Zoop

n/a

Mega Drive
Game Gear
Saturn

Zoop

System(s): Sega Mega Drive, Sega Game Gear, Sega Saturn

Publisher:

Viacom New Media (US/EU)

Media Quest

Developer: Hookstone

PanelComp

Sound driver:

SCSP/CD-DA (6 tracks)

Genre: Action Puzzle^[1], Puzzle^[2]

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
US	1995-06-01	$49.9549.95^[3]	T-139086
EU	1995-10-28		T-139086-50
PT	1995		MDJ139086
UK	1995-10-28	£29.9929.99^[4]	T-139086-50
SE (Rental)	199x
AU	199x		FZOO04SMC
JP	1996-11-29^[2]	¥4,800 (4,944)4,800e^[5]	T-26406G
US	1995		T-139049

Non-Sega versions
Game Boy IBM PC Jaguar Macintosh PlayStation Super NES

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Zoop (ズープ) is a puzzle game developed by Hookstone for the Sega Mega Drive, Sega Saturn, Sega Game Gear, Atari Jaguar, IBM PC, Game Boy, PlayStation and Super NES. It is similar to the arcade game Plotting, but runs in real time.

Gameplay

You are a colored triangle standing in a 4x4 square in the center of the screen. Lines of different colored objects appear from the four rows on each side of the box. The goal is to destroy those objects before they go on your square. , , and shoot. If you shoot an object of the same color as you, the object will be destroyed and you will move on to the next object in that row. When you have depleted the row, you will move back to the square (facing the opposite direction). If you hit an object of a different color, you swap colors with that object and return to your square, allowing you to shoot different-colored objects. Therefore, the keys to success are timely color swapping and fast reaction (especially since you come back to the square facing the opposite direction).

Production credits

Mega Drive version

Designed in the UK by: Hookstone Ltd.
Programmed in the UK by: PanelComp Ltd.
Programmer: John Rocke
Graphic Artists: Peter Tattersall, Malcolm Cooper, Ian Bowden
Hookstone Worldwide Representation: John Cook, Bad Management
Executive Producer: I. Kenneth Miller
Managing Producer: N. Matthew Welton
Producing Coordinator: Amanda P. Herman
Technical Director: Jim Hanson
Sound Producer: Steve Boyer
Sound Coordinator: Cliff Falls
Sound Support Software: Brian Schmidt
Music Composition: Bobby Scumaci
Additional Music Composition: Mark Davis
Graphic Design: Higashi Glaser Design
Additional Art and Animation: Jarod Pranno
Development Support: Baki Allen, Greg Colton, Tom Hanson, Scott Lawrence, Gus Peterson, John Podlasek
Packaging Design: Doublespace
Manual Design: Beeline Group
Special Thanks: Eugene Evans, Stephen Gass

Source:

US manual^[6]

Magazine articles

Main article: Zoop/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Main article: Zoop/Promotional material.

Physical scans

Mega Drive version

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)

60

^[7]

Consoles + (FR)

PAL

84

^[8]

Cool Gamer (RU)

70

^[9]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

78

^[3]

Hobby Consolas (ES)

PAL

91

^[10]

Joypad (FR)

PAL

77

^[11]

MAN!AC (DE)

PAL

64

^[12]

Mega Fun (DE)

PAL

64

^[13]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

PAL

63

^[4]

Player One (FR)

PAL

94

^[14]

Power Up! (UK)

90

^[15]

Sega Magazin (DE)

PAL

61

^[16]

Sega Power (UK)

PAL

81

^[17]

Sega Pro (UK)

PAL

85

^[18]

Sega Megazone (AU)

40

^[19]

Sega Opisaniy i sekretov (RU)

75

^[20]

Sega Saturn Magazine (UK)

PAL

62

^[21]

Sonic the Comic (UK)

PAL

89

^[22]

Todo Sega (ES)

90

^[23]

Tricks 16 bit (RU)

81

^[24]

Video Games (DE)

PAL

67

^[25]

	75
Based on 21 reviews

Zoop

Mega Drive, US
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, EU
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, FR

Manual

Mega Drive, PT

Mega Drive, SE (Rental)

Mega Drive, AU
Cover

Saturn version

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

58

^[26]

