Taneli Armanto: Snake Creator Receives Special Recognition

Taneli Armanto Snake Creator Receives Special Recognition
Mr. Taneli Armanto, the creator of the world's most popular mobile game, Snake, received a special recognition from the Mobile Entertainment Forum (MEF) for his pivotal role in embedding Snake on the Nokia 6100 series of handsets.

According to the MEF, Mr. Armanto's ingenuity and vision have made a significant contribution to the growth of the mobile entertainment industry.

Mr. Armanto received the award at MEF's annual event in London yesterday.

"I'm truly honored to receive this recognition.

When we created Snake for the Nokia 6110 in 1997, we wanted to give people an entertaining experience, but we never imagined that it would become the classic mobile game.

It showed people that you could create a great game for a mobile phone," said Taneli Armanto.

"In particular, we wanted to take advantage of the infrared link in the Nokia 6110 - a first at that time - which would allow people to play against each other."

Nokia estimates that there are around 350 million mobile phones in the market with Snake, which makes it one of the most popular games in history.

In recognition of this enormous installed base, Nokia brought a new version of the game to the N-Gage platform in January.

The 3D version of the game, Snakes, is available for free download and is the first N-Gage game that people can virally distribute via their pho