A magic potion makes Zoomer invulnerable until the gauge to the right of the active display runs down. Glue slows the enemy down, and an ice cube freezes all monsters in place. If Zoomer touches one before it vanishes, he receives the corresponding reward. These charges temporarily block the grid line and give Zoomer the chance to light up squares without worrying about pursuers. By pushing the action button, the player orders Zoomer to drop bombs. Other menaces are the line-erasing Wormletts, bottomless Black Holes, Spheroids and Angleheads.įortunately, the round yellow character is not completely helpless against his assailants. The red lips follow Zoomer like a homing missile, and a single touch is lethal. The disembodied flapping mouth, known as the Jaggernaut, poses the most consistent danger. A variety of nasties works hard to take them as quickly as possible. Zoomer starts his journey through the playfields with three lives. When every square is recolored, the playfield flashes and a new one hurtles onto the screen to renew the test. When a square is totally enclosed by completed lines, it turns from transparent to a bright color. Zoomer cruises along the lines, changing their color in his wake. The player guides Zoomer around the geometric playfields that are divided into an arrangement of squares by colored grid lines. A pair of gamers can alternate turns, or they can each use a joystick for simultaneous competition. While most computerists will play Zoom solitarily, the program offers a choice of two player modes. The big difference in the play mechanic is that Zoom lets the player's on-screen surrogate roam freely around the playfield instead of limiting it to the corridor's of a simple maze. In this case, the play mechanic is partially derived from Amidar. Like Discovery Software's other recent releases, Zoom is inspired by the classic coin-ops. Zoom packs as much charm as a Disney cartoon. The inspired help of Jochen and Gisela Wiegelt (computer graphics) and Thomas Lopatic (sound) makes the game as delightful to see and hear as it is to play. Zoom marks the international design debut of Frank Neuhaus.

Watching the three stars of the Zoom-land Magic Show is so addictive that the computerist may sit mesmerized instead of plunging into the 50 playfields of action-strategy challenge. This game's song-and-dance introduction is almost too delightful for its own good.

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