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Snake Rattle n Roll
- $53.99
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Item Condition
Complete in box: the cartridge, the manual and the box, all original. Original inserts or paperwork shown in the photos are included; display stands and other photography props are not. Every cartridge's shell, label and board are checked for authenticity when it comes into the store, and it's tested before it's listed. It ships in a collector's bag or a hard plastic case.
Item Description
Long before Donkey Kong Country and GoldenEye made Rare a household name, the Twycross studio was quietly turning out some of the most inventive games on the NES, and Snake Rattle 'n' Roll might be the best showcase of all. It takes a simple idea, a snake that grows as it eats, and builds a full 3D-looking platform adventure around it, all on hardware that was never meant to do isometric worlds.
You guide Rattle and Roll through eleven levels of floating terraces, waterfalls and treacherous drops, flicking out your tongue to snap up the bouncing Nibbley Pibbleys that pop out of dispensers. Every one you swallow adds a segment to your tail, and once you are long and heavy enough you can tip the weigh-in scale and ring the bell that opens the exit. Standing in your way are stomping Bigfoot feet, lurking sharks and a parade of strange hazards, and judging jumps in that tilted perspective is a skill all its own. The shadows beneath you become your best friend.
The real magic happens with two players. Rattle and Roll can explore at the same time, which turns every level into a friendly race to gobble the most Pibbleys and an occasional argument over who gets to the scale first. David Wise's bouncy soundtrack keeps the energy high throughout, and Rare's knack for clever, slightly mischievous design is all over every stage.
The game was later ported to the Sega Mega Drive in Europe and revived for a new generation in the Rare Replay collection on Xbox One, but the NES cartridge is where it began. It is the earliest proof of the Rare touch, and a co-op NES game that feels nothing like the usual side-scrollers.
Fast factsgame data via IGDB
- Released
- 1990
- Publisher
- Nintendo
- Developer
- Rare
- Genre
- Platformer
- Players
- Single player, Multiplayer, Co-op
About the game
Snake Rattle N Roll features two snakes, Rattle and Roll, as they make their way through eleven 3D isometric levels. The object is to navigate the obstacles in each level and eat enough "Nibbley Pibbleys" to ring a weigh-in bell located in the level, which will allow the snakes to exit. The game can be played by a single player or by two players simultaneously. It was later re released as part of Rare Replay collection on Xbox One.
Summary from the IGDB community database — the condition and contents of this listing are described above and in the photos.Watch gameplaySnake Rattle n Roll on NES
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