Snake Pit

Crash

Producer: Postern, 16K £5.95 Author: Mike Singleton This is pacman variant, but it is too original to lump in with the rest of the yellow gobblers. The 'maze' is a live, wriggling one. Seven different coloured snakes are trapped in their nests, surrounded by a screenful of green eggs. Your job is to eat all the eggs. Only the red snake can eat eggs, so it instantly frees itself and begins eating round the screen, freeing the other snakes as it goes. When you meet a snake head on there is a nasty little gulping sound and that's it until you press S for another game. Should you clear the screen you then get a chance to eat the snakes (tail first) as well as the eggs. I never got there; this is very difficult. The graphics are superb, quite enough to turn the stomach! Pity the control keys are so awkward, and no joystick option. Addictive and good value.

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Crash

Producer: Postern, 16K £5.95 Author: Mike Singleton This is pacman variant, but it is too original to lump in with the rest of the yellow gobblers. The 'maze' is a live, wriggling one. Seven different coloured snakes are trapped in their nests, surrounded by a screenful of green eggs. Your job is to eat all the eggs. Only the red snake can eat eggs, so it instantly frees itself and begins eating round the screen, freeing the other snakes as it goes. When you meet a snake head on there is a nasty little gulping sound and that's it until you press S for another game. Should you clear the screen you then get a chance to eat the snakes (tail first) as well as the eggs. I never got there; this is very difficult. The graphics are superb, quite enough to turn the stomach! Pity the control keys are so awkward, and no joystick option. Addictive and good value.

Crash

Producer: Postern, 16K £5.95 Author: Mike Singleton This is pacman variant, but it is too original to lump in with the rest of the yellow gobblers. The 'maze' is a live, wriggling one. Seven different coloured snakes are trapped in their nests, surrounded by a screenful of green eggs. Your job is to eat all the eggs. Only the red snake can eat eggs, so it instantly frees itself and begins eating round the screen, freeing the other snakes as it goes. When you meet a snake head on there is a nasty little gulping sound and that's it until you press S for another game. Should you clear the screen you then get a chance to eat the snakes (tail first) as well as the eggs. I never got there; this is very difficult. The graphics are superb, quite enough to turn the stomach! Pity the control keys are so awkward, and no joystick option. Addictive and good value.

ZX Computing

Documentation 4/5

Addictive Quality 4/5

Graphics 3.5/5

Programming Achievement 3.5/5

Lasting Appeal 3.5/5

Value 3.5/5

James Walsh

PRICE: £7.99 MEMORY REQUIRED: 16K When Snake Pit first starts the screen is full of eggs. You, the gobbler, are situated in the bottom right-hand corner. Eight snakes of assorted colours are placed in empty patches between the eggs. They cannot escape until a gap is made in the wall of eggs. There is one other snake though that is free to move right from the word 'go' - the red snake. It has the ability to eat any egg and, of course, you too. As soon as the other snakes are free they too will attempt to catch you, and devour you. Your aim at this stage is to stay alive and eat as many eggs as possible. If you manage this then stage two commences - this time is is your turn to eat the snakes by biting their tails. If you have no success at this stage then the game re-starts. Again the game is fun but a little unoriginal. For some reason only one life is allowed, which results in rather an abrupt end to the game. A reasonably simple but also quite addictive game, but one that can be frustrating at the same time.