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title Puzzle Bobble 4 (Ver 2.04O 1997/12/19)
set name pbobble4
manufacturer Taito Corporation
year 1997
genre Puzzle (hof)
category Puzzle / Toss (hof)
driver status good
driver source taito_f3.c
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rating

68.2% after 67 votes
 
clones Puzzle Bobble 4 (Ver 2.04A 1997/12/19)
Puzzle Bobble 4 (Ver 2.04J 1997/12/19)
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display
colour emulation good
palette 8192
display type raster
orientation horizontal
resolution 320x232
frequency 58.970000Hz
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sound
sound emulation good
channels stereo
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controls
players 4
nplayers 2P sim
controls 8 way joystick
buttons 4
coin slots 4
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hardware
cpu 68EC020 @ 16MHz
cpu 68000 @ 16MHz
audio ES5505 @ 15.23805MHz
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data
version added .037b15
last change(s) .106u12 .103u1
roms
name size crc set flags sha1
e49-12.20  524288  fffea203  pbobble4    6351209c78099f270c8d8c8aa4a2dd9ce126c4ed 
e49-11.19  524288  bf69a087  pbobble4    2acbdb7faf5bdb1d9b5b9506c0b6f02fedcbd6a5 
e49-10.18  524288  0307460b  pbobble4    7ad9c6e5d319d6727444ffd14a87c6885445cee0 
e49-16.17  524288  0a021624  pbobble4    21a948f9f4adce0aaf76292f419a7c289f265d30 
e49-02  1048576  c7d2f40b  pbobble4    cc6813189d6b31d7db099e49443af395f137462c 
e49-01  1048576  a3dd5f85  pbobble4    2b305fdc18806bb5d7c3de0ac6a6eb07f98b4d3d 
e49-08  1048576  87408106  pbobble4    6577568ab4b92d6a81f43cf9ea2f0e30e17e2742 
e49-07  1048576  1e1e8e1c  pbobble4    9c3b994064c6af62b6a24cab85089a74fd92cf7f 
e49-06  1048576  ec85f7ce  pbobble4    9fead68c38fc9ca84d34d70343b13665978c362b 
e49-13.32  262144  83536f7f  pbobble4    2252cee00ae260954cc76d92af8eb2a87d23cbfb 
e49-14.33  262144  19815bdb  pbobble4    38ad682236c7df0710055dd8dbdec30d5da0839d 
e49-03  2097152  f64303e0  pbobble4    4d5df77047522419d21ff36402076e9b7c5acff8 
e49-04  2097152  09be229c  pbobble4    a3a88969b34628d2bf3163bdf85d520feac9a7ac 
e49-05  2097152  5ce90ee2  pbobble4    afafc1f64ecf2dbd94a9f7871a26150ac2d22be5 
pal16l8a-d77-09.bin  260  b371532b  pbobble4    7f875f380e69d14326a036a09d2fda7554b73664 
pal16l8a-d77-10.bin  260  42f59227  pbobble4    1f0db7489b49c00603ea51d130c9dfc237545390 
palce16v8q-d77-11.bin  279  eacc294e  pbobble4    90679d523d90c1f8d2ecbd7b6fac2861f94cf107 
palce16v8q-d77-12.bin  279  e9920cfe  pbobble4    58b73fe65f118d57fdce56d781593fc70c797f1b 
palce16v8q-d77-15.bin  279    pbobble4  no dump   
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cabinet art
flyer pbobble4.png
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additional information
info 0.37b15 [Bryan McPhail]

0.37b11 [Bryan McPhail]

WIP:
  • 0.106u12: MASH added plds ($0, 200, 400, 600 - pal16l8a-d77-09.bin, pal16l8a-d77-10.bin, palce16v8q-d77-11.bin and palce16v8q-d77-12.bin) to Puzzle Bobble 4 and clone.
  • 0.69: Fixed sound1 roms addresses.
  • 13th March 2003: Paul Priest and MooglyGuy fixed the sound ROM loading in Puzzle Bobble 3, Puzzle Bobble 4 and Puchi Carat.
  • 10th March 2003: Paul Priest fixed the sound ROM loading in Puzzle Bobble 4.
  • 0.37b15: Bryan McPhail added Puzzle Bobble 4 (World) (Taito 1997) and clones (Japan) and (US).
  • 0.37b11: Bryan McPhail added (Testdrivers) Puzzle Bobble 4 (World) and clones (Japan) and (US). Issues: Playfields are 1 off in the x-axis.
LEVELS: 30 (puzzle mode)

Other Emulators:
  • Raine
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Romset: 13826 kb / 19 files / 6.4 zip
history Puzzle Bobble 4 (c) 12/1997 Taito.


Shoot colored bubbles towards clusters of other bubbles. When groups of similarly colored bubbles are formed, the bubbles burst.


