Man vs Snake: The Long and Twisted Tale of Nibbler
Posted: March 1st, 2018, 6:49 pm
Catching up on my arcade game movies, I watched Man vs Snake: The Long and Twisted Tale of Nibbler last night on Netflix.
This documentary is very much in the same vein as King of Kong, and incorporates some of the same characters including Walter Day (founder of Twin Galaxies) and Billy Mitchell. The story centers around Tim McVey (no, not that one) who became the first player to score 1 BILLION points in a game. He did it on an obscure snake/maze game called Nibbler, which actually had 9 digits in its score. The thing is, it takes roughly 40 hours to reach a score that high!
Tim originally set the record in 1984, but a year later a kid in Italy reportedly topped in. This movie is about Tim returning to the game 25 years later to reclaim what was rightfully his. Another player from the old days forms a friendly competition to get the high score, and along the way everything that can possibly go wrong does - and then some. I found this movie fascinating but also exhausting, watching these guys put so much blood, sweat, and tears into obtaining this record.
It's a notch below King of Kong, but it's still a very good film video that game players will enjoy.
So... what should I watch next?
This documentary is very much in the same vein as King of Kong, and incorporates some of the same characters including Walter Day (founder of Twin Galaxies) and Billy Mitchell. The story centers around Tim McVey (no, not that one) who became the first player to score 1 BILLION points in a game. He did it on an obscure snake/maze game called Nibbler, which actually had 9 digits in its score. The thing is, it takes roughly 40 hours to reach a score that high!
Tim originally set the record in 1984, but a year later a kid in Italy reportedly topped in. This movie is about Tim returning to the game 25 years later to reclaim what was rightfully his. Another player from the old days forms a friendly competition to get the high score, and along the way everything that can possibly go wrong does - and then some. I found this movie fascinating but also exhausting, watching these guys put so much blood, sweat, and tears into obtaining this record.
It's a notch below King of Kong, but it's still a very good film video that game players will enjoy.
So... what should I watch next?