Puzzle Bobble [Model SHVC-AYKJ-JPN]

Puzzle Bobble © 1995 Taito Corp.

Puzzle Bobble is a cute puzzle game by Taito. Who would have guessed that two of the most popular video game dinosaurs (or bubble dragons) from Taito's 1986 arcade hit Bubble Bobble would also be the heroes of one of the most addictive puzzle game ever created ? In Puzzle Bobble, bubbles are still at the core of the gameplay - however, they now come in a variety of colors, occupy most of the upper-screen and are all stacked up in an ordered and crossed pattern. Each player controls a dinosaur standing at the bottom of the screen ready to fire his bubble-blower gun. The game concept is inspired by the famous Tetris and three of more bubbles of the same color pop to oblivion on contact. But Puzzle Bobble features a few twists to the standard Tetris formula - bubbles are somehow connected and removing upper bubbles cause the lowers ones to fall down. The bubble-gun can also rotate and fire in any direction and bubbles can bounce off walls. Time is of course limited and the screen of bubbles slowly moves down, getting dangerously close to our hero dinosaurs and if it ever reaches them, then the game is over. Some bubbles also have special powers (most of them inspired by the original Bubble Bobble game) such as lightning, bombs, water tanks and so forth... The game offers several single player modes and an intense two-player-versus-battle mode.