The Zone 3D is a plug-and-play console that was manufactured and released around 2011 by Ultimate Products Ltd. that retailed for $59.99. It is a 32-bit system released in the Zone line of plug-and-play consoles. It comes bundled with two controllers that mimic the Nintendo Wii's Wiimote controllers, although the console unit itself vaguely resembles a PlayStation 3. The Zone 3D's main gimmick is that it comes with games that make use of anaglyph 3D graphics, most of which are sports games that make use of motion controls in the controllers. The packaging includes 2 red and blue 3D glasses to allow these games to be viewed properly. The games on the Zone 3D were likely developed by JungleTac, as a selection of 3D games as well as most of the 2D games on the console are directly ported from or heavily based on games that are known to be developed by them for 16-bit Sunplus SPG systems. The Zone 3D uses the Sunplus SPG293 chipset, and it is the only known instance of JungleTac working with the platform or any 32-bit hardware.
Games[]
The Zone 3D comes with 20 anaglyph 3D games and 80 2D "arcade" games. The anaglyph 3D games all use pre-rendered 3D graphics. Most of them are sports games, although a few are conversions of (or "sequels" to) games that appeared on 16-bit systems using Sunplus SPG hardware that were developed and manufactured by JungleTac. Most of the arcade games are direct ports of JungleTac's 16-bit games, some with updated graphics. A select few of the arcade games appear to be exclusive to this system.
3D games[]
- Bowling
- Superstar Archery
- Darts
- Kick Boxing
- Golf
- Baseball
- Jogging
- Horse Shoes
- Motor Rally 2 - Based on JungleTac's 16-bit Sunplus game of the same name. Uses pre-rendered 3D graphics.
- Fishing - Similar to the fishing game on the Zone 60 and Catch Fish on the Sport Vii.
- Tennis - A first-person tennis game.
- Ping Pong
- Time Trio - Basketball game.
- Aim & Shoot - A game where you toss garbage into a trash can a certain amount of times to win. There are three settings to play in: an area with a sunset, a field, and a desert.
- Skateboarding
- Snowboarding
- Flying Saucer - A game where you play as a caveman that hits a falling UFO with an alien in it with a bat to make it travel as far as possible.
- Rapid Stream 2 - Based on JungleTac's 16-bit Sunplus game Rapid Stream. This version starts on what would be the second level of the 16-bit version of the game.
- Airplane Attack - Reskin of Rapid Stream 2 with music from the JungleTac 16-bit Sunplus game Tiger Rescue. Has a near identical HUD and similar physics to Rapid Stream 2, and in addition to this, the plane still shoots missiles and a water sound effect from Rapid Stream 2 plays in this game.
- Fish Tales - A clone of the Intellivision game Shark! Shark!. You play as a clownfish that starts off eating smaller fish to gradually grow in size, allowing you to eat bigger fish. The music in the game is a version of a song from the Rayman games.
Arcade games[]
A lot of the arcade games on the Zone 3D are directly ported from or are at least heavily based on 16-bit games for TV plug-and-play and dedicated handheld consoles that were developed by JungleTac. Games are listed as they are numbered in the Zone 3D arcade games menu.
