![]() The level is completed when after the bar is filled, the player eliminates all of the balls on the screen. There are bonuses for collecting coins (usually through gaps), for causing explosions through gaps of other balls, and chains for having a streak of always causing an explosion with each consecutive ball (coins and chain bonuses are a quick way to fill the bar). Time bonuses are also awarded if a player completes the level within ace time - ranging from thirty seconds to four minutes depending on the level.įour different types of power-ups show up in the balls, which can be activated by exploding the ball with the power-up. The backwards ball pushes the furthest-out chain (depending on if all of the balls are connected) backwards for a short length of time. The slow-down ball slows the speed of the chain of balls for a short length of time. The accuracy ball allows quicker shots and points an arrow at where the ball will be shot (this stays active for about the same amount of time as the slow-down ball however, the size of the balls must be considered). The explosion ball explodes all of the balls within a small radius of the ball at the spot and time of its explosion. If not exploded quickly, power-up balls will return to their regular state after some time.Įach regular adventure begins with three lives (represented by frogs in the upper-left hand corner of the screen), but extra lives are earned with every 50,000 points. In conclusion, Zuma is a great puzzle game for the PC that we could happily recommend to those gamers who enjoy a good puzzle and strategy game.Shooting a coin with a ball, making multiple groups of balls explode with a single shot, earning chain bonuses, shooting through gaps in the balls, or finishing a level within a certain period of time (called ace time) will give extra points. ![]() Sound wise, it contains a great ambient soundtrack and some entertaining sound effects to draw you into the world of Zuma! Graphically, the title is quite colorful and even though quite basic at times, actually suits the game perfectly. Adventure is more your traditional puzzle game where you must steadily progress through the levels (or temples), whereas gauntlet is considerably more fast paced. The installation of the game was a breeze and once installed, we were treated to a rather intuitive menu system that offered the player two modes of play which include adventure and gauntlet. Besides the player, the star of the game is the little Aztec frog-like creature. ![]() Although it may be easy from the start, the game does become progressively more difficult and frustratingly entertaining.Īt the end of the day, it's a true thinking man's puzzle game that as you can see from the below screenshot is quite a breath of fresh air. The game itself may have origins to Tetris, however is more like Bust-a-Move as players move the mouse to fire the colored orb which appears in your creatures mouth with the corresponding color. Zuma turns gamers into an almost archaeological treasure hunter where you must match a variety of Aztec type colored stone orbs in order to burst them into the ether before these orbs come crashing down on you.įeaturing a spiral type interface that has a variety of balls coming toward your creature, you must basically match colors in order to prevent this from happening. PopCap Games are one of the best makers of addictive puzzle games in the world and given the current repetitive gaming market, sports, first person shooters and car games, Mindscape Games have fortunately given the thinking Australian gamer something a little different. The retail "Deluxe" version of the game features 3D graphics, new background themes, more sound effects and music, and additional modes of play. ![]() The original version of PopCap's Zuma can be played for free online. Various power-up marbles appear occasionally, producing special effects when shot, and chain reactions are possible, but if the line of marbles in the channel reaches the frog in the center, the level is lost. The object of the game is to remove all the marbles in the channel, ideally by firing as few marbles from the frog's mouth as possible. The frog can be freely rotated, and players can shoot the differently colored marbles (which appear in its mouth) in any direction.īy shooting a marble from the frog's mouth into a series of the same colored marbles in the channel, players can create successions of three or more spheres of the same color when this happens, all the marbles in the succession disappear. A string of differently colored marbles slowly moves through the winding channel, from the outside of the board toward the frog in the center. Players have a top-down view of the action. Each playing field has a grooved channel that winds and twists about, and a stone frog "idol" in the center. Zuma is an action-puzzle game that puts the sphere-shooting, color-matching play of the Bust-A-Move games on a variety of patterned playing fields.
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