Puzzle Bobble 3

Taito F3 cart. published 28 years ago by Taito Corp.

Listed in MAME

Info

Puzzle Bobble 3 © 1996 Taito.

Link 3 or more colored bubbles by shooting an identical colored bubble. When they are joined together, they pop.

TECHNICAL

Runs on the "Taito F3 System" Hardware.

Prom Stickers : E29

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

TRIVIA

Puzzle Bobble 3 was released in November 1996.

One of the playable characters is an enemy character from "Real Puncher".

Another of the characters is a homage to Capcom's Ryu, complete with Shouryuken and Hadoken motions when he gets good combos. In his winning pose (where he turns his back to the player), he has the Taito logo on his back.

The game forbids the initials 'SEX' on the high score table. If you try, it gets changed to 'PB3'.

Soundtrack releases :
Puzzle Bobble Variety / Zuntata [Zuntata Records - ZTTL-0009 - Mar 28, 1997]

UPDATES

The US version has both a "Winners Don't Use Drugs" screen and a "Recycle It, Don't Trash It!" screen.

TIPS AND TRICKS

* Alternative Game-play : press Shoot, Left, Right, Shoot on the title-screen before inserting coins. If done correctly, a small character will appear. On the next play, you will play on a different stage layout.

SERIES

1. Puzzle Bobble (1994)
1. Puzzle Bobble [MVS] (1994)
2. Puzzle Bobble 2 (1995)
2. Puzzle Bobble 2 [MVS] (1999)
3. Puzzle Bobble 2X (1995)
4. Puzzle Bobble 3 (1996)
5. Puzzle Bobble 4 (1997)
6. Super Puzzle Bobble (1999)
7. Azumanga Daioh Puzzle Bobble (2002)
8. Super Puzzle Bobble 2 (2002, Sony PlayStation 2)
9. Super Puzzle Bobble All-Stars (2003, Nintendo GameCube)
10. Puzzle Bobble Vs. (2003, Nokia N-Gage)
11. Ultra Bust-a-Move (2004, Microsoft XBOX)
12. Puzzle Bobble Pocket (2005, Sony PSP)
13. Puzzle Bobble DS (2005, Nintendo DS)
14. Space Puzzle Bobble (2008, Nintendo DS)
15. Puzzle Bobble Wii (2009, WiiWare - Nintendo Wii)

STAFF

Game designers : Seiichi Nakakuki, T. Saito
Programmers : Nak (Njk Techno), Maru (Njk Techno)
Character designers : Takao Yoshiba, Midori, Mari, Chino Maeda, M. Ishizuka
Music composer : Yukiharu Urita (Zuntata)
Designer : Kumi Mizobe
Round designers : Aya Yamamoto, Ayako Ishitsuka, Ayumi Kuroda, Chiaki Tanaka, Daiki Tanihiro, Etsuko Nakaya, Iesato Mikami, Ikue Sakuma, Junichi Sakurada, Junko Tanaka, Kaori Saito, Kazuaki Kimura, Kazuma Mori, Keiko Yano, Kiyotaka Yokota, Kuniaki Yamamoto, Mai Miyata, Masahiko Inoue, Masaki Iida, Miwa Akieda, Naoko Okada, Naoki Matsumoto, Naomi Abe, Ryo Sasaki, Souichiro Takakura, Sumiyo Kurosaki, Susumu Tsukamoto, Tsuyoshi Kanetani, Yasuki Fujino, Yoshimichi Omori
Voice performers : Adachi Tsubame Youchien, C. Tanaka, Y. Sekiguchi
Narration assists : Norihiro Furukawa (Zuntata), Richard H.B (Zuntata)

PORTS

CONSOLES:
europe Sega Saturn (1997) "Bust-A-Move 3 [Model T-8155H-50]"
japan Sega Saturn (mar.28, 1997) "Puzzle Bobble 3 [Model T-1109G]"
japan Sega Saturn (aug.8, 1997) "Puzzle Bobble 3 for SegaNet [Model GS-7113]"
usa Sega Saturn (dec.31, 1997) "Bust-A-Move 3 [Model T-31103H]"
japan Sony PlayStation (nov.6, 1997) "Puzzle Bobble 3 DX [Model SLPS-01065]"
europe Sony PlayStation (feb.27, 1998) "Bust-A-Move 3 DX [Model SLES-00991]"
usa Sony PlayStation (feb.28, 1999) "Bust-A-Move '99 [Model SLUS-00725]"
Nintendo 64 europe (nov.1998) "Bust-A-Move 3 DX [Model NUS-NB3P]"
Nintendo 64 japan (mar.5, 1999) "Puzzle Bobble 64 [Model NUS-NPBJ]"
Nintendo 64 usa (apr.30, 1999) "Bust-A-Move '99 [Model NUS-NB3E]"
europe Nintendo Game Boy (1998) "Bust A Move 3 DX [Model DMG-A3VP]"

SOURCES

Game's ROMs.
Game's screenshots.