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Bust-a-Move
internationally known as ''Bust-a-Move'', is a 1994 Tile-matching video game, tile-matching puzzle arcade game developed and published by Taito. It is based on the 1986 arcade game ''Bubble Bobble'', featuring characters and themes from that game. Its characteristically Kawaii, cute Anime, Japanese animation and music, along with its play mechanics and level designs, made it successful as an arcade title and spawned several sequels and ports to home gaming systems. Gameplay At the start of each round, the rectangular playing arena contains a prearranged pattern of colored "bubbles". At the bottom of the screen, the player controls a device called a "pointer", which aims and fires bubbles up the screen. The color of bubbles fired is randomly generated and chosen from the colors of bubbles still left on the screen. The objective of the game is to clear all the bubbles from the arena without any bubble crossing the bottom line. Bubbles will fire automatically if the player remains ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1995 In Video Games
1995 saw many sequels and prequels in video games, such as ''Dragon Quest VI'', '' Mario's Picross'', ''Mega Man 7'', '' Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'', and ''Tekken 2'', along with new titles such as ''Battle Arena Toshinden'', ''Chrono Trigger'', ''Rayman'', ''Soul Edge'', ''Twisted Metal'', '' Star Wars: Dark Forces'', ''Destruction Derby'', '' Wipeout'' and ''Jumping Flash!'' The year's highest-grossing arcade game in Japan was ''Virtua Fighter 2'', while the best-selling arcade video games in the United States were ''Daytona USA'' (for the second year in a row) and ''Mortal Kombat 3''. The home video game with the highest known sales in 1995 was ''Dragon Quest VI'', despite only releasing in Japan. The Super Famicom was the best-selling game console in Japan, while the Sega Genesis was the best-selling console in North America. Hardware releases * Nintendo releases: **March 20 – Game Boy Play It Loud! series, color/clear versions of the Game Boy. **April 23 â ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
