My understanding of Zapper is that it was made because the studio who made Frogger 2 wanted to make another Frogger game but didn't get the rights. Zapper is basically Frogger 3 because of this, and my God is it fun. It's quick and super easy to get a grasp on. Enemies move when you do for the most part, which makes some sections into quick puzzle platforming, but in a different way than the rest of the game is a quick puzzle platformer. The levels are fairly short and have a few secret rooms that bump up the challenge. The difficultly of the game comes from how snappy some of your decisions have to be combined with solid jump timings. I will say that sometimes I wasn't sure if a space was a bottomless pit, or if a specific tile was safe, but the game gives you plenty of lives to mess around with and continues don't really hinder much in terms of progress because of how short the levels are. Lives systems are generally shit, but Zapper's didn't bother me enough for it to be worth complaining about.

I don't know if I just didn't see an intro cutscene or if I should've read some back of the box stuff, but I had no idea of the story of the game until the final boss. I didn't know why I was collecting bird eggs/slightly hatched birds, until I found out in the last 5 minutes that a bird in a science place(?) kidnapped my brother. Still don't know why I've been collecting bird eggs this past hour, but after beating the game I've deduced that Zapper just wanted to watch TV with his brother, and I think that makes Zapper one of the most relatable characters in video games.