Serpents

Serpents is a fast-paced 2D arcade-style game played in a series of increasingly challenging single-screen mazes. The player controls a serpent, Zippy, who must eat the other serpents that patrol the maze. The enemy serpents must be eaten from behind and as the head is finished off Zippy grows longer. The enemy serpents can nibble segments from Zippy if they attack from the side or behind but if they get him head-on Zippy loses a life and the level resets. Later levels include one-way paths, bonuses e.g. speed-ups and smarter enemy serpents.