Zoop (GG)

Zoop

Platform: GG Year: 1995 Developer: Hookstone Productions

Zoop is a puzzle game by Hookstone. You control an arrow in the middle of a grid and must shoot different colored pieces closing in on you by shooting them with your arrow. However, you can only destroy ("zoop") pieces that are the same color as your arrow, otherwise you and the piece you shot will swap colors.

Along the way, you can get powerups such as a lightning bolt which clears many blocks wherever it's shot, and collecting 5 springs will cause all pieces on the board to be destroyed.

The Game Gear version had to be scaled down due to the low screen resolution, so the wacky shapes of the computer versions was changed to just simple rectangles.

The Game Gear and Game Boy versions were the only portable/handheld versions of the game and are very identical to each other, the only differences being in graphics and sound quality.

Screenshots

The title screen. The main menu. The options menu, which only lets you set up audio. Selecting a difficulty. Playing the fifth stage. Entering a name on the high scores screen.

Music

The original DOS version featured 11 tracks for various multitracked soundcards. The Game Gear version had to be scaled down to just 4 channels; 3 square waves and one noise channel. The Game Gear version only uses 7 of the 11 songs in the DOS version, though it also uses some of the unused songs in the DOS version as well. Some of the songs are shorter than what's heard in the console/computer ports, and some of the vibraphone tremolos are missing.

To do the arrangements, Eric wrote MIDI files in Cakewalk, which were then converted to David Warhol's sound driver.

The songs are named after the XMI files in the DOS version.

Recording

#	Title	Composer	Arranger	Programmer	Length	Listen	Download
01	Zoop Jazz	Bobby Scumaci	Eric Swanson	David Warhol	1:25		Download
02	Jazz 2	Mark Davis	Eric Swanson	David Warhol	1:35		Download
03	Shake	Mark Davis	Eric Swanson	David Warhol	2:08		Download
04	Zoop Fink	Mark Davis	Eric Swanson	David Warhol	1:48		Download
05	Latman	Mark Davis	Eric Swanson	David Warhol	1:36		Download
06	Bonus	Mark Davis	Eric Swanson	David Warhol	1:44		Download
07	Bonus 2	Mark Davis	Eric Swanson	David Warhol	1:34		Download

Credits

• Ripper: Doommaster1994 (VGZ)
• Recorder: Doommaster1994
• Game Credits:
  • Sound Producer: Steve Boyer
  • Sound Coordinator: Clifford Falls credited as Cliff Falls
  • Sound Support Software: Brian Schmidt
  • Sound Driver Provided By: David Warhol credited as RealTime Associates
  • Music Composition: Bobby Scumaci
  • Additional Music Composition: Mark Davis
  • Uncredited Arranger: Eric Swanson

(Source, Game Boy credits, verification from arranger; game does not credit the arranger.)

Like all the other versions of the game, the game itself lacks credits, but the credits can be found in the instruction manual. The game credits Brian Schmidt for Sound Support Software, but Brian said he didn't work on the Game Gear except for Surf Ninjas. The arrangements are identical to the ones used in the Game Boy version, which credits Eric Swanson for the arrangements. We have reached out to Eric who has confirmed working on the arrangements for the Game Gear version.

David Warhol uses the alias of his company name, but has confirmed programming the sound driver.

Game Rip

Format	Download
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Releases

USA Title: Zoop Platform: GG Released: 1995-??-?? Publisher: Viacom New Media View Zoop Zoop  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  • Notable Songs Zoop Jazz Notable Personnel Bobby Scumaci • Mark Davis Notable Companies Hookstone Productions • Viacom