I Got The RAREST Achievement in Zuma Deluxe

Welcome to the first installment of a series I think I'll be calling Ratio Retribution - where I go through the most difficult games I can find and earn all of their achievements.
This installment is Zuma Deluxe! A brilliant action puzzle game published by the master of arcade games Popcap! Priding itself with a legendary achievement in which under 500 of the players registered on TrueAchievements has unlocked it in over 17 YEARS.
Score Champion, requiring the player to complete the entire game with a high score of 2 MILLION points.
So join me as I walk you through my experience playing through Zuma Deluxe to completion!
2nd Channel:
/ @minemasterjake2
Timecodes:
0:00 - Intro
1:39 - Achievement Breakdown
2:28 - Gameplay
3:15 - Zuma Definition
3:52 - Techniques and Strategies
6:30 - Sharp Shooter
6:53 - Temple 1
9:25 - Temple 2
11:35 - Temple 3
13:24 - Final Temple
16:05 - Gauntlet Mode
16:37 - Adventurer Achievement
17:48 - Son of Sun
18:16 - Score Champion
20:25 - Outro
RATIO RETRIBUTION EPISODE 1
#achievements #xbox360 #popcap

[@altersky4060]

Breaking news! A local youtuber plays with balls for 20 minutes and 39 seconds straight! More at eleven.

[@Fennaixelphox]

Fuck it we ball

[@lime64skits]

​@@Fennaixelphoxthen we blast later

[@nis.sin_viewr]

Baller

[@mariagil2170]

Oh be careful with that language! It's bad for your soul God bless you! Jesus loves you!❤✝️ ​@@Fennaixelphox

[@astra3766]

A McDonald’s in a small city near where I lived when I was younger actually had arcade machines instead of a normal playroom, and I distinctly remember Zuma being one of the games (despite this being over a decade ago) until they all stopped working

[@MineMasterJake1]

Sounds like a pretty cool McDonald’s! I’ve seen restaurants have some arcade machines like house of the dead in before but never ZUMA!

[@taublix315]

That sounds so fun to have had

[@swileyhedrick2373]

oh YEAH i remember that

[@fractalgem]

I beat the free flash version of zuma...ONCE. that was hard.

[@Shifsabre]

Perhaps it was Zuma 2003 or Puzzloop

[@OTKTamashii]

I remember watching my Grandpa play this game religiously for years on our family computer. He’s put in so much hours that getting over 2mil on Adventure was pretty normal for him. As far as I could remember, the highest score I’ve seen him achieve was over 2.8 million

[@riccardodivirgiliofrancion3168]

I got to 2.3 mil and I didnt get the achievement bruhh

[@Mike14264]

Impressive!

[@pearlvtv412]

my grandma used to be one of the best in the world

[@dawidbarglik7689]

My mom used to Play Zuma on our komputer which this year will be 20 years old. I need to remind her about this game

[@danamaybee]

I can't remember what scores exactly but I have the same memory with my dad hahaha he was obsessed

[@ignor_]

this game's actually a lot more precise and easy on PC, where you can shoot with your mouse, I remember not so long ago replaying it for 100% completion, and in some of the Survival levels even managed to get to level 20 or so on Son of Sun (Sun God on PC). It's much harder to aim with the controller, so it makes your achievement even more impressive

[@ignor_]

@Iam. oh, i remember watching you in distant 2019, hey there :)

[@oggilein1]

I couldn't imagine beating zuma with a controller, have played the pc version for years and the control a mouse gives you is not to be underestimated. massive props to you for getting 2 million points with the xbox control scheme

[@deadpan904]

This explains why I didn't understood that kind of skill and pain it took when he said he couldn't beat 9-7 for so long. I remember I was the first one to beat 4th temple and Space in my family, since my family played it religiously when I was 11, or 12.

[@Moe_Posting_Chad]

You don't need the accuracy ball if you use your mouse pointer. Kayode Ewumi thinking meme.

[@bluekewne]

I play the PC version on Steam Deck; emulate the mouse cursor with the joystick. Works perfectly fine.

[@PurplePepper996]

Ive been playing zuma since i was 5 years old, recently emulated the game on my Xbox emulator via Xbox arcade. and let me tell you it was kinda of easy but still challenging, ended up beating the game in less then 3 hours though.

[@random3rsifO_O]

Bro you brought back some nostalgia for me! Me and my mom when I was 3-4 used to play this everday lol. Now I am almost 18 and still playing the game :) Thanks for making a video and keeping the game alive man....

