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Zuma

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Zuma
Zuma cover
Developers
Oberon Media
Publishers
PopCap Games
Glu Mobile
Engines
PopCap Games Framework
Release dates
Windows December 12, 2003
macOS (OS X) January 11, 2006
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Relaxed
Perspectives Isometric
Controls Point and select
Genres Action, Arcade, Puzzle, Shooter, Tile matching, Time management
Art styles Pre-rendered graphics, Stylized
Themes Historical, Medieval
Series Zuma
Zuma guide on StrategyWiki
Zuma on MobyGames
Zuma on Wikipedia
Zuma
Zuma 2003
Zuma's Revenge! 2009

General information

Steam Community Discussions
Steam Community Guides

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM details are not known
Windows
Steam
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Zuma Deluxe
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Zuma Deluxe is the full version of the game

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/3330/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %PROGRAMDATA%\Steam\Zuma\userdata\[Note 2]
<path-to-game>\userdata\[Note 2]
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/3330/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

In-game options menu.
In-game options menu.

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Only available resolution is 640x480.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
2D game.
Windowed
Only available resolution is 640x480. Cannot be resized.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS
FPS is maxed out at 100
120+ FPS
FPS is locked at 100, even on 144hz monitors with 144hz forced.
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Controller types

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
All dialogues are text based.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Issues

STEAM ERROR: "Unable to load Steam.dll"

An issue that occurs to some players when playing via Steam. Simply copy & paste your Steam.dll file from Steam's main directory into the game's root directory.

Low FPS

There are two ways of fixing the problem:

  • Disable hardware acceleration if fullscreen is on.
  • Play the game in a window. Hardware acceleration works fine while the game is windowed.

3D Acceleration not supported error on modern versions of windows

The game complains about "Not enough video memory". This can be bypassed by patching the executable.

Patch Zuma.exe manually (Experimental)
  1. Backup Zuma.exe, and edit it with a hex editor.
  2. Navigate to offset 0x1CECE7. You should see something like ... FA FF FF 73 46 68 20 42 ....
  3. Edit 73 to EB so it looks like ... FA FF FF EB 46 68 20 42 ..., save the file.
  4. Run the game and enable 3D acceleration, ignoring any warnings.

Notes

This patch is experimental and may not work.
If you can't find FA FF FF 73 46 68 20 42 near 0x1CECE7, try searching for it. There should be only one occurrence.
Using WineD3D[1]
  1. Download WineD3D.
  2. After downloading, open the archive.
  3. Extract all the contents of the archive to C:\ProgramData\PopCap Games\Zuma.
  4. Run the game and enable 3D acceleration, ignoring any warnings.

Notes

You need to have a zip archive opening software.
Do not extract the archive into the game's main directory.
If 3D Acceleration is still not enabled/working, try running Zuma.exe in compatibility mode. Recommended: Windows XP (Service Pack 3).
Using PopCap-Patches
  1. Download Popcap-Patches.
  2. After downloading, run the exe.
  3. Click on Open file and select your Zuma Deluxe's executable. Make sure you check both the given options before patching.
  4. After patching is done, run the game and enable 3D acceleration, ignoring any warnings.

Notes

The developer of the patch stated the following - "For Peggle series and Zuma Deluxe, run patch only if you don't need full screen. These games cannot be both full screen and 3D accelerated.", meaning the patch can potentially break your game. Use the patcher on your own discretion!

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
DirectDraw 7
OpenGL
OS X only.
Software renderer
ExecutablePPC 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
[2]

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Audio BASS

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 98
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium II 350 MHz
System memory (RAM) 128 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 12 MB
Video card (GPU) DirectX 7 compatible
macOS (OS X)
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 10.5.8
Processor (CPU) Intel Core Duo
System memory (RAM) 256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 12 MB


Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
  2. 2.0 2.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

References