Snake Battle

About

Snake Battle is a puzzle game where you design and train a snake's AI for competitive combat. You define nine behavioral rules that dictate how your snake moves and interacts in battles, but you don’t control it directly during matches. Up to four snakes fight on a grid, each aiming to nibble the tails of opponents. Eating a tail increases your length while losing one shrinks you. The last snake with the longest body wins. Customization includes color choices and password protection for your creations. This DOS title from 1992 stands out as a forgotten Soviet programming experiment. Its blend of strategic AI design and simple mechanics predates modern battle royale concepts by decades. Though limited to Russia at release, it’s now a niche curiosity among retro computing circles. The game’s emphasis on indirect control and emergent strategies makes it a quiet predecessor to competitive coding challenges.