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Zool Redimensioned is coming soon to Steam
- Thread starter Shard Shinjuku
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I'm all for more modern versions of 16 bit games but unfortunately I don't have any nostalgia for Zool. Was it any good?
Oh damn I loved Zool as a kid. Wish this was gonna be on Switch.
It was okay, but nothing to write home about. A lot of nostalgic value for sure but it's an extremely mediocre platformer.
I didn't expect they revived Zool back in 2021! That shit is nostalgia AF and was my very first playing a PC back in the 90s beside Commander Keen.
I remember when he was gonna be Commodore's Sonic.
It was no Sonic but it was good.
No Chupa-Chups
No buy.
Also, do I get a copy protection wheel and free poster?
I remember liking this game as a kid, but it's been too many years since I actually played to remember if it was genuinely good or not.
It used to be quite popular back then, actually.
Is this just a re-release of the first game? I already have it on Atari Jaguar so I'm good.
EDIT - The game isn't that great. It's one of those European microcomputer-style "roam this giant open level looking for the exit" type games. Gets boring pretty quickly.
EDIT - The game isn't that great. It's one of those European microcomputer-style "roam this giant open level looking for the exit" type games. Gets boring pretty quickly.
James Pond and Robocod.
Man, these are names I'm not sure I've heard for the past 30 years.
The first Zool is actually pretty terrible, but the second one was really, really fun. One of the biggest improvements from original to sequel I've ever seen. Problem with the original is the same problem so many Sonic-clones have: they thought Sonic was about speed, so they made Zool fast, but the level design wasn't conducive to that speed at all. That's the big reason Zool 2 is so much better -- it's less of a Sonic clone and the level design is waaaaaaay better. Better graphics too. Bummer they are remaking the first and not the second, since the second was Amiga and Atari Jaguar exclusive, so very few people ever played it.
This song rules btw:
All this to say that I'm unironically a pretty big Zool fan. I played the second a lot.
Here's another great remix:
This song rules btw:
All this to say that I'm unironically a pretty big Zool fan. I played the second a lot.
Here's another great remix:
Straight from the same place . Stretchy RoboCod.
With Penguin biscuits product plaicement
Could Robo-Cop ever do that, it was more of an Inspector Gadget style thing?
I remember it as an above replacement level mascot platformer
No, Zool 2 was going to actually be the Amiga CD32 pack-in. They had to go with Oscar/Digger because it wasn't completed in time.
That's by far the most nightmare-fuel 16 bit mascot I ever saw.Straight from the same place . Stretchy RoboCod.
With Penguin biscuits product plaicement
Could Robo-Cop ever do that, it was more of an Inspector Gadget style thing?
Spot is probably still owned by Coca-Cola, so that's might be too much legal work for anyone to bother.
He was Charming , such a nice Waggie Tail and a great Pianist to boot
I actually really like the boss in Zool 2 -- Mental Block. I think it's a cool concept for a boss, and all the forms of him are pretty neat.
Woah, I had forgotten about that until now.
Gonna go youtube it
Holy Crap! Never thought we'd see Zool again :D
They already did the most important part, use the great tune that didn't even appear in the actual game if I remember correctly. At least the first release didn't have it I'm pretty sure.
In fact, I think I had the most fun with this game playing the demo with that great soundtrack. The full game was a bit of a letdown. Felt kinda unpolished compared to the demo to me.
Still, looking forward to checking out this remaster. Perhaps they've tightened things up a bit.
They already did the most important part, use the great tune that didn't even appear in the actual game if I remember correctly. At least the first release didn't have it I'm pretty sure.
In fact, I think I had the most fun with this game playing the demo with that great soundtrack. The full game was a bit of a letdown. Felt kinda unpolished compared to the demo to me.
Still, looking forward to checking out this remaster. Perhaps they've tightened things up a bit.
It was also on PC. It's been some time since I last played either (though I do have the CD of Zool 2 somewhere) but I get the impression this is going to be based on the console version, not the computer version (console version was different levels / bosses / never had the Chupa Chups branding)
Hopefully this remake will let you have the music and sound effects on at the same time too!
Did you just say Zool?
I see my evil clone exists somehow.
Wishlisted.
Fair enough, and I am sorry about this assessment if this is a mascot you had a lot of nostalgia for.
I guess to me he looks like Sonic if Sonic was a chuck e cheese animatronic on meth. :X
It was very popular for it's time, at least here in the UK where the Amiga was very established.
It's understandable since the first one has a lot more nostalgia attached to it. By the time Zool 2 came out everyone had probably realized the game wasn't that great and didn't pay much attention.
Zool 2 did come out on PC though, I remember playing it.
Also someone needs to rerelease Robocod and give it the attention it deserves. Not those soulless poor ports that gets released on every platform under the sun.
Were you dropped on the head as a baby?
That's the only explanation for this post.
Fun Fact: The Amiga CD32 version of Zool 2 had an exclusive level not in any other version: Paper Plains.
Sweet. 2 was clearly better, but this seems to be a remake rather than a straight up remaster, so this should be interesting.
Please, yes. I think I've never played the full game, but only the shareware version.