PUZZLE ARENA TOSHINDEN
Official Title  Puzzle Arena Toshinden
Common Title  Puzzle Arena Toshinden
Serial Number(s)  SLPS-00879
Region  NTSC-J
Genre / Style  Puzzle 

Developer  Takara.
Publisher  Takara.
Date Released  20 June 1997
Disc Number &
Printed Serial Number		 DISC 1

SLPS-00879
Serial Number In Disc SLPS-00879
Media Disc ID N / A
Number Of Tracks 2
( 1 Data Track &
1 Audio Track )
Approx. Image Size
( Image Format Used )		 MB
( .bin / .cue )
Approx.Size On Disc 595 MB
Approx. Archive Size
( Archive Type Used )		 MB
( 1 RAR File with
2% Recovery )
Barcode Number(s)
( UPC / EAN )
From the back cover.
  •  4904880134564  - 
     

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Japanese
Menus and gameplay are in Japanese.

Puzzle Arena Toshinden takes the furious fighters right out of the ring and into the world of puzzle games! The game plays out much like the Puyo Puyo series by Sega. Connect 3 balloons of the same color to make them disappear. Get combos to have black pieces fall on the opponent's side that are harder to get rid of.

Takara joins the stable of publishers who have placed their star characters into a puzzle game. Konami did it with Tokimeki Memorial (twice) and Capcom did it with their world famous Street Fighters. For a short lesson in recent history, Toshinden has the distinction of being the first Playstation fighting game, and the second PS title after Ridge Racer. I suppose that would make it a pioneering force in the 32-bit world. In any case, the Toshindenites are thrust into battle once more. The only difference is they must now use brain power and luck instead of duking it out with swords and fiery blasts to win a battle.

Takara calls the spheres that fall from the top of the screen, fighting spirit balls. As you match colors for the spheres and eliminate them from your side of the screen, your character's 'overdrive gauge' will start to fill up with green liquid. This gauge is similar to the one that we found in Toshinden 2/3 where you would be able to unleash your special attacks as long as the bar was filled. In Puzzle Arena, similar special attacks may be performed which will devastate your opponent's side with barrages of rocky spheres. In addition to breaking up any combos that he was building up, they take him perilously close to losing the battle by piling up and limiting his sphere mobility.

You can play standard 1-on-1 games, knock out competition where you (and your opponent) each pick 4 characters to see who'll be the last man/woman standing.

Characters:
- Chaos
- Duke
- Eiji
- Ellis
- Kayin
- Ripper
- Shizuku
- Sho
- Sofia
- Tracy
- Uranus
- Vermillion

  Manufacturer's description:

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  Features:
  • Third person perspective.
  • 2D graphics
  • Cartoon graphics
  • Fantasy & Fighting themes.
Number Of Players  1-2 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.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= 63, 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  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.
 

 BASIC CONTROLS:
  Move piece:  D-Pad
  Rotate piece left:  X Button
  Rotate pieces right:  Circle Button
  Attack:  Square Button
  Pause game:  Start Button
 

MISC CODES:
  Unlock Present mode -   Complete the game using any character to unlock present mode , this option replaces ????. 

ACTION REPLAY CODES:
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