You are familiar with Spotify for music. You may know it for its podcasts and, the newest big addition, audiobooks. But do you know it has a game too?
No, this isn’t like Netflix Games, where you get access to dozens of mobile titles. But Spotify does have its take on the original mobile gaming classic, Snake.
Hidden within the Spotify app is a version of Snake that sees you “eat” album covers as you pootle across the screen.
If you didn’t grow up with Nokia phones and have never played Snake, here’s how it works.
You start as a single blob moving across the screen, never stopping. Swipes make it change direction and you earn a point for each little album/single cover blip you pick up. It also joins the back of your tail, making the snake longer.
Hit the side of the screen or your tail and it’s game over.
How to play Spotify Snake on iPhone
Want to give it a go? Open up Spotify on an iPhone and tap the Your Library tab. Select Playlists at the top of the screen and pick a playlist with a good number of tracks in it.
Enter the playlist then hit the options button. This looks like three dots in a row.
Scroll right down to the bottom of the menu that pops up and select Eat this playlist.
This will load up the game. Is it any good? Not really. Is it still kinda addictive? It sure is.
We tried to get the game running on Android, but it does not seem to be available on that version of the app. The option just isn’t there. Of course, Google Play does have plenty of versions of Snake including the super-popular snake.io and Snake ’97. This feels just like playing on an old Nokia, complete with a virtual number pad. Lovely stuff.
The first version of Snake on Nokia phones is found in the Nokia 6110, announced in 1997. However, we imagine most of the old-school UK Snakeheads out there know it best from either the Nokia 3210 or Nokia 3310.
They were so ubiquitous, that their sales figures sound incredible even today. The Nokia 3210 sold 160 million units, and the Nokia 3310 126 million.
A remake of the Nokia 3310 is available from Nokia for £59.99, complete with a colour-screen version of Snake.
