MAGICAL DROP III - YOKUBARI TOKUDAIGOU!
Official Title  Magical Drop III - Yokubari Tokudaigou!
Common Title  Magical Drop III - Yokubari Tokudaigou!
Serial Number(s)  SLPM-86051
Region  NTSC-J
Genre / Style  Puzzle

Developer  Data East
Publisher  Data East
Date Released  30 October 1997
Disc Number &
Printed Serial Number
DISC 1

SLPM-86051
Serial Number In Disc SLPM-86051
Media Disc ID N / A
Number Of Tracks 1
( 1 Data Track )
Approx. Image Size
( Image Format Used )
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( .bin / .cue )
Approx.Size On Disc MB
Approx. Archive Size
( Archive Type Used )
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( 1 RAR File with
2% Recovery )
Barcode Number(s)
( UPC / EAN )

From the back cover
  •  4961082300135 
     

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Japanese
Menus and gameplay are in Japanese.

Magical Drop is a series of puzzle games, primarily for the Neo-Geo and Super Famicom, developed by Data East. In 1995, Data East released a coin operated version of this game, called Chain Reaction. The latest major game in the series, Magical Drop III, was released in 1997. The games are notable for being extremely fast-paced.

Magical Drop is played in a Tetris-style box; a "stack" of random colored bubbles descend from the top, and a player is defeated when a bubble hits the bottom. Bubbles can be picked up and dropped by the player's "clown" at the bottom, and are destroyed when three or more of the same color are put together on a single column. "Chains" are formed either when a single drop caused a chain reaction, or when more than one group of bubbles is destroyed in quick succession. The game is normally played with two players (one may be a computer opponent), and chains cause the opponent's stack to descend faster.

There are 24 characters, all but the Black Pierrot being named after a tarot card (with the Strength card covering two characters). Different characters have different attack patterns. The columns of the opponent's stack will descend at different rates relative to each other depending on the character chosen. This causes a disjunction of colors that may make it more difficult for the other player to clear their stack. For example, with the character Devil, all the columns will descend at the same rate, whereas with Sun, the middle columns will descend faster than the others.

Magical Drop 3 has loads of different modes, including a board game challenge mode you can play with a friend. You take it in turns to roll the dice and attempt challenges and steal money from each other in a race to the end.

GAMEPLAY:
The game is set up with the player's character at the bottom of the screen and a block of balloons at the top of the screen. In single player mode the object of the game is to keep popping the balloons so that the balloon block never reaches the bottom of the screen. Players can do this by pulling down one or more columns of balloons of the same color and sending them back up another column.

There are four different types of balloons, identified by color. When the player sends balloons up so that they create a vertical row of three same colored balloons with what's already on the column, all the balloons of that color horizontally or vertically connected to the column in some way pop.

  Manufacturer's description:

3rd action puzzle of popular "Magical Drop" series with simple rules to go off in a row 3 Likes the same color in a vertical drop colorful come down from the top. Lovely character who tarot card full of familiarity of the motif is engaged in a battle rich personality. Let's destroy the opponent by making full use of chain retrofit of exhilaration distinguished and determined.

  Features:
  • Third person perspective
  • 2D Graphics
  • Cartoon Graphics
  • Fantasy theme.
Number Of Players  1 or 2 Players
Number Of Memory Card Blocks  1 Block
Compatible Controllers Tested
( Official Gamepads Only )
 Standard Controller ( Digital Controller Compatible Only )
Compatible Light Guns
( Official Light Guns Only )
 None
Other Compatible Controllers
( Official Controllers Only )
 None
Special Controllers Included Or
Supported ( Official Only )
 None
Vibration Function Compatible  No
Multi-Tap Function Compatible  No
Link Cable Function Compatibile  No
Emulator  ePSXe v.2.0
Video Plugin  Pete's OpenGL2 GPU Core 2.0.0 ( internal X & Internal Y= Very High, Stretching mode: Stretch to full window size, render Mode: 2 (Use framebuffer object) text filt = 2 FPS limit= 63, Compatibility=2,3,2; Shader effects= 5 (GLSlang Files (gpuPeteOGL2-slv/slf))
Audio Plugin  ePSXe SPU Core v.2.0.0
CD-ROM Plugin  ePSXe CDRom Plugin
Game Pad Plugin  N / A
Vibration Compatible  The game doesn't have it (Digital only).
Console Bios Used  SCPH7502

  NOTE:   This is not the only possible combination of plugins. There are others that will work (better or worse) for your particular hardware. We provide you with one working set-up so that you may get the game up and running, hassle-free. Testing other emulators/plugins is up to you.
 

 TYPE A CONTROLS:
  Move character right or left - D-Pad 
  Pull - Triangle or Circle Button 
  Throw - X or Square Button 

 

 MISC CODES:
  Secret character -   Highlight Strength at the character selection screen and press Triangle Button to access Strength's father.
  Play as Bosses -   Successfully complete the game in story mode to unlock seven of the eight game Bosses.

 
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 NTSC-J:
  • Magical Drop [SLPS-00201]   
     
  • Magical Drop - Arcade Hits [Major Wave 1500 Series] [SLPM-87173]   
     
  • Magical Drop 3 + Wonderful! [SLPS-01917-8]   
     
  • Magical Drop 3 + Wonderful! [Reprint] [SLPM-86755-6]   
     
 PAL:
  • Magical Drop 3 [SLES-02964 & SLES-12964]   
     

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