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Instruction booklet · March 1995

Bust-a-Move

PuzzleArcade1–2 playersESRB E

The story

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.

Specifications

Released
March 1995
Developer
Taito
Publisher
Taito
Players
2
Genre
Puzzle · Arcade
Rating
ESRB E
Series
Bubble Bobble
Themes
Fantasy · Comedy · Kids
View
Side view
Multiplayer
2+ players

What the magazines said

EGM · not on record yet

Players
76/100 (39 ratings)
Electronic Gaming Monthly
39/50
Next Generation
4/5
Super Play
84%
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Week of March 3, 1995
Mar. 2

An amendment to the Constitution on a Balanced Budget is voted down by one vote in the US Senate. The deciding vote was cast by Oregon Republican senator Mark Hatfield.

💵 A Super NES was $199.99 at launch · about $473 today

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