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Puzzle Bobble 3 (Ver 2.1O 1996/09/27)

  1. Game infos
  2. Parent and Clones
  3. Sound
  4. Driver
  5. Inputs
  6. Controls
  7. Display
  8. Roms list
  9. Chips list
  10. Serie
  11. Categories
  12. MAMEinfo
  13. History
  14. High scores
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Game infos

Description Puzzle Bobble 3 (Ver 2.1O 1996/09/27)
Name pbobble3
Manufacturer Taito Corporation
Year 1996
Runnable yes
System arcade /
Number of players 2P sim
Added to MAME .037b11
Romset size 13.5 MB
Romset file 14 files
Romset zip 6 B
Language English
Evaluation 90 to 100 (Best Games)
Genre Puzzle

Parent and clones

Parent This game is the parent

Sound infos

Sound_channels 2

Driver infos

Driver status good
Driver emulation good
Driver color good
Driver sound good
Driver graphic good
Driver cocktail
Driver protection
Driver savestate yes

Inputs infos

Input service yes
Input tilt yes
Input players 4
Input buttons
Input coins 4

Controls infos

type ways minimum maximum sensitivity keydelta reverse
dial 0 4095 25 25 no
joy 8 no

Display infos

type rotate flipx width height refresh pixclock htotal hbend hbstart vtotal vbend vbstart
raster 0 no 320 232 58.97

Roms list

console name bios size crc md5 merge sha1 region offset status optional
arcade e29-01.rom 1048576 52547c77 d0cc8b8915cec1506c9733a1ce1638038ea93d25 gfx1 1 good no
arcade e29-02.rom 1048576 437391d3 b3cc64c68553d37e0bd09e0dece14901d8df5866 gfx1 0 good no
arcade e29-03.rom 2097152 a4371658 26510a3f6de97f49b10dfc5cb9b7da947a44bfcb ensoniq.0 400000 good no
arcade e29-04.rom 2097152 d1f42457 2c77be6365deb5ef215da0c66da23b415623bdb1 ensoniq.0 800000 good no
arcade e29-05.rom 2097152 e33c1234 84c336ed6fd8723e824889fe7b52c284be659e62 ensoniq.0 c00000 good no
arcade e29-06.rom 1048576 c16184f8 ded417d9d116b5a2f7518fa404bc2dda1c6a6366 gfx2 300000 good no
arcade e29-07.rom 1048576 fca2ea9b a87ebedd0d16657288df434a70b8933fafe0ca25 gfx2 1 good no
arcade e29-08.rom 1048576 7040a3d5 ea284ec530aac20348f84122e38a508bbc283f44 gfx2 0 good no
arcade e29-10.rom 524288 1502a122 cb981a4578aa30276c491a0ef47f5e05c05d8b28 maincpu 2 good no
arcade e29-11.rom 524288 e54ada97 325e2bc7156656cc262989910dde07a1746cf790 maincpu 1 good no
arcade e29-12.rom 524288 9eb19a00 5a6417e4377070f9f01110dc6d513d0de01cff1e maincpu 0 good no
arcade e29-13.rom 262144 1ef551ef 527defe8f35314304adb4b483285b08cd6ebe865 taito_en:audiocpu 100000 good no
arcade e29-14.rom 262144 7ee7e688 d65aa9c449e1d64f10d1be9727a9d93ab1571e65 taito_en:audiocpu 100001 good no
arcade e29-16.rom 524288 aac293da 2188d1abe6aeefa872cf16db40999574497d982e maincpu 3 good no

Chips list

name tag type clock
ES5505 taito_en:ensoniq audio 15238050
M68000 taito_en:audiocpu cpu 15238050
M68EC020 maincpu cpu 16000000
Speaker taito_en:rspeaker audio

