Bust-A-Move

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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.

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Alternate Titles

• "Puzzle Bobble" -- Japanese title
• "アケアカNEOGEO パズルボブル" -- Japanese Nintendo Switch / PS4 / XB1 spelling
• "Bubble Buster" -- Working title
• "AkeAka NeoGeo: Puzzle Bobble" -- Japanese Nintendo Switch / PS4 / XB1 title
• "ACA NeoGeo: Puzzle Bobble" -- Nintendo Switch / PS4 / Windows Apps / XB1 title
• "パズルボブル" -- Japanese spelling

Part of the Following Groups

• Arcade Archives series
• Bust-A-Move / Puzzle Bobble series
• Bust-A-Move / Puzzle Bobble variants

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Critic Reviews

Games World: The Magazine	Neo Geo CD	Aug, 1995	93 out of 100	93
Play Time	Neo Geo CD	Mar, 1995	88 out of 100	88
Mega Fun	Neo Geo CD	Feb, 1995	87 out of 100	87
Video Games	Neo Geo CD	Apr, 1995	86 out of 100	86
Super Play (UK)	Neo Geo CD	Aug, 1995	84 out of 100	84
Pure Nintendo	Nintendo Switch	Dec 31, 2018	8 out of 10	80
Player One	Neo Geo CD	Jul, 1995	80 out of 100	80
IMPLANTgames	Neo Geo CD	Feb 22, 2009	7 out of 10	70
Video Chums	Nintendo Switch	Jan 30, 2019	7 out of 10	70
All Game Guide	Arcade	1998		70

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Trivia

1001 Video Games

Puzzle Bobble appears in the book 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die by General Editor Tony Mott.