Hmato

Hmato is one of the nameless mysteries of the Finnish DOS scene — a game with no surviving description, no known author and no release year. The only hint is the title itself: "mato" is Finnish for worm, and the "matopeli", a worm game in the style of classic Snake, was one of the favourite genres of Finnish hobby programmers. Without running it, though, nothing is certain.

Hundreds of little games like this were written in Finland in the 1990s, typically in Pascal or QBasic, spread across BBSes and passed on floppies between classmates — and the big international retro archives have mostly never heard of them, which is exactly why they are worth preserving.

What actually hides behind the name Hmato you can check for yourself — the game runs right in your browser on OldGame.cz.