Munch Mobile is a top-down driving game released in arcades in 1983. Developed by SNK, it was licensed to Centuri for the US release. SNK published the game in Japan as Joyful Road.^[1] The player controls an anthropomorphic car that uses extending arms to grab items from alongside the road. In 1984, Texas Instruments published a port for its TI-99/4A home computer.^[2]

The game is viewed from a top-down perspective and automatically scrolls forward. The goal is to reach a house at the end of the road and park in the attached garage; the otherwise unseen driver of the car reunites with the occupant of the house.^[2]

The player drives a car with a large hand attached that is used to collect objects to the left and right of the road.^[3] The left 8-way stick steers the car, the right two-way stick controls the hands.^[4] Fruits, fish, and bags of money give points and gas containers give more fuel. Extra points are awarded for disposing of the inedible remains of food in trash cans.^[3] Trees and other obstacles injure the hand, making it temporarily unusable. Lives are lost for running out of fuel or colliding with the side of the road or other cars.^[3]