Puzzle Bobble


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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 in North America and Europe as Bust-A-Move.

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		Game runs directly off of the disc, uses Redbook audio for music.

This game is not available digitally.

Music will now loop correctly, and will play on cue 100% of time as side effects to this fix.

How to run the game completely off the hard drive^{[citation needed]}

Copy all of the files from the disc into a folder of your choosing.
Download the _inmm.dll installer and extract it, then run the installer.
Open your game CD in any application that rips audio CDs, and rip the audio into an easy to find place, preferably into a new folder in the game’s directory.
Open _inmmcnf.exe, and on the "Method" tab, change the "default" option to DirectShow.
Select the "_inmm.dll" tab, then click "add".
Go to the folder you ripped the game's music into. Then select all of the "track" files.
Select "Save", go to the folder you installed Puzzle Bobble/Bust-A-Move in, then save the ini file.
Close _inmmcnf.exe, then drag pb.exe onto the _inmmcnf.exe file itself. This will pop up a message asking if you want to patch the executable. Select "Ok".
Launch loader.exe whenever you want to play the game, or launch pb.exe to skip the launcher.

System	Location
Windows	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Gamebank\Puzzle Bobble^{[Note 1]}

System	Location
Windows	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Gamebank\Puzzle Bobble^{[Note 1]}

General settings.

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

Type	Native	Players	Notes
Local play		2
LAN play
Online play		Serial, Modem, and Direct IP only.
Asynchronous multiplayer

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
DirectDraw

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

	Middleware	Notes
Multiplayer	DirectPlay

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Applications writing to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE will be redirected to other locations based on various criterias, see the glossary page for more details.