Description
Zuma 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 your frog-shaped idol must shoot balls toward them to stop them. Using the mouse to rotate the frog and clicking to fire, you need 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, you have up to four lives, a rarity in many puzzle games.
Alternate Titles
- "Zuma" -- Palm OS/Pocket PC title
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User Reviews
The Press Says
| Game Shark |
Xbox 360 |
Feb 02, 2006 |
B+ |
83 |
| Video Game Talk |
Xbox 360 |
Jan 16, 2006 |
     |
80 |
| IGN |
Xbox 360 |
Jan 04, 2006 |
8 out of 10 |
80 |
| Lawrence |
Xbox 360 |
Aug 15, 2006 |
8 out of 10 |
80 |
| Digital Press - Classic Video Games |
Xbox 360 |
Apr 22, 2007 |
8 out of 10 |
80 |
| Extreme Gamer |
Xbox 360 |
Feb 09, 2006 |
8 out of 10 |
80 |
| TalkXbox |
Xbox 360 |
Feb 27, 2006 |
77 out of 100 |
77 |
| JeuxVideoPC.com |
Windows |
Feb 07, 2007 |
15 out of 20 |
75 |
| GameSpot |
Xbox 360 |
Dec 13, 2005 |
7.2 out of 10 |
72 |
| Eurogamer.net (UK) |
Xbox 360 |
Feb 21, 2006 |
7 out of 10 |
70 |
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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.