POP 'N' POP
Official Title  Pop 'n' Pop
Common Title  Pop 'n' Pop
Serial Number(s)  SLES-01971
Region  PAL
Genre / Style  Puzzle 

Developer  Taito.
Publisher  Virgin Interactive.
Date Released  15 November 1998
Disc Number &
Printed Serial Number		 DISC 1

SLES-01971
Serial Number In Disc SLES-01971
Media Disc ID N / A
Number Of Tracks 1
( 1 Data Track )
Approx. Image Size
( Image Format Used )		 363 MB
( .bin / .cue )
Approx.Size On Disc MB
Approx. Archive Size
( Archive Type Used )		 121 MB
( 1 RAR File with
2% Recovery )
Barcode Number(s)
( UPC / EAN )
From the back cover.
  •  503132000830  - 
     

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English
Menus and gameplay are in English.

Pop'n Pop is an arcade and console puzzle game by Taito Corporation. It has been ported to the PlayStation and Game Boy Color formats. The game featured characters from Taito games such as Rainbow Islands, Kiki Kaikai, Don Doko Don and The New Zealand Story,

Based on the 1997 Taito arcade coin-op

Gameplay:
A collection of balloons are attached to clouds. The clouds move across the screen. When a column of balloons touches the edge of the screen, the clouds move down one level. The player controls a familiar for his character, not your character him/herself. The familiar can release pairs of balloons towards the clouds. If a group of at least three similarly-colored balloons touch each other, they pop! The goal of the game is to clear the screen of all balloons.

If the balloons do not touch the clouds, they continue up to the top of the screen and disappear. As a penalty, the clouds will temporarily speed up. The player usually doesn't want to miss the clouds, but sometimes it's a good idea to. Any balloons below balloons that pop move upward. The player can create combos by causing balloons to move up and form new similarly-colored groups of balloons, which will then pop too.

Playstation game modes:
- Story mode:
Play through your choice of branching levels,facing a boss after every fifth level. Recover something for the princess from "Don Doko Don".Beating this allows you to use Chackn.

The final boss is the Super Dark Great Dragon from Bubble Memories and Rainbow Islands. When you beat him, you have to fight him again as a Skel. As Super Dark Great Dragon, he shoots several laser beams you have to dodge. As Skel, he lowers EVERY cloud when he "jumps", not just one. You have to beat Skel quickly!

- 1 Player vs computer:
Beating this allows you to use Hipopo.

- 1 Player vs 2nd Player

- Family Mode, Challenge Mode & Checkmate mode.

  Manufacturer's description:

Utterly absorbing and challenging puzzle fun for the entire family with six gameplay styles.

  Features:
  • Third person perspective.
  • 2D graphics
  • Cartoon graphics
  • Fantasy & Humour themes.
Number Of Players  1 or 2 Players
Number Of Memory Card Blocks  1 Block
Compatible Controllers Tested
( Official Gamepads Only )		  Standard Controller / Analog Controller ( Dual Shock Controller compatible )
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  Yes
Multi-Tap Function Compatible  No
Link Cable Function Compatibile  No
Emulator  ePSXe v.1.7.0
Video Plugin  Pete's OpenGL Driver v2.9 ( internal X & Internal Y= Very High, Stretching mode: Stretch to full window size, render Mode: 2 (Use framebuffer object) text filt = 2 FPS limit= 53, Compatibility=2,3,2; Shader effects= 1 (Fullscreen smoothin))
Audio Plugin  ePSXe SPU Core v.1.7.0
CD-ROM Plugin  ePSXe Cdrom plugin
Game Pad Plugin  N / A
Vibration Compatible  Yes.
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.
 

 BASIC CONTROLS:
  Move character:  D-Pad
  Launching:  Circle Button
  Inverting:  X Button
  Pause game:  Start Button
 

MISC CODES:
  Play as Chak'n from Chak'n Pop -   Beat Story Mode with any character 
  Play as drunk -   Complete all 100 puzzle stages to be able to play as drunk. 

GAMEBUSTER CODES:
  Reverse Joker Command P1 -  
D015E9B2 0000 
  Cloud remains on one height -  
800F96F6 0001 
  Cloud doesn't move -  
300F96F2 0040 
  Needs only one win -  
D00F9642 0000
300F9642 0001 
 - Jewel Case Covers
FRONT BACK INSIDE
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Res. - 300 dpi
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 - Disc Cover
DISC
CLICK THE IMAGE
Dim. - 1381 x 1386 pix.
Res. - 300 dpi
File Size - 244 KB

 NTSC-J:
  • Pop 'n' Pop [SLPS-01636]  - 
     
  • Pop 'n' Pop [Reprint] [SLPM-86454]  - 
     

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