Munchy Worm (C64)

A free and fun snake-like game. This is a Commodore 64 version of the original Munchy Worm game by Antibody Software.

Eat mushrooms for points and to grow longer. The longer your worm is the more you score. Avoid the walls and your own tail. Eat mushrooms rapidly to increase the score multiplier. Eat stars to shrink your worm. Each new star will take longer to spawn than the previous so make use of them sparingly.

HIGH SCORE TIPS
Avoid eating the star for as long as possible as a longer worm means higher points. Get the score multiplier up as high as possible early on while the worm is still moving relatively slowly.

IF USING AN EMULATOR
If you're using an emulator please don't use the arrow keys to move - use WASD or IJKL instead. Emulators don't translate arrow keys to C64 cursor keys perfectly at high speed which can cause the worm to move in the wrong direction if you press the keys too rapidly.

There is no joystick support as a joystick does not provide precise enough control for a game of this type.

TECHNICAL
This game uses some raster tricks combined with clever use of sprites and user defined characters to produce smooth pixel-fine worm movement, and to squeeze extra colors into each cell without having to use blocky multicolor graphic modes.