Zuma (PopCap Loader)

Zuma
Developer: PopCap Games Publisher: PopCap Games Platform: PopCap Loader Released in US: October 23, 2003 This game has hidden development-related text. This game has debugging material. This game has revisional differences.

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A web demo of Zuma, playable in your browser. Very similar to the Flash version, only key difference is having right click to swap balls.

Debugging Material

Framework

Since basically the entirety of the framework was ported, the said debug commands used in other games work in the browser too!

Developer Cheats

Modifying the GameObject embed parameter file in index.html and adding cheats to the params (param list) string as well as adding the said parameter set to true will allow these key-based cheats in gameplay.

Key	Description
1	Changes a random ball to an explosive ball.
2	Changes a random ball to a Pause Ball.
w	Removes a life from the life bar, plays the animation.
e	Adds a life to the life bar, plays the animation.
r	Restarts the level.
u	Shows the upsell advertisement, only has an effect in-game.
d	Displays the stats screen without a scroll transition and not calculating score.
l	Beats the level.
|	Alters game speed between fast and slow, the framerate isn't affected.
z	Gains the exact score to activate ZUMA in the level.
x	Toggles collision detection.
n	Next level.
m	Previous level.

(Source: LolHacksRule)

Revisional Differences

• 1.4 (AOL/Shockwave): Initial?
• 1.4 (PopCap): Exe change, no upsell images in main cab and font changes
• 1.5: Exe change. includes sv-se localization, left backup fonts, added tunnel overlap textures
• 1.6: Exe change