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Snipes

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This arcade action game challenges you to destroy generators and their creatures in a procedurally generated maze.

Snipes was developed by SuperSet Software and released for DOS in 1982; it is the original version of the game.


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Platform
MS-DOS
Released
1982
Genre
Perspective
Top-down
Visual
2D scrolling
Size
8.13 KB
Version
autorun.bat
Rating
0 votes

About Snipes

Snipes is an arcade action game set within a large maze. The player's objective is to eliminate all enemy generators and the Snipes creatures they produce. Both the player and the Snipes are armed and can fire at each other.

Control is handled through two separate sets of keys, allowing independent movement and shooting in eight directions. This means a player can fire in a direction different from the one they are moving. The game ends if the player loses all their lives.

Multiple skill levels adjust the challenge. Higher levels introduce more numerous and aggressive Snipes, and the maze walls themselves become challenging hazards to avoid.

Snipes Screenshots

10 images
Exploring the maze
Some Snipes on the other side of this wall
That flashing box is one of the Snipe generators
Yikes, numerous Snipes attacking!
Hmm, I need to find a way to reach those Snipes
Firing at some Snipes...
The Snipes have triumphed! (game over)
Monochrome mode provides a somewhat wider view
A ghost approaches from the right (monochrome)
They're closing in... (monochrome)