A viral video showing a kingsnake gliding across a wall has caught the attention of netizens and sparked nostalgia for the classic Nokia game “Snake.” The footage shows the snake carefully and seemingly playfully making its way through the patterned brick wall, reminiscent of the popular mobile game. The snake’s movements were very similar to gameplay, with players maneuvering a pixelated snake while avoiding collisions with walls or itself.

Here is the video

Kingsnake brings the Nokia Snake game into reality

In the video, a majestic kingsnake can be seen slithering along a wall, avoiding all the bricks. It was seen alternating and twisting its way through the patterned wall.

The image immediately made people think of the popular mobile game from the good old days. People who grew up playing the Nokia Snake game on their mobile devices noticed that this video was just the game popping out of their screens and being introduced in real life.

The video of this snake was also shared widely online earlier. However, it recently caught the attention of netizens after a wildlife content sharing site posted it on Instagram.

Wildlife Rescuers uploaded the reel to social media and wrote: “The common kingsnake is a non-venomous snake native to North America known for its distinctive pattern of bands or stripes…The name ‘kingsnake’ comes from its habit of hunting do other snakes, making him the “king” of his territory!”

The site posted the video by further asking people if they had ever seen the Nokia Snake game in real life, suggesting that this video was one such sighting.

Internet users react

The video sparked a flood of comments and shared memories. Users were kissed with a wave of nostalgia and this prompted him to post GIFs inspired by the actual game in the comments section. People found the video quite “satisfying” and made it go viral online. So far it has already reached more than three million views on Instagram and the trend is rising.