It's embarrassing how much I suck at playing 'Snake' on the new Nokia 3310
Before there was Candy Crush or Pokémon Go, there was only one game everyone played on their cellphones: Snake.
The game's concept is simple: Maneuver a snake around the screen as it grows longer and longer and try to avoid eating its tail.
Having not played the game in over 10 years, I had to try it on the new Nokia 3310 at Mobile World Congress 2017 and see if I still had any of my skills.
At the Nokia booth, Mashable Senior Editor Stan Schroeder and I decided to have a friendly Snake-off battle.
Who emerged victorious? Had years of playing touchscreen games hindered our feeble hand-eye-number-pad coordination skills?
Take a look at our pathetic attempts to relive the good ol' days. (Editor's note: Watch with sound.)
Round 1:
Round 2:
Round 3:
Stan won the Snake-off, but I have a few initial thoughts I want to share about using the Nokia 3310:
This thing is SO nice for a dumbphone.
It's super weird to use the directional pad after years of using a touchscreen.
Playing a game with the number pad is equally as strange. How the hell did we do this in the early aughts?
The buttons at least feel good.
I kept trying to tap and swipe the color screen.
Playing Snake on a vertical screen instead of a horizontal one threw me off.
The graphics are also too damn sharp for Snake. Classic Snake FTW.
It's going to take a lot of practice before I can master Snake again.
I'm totally buying one when it comes out.
Topics Mobile World Congress
Raymond Wong is Mashable's Senior Tech Correspondent. He reviews gadgets and tech toys and analyzes the tech industry. Raymond's also a bit of a camera geek, gamer, and fine chocolate lover. Before arriving at Mashable, he was the Deputy Editor of NBC Universal's tech publication DVICE. His writing has appeared on G4TV, BGR, Yahoo and Ubergizmo, to name a few. You can follow Raymond on Twitter @raywongy or Instagram @sourlemons.