1. Snood for Windows
   Systems supported: Windows 95, 98, ME, 2000, XP and NT
   Requires: DirectX libraries - these are incorporated into some versions of Windows, but you may need to download them free from Microsoft. If you get a "DDRAW.DLL" or "DINPUT.DLL" not found error when running Snood, then you need the libraries.

2. Snood for DOS, Version 2.1D
   Systems supported: Windows 95, 98, 3.1, DOS
   Requires: 640x480 screen, 256 colors, VESA graphics
   Notes: There are separate installers for Windows 95/98 and Windows 3.1/DOS

3. Snood for DOS, Beta Version 0.9
   Systems supported: Windows 95, 98, 3.1, DOS
   Requires: 640x480 screen, 256 colors, VESA graphics Notes: This version is similar to version 2.1D above, but it lacks some features and some graphic improvements. It is only still available because some people can get 0.9 to run but cannot get 2.1D to run.

:: Windows Snood Notes

WINDOWS XP SPEED FIXES - If Snood plays slowly, especially with the aimer, then please try these fixes:
In the Snood program directory, right-click on the snood.exe icon. Click on Properties; click the tab for Compatibility and do both of these: (a) Check "Run this program in compatibility mode" and select "Windows 98".

If that alone does not fix the problem do this also at the same place: (b) Under "Display settings "check" Run in 256 colors."

If that doesn't help, then try updating your display driver.

INVISIBLE SNOODS - Sometimes people get the game to run, but they can't see the Snood pictures (i.e. the game playfield is empty). This seems to go away for some people if you resize the screen to 800x600 or 640x480, or if you change the number of colors around - 32-bit and 16-bit color seem to work worse than 8-bit and 24-bit (True Color). To change the settings, you can either pick the Display control panel from the Settings item on your Start menu (you do Start->Settings->Control Panel->Display), or click on your desktop with your right mouse button and pick "Properties".

On the display control panel, pick the "Settings" tab at the top, and adjust the Desktop Area and/or Color Palette. NOTE! Be sure to test your new settings before applying them, because it is possible to set your computer to a mode that your monitor can't display, and that's hard to get out of.

On my PC with Windows NT SP 4, the invisible Snoods happened at first when my monitor was at 1024x768 and True Color, and then it went away when I shifted to smaller screens or fewer colors.

I'm working on this problem, but if you can tell me your experience it would help me track it down.

WINDOW SIZE IS TOO SMALL - I wrote Snood assuming (it turns out wrongly) that most people would use 640x480 or 800x600 size screens. If you've got your display set to bigger than that, Snood could look very small.

I'm working on fixing this, but in the meantime you can get a bigger game by switching the screen size on your Display control panel. See the INVISIBLE SNOODS problem above for instructions on how to do this.

:: DOS Snood Notes

I released the first non-beta version of Snood on February 18, 1999. It is available from the Download Page. I decided to call it version 2.1 to keep the numbering scheme consistent with the Macintosh versions.

This version was based on beta version 0.9, which seems to work for 80-90% of PC users. It includes a variety of improvements and bug fixes, but it still runs under DOS using the Allegro library. If you couldn't get version 0.9 to work, you may not get version 2.1 to work either. I have added a number of command-line options to allow customization of Snood (see the Questions page for details or type "snood help" at an MS-DOS command line from within your Snood directory.

Here are some specifications and tips:

This version uses the Allegro programming library, and it should run under DOS, Windows 3.1, and Windows 95 and 98. It requires basic VESA capability (640x480, 256 colors).

NOTE: This version will almost definitely NOT work under Windows NT.