Title: Puzzle Bobble / Bust-A-Move
Manufacturer: Taito
Year: 1994
Hardware:
NEO-GEO System
Main Processor: MC68000 (16-bit, 12 MHz)
Sound Hardware: Z80 (8-bit, 6 MHz); YM2610 (8 MHz)
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Description
A puzzle game where
the player shoots colored balls at angles that bounce off a wall
& have to connect to similar colored balls
in the puzzle. When 3 or more balls of the same color are
connected, they will be eliminated & the player will get
points. This
is the first title in the famous Puzzle Bobble series. There is
also Puzzle
Bobble (Taito B-System) / Bubble Buster that exists
on the Taito-B System hardware.
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Emulation Status
Emulators: MAME; NeoRageX; Kawaks; Nebula
Playable: Yes
Sound: Yes
Benchmark system: Intel Celeron - 433 MHz; S3 GX2 4 Mb AGP Videocard; Soundblaster 16; Win98; MAMEi686 v0.36
Benchmark results: 60 fps with triple buffer on, vsync off, no frameskip; full screen interlaced mode
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Screenshots
Screenshots from the MAME emulator
(notice the cute dinosaur on the lower right corner of the in-game screen begging for a coin...)
