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Outsoftware · Digital preservation · 2016–present

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Digital preservation / Sinclair QL

Snake Byte

Floppy IMG derived from archived files. Mount as FLP1 and boot from floppy. Tested in sQLux with Minerva 1.98a1 ROM and 640 KiB RAM. The snake moved and changed direction after left/right input. Later levels and high-score saving were not tested. Random target positions are not used as evidence of control input. Basic functional check, not a complete test or a test on physical QL hardware. Audio and saving are not certified. The timestamp is that of the IMG in the Working package, not the acquisition date of original media.

Snake Byte — The snake moved and changed direction after left/right input. Later levels and high-score saving were not tested. Random target positions are not used as evidence of control input.
The snake moved and changed direction after left/right input. Later levels and high-score saving were not tested. Random target positions are not used as evidence of control input. · sQLux
Source: snake-byte.img

snake-byte.img

Derived Working IMG selected by the curator. This is not a public-domain declaration; rights remain with their respective holders.

Download Working IMG720 KB · IMG

Platform
Sinclair QL
SHA-256
edb71bcc1413e0af1437113f3f2f114303f8836fd20735fef13959bdf12bd051
File timestamp
2026-10-12 09:50:45 UTC

Timestamp stored in the original ZIP; timezone unspecified. It does not certify the dump acquisition date.

Media contents (12)
QDOS floppy directory
Original nameTypeByte
orig_snake_byte_botQL file207
snake_byte_botQL file207
orig_snake_byteQL file2.476
snake_byteQL file2.476
snake_rspQL file186
snake_setQL file2.100
snake_st1QL file740
snake_st2QL file740
snake_st3QL file760
snake_st4QL file760
snakescQL file10
bootQL file71

Names are preserved as recorded on the medium. “≤” indicates allocated space, not the exact file length.