Snakes (N-Gage game)

Snakes
Developer(s)	IOMO
Publisher(s)	Nokia
Designer(s)	J. Dan Scott, IOMO
Platform(s)	N-Gage, S60 platform
Release	WW: January 25, 2005
Genre(s)	Arcade
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer

Snakes is an update to the classic Snake game from Nokia, developed by IOMO. It was released as a freely downloadable game compatible with the N-Gage phone. ^[1]

Features

• Viral distribution would allow the game to copy itself to another N-Gage using Bluetooth as the carrier.
• Single player game has 42 levels (37 on N-Series), with both square and hex grids available in the playfield. Higher levels allow the player to climb around the edges and play on both surfaces of the playfield.
• Up to four players can play in a multiplayer game using four N-Gage devices and bluetooth as the carrier.
• Nokia maintained a worldwide leaderboard of scores, once accessible through the N-Gage Arena service. Any N-Gage with a valid data plan could upload the high score from within the game. N-Gage Arena was closed in 2010.

Compatibility

Although Snakes was primarily designed for the Nokia N-Gage platform, it was also once available for Nokia N95. Several other devices supported the optimized file mention earlier as well, one example was Nokia E65 which could support and run the game at a near-full framerate as on Nokia N95. However, there had been cases in which a phone which could support the game, which crashed promptly after launching the application.

Reception

Reception

Aggregate score

Aggregator	Score
Metacritic	85/100 [2]

Review scores

Publication	Score
GamesMaster	90% [3]
GameSpot	8.6/10 [4]
GameSpy	[5]
IGN	8.7/10 [6]

The game received "favorable" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. ^[2]

Sequel

A sequel titled Snakes Subsonic was released on May 22, 2008 for the second generation N-Gage platform. It was developed by Barking Lizards.

References

1. "Nokia N-Gage | Nokia announced Snakes". 2005-12-18. Archived from the original on 2005-12-18. Retrieved 2021-05-08.
2. "Snakes (ngage: 2005): Reviews". Metacritic. Archived from the original on September 13, 2008. Retrieved March 13, 2017.
3. "Snakes". GamesMaster . April 2005.
4. Palley, Stephen (January 25, 2005). "Snakes Review". GameSpot . Retrieved March 13, 2017.
5. Leeper, Justin (February 3, 2005). "GameSpy: Snakes". GameSpy. Archived from the original on August 13, 2006. Retrieved March 13, 2017.
6. Buchanan, Levi (February 19, 2005). "Snakes". IGN . Retrieved March 13, 2017.

External links

• Snakes Official Website (Webarchive, Flash needed)
• Snakes at MobyGames
• Snakes Subsonic at N-Gage.com
• Review of Snakes for N-Gage on All About N-Gage
• Review of Snakes for S60 smartphones on All About N-Gage