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Snood
Product:
Snood for Pocket PC
Developer: Pocket
Innovations (http://snood.pocket-innovations.com/)
Price: $14.95
For those not familiar with the game, Snood isn't just a game but a state of mind. The game that was introduced awhile back on PC platform is now available thanks to the great porting work of Pocket Innovations.
Snood
is a puzzle like game where you'll need to make all the "snoods"
on the screen disappear (or "bring them off the field). Matching
3 or more snoods will make them explode from the pack (and come down
the screen) but if other snoods are attached to them (and to only those
you target) you will be able to make combos and eliminate more snoods
at once. Combos also help reduce the Danger Level (depending on how
many snoods you saved with the combo). Once the Danger Level completely
fills (bottom of the game screen), your snoods will drop from one snood
size, making it hard to aim. The game is over if you fail to save the
snoods once the screen is filled (a la Tetris).
Once the level is clear, you'll proceed to a new and more difficult
level. The number of pre-designed levels is simply amazing: over 1000.
You can also create custom boards giving you almost infinite possibilities.
You'll have at your disposition a cannon firing snoods. Using the stylus
to point at the snoods you'd like to fire at and tap in the center of
the canon to fire up the snood. You can also customize your Pocket PC
buttons to replace the stylus input.
The game itself can seem boring though achieving higher and higher scores can be a real challenge (and even though it might look plain, believe me the game is fantastic). Snood has been especially popular among the college student crowd. After visiting some friends of mine at UMass Amherst I was introduced to Snood. When I returned, I immediately downloaded Snood for my desktop, before even checking my emails. I then spent hours playing the simple but immensely addictive game!
A couple
of months ago, Pocket Innovasion ported the popular desktop application
to the Pocket PC. The Pocket PC version of Snood truly compares to its
desktop brother with many (if not all) available options. You'll be
able to set the difficulty level, as well as the type of game you'd
like to play (Puzzle or Journey) and even configure the hardware buttons
on your PPC. The latest version of Snood also adds some new input features
with the Stylus.
The game installed flawlessly on my H3970 and comes with plenty of documentation
for those that aren't using the desktop version. The application takes
1MB (1084kb to be presice) and can be installed on any Storage Card
or in internal RAM. Version 1.2 is supposed to fix some Xscale issues
but I didn't have any problems running earlier releases on my H3970.
To
be honest with you, there isn't much more to say about Snood besides
the fact that it is one of the most addictive games currently available
for our mobile devices.
Pocket-innovasion offers a trial of the software that has no expiration,
but does restrict some of the functions and difficulty levels if not
registered.
The
amazing replay value in addition to a great price makes Snood one of
the best gaming application currently available.
So don't wait, try it today, you'll be addicted by tomorrow!
Finally I'd like to thank Brian Palmer from Pocket Innovations for sending me a copy of the game for the review. Keep up with the great work.
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