Difference between revisions of "Zool (8-bit)"

Latest revision as of 20:32, 24 April 2024

For the Sega Mega Drive version, see Zool.

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Master System
EU/JP
US

Zool

System(s): Sega Master System, Sega Game Gear

Publisher:

GameTek (US)

Gremlin Graphics Software (EU)

Nisshou Iwai Infocom (JP)

Developer: Gremlin Graphics Software

Genre: Action^[1]^[2]^[3]

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
EU	1994-03^[4]		27075-50
UK	1994-03^[4]	£29.9929.99^[5]^[4]	27075-50
JP	1994-07-29^[3]	¥3,8003,800	T-149017
US	1994	$39.9539.95	T-83048
EU	1994-03^[6]^[4]		123018-50
UK	1994-03^[4]	£29.9929.99^[7]^[4]	123018-50

Non-Sega versions
Game Boy

Zool or Zool: Ninja of the Nth Dimension, known as Zool no Yume Bouken (ズールのゆめぼうけん) in Japan, is a platform game developed by Gremlin Graphics for the Commodore Amiga and ported to a number of platforms, including the Sega Master System and Sega Game Gear in 1994. The 8-bit versions of the game have different level layouts and music.

1 Story
2 Gameplay
- 2.1 Items
- 2.2 Worlds
3 Versions
- 3.1 Localised names
4 Production credits
- 4.1 Master System version
- 4.2 Game Gear version
5 Magazine articles
6 Promotional material
7 Physical scans
- 7.1 Master System version
- 7.2 Game Gear version
8 Technical information
- 8.1 ROM dump status
9 References

Story

While investigating a disturbance in the nth dimension, Zool is caught in a vortex and crashes his ship in a strange land. He learns that the evil Krool has conquered a number of worlds, including the one he has found, and that he must free these worlds from Krool's grip in order to make it back home.

Gameplay

The game is a platformer in which players control the gremlin ninja Zool. Zool moved with and and jumps with . He can defeat enemies by jumping on them. He can also attack by punching and shooting a ranged projectile with . He can kneel with and does a kick and fires his shot with +. He continues punching or kicking by holding . He can fire his shot in mid-air by pressing after the apex of the jump. He performs a spin attack by pressing before or at the apex of the jump. He grabs on to walls when he jumps onto them and can climb them with and . He cannot climb walls by jumping up them in this version of the game. Pushing while running does a sliding attack.

The objective of each stage is to collect 99 items (whose design varies depending on the world), whereupon the goal reveals itself and an arrow in the corner of the screen points the way to it. Unlike the Mega Drive version, power-up items such as extra lives also count toward this total. Stages contain more items than are necessary to complete them.

Zool has three hit points and loses one whenever he takes damage from an enemy. When he runs out of hit points, he can only take one more hit before losing a life. Zool starts each stage with full health. If enemies are defeated when Zool is not at full health, they drop a flying heart that heals Zool for one hit point if he catches it. Each stage is timed, and Zool loses a life if he runs out of time. He retains all of the items he has collected if he loses a life.

Items

	Heart
	Restores a hit point for Zool. Dropped by enemies when they are destroyed if Zool is not at full health. It floats away and must be caught before it leaves.
	Bomb
	Destroys all enemies on the screen.
	Jumping Zool
	Temporarily gives Zool an enhanced jump.
	Shield
	Temporary makes Zool invincible.
	Two Zool
	Creates a "shadow Zool" that follows Zool and mirrors his movements, including his attacks, for a duration.
	1-Up
	Awards the player an extra life.
	Goal
	Ends the stage. Only appears if the player has found the necessary amount of collectibles.

Worlds

Each world contains four different stages, with the fourth stage solely consisting of a boss fight.

The level designs are different between the Master System and Game Gear versions.

	The Sweet World

	The Music World

	The Fruit World

	The Fairground World

	The Toy World

Versions

This version of the game is considerably more forgiving in difficulty than the Mega Drive version since there are not as many enemies, healing hearts are much more plentiful, and Zool has a long period of invulnerability after being hit.

