Nibbles game
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Nibbles is a simple video game, a variant of Snake. Its object is to navigate a virtual snake (or worm) through an enclosed space, while consuming objects along the way. The objects vary from numbers to apples, according to the particular version of this frequently copied game. Usually, the length of the snake increases with each object consumed, making the game more difficult. The player must also avoid colliding with walls or obstacles, and must also avoid colliding with the snake's own body sections. After a certain number of objects have been eaten, the player progresses to the next level, usually involving harder obstacles and/or higher game speeds. The game also included a multiplayer mode where a second player could control a second snake. The game has existed mostly unchanged since it was introduced in 1991.
It was quite popular because it was included with MS-DOS version 5.0 and above, and early Windows NT versions. – Microsoft's 24kB QBasic version was copyrighted 1990 – and the game was thus available on almost every PC for a while. Nibbles experienced a revival in the early 21st century thanks to the proliferation of cellular phone versions of the game, where it is usually known as Snake.
Modern computer speeds have rendered the game-speed-delay timing loops invalid, and thus Nibbles requires some code changes to operate correctly on modern PCs.
Nibbles was actually a copy/enhancement of a 1977 arcade game called Hustle. Nibbles was coded by Rick Raddatz, who later went on to create small-business software such as InstantAudio.com and InstantVideoGenerator.com