Puzzle Bobble
パズル・ボブル
Description
The object is to link up color bubbles in order to score points and remove them from the screen. In a one-player game there are 30 rounds to complete and in two-player mode the object is to clear your screen first.In addition to a NEO-GEO implementation, a Taito F3 implementation was made.
Puzzle Bobble was produced by Taito in 1994.
Taito released 489 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1967. Taito was based in Japan.
Other machines made by Taito during the time period Puzzle Bobble was produced include: Prime Time Fighter, Gun Lock, Light Bringer, Rayforce, Cachat, Elevator Action II, Chase Bombers, Darius Gaiden, Elevator Action Returns, and Bubble Symphony
Specs
| Name | Puzzle Bobble |
|---|---|
| Developer | Taito (Japan) |
| Year | 1994 |
| Type | Videogame |
| KLOV/MOG # | 9169 |
| Class | Wide Release |
| Genre | Puzzle / Tile Match |
| Monitor |
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| Conversion Class | Neo Geo MVS |
| # Simultaneous Players | 2 |
| # Maximum Players | 2 |
| Game Play | Competitive |
| Control Panel Layout | Multiple Player |
| Controls |
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| Sound | Amplified Stereo (two channel) |
| Cabinet Styles |
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| Instructions | Puzzle Bobble Instructions Image |
| PCB | Puzzle Bobble PCB Image |
Video Clips
Puzzle Bobble KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 3.65 (1 vote)
Fun Factor: 3.80
Overall Like |
5.00 |
|---|---|
| Fun (Social) | 4.00 |
| Fun (Solo) | 3.00 |
| Collector Desire | 2.00 |
Technical Rating: 3.50
| Gameplay | 3.00 |
|---|---|
| Graphics | 3.00 |
| Originality | 4.00 |
| Sound/Music | 4.00 |
Personal Impressions and Technical Impressions each account for half of the total score.
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Cheats, Tricks, Bugs, and Easter Eggs
There is a special bonus of a million points on rounds 9 and 13. This is achieved by linking up a number of orange bubbles on round 9 and blue bubbles on round 13.
Images
Miscellaneous
LICENSOR: Taito
VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Puzzle Bobble Census
There are 15,447 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,746 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 168,503 machines (7,073 unique titles).
Very Common - There are 298 known instances of this machine owned by Puzzle Bobble collectors who are active members. Of these, 13 of them are original dedicated machines. 7 of them are conversions in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet. 277 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 Puzzle Bobble machine for sale. There are 6 active VAPS members with a Puzzle Bobble circuit boards for sale.
Wanted - There is one active VAPS member currently looking for Puzzle Bobble. There is one active VAPS member looking for a Puzzle Bobble circuit board set.
This game ranks a 77 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]
Flyers
1994
/ 2 Pages
1994
/ 3 Pages
1994
/ 2 Pages
Legacy or Series
- Puzzle Bobble
- Puzzle Bobble 2
- Puzzle Bobble 2X
- Puzzle Bobble 3
- Puzzle Bobble 4
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Our members have reported that Puzzle Bobble is playable at 1 locations:
| Name | Location | State | Country | Details | Check-ins |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stop Button Bar + Arcade | 4251 Legion Road, Hope Mills | North Carolina | United States | Bar + Arcade | 1 |
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| Year | Count | Median $ | Average $ |
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| 2015 | 1 | 115.00 | 115.00 |
| 2017 | 4 | 189.13 | 173.63 |
| All Years | 5 | 177.00 | 161.90 |
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