Either one or two players must maneuver the end of their growing snakes to keep them alive as long as possible. Players must keep their snake from colliding with other obstacles and itself, which gets harder as the snake lengthens.

Snakes collect a series of apples, numbered 1 to 9, that increase their length in increasing quantities as the apple numbers get larger.

Players compete over ten levels, and may collect a variety of power ups as the game progresses to either help or hinder their efforts.