And we're back into the videogames world once again, this time covering an arcade favorite that every afficcionado knows, the classic Puzzle Bobble.
Puzzle Bobble is a a puzzle game from 1994 owned by Taito Corp. based on another company title Bubble Bobble. It spread widely across the globe and became a timeless classic even after leaving the arcades new versions kept coming out for various systems.
General view:
Objective:
The game is simple but very addicting because of that, you're given a rectangular area with a pre arranged set of colored bubbles. You control a little mechanism at the bottom that points and shoots bubbles that are randomly given to you by the game. Each 3 or more bubbles that are put together "pop" and besides disappearing all others can were "attached" to them fall leaving you more space to work with. So basically you'll have to clear all the bubbles within a time limit that shows itself by the means of a desceding roof that pushes all bubbles down and upon reaching a determined line on the rectangle you loose the game.
Difficulty:
So besides the fact that the bubbles that you are given are random, there's the roof to take into account and then there's the pattern itself that can be really tricky to solve if you're not careful and have good aim. When you lose a life though, the game gives you a sort of directional beam to guide you until you get to the next level.
Variations:
There are numerous various of this game, like any other popular puzzle game, Puzzle Bobble's variations come in the form of multiplayer battles with power ups and other things to difficult the other player's game, more colors for bubbles as well as more bubble types. There's even a true puzzle mode with many more elements into it than only the regular bubbles, like ropes.
Benefits of Puzzle Bobble:
Well, we can't really say it has some kind of direct benefit apart from the brain training you can get by using it for quick thinking and spatial awareness, besides those there's also an hand eye coordination training because of the control over the pointer.
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