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Zoop

Review
Also known as
ズープ

A fast-paced puzzle game where you fire at matching colored shapes to clear them before they reach the top.

Zoop was developed by Hookstone and published by Viacom New Media. The Sega Genesis version was released in 1995, the same year as the original arcade release.

About Zoop

Zoop is a puzzle game where colored shapes advance toward the player's own colored piece. The objective is to prevent these shapes from reaching the top of the play area.

Gameplay involves aiming and firing your piece at the approaching shapes. A successful elimination occurs when the target matches your piece's color, which also removes all same colored shapes behind it in that line. Hitting a shape of a different color causes your piece to swap colors with it.

The pace is fast, requiring quick reactions to manage the incoming threats. The color matching and swapping mechanics form the core interaction for clearing the playfield.

Zoop Screenshots

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Title Screen
Main Menu
Options
Select a stage and difficulty level
Starting a game on continual play mode
Fire at a blue piece when blue to make it disappear
Making a piece disappear
Firing at a color different than the color you are...
...will result in the pieces exchanging positions
You can take out a whole row if they are all the same color as you
Pausing the game blocks out the playfield
One more piece to go