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''Surround'', one of the UsefulNotes/{{Atari 2600}}'s launch titles, is 14 variations of the arcade game ''VideoGame/{{Blockade}}'', the two player ancestor of ''VideoGame/{{Snake}}''. As with these games, the players each control a marker that leaves behind trails that they use to force the other player to crash into while avoiding the trails of the opposing player or the arena walls (except in games 8 to 12).

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''Surround'', one of the UsefulNotes/{{Atari Platform/{{Atari 2600}}'s launch titles, is 14 variations of the arcade game ''VideoGame/{{Blockade}}'', the two player ancestor of ''VideoGame/{{Snake}}''. As with these games, the players each control a marker that leaves behind trails that they use to force the other player to crash into while avoiding the trails of the opposing player or the arena walls (except in games 8 to 12).

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%%* NoPlotNoProblem* NoPlotNoProblem: Indeed, the game lacks any plot of sorts--just play the game for the game's sake. After all, it's an Atari 2600 launch title, so it'd be more surprising if it ''did''.



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%%* TopDownView* TopDownView: As is standard for Snake-like games.
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''Surround'', one of the UsefulNotes/{{Atari 2600}}'s launch titles, is 14 variations of the arcade game ''VideoGame/{{Blockade}}'', the two player ancestor of ''VideoGame/{{Snake}}''. As with these games, the players each control a marker that leaves behind trails that they use to force the other player to crash into while avoiding the trails of the opposing player or the arena walls (except in games 8 to 14).

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''Surround'', one of the UsefulNotes/{{Atari 2600}}'s launch titles, is 14 variations of the arcade game ''VideoGame/{{Blockade}}'', the two player ancestor of ''VideoGame/{{Snake}}''. As with these games, the players each control a marker that leaves behind trails that they use to force the other player to crash into while avoiding the trails of the opposing player or the arena walls (except in games 8 to 14).
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''Surround'', one of the UsefulNotes/{{Atari 2600}}'s launch titles, is 14 variations of the arcade game ''VideoGame/{{Blockade}}'', the two player ancestor of ''VideoGame/{{Snake}}''.

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''Surround'', one of the UsefulNotes/{{Atari 2600}}'s launch titles, is 14 variations of the arcade game ''VideoGame/{{Blockade}}'', the two player ancestor of ''VideoGame/{{Snake}}''. As with these games, the players each control a marker that leaves behind trails that they use to force the other player to crash into while avoiding the trails of the opposing player or the arena walls (except in games 8 to 14).

The game consists of 14 game variations: games 1 to 12 are the basic Surround game while games 13 and 14 are the Video Graffiti games where you can create your own drawings with the marker trails.



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%%* * WrapAround: Games 8-14.8-14 have arenas where your marker can go off one side of the screen and appear on the other side.
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''Surround'', one of the {{Atari 2600}}'s launch titles, is 14 variations of the arcade game ''VideoGame/{{Blockade}}'', the two player ancestor of ''VideoGame/{{Snake}}''.

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''Surround'', one of the {{Atari UsefulNotes/{{Atari 2600}}'s launch titles, is 14 variations of the arcade game ''VideoGame/{{Blockade}}'', the two player ancestor of ''VideoGame/{{Snake}}''.
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* CollisionDamageCollisionDamage: Collision with a wall, whether generated by you or your opponent.



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''Surround'', one of the {{Atari 2600}}'s launch titles, is 14 variations of the arcade game ''Blockade'', the two player ancestor of ''VideoGame/{{Snake}}''.

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''Surround'', one of the {{Atari 2600}}'s launch titles, is 14 variations of the arcade game ''Blockade'', ''VideoGame/{{Blockade}}'', the two player ancestor of ''VideoGame/{{Snake}}''.
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''Surround'', one of the {{Atari 2600}}'s launch titles, is 14 variations of ''VideoGame/{{Snake}}''. The main differences are that it's either player vs. computer or PlayerVersusPlayer, and both players are dots that leave continuous trails behind. So it's kind of a preview of the light cycle game in ''Film/{{TRON}}''.

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''Surround'', one of the {{Atari 2600}}'s launch titles, is 14 variations of ''VideoGame/{{Snake}}''. The main differences are that it's either the arcade game ''Blockade'', the two player vs. computer or PlayerVersusPlayer, and both players are dots that leave continuous trails behind. So it's kind ancestor of a preview of the light cycle game in ''Film/{{TRON}}''.
''VideoGame/{{Snake}}''.
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''Surround'', one of the {{Atari 2600}}'s launch titles, is 14 variations of ''VideoGame/{{Snake}}''. The main difference is that you don't eat food, instead you move a dot around that leaves a continuous trail behind.

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''Surround'', one of the {{Atari 2600}}'s launch titles, is 14 variations of ''VideoGame/{{Snake}}''. The main difference is differences are that you don't eat food, instead you move a dot around it's either player vs. computer or PlayerVersusPlayer, and both players are dots that leaves a leave continuous trail behind.
trails behind. So it's kind of a preview of the light cycle game in ''Film/{{TRON}}''.
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''Surround'', one of the {{Atari 2600}}'s launch titles, is 14 variations of ''VideoGame/{{Snake}}''. The main difference is that you don't eat food, instead you move a dot around that leaves a continuous trail behind.

!!''Surround'' provides examples of:
* TheGoldenAgeOfVideoGames
* MazeGame
* NoPlotNoProblem
* PlayerVersusPlayer: Games 1, 3, and 5-12.
* ScoringPoints: First player to score 10 points wins.
* TopDownView
* WrapAround: Games 8-14.
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