Snakes (N-Gage game)

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Snakes
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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, N-Gage Arena (online 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]

Contents

Features

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

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.

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