I happen to now own a copy of Zool for the Genesis. I popped it into my sexy Model 1 Genesis, played it for a rough 20 minutes, and now I am wondering... WHAT THE HELL IS THIS? 

Hmm I will have to check it out. Im not sure if I have Zoop or Zool though lol. When I get back from vaca I will have to see.

Weird, never heard of that game. I've heard of Zoop, but not that one that you speak of.

Zool is this platformer where you play as a ninja. The first world is... some candy place complete with product placement from Chupa Chups. It was real popular on the Amiga, but Zoop is just a puzzle game.

never played any console versions but i used to love this on the Amiga years ago

edit, Zool that is

I've played that game many years ago and I actually loved it! hahaha. I don't know why, but for some reason I found that game really enjoyable - maybe it was because it was so strange, heh. I haven't played it in years though, so maybe if I touched it now I would hate it, who knows.

If you think this game is bad, try Zool 2 on the Jaguar. >.<

Their is no DANA, only ZOOL and it SUCKS!

I've heard some things about that game, it seems to have lukewarm reception. Zool is overrated in my opinion.

I will second this.  Came in a lot with my Jag.  Decided to put it on eBay within 2 minutes of playing.

I'll have to pop this in my SNES tonight and see if I have the same reaction.

I played it on the pc years ago I didn't know there was a snes version.. it ranks right up there with chex quest and sneak king.

Just finished playing up to level 1-4. Honestly, it wasn't *that* bad. The controls on the SNES version are fairly tight, the music is pretty rockin', and the graphics (while totally wtf-inducing) aren't ugly or anything. Maybe I'm just used to really bad platformers like Wayne's World, so my tolerance for mediocre ones is fairly high. I definitely got pissed off when I got to 1-4, though. I was hoping it would at least be a boss fight, but it was just another candy land level. Turned it off at that point.

I definitely understand the feeling of "wtf did I just play?!". A ninja, in candy land, fighting bees and globs of jelly. WHAT!

I actually thought he was talking about this game also until I googled the title. Just by some screenshots the level designs look pretty good.

I used to own Sneak King, but just Googled Chex Quest... WTF? Why would you make a video game, er, rather, make a hack of Doom and turn it into a cereal based game, and attach it to a cereal box? Wouldn't it just be simpler to put it in the bargain bin of PC games at OfficeMax?

It wasn't about the game, it was about trying to get people to buy their cereal. Slap a game to the cereal box, and the cereal is more likely to sell more.

zool 2 was one of my first games.. it was epic... so many colors and lollipops..ahhh

and lol..it had a piracy protection; a cardboard thing I had to rotate so I could enter correct code ^^

I'm sure it was better on the Amiga. Chuck Rock, Turrican, and a few other games of that era just seem so much more playable on their original system (computer... whatever)

It sounds like it's gotta be better on the SNES than the Genny, too. I wasn't experiencing the slippery controls or problems seeing enemies that you were. Maybe it's just a little too colorful for the Genesis? Hehe.

I thoroughly enjoy Zool 2 on the Jaguar. Just seems bigger, better, louder, crazier than the first one on the 16-bit platforms. All in all though the gameplay is very quick. You have to really be precise and on-point to get through this game.

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Considering it's one of the better games on the Jaguar, I'm not surprised someone here likes it.