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Bust A Move

ブスト・アー・ムーブ

Description

A puzzle game whose object is to link three or more spheres of the same color together to eliminate them from the screen. While playing against an opponent, if more than three spheres are removed at once, they will be added to the collection on the other player's screen.

Bust A Move was produced by SNK in 1993.

SNK released 187 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1978. SNK was based in Japan.

Other machines made by SNK during the time period Bust A Move was produced include: Football Frenzy, Fatal Fury 2, Baseball Stars 2, Garou Densetsu 2: Arata-naru Tatakai, Art Of Fighting, 3 Count Bout, Garou Densetsu Special, Fire Suplex, Fatal Fury Special, and Puzzle De Pon!

Specs

Name	Bust A Move
Developer	SNK (Japan)
Year	1993
Type	Videogame
KLOV/MOG #	7246
Class	Wide Release
Genre	Puzzle / Tile Match
Monitor	Orientation: Horizontal Type: Raster: Standard Resolution Color: Color
Conversion Class	Neo Geo MVS
# Simultaneous Players	2
# Maximum Players	2
Game Play	Competitive
Control Panel Layout	Multiple Player
Controls	Joystick: 8-way Buttons: 1 - Shoot
Sound	Amplified Stereo (two channel)
Cabinet Styles	Upright/Standard
Instructions	Bust A Move Instructions Image
Control Panel	Bust A Move Control Panel Image

Video Clips

puzzle bobble / bust a move shortplay by Ivan Paduano

Game Play

Using a special 'bubble launcher' you fire colored bubbles in an attempt to make matches and clear the playing field of bubbles. After clearing all the bubbles, you advance to the next level. The game ends when the bubbles get so piled up that they reach the bottom of the screen.

Bust A Move KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 0.00 (0 votes)

Images

Cabinet Information

The game is often housed in a standard NeoGeo cabinet.

Miscellaneous

COPY OF IPuzzle BobbleIBRLICENSOR TaitoPThis game is part of the IBustAMoveIIPuzzle BobbleIIBubble BobbleI series.

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Bust A Move Census

There are 15,391 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,718 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 167,519 machines (7,025 unique titles).

Very Common - There are 108 known instances of this machine owned by Bust A Move collectors who are active members. Of these, 12 of them are original dedicated machines. 5 of them are conversions in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet. 90 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

For Sale - There is one active VAPS member with a Bust A Move machine for sale. There is one active VAPS member with an extra Bust A Move circuit board for sale.

Wanted - There is one active VAPS member currently looking for Bust A Move. There are 2 active VAPS members looking for Bust A Move boards sets.

This game ranks a 31 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 seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census want list records.

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

Legacy or Series

Arcade Map - Play This Game

Our members have reported that Bust A Move is playable at 1 locations:

Name	Location	State	Country	Details	Check-ins
8-Bit Beans	100 Brock St South, Whitby	Ontario	Canada	Unknown	0

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