Re: Name this old game!

[dmasters@freenet.columbus.oh.us (Dan Masterson)]

Steven Kan (steven@kan.org) wrote:

Sounds like Serpentine

: Sorry if this is the wrong ng, but my news server doesn't carry any game
: groups:

: Does anyone know the name of an old Apple II game with segmented insects
: moving thru a maze? If your insect was longer than another insect you
: could eat it head on, and gain a segment. If your insect was shorter,
: then you had to eat it from behind, a segment at a time. If you reversed
: directions and ran over your own tail, you ate your own tail segment and
: made yourself shorter.

: All my old Apple II stuff was mothballed years ago, and is sitting
: somewhere in my parents' garage, so I'm not likely to find the original.

: Please post and email, and thanks!
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