pbobble4: MAME ROM Information. History:
Puzzle Bobble 4 (c) 1997 Taito.
Shoot colored bubbles towards clusters of other bubbles. When groups of similarly colored bubbles are formed, the bubbles burst.
- TECHNICAL -
Taito F3 System hardware
Prom Stickers : E49
Main CPU : 68EC020 (@ 16 Mhz)
Sound CPU : 68000 (@ 16 Mhz)
Sound Chips : ES5505 (@ 15.23805 Mhz)
Screen orientation : Horizontal
Video resolution : 320 x 232 pixels
Screen refresh : 58.97 Hz
Palette colors : 8192
Players : 4
Control : 8-way joystick
Buttons : 4
- TRIVIA -
Released in December 1997.
The game forbids the initials 'SEX' on the high score table. If you try, it gets changed to 'AAA'.
- UPDATES -
The US version is slightly different, it has a "Winners Don't Use Drugs" screen and a "Recycle It, Don't Trash It!" screen.
- 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 -
Director : Kazuhiro Oohara
Planners : Kazuhiro Oohara, Tsukasa Ohshima, Nobuaki Kuroki, Takayasu Masaki
Base game designer : Seiichi Nakakuki
Programmers : Hiroshi Maruyama, Emoyan, Okazu Taiyaki, Nak
Character designer : Miyabi Tashiro
Graphic designers : Miyabi Tashiro, Chino Maeda, Ken Ninomiya, Mari Fukusaki, Sakotan, Debi, Kao, Kimiaki Yomo, Seiryu Kitagishi
Sound producer : Hisayoshi Ogura (Zuntata)
Sound director : Munehiro Nakanishi (Zuntata)
Sound composer : Rim. (Zuntata)
Voice actors & actress : Hisayoshi Ogura (Zuntata), Naoto Yagishita (Yag) (Zuntata), Nakayama Jyotohei (Zuntata), Mizuki.U (Zuntata), Kumi.K, Takako.A, Chinami Nishimura (B1Produce)
Design works : Mihoko Sudoh
Quartity warranty : Nobuhiro Koyama, Makoto Obonai, Satoshi Katsumata, Eiji Kawabata
Production control : Seiji Watanabe, Kazuyori Masumoto, Kazuhiko Azuma, Eiji Maruyama, Takeshi Nakatani
- PORTS -
* Consoles :
Sony PlayStation (1998)
Nintendo Game Boy Color (2000)
Sega Dreamcast (2000)
NUON [Unreleased] (2001, "Bust-A-Move 4")
Nintendo 64
* Computers :
PC [MS Windows, CD-ROM] (1999)
- SOURCES -
Game's rom.
MAME Info:
0.37b15 [Bryan McPhail]
0.37b11 [Bryan McPhail]
Artwork available
Bugs:
- pbobble4 and clones: Victory screen not shown at end of match. Tafoid (ID 02819)
WIP:
- 0.133u1: Renamed (pbobbl4j) to (pbobble4j) and (pbobbl4u) to (pbobble4u).
- 0.106u12: MASH added plds ($0, 200, 400, 600 - pal16l8a-d77-09.bin, pal16l8a-d77-10.bin, palce16v8q-d77-11.bin and palce16v8q-d77-12.bin) to Puzzle Bobble 4 and clone.
- 0.105u1: Changed description of 'Puzzle Bobble 4 (World)' to 'Puzzle Bobble 4 (Ver 2.04O 1997/12/19)' and clones 'Puzzle Bobble 4 (Japan)' to 'Puzzle Bobble 4 (Ver 2.04J 1997/12/19)' and 'Puzzle Bobble 4 (US)' to 'Puzzle Bobble 4 (Ver 2.04A 1997/12/19)'.
- 0.69: Fixed sound1 roms addresses.
- 13th March 2003: Paul Priest and MooglyGuy fixed the sound ROM loading in Puzzle Bobble 3, Puzzle Bobble 4 and Puchi Carat.
- 10th March 2003: Paul Priest fixed the sound ROM loading in Puzzle Bobble 4.
- 0.37b15: Bryan McPhail added Puzzle Bobble 4 (World) (Taito 1997) and clones (Japan) and (US).
- 0.37b11: Bryan McPhail added (Testdrivers) Puzzle Bobble 4 (World) and clones (Japan) and (US). Known issues: Playfields are 1 off in the x-axis.
LEVELS: 30 (puzzle mode)
Other Emulators:
* Raine
Recommended Games (Puzzle Bobble):
Puzzle Bobble
Puzzle Bobble / Bust-A-Move
Puzzle Bobble 2 / Bust-A-Move Again
Puzzle Bobble 2
Puzzle Bobble 3
Puzzle Bobble 4
Super Puzzle Bobble
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Cookie & Bibi
Cookie & Bibi 2
Cookie & Bibi 3
XESS - The New Revolution (Cookie & Bibi)
Mouse Shooter GoGo
Puzzle De Pon!
Bang Bang Ball
Freeze (Atari)
Ghostlop (prototype)
Magical Drop II
Magical Drop III
Magic Bubble
Money Puzzle Exchanger
Bubble 2000
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Multi 5 (Bubble Gum)
Puzzle Uo Poko
Puzzle De Bowling
Azumanga Daioh Puzzle Bobble
Romset: 13826 kb / 18 files / 6.27 zip
MAME XML Output:
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| | <description>Puzzle Bobble 4 (Ver 2.04O 1997/12/19)</description> |
| | <manufacturer>Taito Corporation</manufacturer> |
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| | <rom name="e49-11.19" size="524288" crc="bf69a087" sha1="2acbdb7faf5bdb1d9b5b9506c0b6f02fedcbd6a5" region="maincpu" offset="1"/> |
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| | <rom name="palce16v8q-d77-15.bin" size="279" status="nodump" region="plds" offset="800"/> |
| | <chip type="cpu" tag="maincpu" name="68EC020" clock="16000000"/> |
| | <chip type="cpu" tag="audiocpu" name="68000" clock="16000000"/> |
| | <chip type="audio" tag="lspeaker" name="Speaker"/> |
| | <chip type="audio" tag="rspeaker" name="Speaker"/> |
| | <chip type="audio" tag="ensoniq" name="ES5505" clock="15238050"/> |
| | <display tag="screen" type="raster" rotate="0" width="320" height="232" refresh="58.970000" /> |
| | <input players="4" buttons="4" coins="4" service="yes" tilt="yes"> |
| | | <control type="joy" ways="8"/> |
| | | <control type="dial" minimum="0" maximum="4095" sensitivity="25" keydelta="25"/> |
| | <driver status="good" emulation="good" color="good" sound="good" graphic="good" savestate="unsupported" palettesize="8192"/> |
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