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== Reception ==
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|Allgame_SMD=3/5<ref name="AGGENzoop">{{cite web|last=Alan Weiss|first=Brett|url=http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=7616&tab=review|title=Zoop (Genesis) - Review|website=[[AllGame]]|access-date=15 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141115045602/http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=7616&tab=review|archive-date=15 November 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|Allgame_SNES=4/5<ref name="AGSNESzoop">{{cite web|last=Alan Weiss|first=Brett|url=http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=7500&tab=review|title=Zoop (SNES) - Review|website=[[AllGame]]|access-date=15 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141115045605/http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=7500&tab=review|archive-date=15 November 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|Allgame_PS=4.5/5<ref name="AGPS1zoop">{{cite web|last=Couper|first=Chris|url=http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=8004&tab=review|title=Zoop (PlayStation) - Review|website=[[AllGame]]|access-date=15 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141115045609/http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=8004&tab=review|archive-date=15 November 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|EGM_SGG=5.875 / 10<ref name="EGMGGzoop">{{cite magazine|url=https://retrocdn.net/index.php?title=File:EGM_US_076.pdf&page=52|title=Review Crew: Zoop|magazine=[[Electronic Gaming Monthly]]|issue=76|publisher=Sendai Publishing|date=November 1995|page=52|access-date=16 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116131413/https://retrocdn.net/index.php?title=File:EGM_US_076.pdf&page=52|archive-date=16 November 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
|Fam_SSAT=6/10, 6/10, 5/10, 6/10<ref name="fam-ss-rev">{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Famitsu|Weekly Famitsu]]|p=33|date=December 6, 1996|publisher=[[ASCII Corporation]]|title=New Game Cross Review| authorlink1=Hirokazu Hamamura| last1=Tsūshin|first1=Hamamura|last2=Pinu|first2=Mizu|last3=Watanabe|first3=Miki|last4=Hada|first4=Takayuki|issue=416}}</ref>
|GameFan_PS=263 / 300<ref name="DHGFPS1zoop">{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/details/Gamefan_Vol_4_Issue_01|title=Viewpoint - Zoop - Playstation|magazine=[[GameFan]]|volume=4|issue=1|publisher=Shinno Media|date=January 1996|page=[https://archive.org/details/Gamefan_Vol_4_Issue_01/page/n17 18]}}</ref>
|GI_SNES=8.0 / 10<ref name="GISNESzoop">{{cite magazine|title=Retro Review: Zoop (SNES)|magazine=[[Game Informer]]|issue=187|publisher=Sunrise Publications|date=November 2008}}</ref>
|GP_SNES=74%<ref name="GPSNESzoop">{{cite magazine|last=Baggatta|first=Patrick |url=https://archive.org/stream/Game_Players_Issue_58_November_1995#page/n79/mode/1up|title=Super NES - Review - Zoop|magazine=[[Game Players]]|issue=77|publisher=Signal Research|date=November 1995|page=78}}</ref>
|GSpot_DOS=7.0 / 10<ref name="GSpotDOSzoop">{{cite web|last=Dulin|first=Ron|url=https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/zoop-review/1900-2560015/|title=Zoop Review - Once you do break through the initial frustration, Zoop will gradually become an addiction|work=[[GameSpot]]|publisher=[[CBS Interactive]]|date=2 May 2000|access-date=2 February 2020}}</ref>
|IGN_PS=5.0 / 10<ref name="IGNPS1zoop">{{cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/1996/11/27/zoop|title=Zoop Review|website=[[IGN]]|date=26 November 1996|access-date=15 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180725092617/https://www.ign.com/articles/1996/11/27/zoop|archive-date=25 July 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
|NGen_SNES=2/5<ref name="NGSNESzoop">{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/details/nextgen-issue-011/page/n192|title=Finals - Super NES - Zoop|magazine=[[Next Generation (magazine)|Next Generation]]|issue=11|publisher=[[Future US|Imagine Media]]|date=November 1995|page=191}}</ref>
|NGen_PS=3/5<ref name="NGPS1zoop">{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/details/NEXT_Generation_25|title=Every PlayStation Game Played, Reviewed, and Rated - Zoop|magazine=[[Next Generation (magazine)|Next Generation]]|issue=25|publisher=[[Future US|Imagine Media]]|date=January 1997|page=[https://archive.org/details/NEXT_Generation_25/page/n61 60]}}</ref>
|NGen_JAG=3/5<ref name="NGJAGzoop">{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/stream/Next-Generation-1996-05/Next%20Generation%201996-05#page/n99/mode/1up|title=Finals - Jaguar - Zoop|magazine=[[Next Generation (magazine)|Next Generation]]|issue=17|publisher=[[Future US|Imagine Media]]|date=May 1996|page=94}}</ref>
|NP_SNES=12.7 / 20<ref name="NPSNESzoopb">{{cite magazine|title=Now Playing - Zoop|magazine=[[Nintendo Power]]|issue=78|publisher=[[Nintendo of America]]|date=November 1995|page=107}}</ref>