Localised names

Also known as
Language	Localised Name	English Translation
English	Zool: Ninja of the Nth Dimension	Zool: Ninja of the Nth Dimension
English (US)	Zool: Ninja of the Nth Dimension	Zool: Ninja of the Nth Dimension
Japanese	ズールのゆめぼうけん	Zool no Yume Bouken

Production credits

Master System version

Main Code: Siz
Additional Code: Richard Stevenson
Music Composition: Patrick Phelan
Sound: Krisalis Software
Art: Michael Hirst, Ade Carless, Greggs, Pete Daniels
Map and Level Design: Mike Lister, Michael Hirst
Project Manager: Tony Casson
Development Manager: James North-Hearn

© Gremlin Graphics, 1993

Source:

In-game credits^[8]

Game Gear version

Gremlin Graphics

Main Code: Siz
Additional Code: Richard Stevenson
Music Composition: Patrick Phelan
Sound: Krisalis Software
Art: Michael Hirst, Ade Carlesss, Pete Daniels, Greggs
Map and Level Design: Mike Lister, Michael Hirst
Project Manager: Tony Casson
Development Manager: James North-Hearn

GameTek

Producer: Van Collins
Packaging: Wendy Weber
Manual Editing: Stacey Ruderman
Art Director: Stephen Curran
Production Manager: Sherry Kross
Quality Assurance: Bobby King

Source:

US manual^[9]

Magazine articles

Main article: Zool (8-bit)/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in Computer & Video Games (UK) #145: "December 1993" (1993-11-15)

Print advert in Computer & Video Games (UK) #146: "January 1994" (1993-12-15)

Print advert in Consoles + (FR) #25: "Novembre 1993" (1993-1x-xx)

Print advert in Video Games (DE) #1993-12: "12/93" (1993-11-22)

Print advert in Sega Magazin (DE) #7: "Juni 1994" (1994-05-11)

Physical scans

Master System version

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Joypad (FR)

PAL

94

^[10]

Mega Force (FR)

93

^[11]

Player One (FR)

65

^[12]

Sega Power (UK)

PAL

78

^[13]

Sega Pro (UK)

PAL

78

^[14]

Sega Master Force (UK)

PAL

70

^[15]

Todo Sega (ES)

77

^[16]

	79
Based on 7 reviews

Zool (8-bit)

Master System, EU
Cover
Cart

Game Gear version

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Beep! MegaDrive (JP)

NTSC-J

55

^[17]

Consoles + (FR)

86

^[18]

Computer & Video Games (UK)

79

^[19]

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

48

^[20]

Game Players (US)

NTSC-U

65

^[21]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

85

^[22]

Gamer (GR)

82

^[23]

Joker (SI)

87

^[24]

Player One (FR)

66

^[25]

Sega Power (UK)

PAL

78

^[13]

Sega Pro (UK)

PAL

75

^[26]

Sega Zone (UK)

PAL

90

^[27]

Todo Sega (ES)

82

^[16]

VideoGames (US)

NTSC-U

70

^[28]

	75
Based on 14 reviews

Zool (8-bit)

Game Gear, JP
Cover
Cart

Game Gear, US
Cover
Cart Manual

Game Gear, EU
Cover
Cart Manual

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

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CRC32	9d9d0a5f
MD5	42fb44c9a2c82b8c4aef8191c1b5676f
SHA-1	aed98f2fc885c9a6e121982108f843388eb46304

256kB

Cartridge (EU)

?

CRC32	b287c695
MD5	db7dc3e8f0d46f0396af99a87ff0489f
SHA-1	8143c1d5e6c677ae5dd8143620b9fd02be8873f6

256kB

Cartridge (US)

?

CRC32	23904898
MD5	3c200f229978af32c223bccd65428426
SHA-1	40b68abd8f2419178ea2e0d02412c29306bff46c

256kB

Cartridge (EU)

?

CRC32	e35ef7ed
MD5	ff5f8ad2c620e25d2b028f2e1fed2b54
SHA-1	2c799ee084b858cb71cfaa7a3f6d3a4f364b6c43

256kB

Cartridge (JP)

References

↑ File:Zool GG EU Box Back.jpg
↑ File:Zool GG JP Box Front.jpg
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 http://sega.jp/fb/segahard/gg/soft_licensee.html (Wayback Machine: 2013-01-01 20:24)
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 ^4.3 ^4.4 ^4.5 Sega Magazine, "April 1994" (UK; 1994-03-15), page 100
↑ Sega Master Force, "December 1993" (UK; 1993-11-11), page 23
↑ Sega Pro, "April 1994" (DE; 1994-03-23), page 47
↑ Computer & Video Games, "July 1994" (UK; 1994-06-15), page 67
↑ File:Zool SMS credits.pdf
↑ File:Zool GG US Manual.pdf, page 9
↑ Joypad, "Novembre 1993" (FR; 1993-1x-xx), page 126
↑ Mega Force, "Décembre 1993" (FR; 1993-12-10), page 106
↑ Player One, "Janvier 1994" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 116
↑ ^13.0 ^13.1 Sega Power, "April 1994" (UK; 1994-03-03), page 62
↑ Sega Pro, "April 1994" (UK; 1994-02-24), page 48
↑ Sega Master Force, "December 1993" (UK; 1993-11-11), page 22
↑ ^16.0 ^16.1 Todo Sega, "Marzo 1994" (ES; 1994-0x-xx), page 92
↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "August 1994" (JP; 1994-07-08), page 23
↑ Consoles +, "Mars 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 155
↑ Computer & Video Games, "April 1994" (UK; 1994-03-15), page 79
↑ Famitsu, "1994-08-05" (JP; 1994-07-22), page 42
↑ Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 2 February 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 74
↑ GamePro, "May 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 132
↑ Gamer, "Ianouários 1995" (GR; 1995-xx-xx), page 1
↑ Joker, "Maj 1994" (SI; 1994-xx-xx), page 21
↑ Player One, "Mars 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 108
↑ Sega Pro, "April 1994" (UK; 1994-02-24), page 57
↑ Sega Zone, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-02-24), page 65
↑ VideoGames, "February 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 86