Serie

Serie : Puzzle Bobble
  1. Puzzle Bobble (Japan, B-System) (1994)
  2. Puzzle Bobble / Bust-A-Move (Neo-Geo, NGM-083) (1994)
  3. Puzzle Bobble / Bust-A-Move (Neo-Geo, NGM-083) (1994)
  4. Puzzle Bobble / Bust-A-Move (Neo-Geo, bootleg) (1994)
  5. Puzzle Bobble / Bust-A-Move (Neo-Geo, bootleg) (1994)
  6. Bust-A-Move (USA) ~ Puzzle Bobble (Jpn) (1995)
  7. Puzzle Bobble - Bust-A-Move (Euro) (1995)
  8. Puzzle Bobble 2 (Ver 2.3O 1995/07/31) (1995)
  9. Puzzle Bobble 2 (Ver 2.2J 1995/07/20) (1995)
  10. Puzzle Bobble 2 (Ver 2.2O 1995/07/20) (1995)
  11. Puzzle Bobble 2X (Ver 2.2J 1995/11/11) (1995)
  12. Puzzle Bobble (Jpn) (1996)
  13. Puzzle Bobble 3 (Ver 2.1O 1996/09/27) (1996)
  14. Puzzle Bobble 3 (Ver 2.1J 1996/09/27) (1996)
  15. Puzzle Bobble 3 (Ver 2.1A 1996/09/27) (1996)
  16. Puzzle Bobble 3 DX (Jpn) (1997)
  17. Puzzle Bobble 3 (Jpn, 2M) (1997)
  18. Puzzle Bobble 4 (Ver 2.04O 1997/12/19) (1997)
  19. Puzzle Bobble 4 (Ver 2.04J 1997/12/19) (1997)
  20. Puzzle Bobble 4 (Ver 2.04A 1997/12/19) (1997)
  21. Puzzle Bobble GB (Jpn) (1998)
  22. Puzzle Bobble 4 (Jpn) (1998)
  23. Puzzle Bobble 2 / Bust-A-Move Again (Neo-Geo) (1999)
  24. Puzzle Bobble 2 / Bust-A-Move Again (Neo-Geo) (1999)
  25. Puzzle Bobble 64 (Jpn) (1999)
  26. Puzzle Bobble Mini (Euro, Jpn, v10) (1999)
  27. Puzzle Bobble (1999)
  28. Super Puzzle Bobble (V2.05O 1999/2/24 18:00) (1999)
  29. Super Puzzle Bobble (V2.04J 1999/2/27 02:10) (1999)
  30. Puzzle Bobble 4 (Jpn) (2000)
  31. Azumanga Daioh Puzzle Bobble (GDL-0018) (2002)
  32. Azumanga Donjara Daiou (Jpn) (2002)
  33. Azumanga Daiou Advance (Jpn) (2008)

Categories

MAMEinfo

0.37b11 [Bryan McPhail]


Artwork available


WIP:

- 0.157: Kevin Eshbach updated location/PAL information for clone Puzzle Bobble 3 (Ver 2.1J 1996/09/27).

- 0.133u1: Renamed (pbobbl3u) to (pbobble3u) and (pbobbl3j) to (pbobble3j).

- 0.105u1: Changed description to 'Puzzle Bobble 3 (Ver 2.1O 1996/09/27)' and clones (US) to 'Puzzle Bobble 3 (Ver 2.1A 1996/09/27)' and (Japan) to 'Puzzle Bobble 3 (Ver 2.1J 1996/09/27)'.

- 20th February 2005: Bryan McPhail - Fiddling with the VRAM & Pixel layers on Taito F3 hardware. Per scanline alpha blending and priority mixing almost working. The VRAM layer in Puzzle Bobble 3 is used for alpha blending to darken parts of the background.

- 13th March 2003: Paul Priest and MooglyGuy fixed the sound ROM loading in Puzzle Bobble 3, Puzzle Bobble 4 and Puchi Carat.

- 3rd September 2001: Aaron Giles fixed the wrong voice samples being played in Puzzle Bobble 3.

