Snake and Maze Games
Trails, tunnels and tangled corridors. This shelf holds games where the board itself is the opponent: a wire that grows into your path, a rival ribbon fencing off the arena, a maze that redraws itself, soil you dig by walking through it, and a slug on an elastic line. Easy to read at a glance, hard to survive for long.
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Ribbon Rivals
1978 Arcade, Trail duel
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Slinkwire
1978 Arcade, Snake
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Tether Drift
1981 Vector, Physics Arena
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Wickmaze
1981 Maze, Action
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Neon Burrow
1984 Maze, Collect
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Coil Arena
2016 Arcade, Snake Arena
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Daily Labyrinth
2023 Puzzle, Daily maze
7 snake and maze games, oldest first
- Ribbon Rivals 1978 Two light ribbons share one arena. Cut your rival off, win three rounds, then face a sharper opponent.
- Slinkwire 1978 A glowing wire that never stops: eat pellets, chain them for a multiplier, and stay off your own tail.
- Tether Drift 1981 Tow a heavy slug on an elastic line through drifting junk, and never let the line wrap a pylon.
- Wickmaze 1981 Carry a lantern flame through a hex maze that rewires itself every time the flame blinks.
- Neon Burrow 1984 Dig through glowing soil for gems, and turn lanterns and falling rocks against the surface patrol.
- Coil Arena 2016 Steer a glowing coil around a round arena with ten rivals. Eat sparks to grow, boost by burning length, and make rivals pop on your body. The tide ring closes in every thirty seconds.
- Daily Labyrinth 2023 Three mazes from the day's seed, small to large. Coloured doors block the only way through; the matching key is always in the part you can already reach. Gems pay extra, and a pale ghost shows your best run on the same seed.