Zap

Zap is an early single player snake variant published in the CURSOR cassette magazine for the Commodore PET. The player controls a "missile" with the numeric keypad within a rectangular playing field. The goal is to collect targets that appear on screen without crashing the missile into a wall or itself. Collecting a target grants 10 points and grows the body of the missile. The missile can be moved vertically, horizontally and diagonally. The player can freeze the missile by pressing "5" on the keypad, which pauses the game but also subtracts 10 points per second from the player's score. The game ends after six crashes.