Snafu

"The green worm rules them all!"

Back in the early 80's, when console games paled in comparison to the arcade, we had two really competitive systems, The Atari 2600, and The Mattel Intellivision. Out of these two systems, they both had a bunch of hits. But there was one game that I loved so dearly, and could not stop playing, when I found another Intellivision almost 20 years after this period of of Donkey Kong and Ms. Pac Man.

Snafu is a game that you can play forever, and never ever get tired of it. Where else can you move around on a grey screen with a green or red or blue worm and try to not hit anything or even yourself? OK, there are many games that do that, most of them mini-games in today's games, but this game still holds a special place in my heart.

Graphics- 9
ok, these things would get zero now, but this is for what is was back in the early 80's, when arcade ruled the world. You moved all around on a grey screen and move around, growing larger and larger, along with four other worms. soon enough, your shall hit something, and you die, with a little ''poof.''

Gameplay- 10
This is where the game comes and rules all those other games of the sort. Nothing else provides the fun and excitement of these game, moving all around narrowly escaping those pesky worms, just about to hit into a wall, and ZOOM! your back into the action, trying hit get that yellow worm into a corner. I love it. Games like this don't grow funky with age, but grow better, like fine wine.

Sound and Audio- 6
What sound and Audio? there is a ''poof'' when you die, but that's about it. Still good for the time though. A little ditty to begin every match, but that's it with music. Sill, remember, this game is older than me, so I think that this was prime stuff for the Intellivison for the time.

Fun Factor- 10
This is a great game. If I would make a 100 greatest games of all time, this would be around 38. If you can sit and play a game for five minutes or five hours, you could still love this game. I could play this game forever, if I could just put a toilet in my gaming chair.

Challenge- 9
Hard, hard, hard, hard. I could not beat this more than once in the first half an hour that I played it. If you are good at games like this, then you should breeze through it though, but for me, this was my first time with this game, so don't take my word on it.

Buy or Rent?
Buy it, if you are a classic gamer, or you like old games, get it. Even if you don't have an Intellivision. Just for fun.

Graphics-9
Gameplay-10
Sound and Audio-6
Fun Factor-10
Challenge-9

Reviewer's Score: 9/10

Reviewer's Score: 9/10, Originally Posted: 03/31/02, Updated 03/31/02