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removed and replaced with a generic computer. The backgrounds from the original version were also removed and replaced with 15 new backgrounds, but this also means that the backgrounds get looped in the Puzzle mode, which is 30 stages long. The audio was also changed, and the voices in the game were removed, even though they were in
English anyway. These changes were only made for the Taito F3 System version since the Neo Geo and console releases are based on the original Japanese version. If this version was played in an emulator, it would have the Japanese audio, although the music would cut out on some levels. This emulation error was fixed in 2006 - although not before it appeared in
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critic gave the game a rave review, calling it "One of the most addictive puzzle games in the arcades right now". He praised the challenging gameplay and the "fascinating" trick of bouncing bubbles off the walls to ricochet into the right spot, and concluded, "It's fast, fun, and because of the
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American version of the original arcade release is much different than the other versions. One of the most major changes in this version is that Bub and Bob were removed from the game and replaced with a pair of disembodied hands. Also, the characters that were in the Vs. CPU mode was
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applauded the game for its addictive puzzle play, its large amount of content, the usage of tricky bank shots in addition to the color-matching traditional to action puzzlers, and the fierce competitiveness of the two-player mode. Rad
Automatic also commented positively on these aspects in
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of the "Top Ten Worst Covers", with journalist Kevin Bowen writing that the disturbing imagery was likely to frighten away the game's young target audience. The later MS-DOS and
Nintendo 64 releases from Acclaim would use the proper cover art used on the PAL releases.
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368:26 July 1996
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209:Kazuko Umino
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63:Publisher(s)
51:Developer(s)
27:
21:
2398:Chack'n Pop
2200:Double Shot
1995:GamesMaster
1885:"Editorial"
1244:GamesMaster
1242:. In 1996,
1118:along with
868:Publication
630:Nintendo 64
626:Sega Saturn
622:PlayStation
574:Neo-Geo MVS
555:Multiplayer
495:20 May 1998
484:Nintendo 64
343:4 June 1996
323:PlayStation
270:Sega Saturn
266:PlayStation
262:Nintendo 64
231:Platform(s)
205:Composer(s)
173:Designer(s)
153:Neo Geo MVS
2449:Categories
2324:Millennium
2248:Revolution
2186:Revolution
2081:Giant Bomb
1916:Ziff Davis
1761:Future plc
1552:Ziff Davis
1335:21 October
1309:21 October
1285:References
1138:In Japan,
1134:Commercial
1127:Gekirindan
806:Aggregator
164:CyberFront
126:CyberFront
2550:SNK games
2490:DOS games
2419:Pop'n Pop
2255:Evolution
2214:4 Friends
2193:Evolution
2103:MobyGames
1110:Promotion
797:Reception
792:Reception
736:Ports of
509:Macintosh
250:Macintosh
195:Artist(s)
161:Macintosh
2380:Universe
2070:GameFAQs
1974:Archived
1610:Archived
1605:GameSpot
1577:Archived
1572:GameSpot
1214:malteser
1169:Critical
1116:JAMMA 95
966:GameSpot
652:Xbox One
532:Genre(s)
450:Game Boy
246:Game Boy
2331:Super 2
1756:PC Zone
1378:GameSpy
1353:GamePro
1251:PC Zone
1142:listed
1069:PC Zone
785:GameSpy
634:Windows
608:arcades
543:Mode(s)
416:Windows
286:Release
114:Windows
2310:Pocket
2165:Part 2
1946:13 May
1644:13 May
1616:12 May
1583:12 May
1210:bonbon
978:5.7/10
973:7.1/10
897:Saturn
877:Arcade
835:Saturn
815:Arcade
770:Saturn
670:Mighta
668:and a
666:Monsta
650:, and
632:, and
537:Puzzle
357:Saturn
298:Arcade
258:MS-DOS
239:Arcade
218:Series
147:Agetec
2366:Plus!
2359:Space
2352:Bash!
2338:Ultra
2317:Super
2207:Plus!
1991:(PDF)
1522:(PDF)
1261:Notes
871:Score
809:Score
592:Taito
586:is a
88:Taito
70:Taito
56:Taito
1948:2020
1895:EMAP
1824:Edge
1646:2022
1618:2022
1585:2022
1527:Edge
1337:2023
1311:2023
1124:and
1060:9/10
1042:3/5
994:8/10
957:8/10
937:8/10
926:Edge
768:and
727:and
616:for
610:and
606:for
504:1998
479:1998
445:1998
436:1997
427:1996
411:1997
402:1996
292:1995
2373:New
2101:at
2090:at
2079:at
2068:at
1638:IGN
1358:IDG
1249:In
1216:."
1163:HMV
1102:93%
1078:30%
1039:4/5
1032:3/5
1014:80%
987:IGN
919:4/5
916:4/5
882:N64
856:90%
853:71%
848:81%
820:N64
766:PSX
590:by
391:DOS
157:SNK
97:PAL
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628:,
624:,
572:,
516:JP
500:EU
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466:JP
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314:WW
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