Reception
Reviews for the Amiga version of the game were mostly very positive, including 97% in Amiga Computing, 95% in Amiga Format, 91% in CU Amiga and 90% in Amiga Power. However, some criticism was aimed at the blatant and pervasive product placement in the game for lollipop company Chupa Chups, in the first three levels (the "Sweet Zone"). Another common criticism of the game was that it was excessively difficult. Some contemporary reviewers complained of not being able to get further than the "Music Zone", the game's second level.
Zool became the Amiga's 1992 best-selling game, nearly beating the sales of Sonic 2. In 1993, Commodore was interested in the character and wanted the next Zool game to be bundled with their upcoming gaming console Amiga CD32. However, the game was only 40% complete three months before the release of the Amiga CD32 and Gremlin could not make the deadline in time. As a last minute decision by Commodore they decided to bundle the console with Flair Software's Oscar and Millennium's Diggers.
Virgin Media included Zool on the list of top ten video game ninja heroes. In 2011, Wirtualna Polska ranked it as the 22nd best Amiga game, noting its "absurdly" high difficulty.
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