Screenshot of a multiplayer game in Nibbles

Nibbles is a simple video game, a variant of Snake. Its object is to navigate a virtual snake (or worm) through an enclosed space, while consuming objects along the way. The objects vary from numbers to apples, according to the particular version of this frequently copied game. Usually, the length of the snake increases with each object consumed, making the game more difficult. The player must also avoid colliding with walls or obstacles, and must also avoid colliding with the snake's own body sections. After a certain number of objects have been eaten, the player progresses to the next level, usually involving harder obstacles and/or higher game speeds. The game also included a multiplayer mode where a second player could control a second snake. The game has existed mostly unchanged since it was introduced in 1991. Image File history File links Screenshot of Nibbles This is a screenshot of a copyrighted computer game or video game. ... A computer game is a game composed of a computer-controlled virtual universe that players interact with in order to achieve a defined goal or set of goals. ... Snake is a video game that is best known in the late 1990s for its inclusion on some cellphones. ...

It was quite popular because it was included with MS-DOS version 5.0 and above, and early Windows NT versions. – Microsoft's 24kB QBasic version was copyrighted 1990 – and the game was thus available on almost every PC for a while. Nibbles experienced a revival in the early 21st century thanks to the proliferation of cellular phone versions of the game, where it is usually known as Snake. Microsofts disk operating system, MS-DOS, was Microsofts implementation of DOS, which was the first popular operating system for the IBM PC, and until recently, was widely used on the PC compatible platform. ... Microsoft Corporation, (NASDAQ: MSFT) headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA, was founded in 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen. ... The opening screen of QBasic 1. ... For copyright issues in relation to Wikipedia itself, see Wikipedia:copyrights. ... 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... One of the first PCs from IBM - the IBM PC model 5150. ... (20th century - 21st century - 22nd century - other centuries) Decades: 2000s 2010s 2020s 2030s 2040s 2050s 2060s 2070s 2080s 2090s In calendars based on the Christian Era or Common Era, such as the Gregorian calendar, the 21st century is the current century, as of this writing. ... Cellular redirects here. ...

Modern computer speeds have rendered the game-speed-delay timing loops invalid, and thus Nibbles requires some code changes to operate correctly on modern PCs.

Nibbles was actually a copy/enhancement of a 1977 arcade game called Hustle. Nibbles was coded by Rick Raddatz, who later went on to create small-business software such as InstantAudio.com and InstantVideoGenerator.com.