Gators N Snakes

Four beetles wait on stones on the swamp's left bank. Walk each beetle across, one at a time, to one of four burrows on the right bank. A reed barrier stands mid-swamp: slip through one of its two gaps or round its ends. Snakes and gators swim up and down the swamp in eight lanes, and touching one loses the beetle. A beetle that reaches a burrow fills it. Fill all four to start the next level, where some creatures grow twice as long. Every step to the right scores the level number. Lose all four beetles and the game is over. Finish level 10 and you are "a remarkable player".

Controls: Either controller; the stick moves the beetle one cell at a time (hold to keep walking).

ColecoVision version credited in the source to Claude (an AI made by Anthropic) for Amy Studio, in Amy, the language by Amy Bienvenu, 2026: a reimagined adaptation of the published rules. From Ahoy! magazine, August 1985, page 41: original Commodore 64 program by James Sanders. This is a modern homebrew adaptation, not a commercial Coleco release.