Puzzle Bobble 4 (World) | 1997

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Developer: Taito Corporation
Controls/Input Device: Control(joy8way), Buttons(4)
Number of Players: 4
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Puzzle Bobble 4 (World) VGMuseum Game Endings
Puzzle Bobble 4 (World) on CAESAR
Puzzle Bobble 4 (World) high score and replay at MARP
Puzzle Bobble 4 (World) on datObase

Mameinfo.dat entry:
0.37b10 [Yochizo]


WIP:

- 0.147u2: hap fixed clone Omega Fighter Special. The game fails to boot or finish post. After showing bad rom errors, the game resets.

- 0.147u1: Fixed maincpu rom loading.

- 0.122u7: Fixed gfx1/2/3/4/5 rom loading.

- 0.89u3: Changed Z80 CPU2 clock speed to 5MHz.

- 0.37b10: Yochizo added 'Omega Fighter' (UPL 1989) and clone Omega Fighter Special.

- 21st November 2000: Yochizo fixed some graphics bugs in the Omega Fighter / Atomic Robo-kid driver.

- 8th November 2000: Yochizo sent in a driver for Omega Fighter and Atomic Robo-kid.

- 25th April 1999: Dumped Omega Fighter Special.


LEVELS: 8 (restarts once)


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Romset: 2016 kb / 8 files / 457.8 zip


Credits Mameinfo and Mametesters Project Robert J. Rabgno et al.

History.dat entry:
Puzzle Bobble 4 (c) 1997 Taito.

Shoot colored bubbles towards clusters of other bubbles. When groups of similarly colored bubbles are formed, the bubbles burst.

- TECHNICAL -

Runs on the "Taito F3 System" Hardware.

Prom Stickers : E49

Players : 4
Control : 8-way joystick
Buttons : 4

- TRIVIA -

Puzzle Bobble 4 was released in December 1997.

The game forbids the initials 'SEX' on the high score table. If you try, it gets changed to 'AAA'.

- UPDATES -

The US version has a "Winners Don't Use Drugs" screen and a "Recycle It, Don't Trash It!" screen.

- SERIES -

1. Puzzle Bobble (1994)
1. Puzzle Bobble [MVS] (1994)
2. Puzzle Bobble 2 (1995)
2. Puzzle Bobble 2 [MVS] (1999)
3. Puzzle Bobble 2X (1995)
4. Puzzle Bobble 3 (1996)
5. Puzzle Bobble 4 (1997)
6. Super Puzzle Bobble (1999)
7. Azumanga Daioh Puzzle Bobble (2002)
8. Super Puzzle Bobble 2 (2002, Sony PlayStation 2)
9. Super Puzzle Bobble All-Stars (2003, Nintendo GameCube)
10. Puzzle Bobble Vs. (2003, Nokia N-Gage)
11. Ultra Bust-a-Move (2004, Microsoft XBOX)
12. Puzzle Bobble Pocket (2005, Sony PSP)
13. Puzzle Bobble DS (2005, Nintendo DS)
14. Space Puzzle Bobble (2008, Nintendo DS)
15. Puzzle Bobble Wii (2009, WiiWare - Nintendo Wii)

- PORTS -

* Consoles :
Sony PlayStation [JP] (August 6, 1998)
Sony PlayStation [US] (October 31, 1998) "Bust-A-Move 4 [Model SLUS-00754]"
Sony PlayStation [EU] (April 15, 1999) "Bust-A-Move 4 [Model SLES-01389]" : Also released as a Value Series edition in 2001 and as an 'Acclaimed Range' edition in 2002.
Nintendo Game Boy Color [US] (June 1999) "Bust-A-Move 4 [Model DMG-AA4E]"
Sega Dreamcast [JP] (March 16, 2000) "Puzzle Bobble 4 [Model T-42301M]"
Nintendo Game Boy Color [JP] (April 28, 2000) "Puzzle Bobble 4 [Model DMG-AA4J]"
Sega Dreamcast [US] (May 31, 2000) "Bust-A-Move 4 [Model T-8117N]"
Sega Dreamcast [EU] (June 9, 2000) "Bust-A-Move 4 [Model T-8109D-05]"
NUON [Unreleased] (2001) "Bust-A-Move 4"
Sony PlayStation [JP] (April 25, 2002) "Simple 1500 Series Vol.93: The Puzzle Bobble 4 [Model SLPM-87057]"

* Computers :
PC [MS Windows, CD-ROM] [US] (January 31, 2000)

- CONTRIBUTE -

Edit this entry: http://www.arcade-history.com/?&page=detail&id=2083&o=2


Licensed from Alexis Bousiges under a CC Attribution 3.0 License

cheat.dat entry:
00000000 4059E1 00000009 FFFFFFFF Infinite Credits
62000000 000000 00000000 00000000 Select Help Line PL1
00010000 40A8E7 000000FF FFFFFFFF Enabled
00010000 40A8E7 00000000 FFFFFFFF Disabled
60000000 000000 00000000 00000000
60000000 000000 00000000 00000000 VS Mode Cheats
60000000 000000 00000000 00000000 ----------------
60000000 000000 00000000 00000000 Enable the Select starting round on the 'planets' screen.
00000301 409E53 0000000B FFFFFFFF Select starting round Level background will be incorrect to you 'Continue'
00000303 409E53 0000000B FFFFFFFF Select next round
60000000 000000 00000000 00000000
62000000 000000 00000000 00000000 Select Region After you enable this cheat to see any effect you will have to reset the game (F3). Then you may have to turn the Test Mode ON (F2), wait for Test Mode to appear and reset again(F3).
20810000 1FFFFF 00000001 FFFFFFFF Japan
20810000 1FFFFF 00000002 FFFFFFFF US
20810000 1FFFFF 00000003 FFFFFFFF World

Credit Pugsy's MAME Cheat file

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