Zuma Deluxe

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

Part of the Following Group

• Puzz Loop variants

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User Reviews

Addictive even though it does get pretty difficult	Windows	Roedie (5139)
Addicting game, but very difficult	Windows	Robinet (41)
This is what Snood should have been	Windows	Zack Green (1024)
If you don't like haemorrhoids send them a ball!	Windows	POMAH (19538)

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.