Zig Zag Zoom – for age groups 7 to 14 – was produced by Ideal from 1970.
The game came with an adjustable plastic ramp with scoring holes down the middle and four sets of coloured balls.
The scoring holes ranged in point value – 1, 2, 3, 5, and 10. A gutter around the sides was worth no points.
Each player took turns rolling their coloured ball down the ramp and attempted to make their ball slalom – or “zig-zag” – around the lower value scoring holes in an attempt to have it drop in the (highest scoring) hole farthest away.
The player with the most points after five rounds was the winner.
At first, it seemed impossible, but with practice, a keen eye, a steady hand and a little luck, it *was* achievable to score 10 points in one roll.
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The game came with an adjustable plastic ramp with scoring holes down the middle and four sets of coloured balls.
