Zool is a British computer game originally produced for the Amiga by Gremlin Graphics as a rival to Sega's Sonic the Hedgehog. It was heavily hyped upon its initial release in 1992, including being bundled with the newly launched Amiga 1200, although not the AGA version with enhanced graphics which followed later. Gremlin said that the name Zool did not refer to the supernatural entity Zuul from the film Ghostbusters. Zool is "a ninja from the nth dimension" who is forced to land on Earth. In order to gain ninja ranking he has to pass six lands. The game is a pure arcade platform game, relying on smooth, fast moving gameplay, colorful graphics and a popular soundtrack by Patrick Phelan which overlaps with the Lotus 3 soundtrack and has inspired several modern electro/techno remixes. Zool contains a number of embedded games, including several arcade games, a scrolling space shooter and a game accessibl

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