[@Reckerless]

Dude the quality of this video is insane and you have less than 10 subscribers?!?

[@MineMasterJake1]

Thanks so much!

[@altersky4060]

Also, I really love your little edit at the BGM explanation section. It was funny to see the Sun God move about on the screen, hahah.

[@Moe_Posting_Chad]

The editing on the video is really funny. Like the Sun God playing the recorder backwards. The subtlety makes it funnier.

[@zakthewack]

The editing and your style of humor (whatever it is) is great; I especially liked the part where you looked up what Zuma means. I hope to see more from you.

[@HeyItsRoomie]

Awesome vid! Zuma has always been one of those puzzle games that struck the "just right" point of addicting and endless fun.

[@FlamingToaster]

15:08 love the fact the stone dude is playing the flute backwards

[@painkiller_j3071]

My grandma's favorite game, thanks for the video

[@danielbakergill]

Thank you for documenting this. It was really nostalgic, touching to hear these sound effects again along with the story text. My mother really loved this game.

[@Epic_Darwin]

Man this video was really fun to watch. Zuma was always one of those games I've enjoyed along side bejeweled when i was a kid. I always played these games on my grandma's old computer. Glad to see a beautiful documentary on this game. 🔥🔥🔥

[@Darkmaniac2283]

You're giving me new respect for achievement hunters honestly. I've only ever personally known one hunter and they used a lot of tactics I honestly thought took a good chunk of the fun and spirit out of Achievement Hunting. Using macros and such to basically let games automate themselves for the easy points, the whole thing just left a bad taste in my mouth. Hope to see this channel flourish in the future, best of luck in your adventures!

[@guized7475]

seriously how do you have less than a thousand subs with quality content like this can't wait for the series to continue indeed cause dang Zuma was a classic in my childhood which you just unlocked a memory from me with another childhood game. To describe it basically you're a fish to eat other fishes until you get big enough Idk what the game is called or honestly more accurate I forgot or didn't care at the time cause my father tag me along to his friends house and so after like "borrowing" the old fat computers from the past I played that game for hours and didn't stop until I was stuck from a certain angler fish level cause there was so many thing happening that I just accepted defeat. Honestly I don't think even for Today I can beat that game but if you're okay with request it'll be interesting indeed assuming you can find the game I'm describing lelz but yeah Keep up the great work, have fun while doing so and ofc do this at your own pace man cause this is truly a classic for the ages.

[@MineMasterJake1]

I know exactly the game you are describing - FEEDING FRENZY!!! Just finished getting all the achievements in 2 recently - the first ones taking quite a while though because you have to eat 40,000 fish total as well as 1000 sharks but I chip away at it from time to time.

[@lordmarshmal_0643]

I think we had that one too as part of a 3-game pack, with Feeding Frenzy, Zuma's Revenge, and Bejeweled 3 all available I never really played any of em much since our Xbox was my brother's, but still

[@Absorbant]

​@@MineMasterJake1a classic

[@kubazeus15]

Zuma was one of the first game I've ever played,also with my father Feeding frenzy all the time on school computers during ECDL courses

[@guized7475]

@@MineMasterJake1 DANG so that was the games name honestly if you're gonna do a video on it I'm gonna watch it fully cause man some of those levels were low key frustrating for me to play through especially the one with the angler fish (I'm assuming it's 2) but seriously tho what an stroll down memory lane with my childhood classics just like some of the psp games I played a great example of this one I didn't know the name until recently was Chilli Con Carnage I was so happy to finally know that game I have no shot of remembering the name. So yeah again thanks for the name drop of the game and ofc keep up the great work, do it at your own pace and ofc have fun while doing so cause man it's criminal how you have low subs despite quality content can't wait to see you grow big indeed.

[@Chironseth1970]

One of my favourite games. The only achievement that still eludes me is the Sharp Shooter. I had a stroke in 2013 and thought ‘well that’s it, no more Zuma’ because I thought there’s no way I could complete the game ever again let alone get the Sharp Shooter achievement. I still gave it a try though and to my amazement I DID complete it. Twice in fact and have recorded proof 😄. STILL haven’t got the damn Sharp Shooter achievement though 😤🙄

[@MarioMastar]

That music is pure nostalgia! So many of my favorite games like Crash Bandicoot and such use music like that so I always love when I hear it. Very well done!

[@roth1312]

great video man, it's criminal you're under 5k subs, your narrative and editing are on par with the big ones. and hey, in my office we still play zuma when we have nothing better to do lol, it's an awesome game that barely aged :)

[@BerryCrepe]

Great video!!!

