pbobble2u: MAME ROM Information.
History:
Bust-A-Move Again (c) 1995 Taito.
A puzzle game. Link 3 or more colored bubbles by shooting an identical colored bubble. When they are joined together, they pop.
- TECHNICAL -
Taito F3 System hardware
Main CPU : 68EC020 (@ 16 Mhz)
Sound CPU : 68000 (@ 16 Mhz)
Sound Chips : ES5505 (@ 15.23805 Mhz)
Screen orientation : Horizontal
Video resolution : 320 x 232 pixels
Screen refresh : 58.97 Hz
Palette colors : 8192
Players : 4
Control : 8-way joystick
Buttons : 4
- TRIVIA -
Released in July 1995.
This game is known outside US as "Puzzle Bobble 2".
The game forbids the initials 'SEX' on the high-score table. If you try, they get changed to 'AAA'.
On the last level, you will see characters from "Bubble Bobble" & "Rainbow Islands".
- UPDATES -
This US version is different :
* 'Recycle It, Don't Trash It!' screen added.
* No froggies.
- SERIES -
1. Puzzle Bobble (1994)
2. Bust-A-Move Again (1995)
3. Puzzle Bobble 2X (1995)
4. Puzzle Bobble 3 (1996)
5. Puzzle Bobble 4 (1997)
6. Super Puzzle Bobble (1999)
7. Super Puzzle Bobble 2 (2002, Sony PlayStation 2)
8. Super Puzzle Bobble All-Stars (2003, Nintendo Game Cube)
9. Ultra Bust-a-Move (2004, Microsoft X-BOX)
- STAFF -
Game designer : Seiichi Nakakuki
Character designers : Kazuhiro Kinoshita, Baw Baw (Bawbaw), Ko-Ji Terada, Kat, T. Akitsu-Osaru-, Rie Amino, Uoosy Maler, Yuko Kajihara, Ryota Sasaki, Yasunobu Kousokabe, Miwa Kamiya, Rieko Kobayashi, Miyabi Tashiro, Masami Kikuchi, Anpanmanda, Saori Hiratsuka, Vap Corp.
Programmers : Hiroshi Maruyama, Junichiro Noguchi
Sound (Zuntata): Nakayama Joutohei, Kazuko Umino, Yasuko Yamada, Syu
Designers : Kumi Mizobe, T. Yoshiba, M. Osaka, Y. Mori
- SOURCES -
Game's rom.
MAME Info:
0.128u4 [Ross Myers]
0.37b11 [Bryan McPhail]
Artwork available
WIP:
- 0.133u1: Renamed (pbobbl2o) to (pbobble2o), (pbobbl2j) to (pbobble2j), (pbobbl2u) to (pbobble2u) and (pbobbl2x) to (pbobble2x).
- 0.128u4: Ross Myers added Puzzle Bobble 2 (Ver 2.3O 1995/07/31). Renamed (pbobble2) to (pbobbl2o).
- 0.106u13: MASH added plds ($0, 200, 400, 600, 800 - pal16l8a-d77-09.bin, pal16l8a-d77-10.bin, palce16v8q-d77-11.bin, palce16v8q-d77-12.bin and palce16v8q-d77-14.bin) to clone Puzzle Bobble 2X.
- 0.105u1: Changed description of 'Puzzle Bobble 2 (World)' to 'Puzzle Bobble 2 (Ver 2.2O 1995/07/20)' and clones 'Puzzle Bobble 2 (Japan)' to 'Puzzle Bobble 2 (Ver 2.2J 1995/07/20)', 'Bust-A-Move Again (US)' to 'Bust-A-Move Again (Ver 2.3A 1995/07/31)' and 'Puzzle Bobble 2X (Japan)' to 'Puzzle Bobble 2X (Ver 2.2J 1995/11/11)'.
- 18th May 2001: Bryan McPhail fixed the black spots in the background graphics of Puzzle Bobble 2 and 3.
- 0.37b11: Bryan McPhail added Puzzle Bobble 2 (World) (Taito 1995) and clones (Japan), Bust-A-Move Again (US) and Puzzle Bobble 2X (Japan). Known issues: (zoomed) background layer is incorrect. Playfields are 1 off in the x-axis.
- 16th January 2001: Bryan McPhail fixed some memory corrupting bugs in the Taito F3 driver.
- 15th January 2001: Bryan McPhail finally submitted his Taito F3 driver, which is not graphically perfect and crashes hard sometimes but has complete ES5505 sound emulation thanks to Aaron Giles, Ian Schmidt and R. Belmont. Not all games are working due to 68020 core bugs, but these are: Ring Rage, Arabian Magic, Riding Fight, Grid Seeker: Project Stormhammer, Gunlock / Rayforce, Super Cup Finals / Hat Trick Hero '93, Top Ranking Stars, Light Bringer, Kaiser Knuckle / Global Champion, Bubble Bobble 2 / Bubble Symphony, Space Invaders DX, Taito Power Goal / Hat Trick Hero '95, Quiz Theater - 3tsu no Monogatari, Akkanvader, Moriguchi Hiroko no Quiz de Hyuu!Hyuu!, Puzzle Bobble 2 / Bust-A-Move Again, Puzzle Bobble 2X, Kyukyoku Tiger 2, Bubble Memories, Cleopatra Fortune, Puzzle Bobble 3, Arkanoid Returns, Kirameki Star Road, Puchi Carat and Pop 'N Pop.
LEVELS: 30 - 12 (normal mode - versus mode)
Other Emulators:
* Raine
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Romset: 10753 kb / 14 files / 4.59 zip
MAME XML Output:
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| | | <description>Bust-A-Move Again (Ver 2.3A 1995/07/31)</description> |
| | | <manufacturer>Taito America Corporation</manufacturer> |
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| | | <chip type="cpu" tag="maincpu" name="68EC020" clock="16000000"/> |
| | | <chip type="cpu" tag="audiocpu" name="68000" clock="16000000"/> |
| | | <chip type="audio" tag="lspeaker" name="Speaker"/> |
| | | <chip type="audio" tag="rspeaker" name="Speaker"/> |
| | | <chip type="audio" tag="ensoniq" name="ES5505" clock="15238050"/> |
| | | <display tag="screen" type="raster" rotate="0" width="320" height="232" refresh="58.970000" /> |
| | | <input players="4" buttons="4" coins="4" service="yes" tilt="yes"> |
| | | | <control type="joy" ways="8"/> |
| | | | <control type="dial" minimum="0" maximum="4095" sensitivity="25" keydelta="25"/> |
| | | <driver status="good" emulation="good" color="good" sound="good" graphic="good" savestate="unsupported" palettesize="8192"/> |
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