Customer Reviews

Zuma Deluxe

5 star:		(27)
4 star:		(9)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

Zuma Deluxe is like several PC games in that the goal is to eliminate balls by shooting balls of the same color at the chain. For example, with Luxor, the shooter is at the bottom of the screen and your goal is to eliminate all of the balls.

In Zuma Deluxe, the goal is the same except that the frog shooter is at the *center* of the board and rotates 360 degrees. Chains of various colored balls snake towards an opening. If the balls reach that opening, you lose a life. (You get 3 lives per game, but can accrue additional lives if you score 30,000 + points if I recall).

There are quite a few puzzles within each Level; however, you have to complete ALL the stages in order to reach the next Level. For example, I'm on Level 6 which happens to have 6 Stages. I can't get past this tricky Stage 6, so I keep getting knocked back down to Stage 1 of Level 6.

Random balls will light up during gameplay and if you eliminate the chain that contains these particular balls, you get special temporary perks. For example, there are balls that will create a laser shot for accuracy, slow down the balls, stop the balls, reverse the balls, or fry all the surrounding balls (this one is my fave!).

Also, there is a coin that shows up randomly on the outskirts of the maze and if you hit the coin, you get extra points. You also get extra points for shooting chains in the middle of "gaps".

There are triangular mazes, circuituous square mazes, and even mazes with two openings. Perhaps the most tricky, however, are those that snake under one another, making it difficult to track the balls.

You can play two versions: Gauntlet and Adventure. You can choose to make the game full screen or small screen.

My only complaint is that I bought this game in the store and like Bookworm (another Pop Cap game), I had to re-download a game using a universal .exe patch in order to get the game to work. Without it, the game starts with a 60 minute "trial period" that won't allow you to play beyond it. This is a serious glitch that Pop Cap Games needs to deal with, because it affects other games, too (such as Insaniquarium). If you need the patch, un-install Zuma Deluxe and re-install using http://beta.popcap.com/pubfiles/PopCDFix.exe

I highly recommend this addictive PC game!

Very easy to play, hard to master, weirdly addictive.
I play it for months, couldn't finish level 13 and -thankfully- I got bored.
Available at Realplayer website for download at the same price.

Very addictive. Found it quite exciting. Have finished it many many times so that just goes to show that once you've beat it, you can still enjoy it. You can try to beat times, scores, etc, so there is more than just one game here.

This game is an arcade style shoot the ball at others of matching color type. The balls travel in mazes. There are many ways to earn bonus points. The balls travel faster at higher levels and they add more colors making it harder to get a match before the balls get past you and through the exit of the maze. This is one of those games where its easy to lose track of time. Thats the bad news. The good news is that for those days where you need a bit of mindless escapism, this game is excellent. One thing I have learned is to not watch the ball. I have made it all the way through level 13. There is an ending to this game so the writer does allow you that win. Before I was doing well I would set up and shot, watch the ball travel, then watch it blow up other balls. Then I realized, once you let the ball go, you should move on to the next shot. If you KNOW if the ball landed (you saw it land), you are watching the old ball travel instead of setting up the new shot. Your wasting time. The game sucks you into that because its so gratifying to watch something you shot blow something else up. Resist the temptation. Learn on the lower levels to make gap shots. You must be able to blow a hole through a closer level, then shoot through that to objects further away for bonus points. This bonus will slow things down enough to allow you to win up to the last level. The game goes up to one board of level 13. For those that havent bought the game yet, do so. This game is good clean fun for not much money. Once you buy it make sure you read the writing in between boards outloud. Its pretty amusing. This is a game that you will play for several days, forget about, and then rediscover again and again on your computer. So far I have thoroughly enjoyed every time I have run through this game.

I have been playing Zuma for months and I have to tell you it is the first thing I do in the morning and the last I do at night before going to bed. It is by far the best PC game I have ever played! In the beginning I had a hard time getting to work on time or going to bed on time in the evening. It is also the first thing I do when getting home from work. I have had to discipline myself to get my housework done first and then play Zuma. Highly highly recommend this game. If you like arcade type games this is the best!

Too addictive to resist, popcap games have been described as crack for your computer. This is accurate. Fun for the casual game player, or the serious one, Zuma is for everyone, and no one who plays it will ever be bored with it.

Ok - FYI - there are 13 levels (last level is super-long and track is invisible). I play this all the time trying to beat previous scores LOL - most addictive!

Husband loves this game. Plays it all the time. Totally addictive. One try and you'll be hooked!

a good game to play. it really gets hard in level 6 and 7. Ican't seem to make it past those levels. but it's a good game to pass time.

I love this game it is a lot of fun. The colors in the game remind me of fruit colored cereal. I thoroughly enjoy the subtle encouragement that the game gives me whenever I climb to each new level. It quickly proclaims a quick . . . "ZUMA". I don't know whether or not I live for that sound or I just love the game. You should try this game its incredibly delightful!