Magical Drop Pocket (1999) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Magical Drop Pocket

Magical Drop Pocket is a Miscellaneous game, developed by SAS Sakata and published by Data East, which was released in Japan in 1999. Magical Drop Pocket's core mechanics are similar to those of Magical Drop…

24 July 1999

What Magical Drop Pocket is

Magical Drop Pocket is a puzzle game developed by Data East and released in 1999. It is available on Neo Geo Pocket Color only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Magical Drop Pocket is a Miscellaneous game, developed by SAS Sakata and published by Data East, which was released in Japan in 1999. Magical Drop Pocket's core mechanics are similar to those of Magical Drop III. The only exception is that that the battlefield consists of six columns instead of seven, akin to the Super Famicom ports of the first two Magical Drop games. The game features Story, Self Challenge and Friend Challenge; these correspond to the standard 1P VS Com, Solo, and 2P VS modes featured in other Magical Drop games. Story features five difficulty modes while Self Challenge features three. Like many other handheld puzzle games of the time, Story does not feature a "true" AI…

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are comedy. It supports multiplayer. Local play supports 2 players. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

What it launched against

Magical Drop Pocket launched on 24 July 1999, within three weeks of Commandos: Beyond the Call of Duty, Vandal Hearts II, Croc 2 and Warhammer 40,000: Rites of War.

Released around the same time: Commandos: Beyond the Call of Duty, Vandal Hearts II, Croc 2, Warhammer 40,000: Rites of War.

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