Thanks for posting the game! I'm clearly missing something, but how do you get past the snake near the middle of the Arid Canyon screen?
Had to boot it up and see what's what. In that case the only way is to kill the snake by using the whip. Whip is in the bottom-left corner of Bandit Camp screen (third screen down from the start).
Ahhhhhhh thank you. I didn't realize that you could sneak past the bandit on the snake pit screen.