|rev1=''[[Computer Game Review|CGR]]''
|rev1_DOS=263 / 300<ref name="CGRDOSMACzoop">{{cite web|last1=Snyder|first1=Frank |last2=Chapman|first2=Ted|last3=Honeywell|first3=Steve|url=http://www.nuke.com/cgr/reviews/9601/zoop/zoop.htm|title=Zoop Is Good Food|work=[[Computer Game Review]]|publisher=[[Ziff-Davis]]|date=1996|access-date=4 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19961221191819/http://www.nuke.com/cgr/reviews/9601/zoop/zoop.htm|archive-date=21 December 1996|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|rev2=''[[Entertainment Weekly|EW]]''
|rev2_DOS=A-<ref name="EWDOSzoop">{{cite magazine|last=Strauss|first=Bob|url=https://ew.com/article/1995/11/10/zoop/|title=Article - Zoop|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|issue=300|publisher=[[Meredith Corporation]]|date=10 November 1995|access-date=15 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180903114936/https://ew.com/article/1995/11/10/zoop/|archive-date=3 September 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
|rev3=''[[Mean Machines Sega]]''
|rev3_SMD=63 / 100<ref name="MMSGENp:tma">{{cite magazine|author1=Marcus|author2=Gus |url=https://archive.org/stream/mean-machines-sega-magazine-38#page/n84/mode/1up|title=Megadrive Review - Zoop|magazine=[[Mean Machines Sega]]|issue=38|publisher=[[Ascential|EMAP]]|date=December 1995|page=85}}</ref>
|rev4=''[[Micromanía]]''
|rev4_SMD=4/5<ref name="MMGENzoop">{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/stream/MicromanaTerceraEpocaSpanishIssue11#page/n86/mode/1up|title=Punto De Mira...y además: Bueno En Cualquier Forma - Zoop (Mega Drive)|magazine=[[Micromanía]]|volume=3 |issue=11|publisher=HobbyPress|date=December 1995|page=87|lang=es}}</ref>
|rev4_DOS=92%<ref name="MMDOSzoop">{{cite magazine|author=F.D.L.|url=https://archive.org/stream/MicromanaTerceraEpocaSpanishIssue11#page/n107/mode/2up|title=Zoop - La Sencillez Al Poder|magazine=[[Micromanía]]|volume=3|issue=11|publisher=HobbyPress|date=December 1995|pages=108–109|lang=es}}</ref>
|rev5=''[[Sega Pro]]''
|rev5_SMD=85 / 100<ref name="SProGENzoop">{{cite magazine|title=Mega Drive – ProReview: Zoop|magazine=[[Sega Pro]]|issue=52|publisher=[[Paragon Publishing]]|date=December 1995|page=55}}</ref>
|rev6=''[[Sega Saturn Magazine|SSM]]''
|rev6_SMD=62%<ref name="SSMukGENzoop">{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/details/Sega_Saturn_Magazine_Issue_02_1995-12_EMAP_Images_GB/page/n91|title=Sega 16-Bit Magazine - Review - Zoop|magazine=[[Sega Saturn Magazine]]|issue=2|publisher=[[Ascential|EMAP]]|date=December 1995|page=92}}</ref>
|rev7=''[[Future plc|UFG]]''
|rev7_DOS=68%<ref name="UFGJAGzoop">{{cite magazine|url=http://retrosprite.proboards.com/post/46/thread|title=Zoop Back to basics?|magazine=[[Future plc|Ultimate Future Games]]|issue=13|publisher=[[Future Publishing]]|date=December 1995|page=75}}</ref>
|rev8=''[[VideoGames - The Ultimate Gaming Magazine|VideoGames]]''
|rev8_SNES=7 / 10<ref name="VGTUGMSNESzoop">{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/stream/Video_Games_The_Ultimate_Gaming_Magazine_Issue_82_November_1995#page/n100/mode/1up|title=Reviews - SNES - Zoop|magazine=[[VideoGames & Computer Entertainment#VideoGames - The Ultimate Gaming Magazine|VideoGames - The Ultimate Gaming Magazine]]|issue=82 |publisher=[[Larry Flynt Publications|L.F.P., Inc.]]|date=November 1995|page=94}}</ref>

|award1Pub=''[[Nintendo Power]]'' (1995)
|award1=Best Puzzle Game<ref name="NPAzoop">{{cite magazine|title=The Nintendo Power Awards - 95 Winners - Best Puzzle Game|magazine=[[Nintendo Power]]|issue=84|publisher=[[Nintendo of America]]|date=May 1996|page=42}}</ref>
|award2Pub=''Power Play'' (1995)
|award2=Biggest Hype in 1995<ref name="PPA">{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/details/powerplaymagazine-1996-02/page/n137|title=Special - Jahres Überflieger '95 - Hype Des Jahres|magazine=Power Play|issue=95|publisher=Future-Verlag|date=February 1996|page=170|lang=de}}</ref>
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The four reviewers of ''[[Electronic Gaming Monthly]]'' criticized the Game Gear version as having poor audio even by Game Gear standards but otherwise were divided about the game. One of them said "it is more like work than anything else, and it certainly isn't addictive", two of them said it lacks anything special but is still addictive and enjoyable for players of all skill levels, and the fourth called it "a must-try".<ref name="EGMGGzoop"/>

