Puyo Puyo

Description

This is the original falling pieces puzzler that helped to spawn a flurry of clones in Japan. Get four same-colored puyos touching each other to make them disappear. Hinder your opponent by making multiple puyo combinations.

Puyo Puyo was produced by Compile in 1992.

Compile released 4 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1990. Compile was based in Japan.

Other machines made by Compile during the time period Puyo Puyo was produced include: Aleste 2, Puyo Puyo Sun, and Takoron

Specs

Name	Puyo Puyo
Developer	Compile (Japan)
Year	1992
Type	Videogame
KLOV/MOG #	9163
Class	Wide Release
Genre	Puzzle
Monitor	Orientation: Horizontal Type: Raster: Standard Resolution Color: Color
Conversion Class	JAMMA
# Simultaneous Players	2
# Maximum Players	2
Game Play	Competitive
Control Panel Layout	Multiple Player
Controls	Joystick: 8-way Buttons: 1 - Move Puyo Position
Sound	Amplified Stereo (two channel)
Cabinet Styles	Upright/Standard

Puyo Puyo KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 0.00 (0 votes)

Personal Impressions and Technical Impressions each account for half of the total score. Within the Personal Impressions category, Like carries a little more weight than the other factors.

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Miscellaneous

This series has become Compile's main revenue generator, thus there have been a number of spinoff titles besides ports of the arcade titles like Madou Monogatari (a role playing game), Waku Waku Puyo Puyo Dungeon (an action RPG), and Puyo Puyo Wars (a strategy title).

Licensed to Sega for arcade distrubution.

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Puyo Puyo Census

There are 14,755 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,475 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 164,460 machines (6,896 unique titles).

Common - There are 36 known instances of this machine owned by Puyo Puyo collectors who are active members. Of these, It is an original dedicated machine. One is a conversion in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet. 34 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

For Sale - There is one active VAPS member with an extra Puyo Puyo circuit board for sale.

Wanted - No active members have added this machine to their wish list. There is one active VAPS member looking for a Puyo Puyo circuit board set.

This game ranks a 11 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

Rarity and Popularity independently are not necessarily indications of value. [More Information]

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Manuals

Pinout and DIP Switch Settings - Puyo Puyo Manual — **Pinout and DIP Switch Settings**
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