[@osmosisjones2822]

Mad lad! Subbed and looking forward to more content

[@awesomesenna7669]

im from '05 and this brings back so many memories, i played this game with my mom so much and for some reason it was so so much fun. i wanna thank you for bringing back the memories with this video, cheers mate!

[@rundyftw]

Great editing on the video! The music segment was great!

[@ameliamay5246]

Came here from the meatboy video. So glad the algorithm showed me this channel, I can't wait for more from this series!!

[@y_not_ironman]

I've been playing Zuma for my whole primary school and this video has just unlocked soooo many memories

[@max-gw5oi]

came from your smb run, def gonna binge all your videos :]

[@Mike14264]

Tremendously good job! This was one game I rarely ever got to play as a kid. Most I did was play a demo version of it on a Nokia phone. But still, I oughta give it a real shot some day.

[@spamtong.spamton124]

This is some of the best editing ive ever seen (Also you should try playing nuclear throne)

[@speedymatt1236]

I can tell that the adventure mode on Zuma is quite the challenge, approximately 20 people per year getting the score champion achievement is quite a small amount considering this is a kids game!

[@unliving]

bro i remember grinding the sequel with mum, especially the time trials. thanks for the efforts and keep going!

[@taublix315]

Zuma's Revenge challenge mode? :o What was your highest score that you can remember btw

[@sugar242]

You made me realise that I played so much zuma as a kid and I never actually finished it. I will try it tomorrow.

[@Habbitual]

Honestly zuma is so fun. Nice work!

[@arbisplaat4577]

This is an amazing video, especially as a former zuma fan and still coming back to it sometimes. If you do consider, I hope you can cover Zuma's Revenge soon either.

[@slateportraichu5416]

Thank you for the awesome video=)Now I want to play some Zuma Deluxe too=)

[@SUpeREleCtRoSTaLIN]

I remember this awesome game! Only my grandfather was able to beat the game. I need to play it some day to. Thanks for a good video❤!

[@KinZenyatta]

omg the nostalgia. my mom used to play this game, i remember turning the computer on when i knew she'll come back home soon.this brought back good memories.

[@Pifa738]

My mom almost beat the whole game, level 12 was the run killer and she never played since cuz she was mad lmao. I remember vividly that level 9 was the bane of my existance so i always asked my mom to play cuz i knew i couldnt do it and when she beat it i was flabbergasted.

[@kannathedragon7625]

Dang this was genuinely entertaining to watch during my lunch You really should do a completionist run for the sequel not gonna lie

[@betaafton9140]

I like how that on the XBox version the highest difficulty in the Gauntlet is called "Son of Sun" while on the Steam Version it's actually called "Sun God". This game never failed to entertain me and bring back the memories of when I first played it with my grandma.

[@saintnicholas843]

I was introduced to this game at 5 years old, I noticed nothing changing except the new colors of balls. Didn't matter though, because with my Godly amounts of free time I would just steamroll the entire game in one sitting, all the way to the final temple. I encountered defeat so little times that I didn't even notice it was hard... ... Except the first double path. That one scares me.

[@aaronnottingham5345]

My dad literally broke the mouse on our home computer clicking so much in order to 100% the game when it came out. He was amazingly good and had the most insane reflexes at it. I was young at the time and I was terrible at it

[@RyanMK666]

Gimmie a red, I need a red, WHY DIDNT YOU GIVE ME A RED

[@irgendwerausbayern1999]

That new ball in the second temple is purple. I used to play a lot of Zuma Deluxe on all of my computers. It was sooo much fun! And I had Bejeweled 2, Chuzzle, BookWorm and Peggle as demonstration versions on the installation DVD. Now I have Bejeweled 2 Deluxe, Zuma Deluxe AND Chuzzle Deluxe on my computer. I'm glad Steam exists.

[@Awptionss]

Lost dad in high school in 2018, but seeing this thumbnail of the goofy zuma frog reminded me of a time when i was younger than 10 years old. My dad had a verizon flip phone, and on that phone he had zuma downloaded. I have a vivid memory waiting in line someplace with him, just trying to play and beat a level. Thanks for bringing me back.

[@MultiToj]

Thanks for the video. This was one of my moms favourite games, she killed a couple of laptop touchpads and buttons with it. Could never imagine anyone would actually make a video about it. I hope this game brought her much joy all the days she was bored and in pain while i was at school or out with friends. She passed away from cancer in 2016.

