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Strange there is no mention of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nibbles_(video_game) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nibbles_(video_game) (released 1991 and present

Strange there is no mention of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nibbles_(video_game) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nibbles_(video_game) (released 1991 and present on all MSDOS after 5 and early windows machines), probably itself paying homage to https://www.mobygames.com/game/rock-olas-nibbler https://www.mobygames.com/game/rock-olas-nibbler * (1982). MobyGames' list of earlier Snake variants at https://www.mobygames.com/game-group/snake-variants/offset,125/so,1d/ https://www.mobygames.com/game-group/snake-variants/offset,1... attributes oldest position to Taito's 1977 arcade game Hustle https://www.arcade-history.com/?n=hustle&page=detail&id=19500 https://www.arcade-history.com/?n=hustle&page=detail&id=1950... which also received a TI-99/4A port https://www.videogamehouse.net/hustle.html https://www.videogamehouse.net/hustle.html (1981).

sehugg 7y ago
Or Gremlin Industries' 1976 "Blockade" which invented the Tron light-cycles genre, and probably inspired the Snake game genre: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blockade_(video_game) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blockade_(video_game)
- empath75 7y ago
  That is in the article
mb_72 7y ago
I remember copying the code out for a Snake variant from a Commodore 64 magazine in '83 or '84 - back in the days when they would publish source code for things in each issue - and it made Snake a craze at my country Australia Primary school where we had 8 '64s sharing a single networked floppy drive. It also made me, the biggest nerd at the school, the cool guy... for a few days..
- contingencies 7y ago
  Similar story at our school in Sydney ... mid 1990s we had a 2P (one keyboard) multiplayer snake hacking contest. I implemented flamethrowers and mines in my version, which enjoyed relative popularity.
dpau 7y ago
i grew up playing Serpentine (1982) on my awesome vic-20
ViViDboarder 7y ago
There is a mention now it seems.
dan1234 7y ago
I remember playing Worm[0] on the school’s RM Nimbus[1] in the early 90s [0]http://xbattlestation.com/xbs/worm/worm.html http://xbattlestation.com/xbs/worm/worm.html [1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RM_Nimbus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RM_Nimbus
glaberficken 7y ago
Nibbler (1982) is directly mentioned in the article. >"The game Snake existed before 1995. It first arrived in 1976 as an arcade game called Blockade and spawned several clones from there. Whether it was Nibbler, Worm or Rattler Race, the basic concept was consistent."

sehugg 7y ago

Or Gremlin Industries' 1976 "Blockade" which invented the Tron light-cycles genre, and probably inspired the Snake game genre: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blockade_(video_game) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blockade_(video_game)

empath75 7y ago
That is in the article

mb_72 7y ago

I remember copying the code out for a Snake variant from a Commodore 64 magazine in '83 or '84 - back in the days when they would publish source code for things in each issue - and it made Snake a craze at my country Australia Primary school where we had 8 '64s sharing a single networked floppy drive. It also made me, the biggest nerd at the school, the cool guy... for a few days..

contingencies 7y ago
Similar story at our school in Sydney ... mid 1990s we had a 2P (one keyboard) multiplayer snake hacking contest. I implemented flamethrowers and mines in my version, which enjoyed relative popularity.

dpau 7y ago

i grew up playing Serpentine (1982) on my awesome vic-20

ViViDboarder 7y ago

There is a mention now it seems.

dan1234 7y ago

I remember playing Worm[0] on the school’s RM Nimbus[1] in the early 90s [0]http://xbattlestation.com/xbs/worm/worm.html http://xbattlestation.com/xbs/worm/worm.html [1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RM_Nimbus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RM_Nimbus

glaberficken 7y ago

Nibbler (1982) is directly mentioned in the article. >"The game Snake existed before 1995. It first arrived in 1976 as an arcade game called Blockade and spawned several clones from there. Whether it was Nibbler, Worm or Rattler Race, the basic concept was consistent."