Evolution of Zuma Deluxe style games

Since I think most gamers who play shareware games know that the game is called Zuma-Deluxe. This game was extremely popular some time ago and is still popular now. Now it’s a classic game!

For a long time, no one in the game industry tries to make a game with the gameplay of Zuma. It was a fear of failure, as someone may know that the big portals like RealArcade or Shockwave.com do not accept the publication of game clones.

But lately we see a lot of games that require a Zuma game idea plus some interesting own ideas. Let’s see the games of whis.

The first game will be luxor.

The main idea is the same, but there is a different feature here: you explode colored spheres from the baseline. The game uses the style of ancient Egypt with pyramids and Pharaoh, you explore the path of the Nile. The very popular game at the moment.

The next game we will see is tumblebugs.

In my humble opinion, this game has one of the best graphic works (as well as the last game) and uses a very interesting design: you have to save your beetle friends from the Black Bug Empire. According to the in-game information, “In a deep dark lair, in Any Backyard USA, drag the Evil Black Bugs. You, the hero “Tumble”, hold the fate of your beetle friends in your hands. colorful beetles are enslaved by the Black Bug Empire”. It has some unique power-ups not featured in other games and it has some features to speak of: how about two fountains and plases to shoot?

two other games bob bubble fish Y water pop uses sea adventure design. It is the first game you need to save little suspicious friends. The second objective of the game is not known. As I think this game was created in zuma game mode with only design changes.

The next game has extremely different gameplay, but uses some ideas from the main game: twistingo.

Zuma Main Idea: Colored shapes are presented, but the game is based on the bingo cards and the numbers on them. It requires you to stay focused and yet full of situations to think about every minute. You must explore the Big Island step by step to find and save the cute animals that need your help.

Last game I want to say called zzed.

This game was created by developers from the Russian Federation and has a very interested idea mixed with some zuma elements. It is a puzzle and shooting game with a space theme. In Zzed, you are a space garbage truck parcel. The spaceship is located in the center of the screen and can rotate both clockwise and counterclockwise. You can also move the spaceship, albeit in a very small circle. A continuous stream of space debris gravitates towards you (pretty fast, sometimes) and you have to destroy it before it damages the ship. This is the action part. What makes the game tricky (and addictive) is the puzzle part. All garbage is “color coded”. To destroy it, you have to collect 3 or more pieces of garbage of the same color (here we have some ideas from Zuma). Since you’re piloting a space dump truck, not a super cool X-Wing interceptor, you just call shooting with pieces of junk. Occasionally you get bonuses like missiles or bombs, which will let you feel like a space commando for 0.17 seconds, but other than that it’s all about waste management.

The story of this is also very interesting, but I don’t want to open everything, try it yourself!

Here we see 7 games in some parts based on the classic Zuma game. I try them all and think Zuma, Tumblebugs, Twistingo and Zzed are the best and they have a lot of differences to explore. How do you think that?