Puzzle Bobble 3DX
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Developers | |
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Taito | |
Publishers | |
Europe | Empire Interactive |
Japan | CYBERFRONT Corporation |
Release dates | |
Windows | 2001 |
Reception | |
IGDB | 69 |
Taxonomy | |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | Side view |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | Puzzle |
Art styles | Cartoon, Pixel art |
Themes | Fantasy |
Series | Puzzle Bobble |
⤏ Go to series page | |
Subseries of Bubble Bobble | |
Puzzle Bobble | 1995 |
Bust-A-Move 2: Arcade Edition | 1996 |
Puzzle Bobble 2 | 1997 |
Puzzle Bobble 3DX | 2001 |
Puzzle Bobble 4 | 2000 |
Super Puzzle Bobble | 2001 |
Bust-A-Move Online | 2007 |
Puzzle Bobble (2019) | 2019 |
Puzzle Bobble 2 (2019) | 2019 |
Puzzle Bobble 2X / Bust-A-Move 2 Arcade Edition & Puzzle Bobble 3 / Bust-A-Move 3 S-Tribute | 2023 |
Key points
- Released as Bust-A-Move 3DX in Europe.
- Does not run well on Windows 10. See Increase Rendering Resolution for a fix.
- Music might not loop properly in Vista and later. See Music not looping properly for a fix.
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | Simple disc check. |
- This game is not available digitally.
- Japan and Europe only.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\CONFIG.SGS[Note 1] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\UVSAVE.BIN[Note 1] |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | 4:3 aspect ratio. | ||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | 640x480 only; for higher 4:3 resolutions see Increase Rendering Resolution. | ||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | Enabled after the "Now Starting Check." screen at startup. | ||
60 FPS | |||
120+ FPS | |||
High dynamic range display (HDR) |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | Mouse is only used in control config menu. | |
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | ||
Full controller support | Have to use Alt+F4 to exit from the game. | |
Controller remapping | ||
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers | ||
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Xbox button prompts | ||
Impulse Trigger vibration |
PlayStation controllers |
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Generic/other controllers | ||
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Button prompts |
Additional information | ||
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Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | ||
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
Red Book CD audio | [1] |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
Japanese | Japanese UI only available in the Japanese release. |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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Local play | 2 | Versus, Co-op |
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LAN play | ||||
Online play |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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DirectDraw | 7 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Issues fixed
Music not looping properly
- As a side effect to this fix, music will now play on cue 100% of the time due to it not having to access the CD.
- The disc is still required to play the game.
How to use _inmm.dll[2] |
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Increase Rendering Resolution
- This also fixes poor performance in Windows 10.
Play at resolutions other than 640x480[3] |
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System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 95/98 | ME |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 233 MHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 64 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 40 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | DirectX-compatible GPU 4 MB of VRAM | DirectX-compatible GPU 8 MB of VRAM |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below
%PROGRAMFILES%
,%PROGRAMDATA%
, or%WINDIR%
might be redirected to%LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore
on Windows Vista and later (more details).
References
- ↑ Verified by User:Ptolemy on 2020-08-06
- ↑ Verified by User:Ptolemy on 2019-08-20
- ↑ Verified by User:Ptolemy on 2019-08-20