- 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 3 (World)' (Taito Corporation 1996) and clones (US) and (Japan). Known issues: 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 (puzzle mode) and 10 (vs. mode)


Other Emulators:

* Raine


Recommended Games (Puzzle Bobble):

Puzzle Bobble

Puzzle Bobble / Bust-A-Move

Puzzle Bobble 2

Puzzle Bobble 2 / Bust-A-Move Again

Puzzle Bobble 3

Puzzle Bobble 4

Super Puzzle Bobble

Poto Poto

Candy Puzzle

Chain Reaction / Magical Drop

Magical Drop II

Magical Drop III

Cookie & Bibi

Cookie & Bibi 2

Cookie & Bibi 3

New HyperMan (3-in-1 with Cookie & Bibi & HyperMan)

Dolmen

Mouse Shooter GoGo

Puzzle De Pon!

Bang Bang Ball

Freeze (Atari)

Ghostlop

Magic Bubble

Money Puzzle Exchanger

Bubble 2000

Land Maker

Multi 5 (Bubble Gum)

Puzzle Uo Poko

Elfin

Puzzle De Bowling

Puzzle Club (Magic Bubble)

Azumanga Daioh Puzzle Bobble

Super Bubble Pop

History


Taito F3 cart. published 23 years ago:

Puzzle Bobble 3 (c) 1996 Taito.

Link 3 or more colored bubbles by shooting an identical colored bubble. When they are joined together, they pop.

- TECHNICAL -

Runs on the "Taito F3 System" Hardware.

Prom Stickers : E29

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

- TRIVIA -

Puzzle Bobble 3 was released in September 1996.

One of the playable characters is an enemy character from "Sonic Blast Man 2 - Real Puncher".

Another of the characters is a homage to Capcom's Ryu, complete with Shouryuken and Hadoken motions when he gets good combos. In his winning pose (where he turns his back to the player), he has the Taito logo on his back.

The game forbids the initials 'SEX' on the high score table. If you try, it gets changed to 'PB3'.

Soundtrack releases :
Puzzle Bobble Variety / Zuntata [Zuntata Records - ZTTL-0009 - Mar 28, 1997]

- UPDATES -

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

- TIPS AND TRICKS -

* Alternative Game-play : press Shoot, Left, Right, Shoot on the title-screen before inserting coins. If done correctly, a small character will appear. On the next play, you will play on a different stage layout.

- 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)

- STAFF -

Game designers : Seiichi Nakakuki, T. Saito
Programmers : Nak (Njk Techno), Maru (Njk Techno)
Character designers : Takao Yoshiba, Midori, Mari, Chino Maeda, M. Ishizuka
Music composer : Yukiharu Urita (Zuntata)
Designer : Kumi Mizobe
Round designers : Aya Yamamoto, Ayako Ishitsuka, Ayumi Kuroda, Chiaki Tanaka, Daiki Tanihiro, Etsuko Nakaya, Iesato Mikami, Ikue Sakuma, Junichi Sakurada, Junko Tanaka, Kaori Saito, Kazuaki Kimura, Kazuma Mori, Keiko Yano, Kiyotaka Yokota, Kuniaki Yamamoto, Mai Miyata, Masahiko Inoue, Masaki Iida, Miwa Akieda, Naoko Okada, Naoki Matsumoto, Naomi Abe, Ryo Sasaki, Souichiro Takakura, Sumiyo Kurosaki, Susumu Tsukamoto, Tsuyoshi Kanetani, Yasuki Fujino, Yoshimichi Omori
Voice performers : Adachi Tsubame Youchien, C. Tanaka, Y. Sekiguchi
Narration assists : Norihiro Furukawa (Zuntata), Richard H.B (Zuntata)

