Puzz Loop, the Video Game by Mitchell Corp.

Type of the machine : Video Game
Puzz Loop © 1998 Mitchell.

Puzz Loop is a puzzle game for one or two players in which different coloured marbles continually roll down a spiral path towards a central goal line.

Players control a rotating cannon situated at the center of the spiral and must stop the line of marbles from reaching the goal by shooting matching coloured marbles into the line. If three or more marbles of the same colour are matched, they will disappear.

In addition to standard marbles, bonus marbles occasionally appear that will, for example, temporarily slow down the rate the marbles' advance, or cause all marbles of a certain colour to be destroyed. Also, providing there is a clear line of sight, unwanted marbles can be fired straight out of the play area to prevent them from adding to the advancing line.

All marbles must be destroyed to complete a level. The game is over once the marbles are pushed over the goal threshold.

Kaneko Super Nova System hardware

Main CPU : SH-2 (@ 28.638 Mhz)
Sound Chips : YMZ280B (@ 16.666666 Mhz)

Screen orientation : Horizontal
Video resolution : 320 x 240 pixels
Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz
Palette colors : 32768

Players : 2
Control : dial
Buttons : 2

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

A Puzz Loop machine was shown at the 2003 classic arcade games show 'California Extreme' in San Jose, California.

1. Puzz Loop (1998)
2. Puzz Loop 2 (2001)

Graphic designers : M-Nuts, Amamoto, SABATO
Programmers : Yoshimura, Akaishi
Sound : Maruyama, M-Nuts, A.S
Game designer : SABATO

Consoles :

Nintendo Game Boy Color (1999) : Japan only release.
Sony PlayStation (1999, "Ballistic")
Nuon (2000, "Ballistic")
Nintendo DS (2006, "Magnetica" US / "Shunkan Puzz Loop" JP / "Puzz Loop" EU)

Game's rom.