- TECHNICAL -


Taito F3 System hardware

Prom Stickers : E49


Main CPU : 68EC020 (@ 16 Mhz)

Sound CPU : 68000 (@ 16 Mhz)

Sound Chips : ES5505 (@ 15.23805 Mhz)


Screen orientation : Horizontal

Video resolution : 320 x 232 pixels

Screen refresh : 58.97 Hz

Palette colors : 8192


Players : 4

Control : 8-way joystick

Buttons : 4


- TRIVIA -


The game forbids the initials 'SEX' on the high score table. If you try, it gets changed to 'AAA'.


- UPDATES -


The US version is slightly different, it has a "Winners Don't Use Drugs" screen and a "Recycle It, Don't Trash It!" screen.


- SERIES -
  1. Puzzle Bobble (1994)
  2. Puzzle Bobble [MVS] (1994)
  3. Puzzle Bobble 2 (1995)
  4. Puzzle Bobble 2 [MVS] (1999)
  5. Puzzle Bobble 2X (1995)
  6. Puzzle Bobble 3 (1996)
  7. Puzzle Bobble 4 (1997)
  8. Super Puzzle Bobble (1999)
  9. Azumanga Daioh Puzzle Bobble (2002)
  10. Super Puzzle Bobble 2 (2002, Sony PlayStation 2)
  11. Super Puzzle Bobble All-Stars (2003, Nintendo GameCube)
  12. Puzzle Bobble Vs. (2003, Nokia N-Gage)
  13. Ultra Bust-a-Move (2004, Microsoft XBOX)
  14. Puzzle Bobble Pocket (2005, Sony PSP)
  15. Puzzle Bobble DS (2005, Nintendo DS)
    16. - STAFF -
    • Director : Kazuhiro Oohara
    • Planners : Kazuhiro Oohara, Tsukasa Ohshima, Nobuaki Kuroki, Takayasu Masaki
    • Base game designer : Seiichi Nakakuki
    • Programmers : Hiroshi Maruyama, Emoyan, Okazu Taiyaki, Nak
    • Character designer : Miyabi Tashiro
    • Graphic designers : Miyabi Tashiro, Chino Maeda, Ken Ninomiya, Mari Fukusaki, Sakotan, Debi, Kao, Kimiaki Yomo, Seiryu Kitagishi
    • Sound producer : Hisayoshi Ogura (Zuntata)
    • Sound director : Munehiro Nakanishi (Zuntata)
    • Sound composer : Rim. (Zuntata)
    • Voice actors & actress : Hisayoshi Ogura (Zuntata), Naoto Yagishita (Yag) (Zuntata), Nakayama Jyotohei (Zuntata), Mizuki.U (Zuntata), Kumi.K, Takako.A, Chinami Nishimura (B1Produce)
    • Design works : Mihoko Sudoh
    • Quartity warranty : Nobuhiro Koyama, Makoto Obonai, Satoshi Katsumata, Eiji Kawabata
    • Production control : Seiji Watanabe, Kazuyori Masumoto, Kazuhiko Azuma, Eiji Maruyama, Takeshi Nakatani
    • - PORTS -
    • * Consoles :
    • Sony PlayStation (1998)
    • Nintendo Game Boy Color (2000)
    • Sega Dreamcast (2000)
    • NUON [Unreleased] (2001, "Bust-A-Move 4")
    • Nintendo 64
    • * Computers :
    • PC [MS Windows, CD-ROM] (1999)
    • - SOURCES -
    • Game's rom.
    • Edit this entry at Arcade-History.com: http://www.arcade-history.com/?n=puzzle-bobble-4&page=detail&id=2083&o=2
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cheats
cheats
code comments
00000000:4059E1:00000009:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Credits
62000000:000000:00000000:00000000  Select Help Line PL1
00010000:40A8E7:000000FF:FFFFFFFF  Enabled
00010000:40A8E7:00000000:FFFFFFFF  Disabled
60000000:000000:00000000:00000000 
60000000:000000:00000000:00000000  VS Mode Cheats
60000000:000000:00000000:00000000  ----------------
60000000:000000:00000000:00000000  Enable the Select starting round on the 'planets' screen.
00000301:409E53:0000000B:FFFFFFFF  Select starting round:Level background will be incorrect to you 'Continue'
00000303:409E53:0000000B:FFFFFFFF  Select next round
60000000:000000:00000000:00000000 
62000000:000000:00000000:00000000  Select Region:After you enable this cheat to see any effect you will have to reset the game (F3). Then you may have to turn the Test Mode ON (F2), wait for Test Mode to appear and reset again(F3).
20810000:1FFFFF:00000001:FFFFFFFF  Japan
20810000:1FFFFF:00000002:FFFFFFFF  US
20810000:1FFFFF:00000003:FFFFFFFF  World
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