- PORTS -

* CONSOLES:
[EU] Sega Saturn (1997) "Bust-A-Move 3 [Model T-8155H-50]"
[JP] Sega Saturn (mar.28, 1997) "Puzzle Bobble 3 [Model T-1109G]"
[JP] Sega Saturn (aug.8, 1997) "Puzzle Bobble 3 for SegaNet [Model GS-7113]"
[US] Sega Saturn (dec.31, 1997) "Bust-A-Move 3 [Model T-31103H]"
[JP] Sony PlayStation (nov.6, 1997) "Puzzle Bobble 3 DX [Model SLPS-01065]"
[EU] Sony PlayStation (feb.27, 1998) "Bust-A-Move 3 DX [Model SLES-00991]"
[US] Sony PlayStation (feb.28, 1999) "Bust-A-Move '99 [Model SLUS-00725]"
Nintendo 64 [EU] (nov.1998) "Bust-A-Move 3 DX [Model NUS-NB3P]"
Nintendo 64 [JP] (mar.5, 1999) "Puzzle Bobble 64 [Model NUS-NPBJ]"
Nintendo 64 [US] (apr.30, 1999) "Bust-A-Move '99 [Model NUS-NB3E]"
[EU] Nintendo Game Boy (1998) "Bust A Move 3 DX [Model DMG-A3VP]"

- CONTRIBUTE -

Edit this entry: https://www.arcade-history.com/?&page=detail&id=2082&o=2

High scores

MAMESCORE records : 02/04/2017 13:01



mode: puzzle-normal

davh58____________________199.665.980
akuma62___________________160.092.570
antares____________________66.827.770
asilum8or__________________59.606.650
gnu________________________37.149.180
popotte____________________18.366.660
esia747____________________17.013.100
sebfucktor_________________15.992.960
zarouk_____________________14.823.050
shurikn____________________13.395.740
didyeah_____________________9.337.770
olivier_____________________8.668.180
ballyballo__________________6.125.690
thegamer____________________3.048.840
hulkiii_____________________2.702.770
gatts47_____________________1.414.180
jgabmurer_____________________652.100


mode: puzzle-practice

akuma62___________________136.325.050
davh58____________________131.079.540
antares____________________79.965.990
asilum8or__________________47.929.400
gnu________________________44.294.160
popotte____________________22.618.360
shurikn____________________18.398.100
esia747____________________14.499.210
lorddraakh_________________12.406.080
olivier____________________12.166.220
zarouk_____________________11.792.180
fordie______________________3.829.740
jgabmurer___________________3.524.450
hulkiii_____________________3.064.070
gatts47_____________________2.963.600
didyeah_____________________2.779.120


mode: puzzle-ver-25

davh58____________________224.926.270
akuma62___________________174.389.520
asilum8or__________________85.760.150
antares____________________80.219.630
gnu________________________29.495.570
shurikn_____________________5.532.160
popotte_____________________4.597.080
hulkiii_____________________4.441.810
esia747_____________________4.031.250
olivier_____________________3.311.150
gatts47_____________________2.981.680
zarouk______________________2.776.720
jgabmurer___________________1.836.670
didyeah_____________________1.092.510


mode: vs-computer-hard

plamat_____________________53.565.450
asilum8or__________________43.694.080
akuma62____________________32.878.720
antares____________________13.231.640
gnu________________________11.427.020
popotte_____________________1.399.640
shurikn_____________________1.090.230
olivier_______________________913.700
gatts47_______________________545.280
didyeah_______________________320.850
zarouk________________________275.890


mode: vs-computer-normal

plamat_____________________55.863.610
akuma62____________________55.130.660
asilum8or__________________27.990.360
antares____________________16.429.340
gnu________________________12.197.060
shurikn_____________________2.689.430
popotte_____________________1.721.540
olivier_____________________1.209.030
gatts47_______________________214.290
zarouk________________________155.470
didyeah________________________48.490


mode: vs-computer-practice

akuma62____________________32.161.920
plamat_____________________32.158.550
antares____________________31.883.180
gnu________________________31.854.410
davh58_____________________21.262.130
jinkot_____________________12.265.800
popotte_____________________1.434.150
shurikn_____________________1.274.660
jgabmurer_____________________503.610
olivier_______________________397.440
didyeah_______________________313.750
zarouk________________________278.090
mike_gyver____________________110.500