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Zaz (video game)

Zaz (a backronym for "Zaz ain't Z***") is a free software (GPLv3[3]) puzzle video game which is similar to Zuma.

Zaz
Original author(s)Remigiusz Dybka, Kinga Dybka, Leonard Ritter
Initial release0.0.1 / July 29, 2009; 14 years ago (2009-07-29)
Stable release
1.0 / September 3, 2010; 13 years ago (2010-09-03)[1]
PlatformLinux, Windows, FreeBSD, OpenBSD,[2] Amiga[3]
Available inEnglish, Polish, Spanish (6 more)
TypePuzzle game
LicenseGPLv3
Websitezaz.sourceforge.net
Screenshot

Gameplay edit

The goal is to remove all incoming marbles by rearranging their order and making triplets or quartets of the same color. The game features 23 levels and is reportedly harder than the original Zuma. In each of the levels there are some special items, for example marked balls that explode more than just the normal three balls.

Unlike Zuma, where the player shoots new balls from a center point, in Zaz the player moves a grabber on a separate track on the playfield to grab a ball that can then be shot back at a new location.[4][5] Instead of inserting randomly assigned new balls, the player moves existing balls.[6]

Reception edit

The game is available in Linux distributions, such as Ubuntu,[7] Fedora[8] and Debian[9] repositories as the game's content complies with the DFSG. This was achieved after replacing[10] the CC BY-NC-SA licensed NIN soundtracks in versions after 0.2.6.[11] Between 2010 and 2016 Zaz was downloaded from SourceForge directly 100,000 times.[12] The game was positively reviewed by German computer web sites Chip.de and Computer Bild.[13][5] The Chip.de review described the game as '"Very well made clone of the original classical game. Zaz implements the game idea perfectly and offers challenging levels".[13]

References edit

  1. ^ "Zaz - Because hackers too need to play with balls". sourceforge.net.
  2. ^ "CVS log for ports/Games/Zaz/Makefile".
  3. ^ a b . openbytes. 2010-12-05. Archived from the original on 2016-09-24. Retrieved 2016-04-05.
  4. ^ "Zaz for Linux".
  5. ^ a b "Zaz". Computer Bild. 2 November 2010.
  6. ^ Richard Ropero Cahilig (2011-07-29). . cahilig.net. Archived from the original on 2016-04-14. Retrieved 2016-04-06.
  7. ^ zaz on apps.ubuntu.com
  8. ^ zaz package on fedoraproject.org
  9. ^ zaz on packages.debian.org
  10. ^ on miriamruiz.es (September 03, 2009)
  11. ^ just-small-puzzle-game-update-zaz 0.2.6 by Iwan Gabovitch on freegamer.blogspot.de (2009)
  12. ^ zaz stats on SourceForge.net
  13. ^ a b "Zaz". Chip.de. Alles in Allem ein sehr gelungener Klon des Spielklassikers Zuma. Zaz setzt die Spielidee perfekt um, liefert spannende Level und actionreiche Items

External links edit

  • Official website
  • Source code

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