Bust-A-Move is an arcade developed by Taito, released 30 June 1994 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and 3DO Interactive Multiplayer.
What Bust-A-Move is
Bust-A-Move is an arcade game developed by Taito and released in 1994. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, 3DO Interactive Multiplayer, WonderSwan, Neo Geo AES, Neo Geo CD, Super Famicom, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Arcade, DOS, Neo Geo MVS and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
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…
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are comedy, fantasy and kids. It supports multiplayer. Local play supports 2 players. Available modes: Multiplayer, Single player and Split screen.
Where it sits in the Bubble Bobble series
Bust-A-Move is the 25th of 95 entries we hold in the Bubble Bobble series. It arrived 12 months after Bubble Bobble Part 2. The next entry was Bubble Symphony in 1994.
What it launched against
Bust-A-Move launched on 30 June 1994, within three weeks of Donkey Kong, Jazz Jackrabbit, Disney's The Jungle Book and Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors. It was a PlayStation 4 launch-window title.
Released around the same time: Donkey Kong, Jazz Jackrabbit, Disney's The Jungle Book, Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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All media
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Quick answers
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