Play Comet Tail Online

Comet Tail is a Snake variant for the MSX. It takes place in a rectangular maze containing one blue and one yellow comet, each consisting of a nucleus and a tail. You control one of these comets, with the other under the control of the computer or another player. The comets are constantly on the move, but may turn left or right. Blue and yellow stellar material appears randomly in the arena. Collecting material of your own colour will allow your tail to grow. Collecting material of the other comet's colour will cause its tail to shrink.

Every time you collect any material, a timer resets. If you fail to capture any more material before the timer runs out, your tail will also shrink. You can lose a life if you completely decay, or if you run into the maze walls, your own or your opponent's tail. Play continues until you achieve a certain score, at which point an exit opens up in the outer wall, which will take you to the next arena. There are five speed settings and a total of 50 levels with increasingly complicated wall patterns, making it much more difficult to navigate safely.