Caramba!

Caramba Deluxe is a Arcade Game Developed by Zylom and Released on October 26th, 2005. This Game Was Available to Download until the Client Shutdown in 2013.

## Caramba!

### Genre

Arcade

Head south of the border for this unique mix of puzzle and pool. Line up your shot and try to hit balls of the same color. Hit two or more and they'll disappear from the playing field. Clear all the balls and it's off to the next level. Featuring four game modes and more than 100 levels, Caramba Deluxe is sure to provide hours of puzzling fun. Whether you're looking for a fiesta or a siesta, this original puzzler will have your whole family shouting "Caramba!"

## Overview

The game takes place in Mexico. It is similar to a pool/billiards-style game. Aim and shoot colored balls and try to light up two or more of the same color to create a Caramba and remove these balls from the board. Remove all balls from the board to complete a level.

As you progress through the levels of Adventure mode, new gameplay elements show up:

Chili peppers: Acts as the game's powerups. The color of the chili pepper determines the bonus you get. Red doubles your score for the Caramba you make, green extends the aiming line for 10 shots, and yellow stops the timer for 25 seconds.

Caramba coin: When it appears on the board, shoot a ball at it quickly to pick it up before it disappears. If you collect enough coins, you can retry a level if you run out of time.

Two-color ball: Can light up two colors of balls and be used to create Carambas with two or more colors.

Joker/rainbow ball: Has stripes of every color on it and can be used to light up any color ball. Can really come in handy if you end up getting one.

Fixed ball: Balls screwed onto the playing field. These have to be removed by making a Caramba using them, and have to all be removed to complete the level.

Black ball: Acts as a "blocker" ball and does not need to be removed to complete the level.

Iron strips: You cannot shoot balls from any side blocked by an iron strip.

Striped ball: Sometimes a colored ball can have two to four black stripes on it. Making a Caramba with the ball removes one of the stripes. Remove all stripes from the ball to clear it from the board. A ball with one stripe on it acts like a normal ball and will be removed when used in a Caramba.

Colorless (white) ball: The last new gameplay element of this game, these act as blockers just like black balls, but they can be colored by placing them on a color region and cleared normally. Unlike black balls, colorless balls need to be colored and removed from the play field to finish the level. A joker ball cannot light up colorless balls.

After all the gameplay elements are introduced, the next region will have chili peppers appearing more rarely, and the region after will have no green chilies at all so the player will have to complete that region without any help of the extended aiming line.

### Practice

After completing at least one region, the Practice mode is unlocked where the player can practice levels they've already completed to try their hand at finishing in less time or balls to earn a yellow or green medal respectively.

### Challenge

Completing 25% of Adventure mode unlocks the Circle challenge, where the player has to put the joker ball in the circle as many times as possible in 2 minutes, with the difficulty increasing every 5 balls.

Completing 50% of Adventure mode unlocks the Chili challenge, where players will have to complete the challenge without the aid of any chili peppers.

Completing 75% of Adventure mode unlocks the Aiming Line challenge, where players will have to shoot balls without knowing where they'll end up, so they'll have to rely on their own sense of direction.

Completing 100% of Adventure Mode unlocks the 4 Ball Challenge where balls will only disappear from the playing field if at least four or more balls are lit up with a single shot.

### Salsa

Completing at least six regions unlocks Salsa mode, where the player plays through an endless random list of any of 176 levels that the game has to offer.