game
| title | Puzzle Bobble (Japan, B-System) |
| set name | pbobble |
| manufacturer | Taito Corporation |
| year | 1994 |
| genre | Puzzle (hof) |
| category | Puzzle / Toss (hof) |
| driver status | good |
| driver source | taito_b.c |
| snapshots | MW: in game
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| rating |   64.8% after 120 votes |
display
| colour emulation | good |
| palette | 4096 |
| display type | raster |
| orientation | horizontal |
| resolution | 320x224 |
| frequency | 60.000000Hz |
sound
| sound emulation | good |
| channels | mono |
controls
| players | 4 |
| nplayers | 2P sim |
| controls | 8 way joystick |
| buttons | 3 |
| coin slots | 4 |
hardware
data
| version added | .037b04 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| last change(s) | .053 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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cabinet art
| cabinet | pbobble.png |
| marquee | pbobble.png |
| flyer | pbobble.png |
additional information
| info | 0.53 [Jarek Burczynski] 0.37b4 [Jarek Burczynski] < Japan > WIP:
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| history | Puzzle Bobble (c) 1994 Taito Corp. The first in the hugely successful puzzle series from Taito, Puzzle Bobble is a game for 1 or 2 players in which the aim is to clear each play area of the colored bubbles that litter it. This is achieved by firing bubbles up the screen - with the angle of trajectory dictated by the player - at the clusters of static colored bubbles that litter each play area. The aim is to forms chains of like-colored bubbles, thus making them disappear. At regular intervals, the bubbles will drop one row down the screen, making life more difficult for the players. The game is over when the bubbles reach the very bottom of the play area. In the 1-player game there are thirty rounds to complete, whereas in the 2-player Vs. mode, the winner is the player who clears their play area first. The addictive yet straightforward game-play mechanic ensured that the "Puzzle Bobble" games would be the most successful of their genre since Russian programmer, Alexey Pajitnov's legendary "Tetris" was unleashed upon the gaming world in the late 1980s. - TECHNICAL - Taito B System hardware Main CPU : 68000 (@ 12 Mhz), Z80 (@ 4 Mhz) Sound Chips : YM2610B (@ 8 Mhz) Screen orientation : Horizontal Video resolution : 320 x 224 pixels Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz Palette colors : 4096 Players : 4 Control : 8-way joystick Buttons : 3 - TRIVIA - Released in June 1994. The game was originally called "Bubble Buster". The Bubble Buster title screen is buried in the game itself. This game is known in US as "Bust-A-Move". This game was re-released 6 months later (December 1994) on the SNK Neo-Geo MVS hardware as "Puzzle Bobble [MVS]". As well as typically cute Japanese animation (the characters from "Bubble Bobble" operate the cannon) and music, the game's mechanics and level design were beautifully balanced, and the game was terrifically successful at the arcades, spawning several sequels (see Series section for more information). It is unusual in being popular with women and girls. If you look closely at the bubbles, you'll notice that the enemies from "Bubble Bobble" are trapped inside; a different enemy for each different colored bubble. The following chart shows which enemies are trapped in which color bubble : Legend : Color of Bubble => "Bubble Bobble" Enemy Inside Blue => Zen-Chan Yellow => Pulpul Red => Invader Green => Drunk Purple => Monsta Orange => Banebou Black => Hidegonsu White => Mighta The game forbids the initials 'SEX' on the high score table. If you try, it gets changed to 'AAA'. During the credits you can see one of the constellations form the image of a fish, that fish is a boss from the "Darius" series; also made by Taito. Stepehn Krogman holds the official records for this game with 13,874,390 points (difficulty 6) on 06/11/2004. Zuntata Records released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (Puzzle Bobble Variety - ZTTL-0009) on 28/03/1997. - SCORING - Pop bubbles of the same color : each bubble is worth 10 points. Drop bubbles : the first bubble is 20, and each additional bubble scores double. Thus : bubbles dropped score 1 20 2 40 3 80 4 160 5 320 6 640 7 1280 8 2560 9 5120 10 10240 11 20480 12 40960 13 81920 14 163840 15 327680 16 655360 17 or more 1310720 Bonus points : are awarded based on how fast you completed the stage. Time you completed points awarded 0-5 sec. 50,000 6 sec. 49,160 7 sec. 48,320 8 sec. 47,480 9 sec. 46,640 10 sec. 45,800 . . 64 sec. 440 65+ seconds or greater NO BONUS - TIPS AND TRICKS - There is a special bonus of a million points on rounds 9 and 13. This is achieved by linking up a number of ORANGE bubbles on round 9 and BLUE bubbles on round 13. - SERIES -
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