Winter Bobble, The
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Description
Two snowmen battle cute Japanese critters over 50 platform based screens. Turn the enemy critters into snowballs and then boot them around the platforms knocking down everything in their path. Pick up Sushi for exra points. When a screen is cleared of monsters you move on to the next level.
Winter Bobble, The was produced by Sakowa Project in 1990.
Sakowa Project released only 1 machine in our database under this trade name. Sakowa Project was based in United States.
Specs
| Name | Winter Bobble, The |
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| Developer | Sakowa Project (United States) |
| Year | 1990 |
| Type | Videogame |
| KLOV/MOG # | 10451 |
| Class | Bootleg |
| Genre | Platform |
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| Conversion Class | JAMMA |
| # Simultaneous Players | 2 |
| # Maximum Players | 2 |
| Game Play | Joint |
| Control Panel Layout | Multiple Player |
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| Sound | Amplified Mono (one channel) |
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Game Introduction
Shoot snow at monsters to turn them into snowballs. Press the fire button next to a snowball to kick it around the screen. Any monsters hit by a snowball are killed. If another snowball is hit, it too bounces around the screen. Collect potions for power ups.
- Yellow = Long shot
- Red = Speed up
- Blue = "Big" snow (encases monsters quicker)
- Green = Inflates you like a ballon and lets you fly around the screen killing any monsters you touch. May only appear at certain times.
During every 10th level, there is an end-of-level monster to be killed.
Killing all the monsters on a level with a single snowball causes money bonuses, worth 10000 points, to fall down, but sometimes a glowing cake bonus will appear instead. When the cake is collected, the game stops and four blue snowball creatures appear for a short time. If these enemies are killed, they each provide a letter: "S","N","O" or "W". Collect all four of these letters for an extra life. The glowing cake can also appear at other times during the game.
Game Play
The game has very cute cartoon-like characters and animation along with a nice sound track. Although a it is a 1990 game it really has the feel of the earlier abstract games along the lines of Mr. Do!, etc. It is very similar in style to Bubble Bobble.
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BOOTLEG OF: Snow Bros. - Nick & Tom
VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Winter Bobble, The Census
There are 15,264 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,669 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 166,973 machines (7,000 unique titles).
Rare - There are 2 known instances of this machine owned by Winter Bobble, The collectors who are active members. Of these, It is an original dedicated machine (not another machine converted with a kit). One is a set of circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.
For Sale - There is one active VAPS member with an extra Winter Bobble, The circuit board for sale.
Wanted - No active members have added this machine to their wish list.
This game ranks a 1 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.
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