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and distributed by

Jaleco was a corporate brand name that was used by two previously connected video game developers and publishers based in Japan. The original Jaleco company was founded in 1974 as Japan Leisure Company, founded by Yoshiaki Kanazawa, before being rena ...

Gameplay

''Puzzle Uo Poko'' is a visual matching game in which one player or two co-operative players (represented by cats) try to clear the screen of coloured bubbles in order to progress to the next level. All the action takes place underwater across 30 stages and with each completed level the cats travel deeper in their submarine.

Development and release

''Puzzle Uo Poko'' was solely designed by Toshiaki Tomizawa, a co-founder of Cave whose previous works include the ''

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by Shmuplations. ). ''Puzzle Uo Poko'' was released in Japanese arcades by Jaleco in February 1998. Unlike several other releases by Cave, ''Uo Poko'' remained exclusive to arcades and did not see a contemporary port for a home console. The title has since been re-released on the AntStream service.

Reception

In Japan, ''Game Machine'' listed ''Puzzle Uo Poko'' on their April 15, 1998 issue as being the twenty-first most-popular arcade game at the time. ''Game Hihyō'' also reviewed the game.

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* 1998 video games Arcade video games Arcade-only video games Cave (company) games Cooperative video games Japan-exclusive video games Jaleco games Multiplayer and single-player video games Puzzle video games Video games developed in Japan {{puzzle-videogame-stub