Zuma Cannon Shooting is a bubble-popping game in the Zuma category. It features an Ancient Egypt theme. The player's goal across more than 1,200 levels is to use a gold-banded black cannon and projectiles to explode chains of color-matched bubble balls rolling along tracks like snakes. They must destroy all balls before the front end of the snake reaches a tunnel marked with a nemes-style pharaoh's headdress. They also attempt to earn coins. If they feel like they need a challenge or want more coins, they can shoot floating ones or turn on a bonus option that speeds up the movement of the balls.
The player must explode chains made of two or more adjacent matching bubble balls using a projectile of the same color. The game allows them to swap the projectiles at any time. It also gives them super powers encased in some bubbles, including lightning bolts that take out random bubbles, snowflakes that freeze the snake and field, bombs that take out entire sections, and a laser targeting line that makes aiming easier. If the player performs a streak of explosions, they receive fireballs that shoot in different directions with one shot.
Zuma Cannon Shooting allows the player to skip a level after they've earned enough coins. If they fail, the god Anubis offers them this option. Otherwise, they must win a level on their own to unlock the next one.
