Even the original 8-bit Pac-Man from 1980 was an absolute behemoth in comparison, weighing in around 12 kilobytes.

Squeezing Snake into just 56 bytes required some sacrifices.

There are also some compatibility hurdles.

Coder shrinks classic Snake game down to a 56-byte QR code

Still, even with the snags, thisimplementationis likely the smallest of its kind.

Subsequent efforts by different developers shrunk it further before donno2048 brought the size down to 85 bytes in 2023.

Just look at how the QR code has become smaller over the years!

For those eager to try the tiny Snake game, anonline demois available.

You control the hungry serpent using your arrow keys on PC or with swipes on mobile.