Snakeball
Encyclopedia
Snakeball is a downloadable PSN game on the PlayStation Store
released 20 December 2007. It is a 3D remake of classic video game Snake
.
Snakeball was developed in collaboration between the British Gamoola Soft (the sister studio of Gamoola) and the Norwegian Ravn Studio
. It was published by Sony Computer Entertainment
.
. The goal consists of taking the balls and throwing them into the hole at the center of the stage. While the game has many variations of gameplay, the main goal stays the same.
Snakeball has a flashy disco graphic style, with stages that are taking places on disco floors. The player can also choose between 16 characters with 8 colors each. The PlayStation Eye
camera can even be used to snap a picture of the player's face and map it onto one of the riders.
The second game mode is Challenge, where the player must navigate through levels to open the teleporter and go to the next level. 14 levels are available. The last one is Ball Frenzy, which is a remake of the classic game Snake
, with 10 levels. The goal of this mode is to get all the 1000 balls that are in the level without crashing and destroying the ship.
Additional Team Mode add-on was released at the PlayStation Store
in May 2008. It includes team-based online and offline multiplayer matches up to 8 players.
.
PlayStation Store
The PlayStation Store is an online virtual market available to users of Sony's PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable game consoles via the PlayStation Network. The Store offers a range of downloadable content both for purchase and available free of charge. Available content includes full games,...
released 20 December 2007. It is a 3D remake of classic video game Snake
Snake (video game)
Snake is a video game that originated during the late 1970s in arcades and has maintained popularity since then, becoming something of a classic...
.
Snakeball was developed in collaboration between the British Gamoola Soft (the sister studio of Gamoola) and the Norwegian Ravn Studio
Ravn Studio
Ravn Studio AS is an independent game development studio based in Drammen, Norway. It was established in 2002 by Stine Wærn and Tinka Town.Ravn Studio collaborated with Gamoola Soft on the Snake-remake Snakeball, released in 2007 exclusively for the PS3 .Their first gaming project, Englekræsj, an...
. It was published by Sony Computer Entertainment
Sony Computer Entertainment
Sony Computer Entertainment, Inc. is a major video game company specializing in a variety of areas in the video game industry, and is a wholly owned subsidiary and part of the Consumer Products & Services Group of Sony...
.
Gameplay
The game uses most of the mechanics of the late 70s game SnakeSnake (video game)
Snake is a video game that originated during the late 1970s in arcades and has maintained popularity since then, becoming something of a classic...
. The goal consists of taking the balls and throwing them into the hole at the center of the stage. While the game has many variations of gameplay, the main goal stays the same.
Snakeball has a flashy disco graphic style, with stages that are taking places on disco floors. The player can also choose between 16 characters with 8 colors each. The PlayStation Eye
PlayStation Eye
The PlayStation Eye is a digital camera device, similar to a webcam, for the PlayStation 3. The technology uses computer vision and gesture recognition to process images taken by the camera. This allows players to interact with games using motion and color detection as well as sound through its...
camera can even be used to snap a picture of the player's face and map it onto one of the riders.
Modes
Snakeball has 3 main game modes: Snakeball, Challenge and Ball Frenzy. Snakeball is the multiplayer mode, where up to 8 players can play online. There are 10 variations of game for this mode:- Raindrops: The player has to collect the balls as they appear and shoot them in the goal.
- Patience: Similar to Raindrops, but here, the balls don't appear immediately.
- Goal Fever: Similar to Raindrops, but every ball must be put into the goal of matching color.
- The Ball Ring: Similar to Raindrops, but only with bomb balls that explodes after 10 seconds.
- Open Season: At the beginning, the balls are launched and don't stop moving. Also, there are now enemies that the player must avoid.
- Bumper Jam: In this game variation, balls can only be shoot at goal.
- Square Routes: Similar to Raindrops, but taking places in a maze of squares bumpers.
- Goal Tangle: The player can score his balls in goals for shots and normal goals in a stage filled with enemies.
- Trigger Snappy: Similar to Open Season, but the enemies here are far more. Fortunately, the player can now eliminate them with guns.
- No balls: The player has no balls to score. In fact, the goal of the game is to destroy the ships of other players with guns.
The second game mode is Challenge, where the player must navigate through levels to open the teleporter and go to the next level. 14 levels are available. The last one is Ball Frenzy, which is a remake of the classic game Snake
Snake (video game)
Snake is a video game that originated during the late 1970s in arcades and has maintained popularity since then, becoming something of a classic...
, with 10 levels. The goal of this mode is to get all the 1000 balls that are in the level without crashing and destroying the ship.
Additional Team Mode add-on was released at the PlayStation Store
PlayStation Store
The PlayStation Store is an online virtual market available to users of Sony's PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable game consoles via the PlayStation Network. The Store offers a range of downloadable content both for purchase and available free of charge. Available content includes full games,...
in May 2008. It includes team-based online and offline multiplayer matches up to 8 players.
Reception and demo
Metacritic awarded the game a 65 out of 100. A demo of the game and the full game is available at the PlayStation StorePlayStation Store
The PlayStation Store is an online virtual market available to users of Sony's PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable game consoles via the PlayStation Network. The Store offers a range of downloadable content both for purchase and available free of charge. Available content includes full games,...
.
See also
- List of downloadable PlayStation 3 games
- PlayStation EyePlayStation EyeThe PlayStation Eye is a digital camera device, similar to a webcam, for the PlayStation 3. The technology uses computer vision and gesture recognition to process images taken by the camera. This allows players to interact with games using motion and color detection as well as sound through its...
- Snake (video game)Snake (video game)Snake is a video game that originated during the late 1970s in arcades and has maintained popularity since then, becoming something of a classic...