Two anime-style characters battle it out in a vertically-split screen. Pairs of colored balls fall on each players' side which disappear when three same-colored balls are matched. By filling the other player's screen with junk balls, one player emerges victorious.
Taisen Puzzledama was produced by Konami in 1996.
Konami released 442 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1978. Konami was based in Japan.
Other machines made by Konami during the time period Taisen Puzzledama was produced include: Hole In One, Dance Dance Revolution MegaMix, Dragoon Might, Midnight Run, Crypt Killer, Sexy Parodius, Run and Gun 2, Hyper Athlete, Taisen Tokkaedama, and Salamander 2
| Name | Taisen Puzzledama |
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| Developer | Konami (Japan) |
| Year | 1996 |
| Type | Videogame |
| KLOV/MOG # | 10016 |
| Class | Wide Release |
| Genre | Skill |
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| Conversion Class | JAMMA |
| External Device | CDR |
| # Simultaneous Players | 2 |
| # Maximum Players | 2 |
| Game Play | Competitive |
| Control Panel Layout | Multiple Player |
| Controls |
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| Sound | Amplified Stereo (two channel) |
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Anime-style characters battle it out to see who is the Crazy Cross ball-matching champion. All of the characters are extremely wacky, and flail about in hilarious ways as they dump junk balls on their opponents and as they receive junk balls. Characters include a strange looking Duck, a General, several pretty girls and various others. It is possible that the characters were taken from a Japanese comic or cartoon. The game is very colorful and frantic, and is extremely fun both to play and to watch. It is very Japanese in nature, and was apparently only released in Japan for this reason.
The object of the game is to clear colored balls in various "combos," in order to dump the most junk balls onto your opponent. This is very similar to other puzzle games, such as the popular Puyo Puyo series and Capcom's Puzzle Fighter. The more balls that are matched at once, the more junk balls will be dumped onto your opponent.
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Four extra characters can be chosen by entering in various joystick and button combinations while the "?" square is highlighted on the character select screen.
This game has several sequels, and was released in different forms on home consoles including the Playstation, in Japan. Playstation versions include Tokimeki Memorial Taisen Puzzledama (including characters from Konami's popular Tokimeki Memorial dating simulation), and Twinbee Taisen Puzzledama (featuring characters from Konami's popular Twinbee series of shoot-em-ups).
There are 16,777 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 10,137 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 172,846 machines (7,256 unique titles).
There is one known instance of this machine owned by an active member Taisen Puzzledama collector. Of these, 1 of them are original dedicated machines. Active members hold 2 circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired. Additionally, former members held 10 game boards.
Wanted - No active members have added this machine to their wish list. Former members previously were looking for 1 game and 1 board set.
This game ranks a 5 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.
This game ranks a 3 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census want list records.
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MLA Citation Style
"Taisen Puzzledama - Videogame by Konami." Museum of the Game, www.arcade-museum.com/Videogame/taisen-puzzledama. Accessed 15 Jul. 2026.
Chicago Bibliographic
International Arcade Museum. "Taisen Puzzledama - Videogame by Konami." Accessed July 15, 2026. https://www.arcade-museum.com/Videogame/taisen-puzzledama.
Chicago Footnote/Endnote
1. "Taisen Puzzledama - Videogame by Konami," International Arcade Museum, accessed July 15, 2026, https://www.arcade-museum.com/Videogame/taisen-puzzledama.
APA Bibliographic
International Arcade Museum. (n.d.). Taisen Puzzledama - videogame by Konami. Retrieved July 15, 2026 from https://www.arcade-museum.com/Videogame/taisen-puzzledama