Where to get it

Steam

1996 · Indie · Puzzle

Snood

Nintendo console exclusive

If Snood is new to you, then you probably don't download much shareware from the Internet. The color-matching puzzle game has been a mainstay on PCs for several years. It may remind you a little of Bust-a-Move, but its simplified game play and colorful characters add a new dimension to the fun. Fire colorful, little Snoods into each other so they cling together and then fall from the lineup.

Released: 1996
Platforms: Android Game Boy Advance Legacy Mobile Device Windows macOS
Genres: Indie Puzzle
Developers: —
Publishers: —
Modes: Single-player
Themes: Comedy
Country: United States
Age ratings: ESRB E
Time to beat: 0.5hmain story1hcompletionist

About

Snood is a puzzle video game programmed by Dave Dobson. Snood was released for Mac OS in 1996 as shareware, then for MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows in 1999. An adaptation for Game Boy Advance was developed by Rebellion Developments and released by Destination Software in 2001, and an iOS version was developed by Iron Galaxy and released by EA Mobile on May 8, 2009. Dobson founded Snood, LLC to sell the game.

As in Puzzle Bobble, connecting three or more identical Snoods makes them disappear from the board. When the board is cleared, the level advances. If the Snoods reach the bottom of the screen, a life is lost. There is no time limit in most game modes.

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Gameplay

The pieces are called Snoods. There are seven regular Snoods and four Special Snoods. The regular Snoods are Jake (blue), Midoribe (green), Mildred (grey), Spike (purple), Zod (red), Geji (light blue), and Sunny (yellow).

Each turn, the player launches a randomly colored Snood into the playfield. If the Snood lands adjacent to two or more Snoods of the same color, all connecting Snoods of that color vanish and any pieces left unattached beneath those Snoods drop down. The player's score increases with the number of Snoods eliminated. With each Snood launched, a Danger Meter increases and when it reaches the top, all the Snoods in play lower a level.