Fusion (US)

NTSC-U

75

^[27]

Saturn Fan (JP)

NTSC-J

50

^[28]

Saturn Fan (JP)

NTSC-J

62

^[29]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

60

^[30]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

64

^[31]

	61
Based on 6 reviews

Zoop

Saturn, JP
Cover
Spinecard Disc

Game Gear version

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

59

^[32]

	59
Based on 1 review

Zoop

Game Gear, US
Cover
Cart

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

✔

CRC32	faa490dc
MD5	c4c9fe0959ee29953cf23c095981ca81
SHA-1	ce34408f98769b03e0f8d62c3dc1261a072691aa

512kB

1995-10

Cartridge (US)

✔

CRC32	0764139f
MD5	ffee23596eed8b6a50138c6c63349ecc
SHA-1	e78adbbb587daa1bdd9a4fd9355de0a5160fbc43

512kB

1995-11

Cartridge (EU)

?

CRC32	2e28c13f
MD5	756520442f022f3b6873ee8a4319c5ff
SHA-1	4f8ad49e55af2152621606c87ba271e8da3f0aee

1MB

EPROM cartridge

Page

✔

CRC32	3247ff8b
MD5	1516a213225c93bb6d411651ba5a5be1
SHA-1	f58359ffa7bc3ec82913be128d141e5d41926b88

128kB

Cartridge (US)

✔

CRC32	f397f041
MD5	61fc222f0c737facf3583cf90b7a2bea
SHA-1	f704412387c1fe91d94d2c1405f8a49768320d0c

128kB

EPROM cartridge

Page

✔

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

263,960,256

1996-10-08

CD-ROM (JP)

T-26406G V3.220

References

↑ File:Zoop Saturn JP Box Back.jpg
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 https://sega.jp/fb/segahard/ss/soft_licensee2.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-03-20 23:05)
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 GamePro, "December 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 88
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 Mean Machines Sega, "December 1995" (UK; 1995-10-30), page 86
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "1996-14 (1996-08-23)" (JP; 1996-08-09), page 15
↑ File:Zoop MD US Manual.pdf, page 10
↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 276
↑ Consoles +, "Décembre 1995" (FR; 1995-1x-xx), page 136
↑ Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 246
↑ Hobby Consolas, "Enero 1996" (ES; 199x-xx-xx), page 66
↑ Joypad, "Décembre 1995" (FR; 1995-1x-xx), page 42
↑ MAN!AC, "12/95" (DE; 1995-11-08), page 79
↑ Mega Fun, "12/95" (DE; 1995-11-21), page 78
↑ Player One, "Décembre 1995" (FR; 1995-1x-xx), page 102
↑ Power Up!, "Saturday, December 02, 1995" (UK; 1995-12-02), page 1
↑ Sega Magazin, "Januar 1996" (DE; 1995-12-13), page 14
↑ Sega Power, "January 1996" (UK; 1995-11-16), page 38
↑ Sega Pro, "December 1995" (UK; 1995-11-02), page 55
↑ Sega Megazone, "Summer '95/'96" (AU; 1995-xx-xx), page 26
↑ Sega Opisaniy i sekretov, "14000 Opisaniy i sekretov" (RU; 2003-03-11), page 236
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "December 1995" (UK; 1995-11-24), page 92
↑ Sonic the Comic, "8 December 1995" (UK; 1995-11-25), page 12
↑ Todo Sega, "Diciembre 1995" (ES; 1995-1x-xx), page 40
↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 310
↑ Video Games, "2/96" (DE; 1996-01-24), page 86
↑ Famitsu, "1996-12-06" (JP; 1996-11-22), page 1
↑ Fusion, "Volume 1, Number 5: December 1995" (US; 1995-1x-xx), page 116
↑ Saturn Fan, "1996 No. 24" (JP; 1996-11-15), page 187
↑ Saturn Fan, "1997 No. 2" (JP; 1997-01-17), page 70
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "1996-18 (1996-10-25)" (JP; 1996-10-11), page 225
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "Readers rating final data" (JP; 2000-03), page 15
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "November 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 52

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[:File:Zoop_Saturn_JP_Box_Back.jpg_p-1] File:Zoop Saturn JP Box Back.jpg

