Zappazoids still most popular video game in Odyssey
By Jerry Phillips |
Times Staff Reporter
The most popular video game of ten years ago
remains the most popular video game today. Super Zappazoids 3 remained at
the top of Odyssey children's wish list for the upcoming holiday season. The
video game involves evil slime-zoids from the planet Zapp that invade our
solar system and wreck havoc.
"It's incredible that a game can have that kind of staying power," says
Jonathan Jorg, a clerk in the video game section of Greenblat's Department
Store. "The title has sold more games than many others put together."
Jorg attributes one of the selling points of the game to its continual
updating. "To stay up to date on the game, you have to keep getting the
latest version. Every few months, they'll come out with one that's just
slightly better and everyone has to upgrade."
Years ago, Super Zappazoids 3.7 included new features such as turbo
thrusters, hydraulic drive, and bionic overload that version 3.6 didn't
include. This was one of the biggest updates ever to the software. Current
versions of the software usually only include small changes. For example,
the only change in the latest version of the game (Zappazoids 3.9293) over
the previous version (Zappazoids 3.9292) was the addition of an extra star
on level 12. Other recent updates have included added "power ups" in level
26 and interplexing beacon hidden in level 4.
This
article originally appeared in "The Odyssey Times," a
special fictional newspaper produced by Focus on the Family to promote
Adventures in Odyssey.
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