Talk:Zuma (video game)

Copyright Infringment from Mitchell Corporation
Many niche gamers who have exposure to Mitchell Corporation may be suprised that this game is similar to the 1988 Arcade game called Puzz Loop. In a interview, it was suggested that Mitchell has contacted PopCap to give credit for core mechanics that were lifted from Puzz Loop.


 * My lawyers in Japan are supposed to be on this. Progress is slow because if we do court battle in US, we would be at a disadvantage. You know the Americans and their mentality. We will be up against American jurors. You know how biased they are towards Oriental companies. Popcap games' lawyer replied my mail and the one from my lawywers' office. In essence, they don't give a shit. I think they knew what they were doing from the start and they are bad businessmen. You know that to think of a game and to actually make it takes a lot of energy and money. Ripping off someonelse's idea is bad; they don't belong in the game business. In a few months, you will see what I am doing. I am not a lawyer so we will do battle in a different court. Did you know that Popcap also has a ripoff of Puzzle Bubble?

While searching for visual and game comparisons yield similarities between the two, not a whole lot has been written as a reference, and most degrade to rather "copying game mechanics are the foundation of games" vs "they are entitled to payment".--AlphaTwo 01:37, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

It's too bad the makers of Puzz Loop don't understand copyright law. You cannot copyright the mechanics of a game, only the individual assets within the game (artwork, music, sound effects), and you can only trademark the name of the game. PopCap is legally in the right here because they used a brand new name (thus no trademark infringement) and took no assets from Puzz Loop (thus no copyright infringement). This is why when Hasbro sued all those clone game makers in 1999 and 2000, the only thing they could nail them on was trademark infringement (ie: "Blasteroids" infringes on "Asteroids" trademark due to the similar-sounding name). If the mechanics of a game were copyrightable, then id software would be suing the hell out of everyone who made a FPS. 72.75.223.242 03:49, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

By the way, I would add this 100% useful and factual information to the article, but then the anal retentive nerds who run this site would immediately delete it. 72.75.223.242 03:51, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
 * It isn't enough to be useful or factual; information has to be biased, non-biased, and from trusted sources. --Kjoonlee 07:32, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

Skull = Sun God???
Is there a source for calling the skull that the balls are heading towards the Sun God? I've never seen it called that. Thanks! Rosemary Amey 05:05, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

Possible reference to Close Encounters?
Just now I was bored and playing the game Zuma. I was just about to quit when I stumbled upon something: if you hover the mouse over each of the buttons on the main menu in descending order, it will play the 5-note motif from Close Encounters. Would anyone know if this is just coincidental or a homage to the movie? --Self-Cannibal

UPDATE: Apparently it's no coincidence. If you do it 3 times a UFO will pop up. Click on the UFO to see the game credits. --Self-Cannibal —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.166.160.197 (talk) 21:22, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

i love you wikipedia for introducing popcap framework to me —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.149.241.161 (talk) 13:20, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

Ribbit?
I've been playing the game for a long time but still I can't understand the word that the frog says - 'Ribbit'. Does anyone knows its meaning? --Xq 010 (talk) 07:35, 23 July 2009 (UTC)
 * 'Ribbit' is an Enlgish onomatopoeia word commonly applied to the sound that Frogs make. Wise dude321 (talk) 21:08, 29 September 2009 (UTC)

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Mickey conquers the world of Zuma
I curate the Italian section of the video game, and some crazy person had added in the adventure mode section a wording that said that if you finished the game with the highest score, "Mickey Mouse pops up to make a deal with the Mayans to save them from the end of the world he conquered."

Crazy stuff, who knows how many years this bale had been there. MakerManu (talk) 00:52, 10 May 2023 (UTC)