Quick take: Snake 2 is our tribute to Snake II, the sequel Nokia loaded onto its phones in 2000.
Snake 2 is our tribute to Snake II, the sequel Nokia loaded onto its phones in 2000. The first Snake had already become one of the most-played games in the world by shipping free on Nokia handsets, so the follow-up faced a hard question: what improves on something already perfect?
Its answer was maze walls to weave through, warp tunnels that carried the snake across the screen, and bonus items - the exact ideas our Snake 2 rebuilds for the browser.
Snake II Fast Facts
| Original title | Snake II |
|---|---|
| Debuted | 2000, on Nokia phones |
| Created by | Nokia |
| Genre | Maze / snake |
| Famous on | The Nokia 3310 |
| Descends from | Snake (Nokia, 1997) and Blockade (1976) |
| Our tribute | Snake 2 |
Why Snake II Mattered
- Shipped preloaded on Nokia phones in 2000, following the 1997 Snake that had already turned mobile phones into pocket arcades.
- Added maze walls to the open board, so the arena became a puzzle you had to thread instead of a bare field.
- Introduced warp tunnels: slide off one edge and reappear on the opposite side, turning the walls into shortcuts.
- Scattered bonus items worth extra points, rewarding players bold enough to detour for them.
- Rode the Nokia 3310 to become one of the most widely played games of the early mobile era, seen by hundreds of millions of people.
Snake II Timeline
| Year | Milestone |
|---|---|
| 1976 | Blockade establishes the grow-and-avoid-your-tail formula in arcades. |
| 1997 | Nokia's Snake ships free on the 6110 and turns phones into pocket arcades. |
| 2000 | Snake II adds mazes, warp tunnels and bonus items on a new wave of Nokia phones. |
| 2000 | The Nokia 3310 launches and carries Snake II to hundreds of millions of players. |
| 2017 | Snake returns on the relaunched 3310 and inside apps like Facebook Messenger. |
Why Snake II Still Matters
Snake II proved the oldest mobile game still had room to grow, and its ideas never went out of style. Snake 2 keeps the wrap-around walls, the maze bricks and the bonus hunt, then adds rising levels, a seeded daily maze shared by every player and a global leaderboard the monochrome original could only dream of.
