Snakes (N-Gage game)
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Snakes is an update to the classic 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...

game from Nokia
Nokia
Nokia Corporation is a Finnish multinational communications corporation that is headquartered in Keilaniemi, Espoo, a city neighbouring Finland's capital Helsinki...

. It is freely downloadable from the Nokia N-Gage website, and can be copied to another N-Gage handset via Bluetooth.
A new version is now available as an embedded game on most N-series smartphones from Nokia, eg Nokia N95
Nokia N95
The Nokia N95 is a smartphone produced by Nokia as part of their Nseries line of portable devices. It was released in 2007. The N95 runs Symbian OS v9.2, with a S60 3rd Edition user interface. The phone has a two-way sliding mechanism, which can be used to access either media playback buttons or...

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Features

  • Viral distribution allows the game to copy itself to another N-Gage
    N-Gage
    The N-Gage is a mobile telephone and handheld game system by Nokia, based on the Nokia Series 60 platform, released in October 2003. It began sales on October 7, 2003. The N-Gage QD replaced the original N-Gage in 2004....

     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 you to climb round the edges and play on both surfaces of the playfield.
  • Up to four players can play in a multiplayer game using 4 N-Gage
    N-Gage
    The N-Gage is a mobile telephone and handheld game system by Nokia, based on the Nokia Series 60 platform, released in October 2003. It began sales on October 7, 2003. The N-Gage QD replaced the original N-Gage in 2004....

     devices and bluetooth as the carrier.
  • Nokia
    Nokia
    Nokia Corporation is a Finnish multinational communications corporation that is headquartered in Keilaniemi, Espoo, a city neighbouring Finland's capital Helsinki...

     maintain a worldwide leaderboard of scores, accessible through the N-Gage
    N-Gage
    The N-Gage is a mobile telephone and handheld game system by Nokia, based on the Nokia Series 60 platform, released in October 2003. It began sales on October 7, 2003. The N-Gage QD replaced the original N-Gage in 2004....

     Arena service. Any N-Gage with a valid data plan can upload the high score from within the game.

Compatibility

Although Snakes was primarily designed for the Nokia N-Gage platform, it is also available for Nokia N95
Nokia N95
The Nokia N95 is a smartphone produced by Nokia as part of their Nseries line of portable devices. It was released in 2007. The N95 runs Symbian OS v9.2, with a S60 3rd Edition user interface. The phone has a two-way sliding mechanism, which can be used to access either media playback buttons or...

. Several other devices support the optimized file mention earlier as well, one example is Nokia E65
Nokia E65
The Nokia E65 is a smartphone in the Eseries range, a S60 platform third edition device with slide action. It shared many of the features of the N95 released around the same time, but thinner, lighter and without the GPS....

 which supports and can run the game at a near-full framerate as on Nokia N95
Nokia N95
The Nokia N95 is a smartphone produced by Nokia as part of their Nseries line of portable devices. It was released in 2007. The N95 runs Symbian OS v9.2, with a S60 3rd Edition user interface. The phone has a two-way sliding mechanism, which can be used to access either media playback buttons or...

. However, there have been cases in which a phone which can support the game, crashed promptly after launching the application.

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
Barking Lizards Technologies
Barking Lizards Technologies was an American video game developer that developed for mobile phones, PlayStation 2, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, PlayStation Portable, Wii and personal computer. Founded in 2001, Barking Lizards Technologies was based in Richardson, Texas...

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