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Awesome music and great gameplay!

Graphics: 2 Sound: 5 Replay Value: 5 Notes: 1- or 2-player game Screen Shots

SNAFU offers the closest approximation on the Intellivision to something I've wished for for a very long time - Tron Lightcycle racing. But, it's too slow and blocky for that.

That being said, this is also one really fun game. Unlike many of the Intellivision games of the day, SNAFU offered many variations - 16, I think. These have to do with whether diagonal movement is allowed, if barriers are present, and trails of "dead" participants remain or are wiped off the screen. In addition to "Lightcycle" mode, there is the "serpents" mode, which is a blast!

Gameplay and sound are very strong for this game. In fact, the two different musical numbers in this game are simply excellent. We used to set the game to 99 rounds and just let the computer play out, listening to the music. I still love those tunes to this day.

A total of five Snafu box variants have been documented.

Image	Vendor	Part Number	Year	Origin	Description
	Mattel Electronics	3758-0910	1981	U.S.A.	Trayless pocket; no part number on top; © Mattel, Inc. Hawthorne, CA on bottom
Image not available.	Mattel Electronics	3758-0910	1981	Hong Kong	Plastic tray; no part number on top; © Mattel, Inc. Hawthorne, CA on bottom
	Mattel Electronics	3758-0510	1981	Hong Kong	French-Canadian; plastic tray; no part number on top; © Mattel Canada Inc., Toronto, Ontario, Canada on back
	Sears	3908-0910	1981	U.S.A.	Trayless pocket; blue game title on top and back
Image not available.	Digiplay	N/A	None	Brazil	Mattel Electronics logo on box; no part number or copyright apparent; trayless pocket; manual and overlays in separate slots; submitted by Psycho Stormtrooper

A total of eight Snafu manual variants have been documented.

Image	Vendor	Part Number	Year	Origin	Description
	Mattel Electronics	3758-0920	1981	U.S.A.
	Mattel Electronics	3758-0920	1981	Hong Kong	NEED CONFIRMATION; submitted by Hankster
	Mattel Electronics	3758-0720	1981	Hong Kong	French-Canadian
Image not available.	Mattel Electronics	3758-0121	1981	Hong Kong	NEED CONFIRMATION; German version
Image not available.	Mattel Electronics	PC-3758-0920	1981	U.S.A.	NEED CONFIRMATION; PlayCable version; submitted by Hankster
Image not available.	Intellivision Inc.	3758-0920	None	U.S.A.	Staple along top edge; submitted by Hankster
	Sears	3908-0920	1981	U.S.A.
Image not available.	Digiplay	N/A	1979	Brazil	Mattel/Digiplay edition; © M.I. 1979 on back; submitted by Psycho Stormtrooper

A total of two Snafu overlay variants have been documented.

Image	Vendor	Part Number	Year	Origin	Description
	mattel	3758-4289	1981	U.S.A.	Some variation in darkness of the background occurs—similar to Astrosmash
	digiplay	N/A	1981		Partially localized in Brazilian Portuguese; retains Mattel copyright; image courtesy of bonaccorsi

A total of four Snafu label variants have been documented.

Image	Vendor	Part Number	Year	Origin	Description
	Mattel Electronics	N/A	None	U.S.A.	Origin upper right; ™ upper right
	Mattel Electronics	N/A	None	Hong Kong	Origin upper right; ™ upper right
Image not available.	Intellivision Inc.	N/A	1981	U.S.A.	Origin lower right; © I.I. 1981 to left of origin; ™ small, centered vertically on right edge; smaller label, rounded corners; submitted by Hankster
Image not available.	Digiplay	N/A	None		No origin or copyright; ™ upper right; large red label, rounded corners; submitted by Psycho Stormtrooper

	Title screen for Snafu.
	These games are fun and simple. Yes, the control can be a bit touchy, but once you get past that, this is one entertaining game. The head-to-head snake battle games are a hoot not only for me, but for the kids, too! (The kids even recognize the tunes when I play the Club Venus release from Astrosmash.)

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