Zuma Deluxe - Released on April 13, 2005

Zuma is probably the most addictive game ever made! It is the archetype of the marble popper genre, and IMO still the best. I hate to admit it, but I've spent many hundreds of hours playing this game over the last 3.5 years.

It's gotten to the point where I can finish it (from level 1 to 13) more than 1/2 of the time, and have achieved Sungod rank in gauntlet mode for all levels, but I never get tired of it.

I love marble popper games, and have 15 or so, but I always come back to Zuma. It is the one real *hardcore* popper, with few bells and whistles...just *core* popping fun. If you like marble poppers, be sure to get this pivotal game; but be ready to fall behind on life's daily tasks.

We can't post pictures here, but I have a provable achievement I doubt many others can claim (whether that's good or bad is a matter of opinion ;-) - I have played the entire game (from 1-1 to end) without losing a single frog! Only once though. Final score before bonus was 1,009,190 - after the 1,150,000 bonus for 23 accumulated frogs, final total was 2,159,190. Don't try this at home, folks ;-)

There's a video on youtube with a woman demonstrating her gameplay; she's supposed to be the world's best. I throw down the gauntlet and challenge you, ma'am!

Have fun!

WytnoiZ

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Zuma is the king. Zuma ushered in a new genre of casual gaming just as the first Mystery Case Files introduced us to hidden object games. They had to make new categories for games because of the trends started by Zuma and Mystery Case Files. They both used to be just arade or puzzle type games. I love Zuma too. I like the little quotes they give you as well. I don't think there's a game I've yelled at more than Zuma. I also found that if I'm having trouble with a round, if I play survival mode for a while, I get better.

Zuma was one of the first games I played and it was the best and still ist - there has nothing been out there just like it. I haven't played it in a long time but after reading this I may start again.

I wonder why the developers of that game never came up with something else like it. That would be fun.

There are two games out there that I think are similar if not quite as good: Ricochet and Svetlograd - those were almost as addictive to me. Another good one was Luxor.

Thank you, WY, for starting this thread.