Bust-A-Move

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Released Jun 30, 1994

By: Taito

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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.

Genres: Arcade Puzzle
Platforms: 3DO Interactive Multiplayer Arcade DOS Neo Geo AES Neo Geo CD Neo Geo MVS Nintendo Switch PC (Microsoft Windows)PlayStation 4 Super Famicom Super Nintendo Entertainment System WonderSwan Xbox One
Themes: Comedy Fantasy Kids
Franchises: Bubble Bobble
Collections: Bubble Bobble Bust-a-Move Puzzle Bobble
Game modes: Multiplayer Single player Split screen
Perspectives: Side view
Keywords: broadcast digital distribution retroachievements
Languages: Chinese (Simplified) · Interface Chinese (Traditional) · Interface English · Audio, Interface Japanese · Interface Korean · Interface
Age ratings: ESRB E PEGI 3
Multiplayer: Offline multiplayer Split screen

Complete release history (17)

Arcade · Q2 1994
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Neo Geo MVS · Dec 12, 1994
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Neo Geo AES · Q4 1994
Japan · Quarter · Full release · IGDB
Neo Geo CD · Apr 27, 1995
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Neo Geo CD · May 2, 1995
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3DO Interactive Multiplayer · Nov 22, 1995
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3DO Interactive Multiplayer · 1995
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Super Famicom · 1995
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Super Nintendo Entertainment System · 1995
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Super Nintendo Entertainment System · 1995
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DOS · Mar 15, 1997
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WonderSwan · Jul 1, 1999
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PC (Microsoft Windows) · 1999
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PlayStation 4 · Dec 20, 2018
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Nintendo Switch · Dec 20, 2018
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Xbox One · Dec 20, 2018
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PlayStation 4 · Jan 3, 2019
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