Reviewing the SNES version, a critic for ''[[Next Generation (magazine)|Next Generation]]'' found the gameplay to be too complicated, concluding that "it's not bad really, but the idea isn't that intuitive, and once you get past the learning curve it lacks the addictive quality this kind of game needs."<ref name="NGSNESzoop"/> ''[[GamePro]]''{{'}}s The Axe Grinder similarly said that, while the game is fun and has good graphics and music, it lacks the addictive pull that an action puzzler needs to distinguish itself.<ref>{{cite magazine|author=The Axe Grinder|url=https://archive.org/details/GamePro_Issue_077_December_1995|title=ProReview: Super NES - Zoop|magazine=[[GamePro]]|issue=87|publisher=[[International Data Group|IDG]]|date=December 1995|page=[https://archive.org/details/GamePro_Issue_077_December_1995/page/n105 104]}}</ref>

''[[Sega Saturn Magazine]]'' (previously ''[[Sega Magazine]]'') gave the Genesis/Mega Drive version a 62%, saying the game "has the curious compulsiveness of ''[[Tetris]]'' to a degree", but that it is overshadowed by more complex and graphically impressive games then on the market.<ref name="SSMukGENzoop"/> Cover Girl of ''GamePro'' was pleased with the music and graphics, particularly the use of eye-tricking background contrasts in the later levels. She found the level select and five difficulty modes broaden the accessibility, but criticized that the game sends the player back to the beginning whenever they lose. She concluded that while falling short of classics like ''Tetris'', ''Zoop'' is an enjoyable enough puzzler to merit a buy.<ref>{{cite magazine|author=Cover Girl|url=https://archive.org/details/GamePro_Issue_077_December_1995|title=ProReview: Genesis - Zoop|magazine=[[GamePro]]|issue=87|publisher=[[International Data Group|IDG]]|date=December 1995|page=[https://archive.org/details/GamePro_Issue_077_December_1995/page/n87 86]}}</ref>

Reviewing the Jaguar version, ''GamePro'' noted that it made no changes from previous versions of the game. They said of the game itself: "A classic? No. Addictive? Yes."<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/stream/GamePro_Issue_081_April_1996#page/n90/mode/1up|title=Quick Hits: Zoop |magazine=[[GamePro]]|issue=81|publisher=[[International Data Group|IDG]]|date=April 1996|page=89|access-date=21 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190104224940/https://archive.org/stream/GamePro_Issue_081_April_1996#page/n90/mode/1up|archive-date=4 January 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Next Generation'' similarly stated that "while ''Zoop'' is an enjoyable game, it's not exactly the second puzzling. ... Games like ''Tetris'' and ''[[Bust-a-Move]]'' have undeniable magic, and while ''Zoop'' has the mechanics of a great puzzle game, it lacks that magic." They praised the pace of the action, in that the game demands the player's full attention from the beginning.<ref name="NGJAGzoop"/>

''GamePro''{{'}}s brief review of the PlayStation version called it "an uncomplicated puzzle game that's only slightly hampered by squirrelly controls" and "a great addiction for puzzle fans."<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/stream/GamePro_Issue_080_March_1996#page/n74/mode/1up|title=Quick Hits: Zoop |magazine=[[GamePro]]|issue=80|publisher=[[International Data Group|IDG]]|date=March 1996|page=73 |access-date=21 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190104230323/https://archive.org/stream/GamePro_Issue_080_March_1996#page/n74/mode/1up|archive-date=4 January 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> A brief review from ''Next Generation'' commented, "Action puzzle games should be simple but addicting; ''Zoop'' is complicated but kind of compulsive."<ref name="NGPS1zoop"/> ''[[IGN]]'' rated the PlayStation version of the game a 5/10, stating, "''Zoop'' has all the makings of a good puzzle game, it just doesn't deliver the goods."<ref name="IGNPS1zoop"/>

''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' gave the DOS version an A− and said it wasn't as addictive but was as much fun as ''[[Tetris]]''.<ref name="EWDOSzoop"/>

The game was awarded "Best Puzzle Game" in the 1995 ''[[Nintendo Power Awards]]''.<ref name="NPAzoop"/>