[@some_kyle_guy]

Epic video!

[@seriousnorbo3838]

Zuma soundtrack has trurly inspirational lyrics❤15:05

[@thenyan3095]

“When you’re happy you enjoy the music, when you’re sad you understand the lyrics”

[@StingoMan]

Please make some more completionist videos, i love this style

[@ItsJustJer]

Hey.... I remember seeing my ma play this game back on the family computer! such an amazing game.

[@ryanleatigaga7596]

This is awesome quality for a channel with almost 4K. You ever play Heavy Weapon on the Xbox 360? That, Zuma, and Minecraft were some of my favorites on the console.

[@orangeboi3387]

honestly thougth i was in a 500k+ views video from just the production! severly underrated channel!

[@espighty]

I’ve never played Zuma, but I am addicted to the Webkinz knockoff version, Smoothie Moves. Good video.

[@KrakenFried]

I came here from Recker, and he was NOT kidding. I really enjoyed this video, keep up the great work!

[@MineMasterJake1]

Awesome! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@Mooskym]

I've played Zuma, back in the day, but not on the Xbox. I don't want to imagine how finicky playing that game with a joystick must feel, even on what is considered the best gamepad of all time.

[@MineMasterJake1]

Wasn't too bad to be honest! Sometimes the pointer would get a bit stuck but it was nothing too detrimental.

[@taublix315]

@@MineMasterJake1 I remember playing Zuma on controller before getting it on my computer, definately made stuff easier, but also allowed me to push for more difficult challenges.

[@taublix315]

Haven't finished the whole video but am enjoying it so far as a Zuma player. Edit: Finished the video, I loved it, well made and also must have taken a lot of dedication.

[@KianZuma]

As someone who plays this constantly still as well as the sequel game I appreciate this video. Also I hold some high score/best time world records in both Zuma games.

[@popcap990]

Hell yeah, I finished Zuma Deluxe too!

[@nin10doadict]

The little words flying from the stone guy while he sings were excellent

[@skirry9014]

One of the best youtubers, ain't no way im not binging the vids

[@hassandabo6288]

You just unlocked a core memory…. My mother would always play this game on her laptop and I’d watch her play it. The music was peak

[@danamaybee]

I am so happy more people still remember this game

[@DavidGlendaleArdenaso]

17:15 damn TIL about that level after playing since like 2005/2006 I loved Zuma Deluxe, Zuma's Revenge, Tumblebugs, and Tumblebugs 2

[@Gurmudgin]

Man Zuma. I only knew it as a flash game, but I’ve spent a long time with it. Extremely solid game.

[@TheBluehatPerson]

wait a second this is just a zuma deluxe review in disguise (very cool video, btw).

[@Teenno]

That intro was what happened to me so many times i stopped attempting to 100% this game

[@andreikone6148]

Cant wait for your gameplay on metal zuma rising revengeance of the island

[@jgn]

this video is great, I would love to see an ikaruga video

[@potato_dbd]

I remember my mom playing this game when I was a kid. I know she struggled a lot with the later temples, I don't remember if she ever beat it or not.

[@ivanjermakov]

My mom did too! I have to ask how far she got. I remember white balls for sure.

[@Gust3883]

I still remember playing Zuma Deluxe on my Windows XP. Stage 9 is still hell to this day.

[@lukesterbob7843]

LETS GO A GOOD KZbin PLAYING ZUMA

[@AlexReynard]

I feel avenged, for all the time I spent trying to make the frog spit the balls correctly. I know I made it to the third temple, because all those maps up until Zumiac feel instantly familiar. That one doesn't, so I know I never even got there. Serious congratulations! It's good to know it was actually possible after all.

[@not_cyan]

i remember playing zuma revenge on my ps3, now im still playing it on my pc

[@chinossynthesizer705]

The zuma music is so fire.

[@Hak_Ji-Woon]

I remember my mum playing this and myself at young age and getting scared of the skull opening if I was close to game over lol

[@redstonecommander5190]

15:30 plus while this track is playing you also get an unnerving heartbeat sound, adding to the franticness

[@legocreator768]

Heya Jake! Would love to see ya play Luxor Evolved sometime, its my favorite game in the marble popper genre and has a wonderful artstyle.