| Game Title | Original Game (16-bit) | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Ball Blaster 2 | Ball Blaster | Zuma clone. |
| Lightning Plane 2 | Lightning Plan | Shoot em up. |
| Jewel Fever 3 | Jewel Fever 2/Crystal Cavern | Magical Drop clone featuring a character vaguely resembling Mario in a pirate outfit. |
| Jewel Master 3 | Jewel Master/Jewel Master 2 | Columns clone with an Ancient Egyptian theme. Graphics are updated from the original. |
| Fish Pinball | Pinball Fish/Underwater Pinball | Breakout clone. |
| Tiger Rescue 2 | Tiger Rescue | Top down shoot-em-up game with 4 selectable planes to play as. |
| Super Move Quest | Super Move Quest | Puzzle game. Graphics are updated from the original. |
| Plumber Man 2 | Plumber/Plumber Man | Platforming game. |
| Ancient Egypt | Busy Bong/Busy Busy | Soukoban clone with an Ancient Egyptain theme. Graphics are updated from the original. |
| Block Destructor | Bump Jump/Battle Block II | Breakout clone. |
| Dragon 2 | Dragon | Graphics are updated from the original. |
| Magic Cubes 2 | Magic Cubes | Tetris clone. Music is taken from the NES/Famicom game Balloon Fight. |
| Fire Fighter | Fire Fighter | |
| Final Round Tennis | Final Round Tennis | Tennis game. Unlike the 3D Tennis game, this game uses an overhead view. The logo for JungleTac can be seen in the tennis court. |
| Mr. Onion 2 | Mr. Onion | Platforming game. The game's title screen is changed from the 16-bit version. |
| Arcade Hero | Hero Legend/Legendary Hero | Graphics are updated from the original version. |
| Go Karts | Go Karts | |
| Launcher | ? | A Missile Command clone with original graphics. |
| Pool Pro | Pool Pro | Clone of Side Pocket. |
| Ball Breaker | Pop Ball | Pang clone featuring Ness from Earthbound/Mother 2 as the playable character. |
| Spiral Ball 2 | Win or Lose/Spiral Ball | |
| Underwater Cubes | Dream Bubble/Bubble Wubble | Tetris clone with a dragon that spits out the next piece onto the playfield. |
| Ballroom Trio | Ballroom Bonanza | A direct port of Ballroom Bonanza, a hack of a game originally from the Disney Game It! Princess Pals handheld named Lucifer's Ballroom Bonanza (JungleTac developed the games on both of the released Disney Game It! handhelds). |
| Fruit Grabber | Bird Hunter | Clone of Bird & Beans/Pyoro from WarioWare, Inc. |
| Bubble Jump | Blue | |
| Bridge Builder | Box Puzzle | A puzzle game loosely based on Soukoban. |
| Buggy | Bump Bomb | |
| Button Sorter | Susie's Button and Baubles | Port of a game from the Disney Game It! Princess Pals handheld. The Disney licensed character is replaced with a generic cartoon duck in this version. |
| Caddie 2 | Caddie | A clone of the Super Famicom game Daruma Dojo with unique graphics. |
| Mr. Squirrel | Campaign/The Adventures of Waldog | Basic platforming game where you control a sprite edit of Veemon from Digimon Battle Spirit and collect all of a certain item in each level to get a key that takes you to the next level. |
| Cooking Chaos 2 | Cooking Chaos | A direct port of Cooking Chaos, a hack of a game originally from the Disney Game It! Princess Pals handheld named Gus and Jaq's Cooking Chaos. |
| Crazy Addition | Crazy Addition | |
| Crazy Puzzle | ? | A game loosely based on Tetris where you manually place pieces on the playfield to clear them. |
| Big Burger 2 | Big Burger | A direct port of Big Burger, a hack of a licensed BurgerTime port from JungleTac that appeared on the VG Pocket Caplet handheld. |
| Egg Collector 2 | Egg Collector | A direct port of Egg Collector, a hack of a game originally from the Disney Game It! Classic Pals handheld named Minnie's Eggs-Aspirating Hen House. |
| Final Escape | Final Escape | Pengo clone. The version on the Zone 3D removes music. |
| Pair Finder | Match it Up/Find Pairs | A game where you match pairs as tiles spawn from the top of the screen. |
| Treasure | ? | |
| Garden Weeder 2 | Garden Weeder | |
| Ancient Stones | Go Bang | A puzzle game with an Ancient Egyptian theme where you match five of the same stone. |
| Find the Way 2 | Find the Way/Go Back Home! | |
| Shape Blaster | Green Magic | |
| Food Sorter | Feed Sort | A direct port of Feed Sort, a hack of a Soukoban clone originally from the Disney Game It! Princess Pals handheld named Gus's Feed Sort. |
| Hay Bales 2 | Hay Bales | A game featuring Goofy and Donald Duck sprites edited to have their heads replaced with Duster from Mother 3. The game is a direct port of Hay Bales, a hack of a game originally from the Disney Game It! Classic Pals handheld named Donald's Hectic Hay Bales. |
| Jigsaw Puzzle | Jigsaw Puzzle | A clone of Gamtec's Famicom game Wisdom Boy. |
| Jump Frog | Jump Frog | |
| Light Tomb | ? | |
| Haunted Village | ? | |
