Bust-A-Move

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Bust-A-Move
System(s): Sega Game Gear
Publisher: Taito
Developer: Santos, Taito
Peripherals supported: Gear-to-Gear Cable
Genre: Puzzle
Number of players: 1-2
Release Date RRP Code JP 1996-08-02 ¥4,8004,800 T-11047 US 1996 2567
Non-Sega versions 3DO Arcade Neo Geo CD Super NES Windows PC WonderSwan

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Bust-A-Move, known as Puzzle Bobble (パズルボブル) in Japan, is a puzzle game created by Taito as a spin-off to their popular Bubble Bobble series. Originally released in Arcades, the Bust-A-Move was brought to the Sega Game Gear in 1996 by Santos. It was the last third-party Game Gear game released in Japan and the only non-Sega game to use the Kid's Gear brand (the last Japanese GG game being G Sonic).

Gameplay

The basic premise of the game is to remove all the colored bubbles from the screen. In order to do so, you need to fire bubbles from the bottom, adjusting the angle accordingly. When a bubble of the correct color collides with two or more other bubbles, the section will be removed from the play area. If the user takes too long or fires a certain amount of shots, the bubbles on screen will be pushed down, and the player will fail if these bubbles reach the bottom.

History

Bust-A-Move's format has been extremely successful for Taito, moreso than the original Bubble Bobble or Rainbow Islands. As such, the Bust-A-Move series has seen numerous sequels (starting with Bust-A-Move 2: Arcade Edition) and several similar clones.

Versions

Localised names

Also known as

Language	Localised Name	English Translation
English (US)	Bust-A-Move	Bust-A-Move
Japanese	パズルボブル	Puzzle Bobble

Production credits

• Director: Jin.
• Planner: Jin.
• Programmers: Arinko, Goripon
• Graphics Designers: Some1
• Sound by: Tama
• Manual Designer: Kazuo Nakagawa
• Special Thanks to: Shouji Takahashi, Yuji Koga, Midori Tokutomi, Yuichi Kanno, Satoru Tanabe
• Producers: Seizo Matsutaka, Takeo Shirasaka
• Executive Producer: Koichi Nakamura

Magazine articles

Main article: Bust-A-Move/Magazine articles.

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average
Publication Score Source

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Sega Retro Average
Publication Version Score Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J 58 VideoGames (US) NTSC-U 80

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Bust-A-Move

Game Gear, JP
Cover
Cart

Game Gear, US
Cover
Cart Manual

Technical information

ROM dump status

System	Hash	Size	Build Date	Source	Comments
?	CRC32 8e54ee04 MD5 1713eceba681849be8e36f5f62654405 SHA-1 15568554cf6474e1ad64401217b702a048113a2d	256kB		Cartridge (JP)
?	CRC32 c90f29ef MD5 50a41b6b8062095c142acd186b6118c9 SHA-1 e6bb5f72cffb11c8dd44ac3e378088b04cec1297	256kB		Cartridge (US/EU)