Puzzle Bobble - Videogame by Taito

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Puzzle Bobble

Name: Puzzle Bobble
Developer: Taito

Year: 1994
Type: Videogame

Class: Wide Release
Genre: Puzzle
Monitor:

Orientation: Horizontal
Type: Raster: Standard Resolution
CRT: Color

Conversion Class: Neo Geo MVS

Number of Simultaneous Players: 2
Maximum number of Players: 2
Gameplay: Competitive
Control Panel Layout: Multiple Player
Controls:

Joystick: 2-way (left, right)
Buttons: 1 [Fire Bubble]

Sound: Amplified Stereo (two channel)

Cabinet Styles:

Upright/Standard

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Puzzle Bobble Description

Puzzle Bobble was produced by Taito in 1994.

Taito released 487 different machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1967.

Other machines made by Taito during the time period Puzzle Bobble was produced include Elevator Action II, Chase Bombers, Darius Gaiden, Elevator Action Returns, Bubble Symphony, Prime Time Fighter, Gun Lock, Light Bringer, Rayforce, and Cachat.

The object is to link up color bubbles in order to score points and remove them from the screen. In a one-player game there are 30 rounds to complete and in two-player mode the object is to clear your screen first.In addition to a NEO-GEO implementation, a Taito F3 implementation was made.

Puzzle Bobble - KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 3.65 (1 vote)

Personal Impressions Score: 3.80

     Overall 'Like': 5.00
     Fun (Social): 4.00
     Fun (Solo): 3.00
     Collector Desire: 2.00

Technical Impressions Score: 3.50

     Gameplay: 3.00
     Graphics: 3.00
     Originality: 4.00
     Sound/Music: 4.00

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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Cabinet Style Weights and Measures

Type
Upright/Standard

Cheats, Tricks, Bugs, and Easter Eggs

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.

Miscellaneous

LICENSOR: Taito

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Puzzle Bobble Census

There are 12,254 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,612 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 161,093 machines (6,737 unique titles).

Very Common - There are approximately 293 known instances of this machine presumably owned by our current and past members. More are likely owned by non-members. 99 of these machines are owned by our active Puzzle Bobble collectors. And of these, 6 are original dedicated machines, 2 are conversions in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet, and 91 are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

For Sale - There are 3 active VAPS members with extra Puzzle Bobble circuit boards for sale.

Wanted - There is one active VAPS member currently looking for Puzzle Bobble.

At any given time, our active members are listing on VAPS on average of 4,400 games they are looking for, and 3,600 games for sale.

This game ranks a 77 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

This game ranks a 2 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often wanted, 1=least common) in popularity based on census want list records.

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

Legacy

Puzzle Bobble (1994)
Puzzle Bobble 2 (1996)
Puzzle Bobble 2X (1995)
Puzzle Bobble 3 (1996)
Puzzle Bobble 4 (1998)

Video Clips

Puzzle Bobble shortplay by Ivan Paduano

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Additional References
(logged in members often see more)

The Arcade Flyer Archive (TAFA): Puzzle Bobble Flyer #828
The Arcade Flyer Archive (TAFA): Puzzle Bobble Flyer #1572
The Arcade Flyer Archive (TAFA): Puzzle Bobble Flyer #2930

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