Ranging from A1 (easy, nothing special, 3 hives, a maximum of 10 snipes and five lives) to Z9 (hard, reflecting bullets, electric walls, ghosts, 10 hives, a maximum of 150 snipes and two lives). Because you can configure everything there are a total of 26x9 difficulty levels. You specify the amount of snipes, hives and difficulty before you start and of you go. In Snipes this is achieved by letting the computer generate a new maze every time. How much easier can it get? But not only simplicity is an important aspect of a game. And when you panic, press the spacebar for some extra velocity. You control your creature with the arrow keys and shoot with A, W, D and S in the appropriate directions. The game is, as mentioned earlier, pretty simple. Strategy, fast thinking and sharp reflexes are the key to victory. And not only the snipes, but also their hives. The only thing you now is that you must conquer the maze by killing all your enemies, the snipes. How do you achieve addictiveness fast? By keeping the game simple, remember Tetris? Sokoban? Boulderdash? Pac-man? Snipes is of the same caliber. Where (a small) size was more important than the graphics.
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