebooted 3310 made sure to include a Snake clone too. https://www.theverge.com/2017/2/27/14749896/nokia-3310-snake-gameplay-preview-mwc-2017 https://www.theverge.com/2017/2/27/14749896/nokia-3310-snake...

kroltan 8y ago

Easier links to the magazine's pages: Game Description: https://archive.org/stream/HomeComputerMagazine_Vol4_05/Home_Computer_Magazine_Vol4_05#page/n67/mode/2up https://archive.org/stream/HomeComputerMagazine_Vol4_05/Home... Program Listing: https://archive.org/stream/HomeComputerMagazine_Vol4_05/Home_Computer_Magazine_Vol4_05#page/n121/mode/2up https://archive.org/stream/HomeComputerMagazine_Vol4_05/Home...

ariehkovler 8y ago

Everyone who learnt to code in the 80s made a version of the snake game. I did one in ZX Basic on my old Spectrum as a bored 9yo using ASCII number 8s as my snake's body

ChrisSD 8y ago
Snake and Wall (bouncing ball hitting bricks) were games I made for every programmable system I owned up until around the mid 90's.
- ariehkovler 8y ago
  I wasn't smart enough for Wall (we still called it Breakout in my day and played it with paddle controllers). But I was so excited when I got my snake to move with joystick control