Snood

Snood is a video game in the puzzle genre originally released in 1999. It is currently playable on DOS.

Snood is a puzzle game based on the Puzzle Bobble concept. The game is posed with a grid of small shapes of different colors, each with drawn faces. A succession of blocks is placed on an aiming device at the bottom of the screen, and you must rotate it to aim them, off the walls if necessary, to hit those of the same color.

When three or more of the same color make contact, they are removed from the playing field. Blocks that were only connected to those blocks (and not to others or to the ceiling) are also removed from the game. This is crucial, because each shot that does not drop any blocks causes a counter to move up one level. When it reaches the top, the line of blocks moves down one level. Once the point is reached where the blocks move below the play area, it is Game Over.

There are five skill levels, as well as a set of 50 challenge levels, and a Journey mode where you play through one level of each difficulty. Starting at medium difficulty, you'll have to deal with the skulls between the layout, which can only be eliminated by dropping them.

Snood is available at a reduced price on the following websites and is no longer abandonware.