| Crazy Coconuts 2 | Crazy Coconuts | A port of Crazy Coconuts, a hack of a game originally from the Disney Game It! Classic Pals handheld named Goofy's Loco-Coconuts. |
| Lucky Hunt | Lucky Hunt | A port of Lucky Hunt, a hack of a game originally from the Disney Game It! Princess Pals handheld named Sebastian's Treasure Hunt. Both this game and Milk Mania are essentially the same game. |
| Piece Together | Picture Challenge | |
| Magic Jellies | Magic Jelly | A direct port of the 16-bit game Magic Jelly that replaces the girl on a broomstick with a pink blob with beady eyes. The game has you control the blob, which is constantly hopping on the stage tiles, while avoiding enemies. You place a "magic bomb" to turn surrounding tiles into a different color. The goal is to change the color of all the tiles on the stage. |
| Make Way | Make Way | |
| Coin Digger 2 | Coin Digger | A port of the 16-bit game with updated graphics. |
| Milk Mania | Milk Mania | A port of Milk Mania, a hack of a game originally from the Disney Game It! Classic Pals handheld named Goofy's Milk Mania. Both this game and Lucky Hunt are essentially the same game. |
| Key Finder | ? | Puzzle platformer. |
| Pearls | Pearls | A port of Pearls, a hack of a game originally from the Disney Game It! Classic Pals handheld named Minnie's Pearls. |
| Potion Commotion 2 | Potion Commotion | Breakout clone. A port of Potion Commotion, a hack of a game originally from the Disney Game It! Princess Pals handheld named Flotsam and Jetsam Potion Commotion. |
| Pumpkin Surprise | Pumpkin Surprise | A port of the 16-bit game, which is a hack of a game originally from the Disney Game It! Princess Pals handheld named Fairy Godmother's Pumpkin Surprise. |
| Quick Move | Quick Move | |
| Rotating Puzzle | Rotating Puzzle | A clone of the Kinetic Connection games. |
| Sea Urchin Quest | Sea Urchin Symphony | Another Magical Drop clone, featuring a seal this time instead of Mario. This game is a port of Sea Urchin Symphony, a hack of a game originally from the Disney Game It! Princess Pals handheld named Sebastian's Sea Urchin Symphony. |
| Shanghai | Shanghai | A mahjong tile matching game. |
| Sheep Corral | Sheep-Dog Day | A port of Sheep-Dog Day, a hack of a game originally from the Disney Game It! Classic Pals handheld named Pluto's Sheep-Dog Day. |
| Smart Frog | ? | Based on the JungleTac game of the same name developed for VT3xx systems. |
| Sudoku 2 | Sudoku | Sudoku game. |
| Underwater Adventure | Starry Night | A game where you control a blue fish that has to collect items in the oceans. This game is a port of Starry Night, a hack of a game originally from the Disney Game It! Princess Pals handheld named Flounder's Starry Night. |
| Surf Adventure | Surf Adventure | A port of Surf Adventure, a hack of a game originally from the Disney Game It! Classic Pals handheld named Mickey's Surf Adventure. |
| Seagull Adventure | Dinglehoppers | A port of Dinglehoppers, a hack of a game originally from the Disney Game It! Princess Pals handheld named Scuttle's Thingamubobs. |
| Treasure Maze | Travels | A game where you have to switch tiles to make a path for a male mermaid trying to get to a treasure chest. This game is a port of Travels, a hack of a game originally from the Disney Game It! Princess Pals handheld named Triton's Travels. |
| Fighting Fairy | Tutelary | A platforming game where you control an angel that has to collect all the coins and turn silhouettes into people in each level. |
| Virus Attack | A Dr. Mario clone with original graphics that appears to be a unique 2D game on the Zone 3D. Compared to most of the 2D games on the Zone 3D, this game makes extensive use of sampled audio, which is made obvious by the noticeable cutoffs when songs loop (most games use MIDI-like songs).[1] | |
| Ball Battle 2 | Ball Battle | |
| Hungry Frogs | Zippy Froger | |
| Rolling Cube | ? | A clone of the Flash game Bloxorz. A GBA version of this game, presumably by JungleTac, also exists, and the theme used in this game is an extended version of the one used in the GBA version. |
| Candy Towers | Mystic Totem/Hanoic Tower | A Tower of Hanoi game with the poles being tube containers with gumballs inside them. |
| Happy Farm 2 | Happy Farm | A clone of the Flash game Happy Pill with rabbits and a carrot standing in for faces and a pill. |
| Tanks | Seek the Resources | |
| Super Fall | Fruit Fall | A puzzle game where you rotate the playfield to match various gems taken from the game Bejeweled. |
Gallery[]
Zone 3D console with the bundled controllers and 3D glasses.
Bottom of the Zone 3D console, which has a sticker with information on the manufacturer and distributor for the console.
References[]
| Consoles by JungleTac |
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