Snake Rattle N Roll (NES)

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Description

It's a race to the moon for the two snakes, Rattle and Roll! Play alone or simultaneously with a friend as you out-score and out-eat your opponent - then weigh yourself on the scales and make for the exit!

Snake, Rattle 'n Roll is an isometric 3D platformer. The object of each level is to eat as many Nibbley Pibblies (round creatures of various colours) as possible to make your snake heavy. Once it's heavy enough, you must stand on the scales in the level, and if you're heavy enough, the door will open and you can make your way to the exit.

As with many platform games of its era, Snake, Rattle 'n Roll is incredibly difficult. Foes include Jaws, a monster that's all teeth and will kill you if you stay in the water too long, and Bigfoots, which stomp all over the place and require multiple tongue lashings to defeat. Then there's the many types of Nibblies, such as Pibblesplats, which hop around and splat into puddles, Pibbleboings, which are spring-loaded and jump incredibly high, and Pibblewings, which fly high out of reach.

Two-player mode provides both a co-op and competitive experience: while you are both trying to eat more Nibblies than your opponent, if you both stand on the level's scale at the same time, both of your weights will be counted and it will be possible for you to exit the level more quickly.

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Alternate Titles

• "Snake Rattle 'n' Roll" -- Genesis in-game title

Part of the Following Groups

• Animals: Reptiles
• Animals: Snakes
• Console Generation Exclusive: Sega Genesis
• Rare's Snake series

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Critic Reviews

Computer and Video Games (CVG)	Mar, 1991	95 out of 100	95
Total!! UK Magazine	Jan, 1992	90 out of 100	90
Total! (Germany)	Mar, 1995	2 out of 6	80
Pixel-Heroes.de	Mar, 2006	8 out of 10	80
Tilt	Apr, 1991	16 out of 20	80
Questicle.net	Jun, 2013	B	75
Power Play	Jan, 1991	73 out of 100	73
Retro Game Reviews	Jul 02, 2021		70
Wizard Dojo	Aug 12, 2017	6 out of 10	60
The Video Game Critic	Jul 18, 2006	C-	42

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Trivia

1001 Video Games

Snake Rattle 'n' Roll appears in the book 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die by General Editor Tony Mott.

Title

The title of the game is a pun on Bill Haley's famous song "Shake, Rattle and Roll".