Puzzle De Pon

Infobox VG
title = Puzzle De Pon


developer = Visco Corporation
publisher = Taito
designer =
release = 1995, 1997
genre = Puzzle game
modes = Single-player or Multiplayer (Up to 2 players simultaneously)
cabinet = Upright
arcade system = Neo Geo Multi Video System
display = Raster, standard resolution
input = Joystick (8-way); 1 button
platforms = Arcade

"Puzzle De Pon!" is a puzzle video game made by the Taito Corporation in 1995. It was initially released for the Neo Geo arcade platform. The game plays similarly to Taito's own "Puzzle Bobble" series. There are some gameplay differences however. Although the player clears the colored balls on the screen by firing balls against other balls of the same colour, the objective of the game is not to clear the screen of balls. It is instead to clear all the balls from around the level shape, referred to as the "drop token". Once this shape is freed, it explodes and the player travels onto the next level.There are 39 levels in the game, divided in groups of three levels. In the first two levels, the shape is something generic; in the third level the shape is a Zodiac sign, up to level 36 (since there are 12 signs). Level 39's shape is the Solar Symbol. Once you beat the game, it is stated that you became the Sun God, and the ending shows your character riding the Sun Chariot in the sky.

Levels in this style were later adopted by the "Puzzle Bobble" series.

"Puzzle De Pon R!"

In 1997, a sequel to "Puzzle De Pon!" was released for the Neo Geo MVS system, entitled "Puzzle De Pon! R!".

The game concept is the same, but it features different stages.

Name origin

The name Puzzle De Pon is derived from the animations of bubbles popping in the original Bubble Bobble videogame, where a little onomatopoeic animation (through Japanese pronunciation) saying "Pon!" would appear once a bubble was popped.

ee also

*Astrological sign
*Astrological symbols

External links

*KLOV game|id=9176
* [http://youtube.com/watch?v=HPkFvP8mMLo "Puzzle De Pon!"'s good ending on Youtube]