What is Jump Zampoli?

Jump Zampoli is a unique (and very tricky) concept which challenges the player to factor in gravity and momentum to the familiar breakout format.

Instead of a paddle, you have a teeter totter on wheels, and several 'Zampolis' to act as balls. Instead of bricks, your goal is to pop balloons.

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We haven’t seen anything so cute and adorable since Psygnosis’s Lemmings. Jump Zampoli’s main characters are die Zampolis — a troop of acrobatic gnomes. The designers specifically made the game nonviolent, choosing humor over death.

The object of the game is to make your Zampolis pop balloons. Along the bottom of the screen runs a seesaw, which you use to aim the Zampolis. In some respects, this works the way Breakout does, but it’s much funnier. Some balloons contain more balloons, others make the Zampolis bounce off, and, of course, you get special bonus balloons. All the while, the cute gnomes clap to the music (which is also reminiscent of Lemmings) and do amazing flips as they fly through the air with the greatest of ease. This is a charming game, suitable for all ages.

Tafel, Kathy. (April 1998). Powerplay. MacAddict. (pg. 69).

Download Jump Zampoli for Mac

Architecture

68K + PPC (FAT)

Compatibility notes

Emulating this? It could probably run under: SheepShaver