MobyRank MobyScore
Windows
74
3.8
J2ME
...
4.4
N-Gage
25
3.5

Description

Bust-A-Move (also known as Puzzle Bobble) is a real-time puzzle game in which the player controls a device called "pointer" at the bottom of the screen, aiming and releasing randomly colored bubbles upwards. Depending on the aiming, the bubbles may float up directly or bounce off the walls, changing their trajectory. The goal is to aim the bubbles in such a way that they will touch identically colored ones. When such bubbles form a group of three or more, they pop and disappear from the screen.

If the ceiling of the area is covered by too many bubbles, it will gradually descend; the game is over when it nearly reaches the player-controlled pointer. Should the player fail to release the bubbles within a specific time limit, they will be released automatically, unaffected by the pointer's aiming.

A two-player mode is included as well. Each player competes on an area occupying half of the screen, dealing with identically generated bubbles. Whenever a player successfully disposes of a bubble group, a part of it is transferred onto the opponent's part of the screen.

The game features the two dinosaur protagonists (Bob and Bub) as well as other characters from Bubble Bobble, even though the two games have distinctly different gameplay.

Alternate Titles

  • "Puzzle Bobble VS" -- N-Gage title
  • "Puzzle Bobble Pocket" -- Japanese PSP title
  • "Puzzle Bobble Mini" -- European NGPC title
  • "Puzzle Bobble: Bust-A-Move" -- European SNES version title screen
  • "Puzzle Bobble" -- Japanese title
  • "Bust-A-Move Pocket" -- NGPC title
  • "Bubble Buster" -- Working title
  • "パズルボブル" -- Japanese spelling

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Bust-A-Move Pocket Neo Geo Pocket Color $7.95  
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User Reviews

Quite fun, but doesn't live up to Bubble Bobble. Windows Tomer Gabel Bronze Star Contributing Member (4418)

The Press Says

Total! (Germany) SNES May, 1995 1.75 out of 6 85
Retrogaming History Game Gear Feb 08, 2010 8 out of 10 80
GamePro (US) 3DO Mar, 1996 4 out of 5 80
Electronic Gaming Monthly (EGM) SNES Mar, 1995 7.8 out of 10 78
Game Players SNES Jun, 1995 77 out of 100 77
PC Jeux Windows Jun, 1997 71 out of 100 71
Gamesmania Windows 1997 70 out of 100 70
GameZone N-Gage Nov 30, 2003 3 out of 10 30
Gamesmania N-Gage Dec 17, 2003 30 out of 100 30
Gaming Age N-Gage Jan 21, 2004 D- 16

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This entry was contributed by Gabriel (112), Corn Popper (69589), Depeche Mike Bronze Star Contributing Member (17208), Kabushi (104305), Drolsmurf (232), Scaryfun (11063), Игги Друге (31854), Chris Chidester (28) and Indra was here Bronze Star Contributing Member (14900)
 

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