Zool (8-bit)
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[:File:Zool_GG_EU_Box_Back.jpg_p-1] File:Zool GG EU Box Back.jpg

[:File:Zool_GG_JP_Box_Front.jpg_p-2] File:Zool GG JP Box Front.jpg

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20130101202427.2Fhttp:.2F.2Fsega.jp.2Ffb.2Fsegahard.2Fgg.2Fsoft_licensee.html-3] 3.0 ^3.1 http://sega.jp/fb/segahard/gg/soft_licensee.html (Wayback Machine: 2013-01-01 20:24)

[:File:SegaMagazine_UK_04.pdf_p100-4] 4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 ^4.3 ^4.4 ^4.5 Sega Magazine, "April 1994" (UK; 1994-03-15), page 100

[:File:SegaMasterForce_UK_06.pdf_p23-5] Sega Master Force, "December 1993" (UK; 1993-11-11), page 23

[:File:SegaPro_DE_18.pdf_p47-6] Sega Pro, "April 1994" (DE; 1994-03-23), page 47

[:File:CVG_UK_152.pdf_p67-7] Computer & Video Games, "July 1994" (UK; 1994-06-15), page 67

[:File:Zool_SMS_credits.pdf_p-8] File:Zool SMS credits.pdf

[:File:Zool_GG_US_Manual.pdf_p9-9] File:Zool GG US Manual.pdf, page 9

[:File:Joypad_FR_025.pdf_p126-10] Joypad, "Novembre 1993" (FR; 1993-1x-xx), page 126

[:File:MegaForce_FR_23.pdf_p106-11] Mega Force, "Décembre 1993" (FR; 1993-12-10), page 106

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_038.pdf_p116-12] Player One, "Janvier 1994" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 116

[:File:SegaPower_UK_53.pdf_p62-13] 13.0 ^13.1 Sega Power, "April 1994" (UK; 1994-03-03), page 62

[:File:SegaPro_UK_30.pdf_p48-14] Sega Pro, "April 1994" (UK; 1994-02-24), page 48

[:File:SegaMasterForce_UK_06.pdf_p22-15] Sega Master Force, "December 1993" (UK; 1993-11-11), page 22

[:File:TodoSega_ES_12.pdf_p92-16] 16.0 ^16.1 Todo Sega, "Marzo 1994" (ES; 1994-0x-xx), page 92

[:File:BeepMD_JP_1994-08.pdf_p23-17] Beep! MegaDrive, "August 1994" (JP; 1994-07-08), page 23

[:File:ConsolesPlus_FR_030.pdf_p155-18] Consoles +, "Mars 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 155

[:File:CVG_UK_149.pdf_p79-19] Computer & Video Games, "April 1994" (UK; 1994-03-15), page 79

[20] Famitsu, "1994-08-05" (JP; 1994-07-22), page 42

[:File:GamePlayers_US_0702.pdf_p74-21] Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 2 February 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 74

[:File:GamePro_US_058.pdf_p132-22] GamePro, "May 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 132

[23] Gamer, "Ianouários 1995" (GR; 1995-xx-xx), page 1

[24] Joker, "Maj 1994" (SI; 1994-xx-xx), page 21

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_040.pdf_p108-25] Player One, "Mars 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 108

[:File:SegaPro_UK_30.pdf_p57-26] Sega Pro, "April 1994" (UK; 1994-02-24), page 57

[:File:SegaZone_UK_17.pdf_p65-27] Sega Zone, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-02-24), page 65

[:File:VideoGames_US_61.pdf_p86-28] VideoGames, "February 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 86

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 | developer=[[Gremlin Graphics Software]]
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 | releases={{releasesSMS
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Difference between revisions of "Zool (8-bit)"

From Sega Retro

Latest revision as of 20:32, 24 April 2024

Contents

Story

Gameplay

Items

Worlds

Versions

Localised names

Production credits

Master System version

Game Gear version

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Master System version

Game Gear version

Technical information

ROM dump status

References