MAGICAL DROP III + WONDERFUL!
Official Title  Magical Drop III + Wonderful!
Common Title  Magical Drop III + Wonderful!
Serial Number(s)  SLPS-01917-8
Region  NTSC-J
Genre / Style  Puzzle

Developer  Data East
Publisher  Data East
Date Released  25 February 1999
Disc Number &
Printed Serial Number
DISC 1

SLPS-01917
DISC 2

SLPS-01918
Serial Number In Disc SLPS-01917 SLPS-01918
Media Disc ID N / A N / A
Number Of Tracks 1
( 1 Data Track )
1
( 1 Data Track )
Approx. Image Size
( Image Format Used )
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( .bin / .cue )
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( .bin / .cue )
Approx.Size On Disc MB MB
Approx. Archive Size
( Archive Type Used )
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( 1 RAR File with
2% Recovery )
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( 1 RAR File with
2% Recovery )
Barcode Number(s)
( UPC / EAN )

From the back cover
  •  4961082300166 
     

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Japanese
Menus and gameplay are in Japanese.

The European PSX version of 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.

The second disk which has the original game (called this time Magical Drop Plus 1) has extras like original art and sketches galleries, extra puzzles and slightly altered playing style.
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:

Magical Drop is now ready for the US and Europe as a hot new product for the PlayStation.

Destroy rapidly advancing balloons by grabbing and tossing them into groups of three or more. Set up trick combination moves and the screen bursts into wave after wave of colourful explosions. By the time players have mastered special Ice, Arrow, Multiplier and Chain Reaction balloons, they won't be able to stop playing the endlessly fascinating challenges of Magical Drop.

  Features:
  • Third person perspective
  • 2D Graphics
  • Cartoon Graphics
  • Fantasy theme.
Number Of Players  1 or 2 Players
Number Of Memory Card Blocks  2 Blocks
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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 - Disc Covers
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 NTSC-J:
  • Magical Drop [SLPS-00201]   
     
  • Magical Drop - Arcade Hits [Major Wave 1500 Series] [SLPM-87173]   
     
  • Magical Drop III [SLPM-86051]   
     
  • Magical Drop III + Wonderful! [Reprint] [SLPM-86755-6]   
     
 PAL:
  • Magical Drop 3 [SLES-02964 & SLES-12964]   
     

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Thanks to BADSECTOR for providing the game covers.
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