Puchi Carat - Gemstone Ohkoku no Sekai

Puzzle Games 

Type of the game: [Coin-Op] Arcade Video Game
Puchi Carat - Gemstone Ohkoku no Sekai © 1997 Taito Corp.

Hit the ball with your paddle to destroy jewels in this simple but addictive puzzle game.

Taito F3 System hardware
Prom Stickers : E46

Main CPU : 68EC020 (@ 16 Mhz)
Sound CPU : 68000 (@ 16 Mhz)
Sound Chips : ES5505 (@ 15.23805 Mhz)

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

Puchi Carat was released in October 1997.

The title of this game translates from Japanese as 'Small Karat - Gemstone Kingdom World'.

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

* Choose 3rd Costume : Press A button and Start at the same time when selecting your character.

* Play As Patoraco : After inserting a coin, when C-Mond is teaching how to play, press A(x3) and Start. She will be available between Garnet and Shyst.

Producer : Atsuchi Taniguchi
Director : Takahiro Fujito
Game designers : Atsuchi Taniguchi, Takahiro Fujito, Chiho Maeda, Ken Ninomiya, Mari Fukusaki, Yoko Kaneko, Kazuhiro Fujimoto, Nabuhiro Hosomi, Yasuhisa Watanabe (Zuntata)
Character graphics : Chino Maeda, Ken Ninomiya, Mari Fukusaki, Yoko Kaneko, Kazuhiro Fujimoto, Nobuhiro Hosomi
Sound : Yasuhisa Watanabe (Zuntata)
Programmers : Nichiaki Kaneko (I.T.L), Tomoaki Kasuyagi (I.T.L), Yasuhito Nagumo (I.T.L)
Character designer : Yasunobu Kousokabe

Consoles:

Sony PlayStation (June 25, 1998) [Model SLPS-01435]
Sony PlayStation (2000) [Model SLES-02070]
Nintendo Game Boy Color (1999) [Model DMG-ACUJ] : Also released in a Nintendo Power Edition (July 1, 2000)
Nintendo Game Boy Color (December 8, 2000) [Model DMG-AIQP-EUR]
Sony PlayStation 2 (July 28, 2005; "Taito Memories Joukan [Model SLPM-66057 (TCPS-10115)]")
Sony PlayStation 2 [AU] (March 30, 2006, "Taito Legends 2")
Microsoft XBOX (March 31, 2006, "Taito Legends 2")
Sony PlayStation 2 (March 31, 2006; "Taito Legends 2 [Model SLES-53852]")
Sony PlayStation 2 (May 16, 2007; "Taito Legends 2 [Model SLUS-21349]")

Computers:

PC [MS Windows, CD-ROM] (March 31, 2006, "Taito Legends 2")
PC [MS Windows, CD-ROM] (July 10, 2007, "Taito Legends 2")

Game's rom.