Replicart MSX2. Best 8bit "snake" game ever.
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Replicart (MSX2, 1Mbit ROM, 1987 KLON/Sony)
Replicart is an action game originally developed by Dual and published for the MSX2 in 1987 by Sony. It is to the original Snake game what Arkanoid is to Breakout; an upgrade that takes the core features of the game and expands upon them by adding enemies, power-ups and more elaborate play settings. This original version contains 300 different stages where the player must navigate a robotic snake through mazes in an effort to collect a required number of pieces before the exit will open. The snake's length extends by one unit for every piece collected. If the snake's head touches any of the walls, enemies or its own body, it is destroyed and the player loses one life.
In 1988, Taito purchased the rights to the game and published it on two more systems. The conversion to the NEC PC-8801 is roughly a straight port and contains no significant differences. However, the conversion to the Famicom Disk System is quite different. The number of levels has been reduced to 100, but between every 10 levels, a boss battle occurs in which the player must chase a monster around the screen and blast it until the monster takes enough damage. A bonus level is provided for the player after each boss is defeated before they progress to the next level.