Xbox 360

Zuma Deluxe

Description

Zuma Deluxe is an Aztec-themed action puzzler. The goal: eliminate all the balls before they reach the skull. Balls roll down a track towards this skull and the player-controlled frog-shaped idol must shoot balls toward them to stop them, earning points. Using the mouse to rotate the frog and clicking to fire, the player needs to create rows of three or more of the same color balls to eliminate them.

The catch is that each track is shaped differently. Part of the track may block others so that if the track is filled with balls, the ones behind some may be unreachable. Fortunately, the player has up to four lives, a rarity in many puzzle games.

The game offers two different play modes:

• Adventure Mode
  The player must battle through multiple temples to find the secrets of the Zuma. In this "campaign mode", temples that have been defeated may be skipped by the player when the player continues the game via save game.
  
  
• Gauntlet Mode
  The player must work the player's level up from Rabbit to Sun God. Levels used in this mode must first be unlocked from the Adventure Mode. Gauntlet Mode also offers 4 (four) additional play modes: Random, Spesific, Practice, and Survival.

Alternate Titles

• "Zuma" -- Palm OS/Pocket PC title

Part of the Following Groups

• Puzz Loop variants
• Zuma series

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The Press Says

Game Shark	Feb 02, 2006	B+	83
Game Chronicles	Feb 18, 2006	8 out of 10	80
Extreme Gamer	Feb 09, 2006	8 out of 10	80
IGN	Jan 04, 2006	8 out of 10	80
Video Game Talk	Jan 16, 2006		80
Lawrence	Aug 15, 2006	8 out of 10	80
Digital Press - Classic Video Games	Apr 22, 2007	8 out of 10	80
TalkXbox	Feb 27, 2006	77 out of 100	77
Xboxdynasty (XD)	Jan 09, 2008	7.4 out of 10	74
GameSpot	Dec 13, 2005	7.2 out of 10	72

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Trivia

The Zuma concept is not new. Popcap borrowed it from Mitchell Corp.'s 1998 arcade game Puzz Loop/Ballistic. In 2004, President Roy Ozaki intended to file a lawsuit against Popcap for IP infringement. The outcome is not known. Mitchell did however rework the game concept in the 2006 Nintendo DS game Magnetica.