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20200320230509.2Fhttps:.2F.2Fsega.jp.2Ffb.2Fsegahard.2Fss.2Fsoft_licensee2.html-2] 2.0 ^2.1 https://sega.jp/fb/segahard/ss/soft_licensee2.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-03-20 23:05)

[:File:GamePro_US_077.pdf_p88-3] 3.0 ^3.1 GamePro, "December 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 88

[:File:MeanMachinesSega38UK.pdf_p86-4] 4.0 ^4.1 Mean Machines Sega, "December 1995" (UK; 1995-10-30), page 86

[:File:SSM_JP_19960823_1996-14.pdf_p15-5] Sega Saturn Magazine, "1996-14 (1996-08-23)" (JP; 1996-08-09), page 15

[:File:Zoop_MD_US_Manual.pdf_p10-6] File:Zoop MD US Manual.pdf, page 10

[7] 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 276

[:File:ConsolesPlus_FR_049.pdf_p136-8] Consoles +, "Décembre 1995" (FR; 1995-1x-xx), page 136

[9] Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 246

[:File:HobbyConsolas_ES_052.pdf_p66-10] Hobby Consolas, "Enero 1996" (ES; 199x-xx-xx), page 66

[:File:Joypad_FR_048.pdf_p42-11] Joypad, "Décembre 1995" (FR; 1995-1x-xx), page 42

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_1995-12.pdf_p79-12] MAN!AC, "12/95" (DE; 1995-11-08), page 79

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1995-12.pdf_p78-13] Mega Fun, "12/95" (DE; 1995-11-21), page 78

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_059.pdf_p102-14] Player One, "Décembre 1995" (FR; 1995-1x-xx), page 102

[15] Power Up!, "Saturday, December 02, 1995" (UK; 1995-12-02), page 1

[:File:SegaMagazin_DE_26.pdf_p14-16] Sega Magazin, "Januar 1996" (DE; 1995-12-13), page 14

[:File:SegaPower_UK_74.pdf_p38-17] Sega Power, "January 1996" (UK; 1995-11-16), page 38

[:File:SegaPro_UK_52.pdf_p55-18] Sega Pro, "December 1995" (UK; 1995-11-02), page 55

[:File:Megazone_AU_56.pdf_p26-19] Sega Megazone, "Summer '95/'96" (AU; 1995-xx-xx), page 26

[:File:14000_opisaniy_i_sekretov_SEGA.pdf_p236-20] Sega Opisaniy i sekretov, "14000 Opisaniy i sekretov" (RU; 2003-03-11), page 236

[:File:SSM_UK_02.pdf_p92-21] Sega Saturn Magazine, "December 1995" (UK; 1995-11-24), page 92

[22] Sonic the Comic, "8 December 1995" (UK; 1995-11-25), page 12

[:File:TodoSega_ES_33.pdf_p40-23] Todo Sega, "Diciembre 1995" (ES; 1995-1x-xx), page 40

[24] Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 310

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1996-02.pdf_p86-25] Video Games, "2/96" (DE; 1996-01-24), page 86

[26] Famitsu, "1996-12-06" (JP; 1996-11-22), page 1

[:File:Fusion_US_0105.pdf_p116-27] Fusion, "Volume 1, Number 5: December 1995" (US; 1995-1x-xx), page 116

[:File:SaturnFan_JP_1996-24_19961129.pdf_p187-28] Saturn Fan, "1996 No. 24" (JP; 1996-11-15), page 187

[:File:SaturnFan_JP_1997-02_19970131.pdf_p70-29] Saturn Fan, "1997 No. 2" (JP; 1997-01-17), page 70

[:File:SSM_JP_19961025_1996-18.pdf_p225-30] Sega Saturn Magazine, "1996-18 (1996-10-25)" (JP; 1996-10-11), page 225

[:File:SnGwSISDRZK_Book_JP.pdf_p15-31] Sega Saturn Magazine, "Readers rating final data" (JP; 2000-03), page 15

[:File:EGM_US_076.pdf_p52-32] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "November 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 52

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Contents

Gameplay

Production credits

Mega Drive version

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Mega Drive version

Saturn version

Game Gear version

Technical information

ROM dump status

References