[@rohin6623]

My dad had this game before I was born on his Windows XP laptop. After my birth, I started playing this game when I was a whopping 4 years old. I played this game until I turned 6. I would always clear Temple of Zukulkan, but I never knew I had to go ahead in the game. When I was 6, my dad took away the laptop. But, fortunately, when I was 12, he transferred the game into my new laptop. And, here I am at 13. I completed adventure mode and hit the Sun God/Son of Sun rank in every level of gauntlet mode.

[@i.l.l]

I remember seeing this game so long ago but never knew what it was called, just knew that there were balls and a scary frog.

[@lyuktentiok]

This is so nostalgic

[@maninthesnow4393]

I keep seeing these pop caps and i have been trying to find two. One was a tile matcher with a temple theme and the other you had to bounce a ball around various levels and your tool to do this was based of like race cars n what not i think. I just been looking at them again because i remeber playing a lot of heavy weapon turtle odyssey and super cow.

[@MineMasterJake1]

I'm pretty sure the first one is called Jewel Quest and I don't know about the cars but I imagine the second one your talking about is peggle?

[@maninthesnow4393]

@@MineMasterJake1 yes it was jewel quest. Im trying to think. The other one the cart was hsaped like a car, but the bumper for you ball was cloating above it, only other thing i rembee is the levels were normally shaped into ovjects and the guy had a distinct way of saying ready.

[@humdingalinga1158]

That's crazy to think my mom was gamer and I didn't know it. I swear she is one of the 400 people to have gotten 2mill score on adventure mode

[@mateussoares515]

15:09 the way this guy is playing the flute backwards is causing me physical pain. Great video though! Congrats on beating zuma!

[@MineMasterJake1]

Yeah I caught that but honestly thought it would be funnier that way 😂

[@mateussoares515]

@@MineMasterJake1 It sure made me look again, it makes it even funnier lmaooo

[@kromakogg]

Good Job mate! As a kid i've never finished Zuma Deluxe before because the difficulty started ramping up after temple 2. But can you please play Zuma's Revenge? It's basically Zuma 2

[@AnonChuck.ObjectShowViewer]

Didn't know Sun God difficulty called Son of Sun in console versions.

[@jessicacruz3342]

Wow crazy. Ty. I'v played this game on the gameboy advance zuma revenge and passed it. But now playing in the xbox 1. And I'm stuck on level 9-4 smh.

[@ARM0RP0WER]

im not 100% sure if i beat the game when i was younger but i do remember at least getting to the forth temple when i was i think 5? i was a menace to games when i was really young though i also had massive anger issues so kind of needed my dad to watch me to in a way pull me away if i start getting mad

[@MiOMio-zu3ky]

I oddly remember this game being packaged as a 3 in 1 game with Plants vs zombies and Peggle which is that remember because this was 11 years ago

[@LoganTheDevilMayCryFan]

Just got the Son of Sun achievement just a few seconds ago. I've been trying to get the Sharp Shooter achievement for *years* now

[@acewylden3766]

Super fun watch. I think the music comparison could have been cut down slightly and there were very obvious cuts between each line read of the Sun God's text but this is constructive criticism, not bashing. Fantastic work everywhere else!

[@MineMasterJake1]

Thanks!

[@user-ce7ic1ze2u]

Bro this is literally my childhood game!

[@mo.nlight_9789]

i remember playing this as a kid with my grandad !!

[@qualcunoacaso4865]

As a kid, on pc, i remember how much i played this game. I for sure got more than 2 mln point since i beat the whole adventure multiple times without losing a single life, got the hat at least on 5 different savings, and did a "tunnel shot" (idk how to call it, when you shoot to balls from a further line cause you created a hole in the line) consistently on easier levels cause i loved the sound of it. But with mouse it's easy, and i was a bored kid 🤣

[@Razorcarl]

This is one of my childhood games

[@RivLoveshine]

This is the best game ever made, purely because of the music and aesthetics. My obsession with anything relating to jungles and the Aztecs is big.

[@anshsgh6092]

this game is alot like amazon adventure, the game of my childhood

[@georgetomlinson2731]

😍😍😍😍😍 beautiful music I love the intro ❤ Libera music is so beautiful and awesome

[@Alberos]

The before last(?) level of temple 12 (Sun stone) is tough... I hate it so much. I got all the way to that without dying, but that thing end my run. Man this game is hard, no wonder I suck at it when I'm kid too.

[@andro_king]

Oh my mom's gonna LOVE this

[@leepinephrine121]

I got 3 million twice before. Still not an easy feat to get to 2 mill. Congrats! :D

[@SylvesterAshcroft88]

Oh god i remember this game! xD