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WildSnake

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Also known as
Super Snakey スーパー・スネーキー

Control falling snakes to clear matching colors and prevent the playfield from filling.

WildSnake (Super Snakey) was released for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in 1994 by Spectrum HoloByte; this is the earliest commercial release of the SNES version and the original game.

About WildSnake

WildSnake is a puzzle game where players must prevent falling snakes from reaching the top of a confined play area. Snakes descend and settle, but a snake's head can destroy others of identical color and pattern upon contact, potentially triggering chain reactions that rearrange the pile and clear more snakes.

The experience varies through multiple visual backgrounds and seven distinct playfield shapes, including standard and unconventional layouts like an X, a plus sign, or an hourglass. Progression is marked by earning serpentine titles, from garter snake to king cobra, as more snakes are eliminated. The challenge intensifies with higher levels introducing more snake patterns to manage.

Special snake types occasionally appear, such as a flashing red one that removes the first snake it touches, and an unstoppable variant that plows to the bottom, clearing everything in its path. The game supports solo or competitive two-player action across easy, fair, or challenging difficulty settings. In single-player mode, a preview of the next snake can be toggled, while two-player mode features a shared queue of three upcoming snakes. During competition, clearing multiple snakes at once sends obstacles into the opponent's space.

WildSnake Screenshots

12 images
Title screen
Title screen (Japanese version)
Main menu
Options screen
Desert background with standard grid
Forest background with T grid
Water background with plus grid
Grass background with flask grid
Desert background with Diabolo grid
Forest background with obstacle grid
Water background with X grid
Game over