First mobile game app

May 15, 2024

The most popular game app of all time is Candy Crush. But what was the very first mobile game app? Was it … A.) Solitaire, B.) Bricks, C.) Snake or D.) Tetris?

The answer: C.) Snake was the first phone game app ever. Back in 1997, it was included on the Nokia 6110. I can still hear that phone’s ringtone, which, as we know from Wikipedia, was from Spanish classical guitar player Francisco Tárrega’s “Gran Vals” in A major.

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