Puzzle Bobble™2X/BUST-A-MOVE™2 Arcade Edition & Puzzle Bobble™3/BUST-A-MOVE™3 S-Tribute

I’m pretty disappointed with Bust-A-Move. I bought it expecting something closer to the PS1 version I remember, but it feels more like an arcade-style cash grab. The difficulty is way too high, to the point where it’s frustrating and hard to make any real progress. It just doesn’t capture the same fun or balance as the classic version.

The fact that this available on Steam is good enough for me to give it a thumbs up. I've had no issues with it playing on my Steam Deck.

Such a bad version of this game.... of all the Bust-A-Moves.... I loved playing this series in the arcade. And this version is such a piss poor version of the games, that even playing the first 2 minutes was infuriating with how the cursor controlled, how low the frames per second were, and the GIGANTIC screen that would leave out most of the bottom of the screen and you can't see the Next Color bubble.... AVOID this GARBAGE.. it's not even worth 99cents.... horrible experience

I LOVE these games. To be honest, i immediately recommend it for the fact that it comes as-is with the best Puzzle Bobble games (in my opinion). 2 was my childhood favorite. I didn't know Puzzle Bobble 3 before, but when i played it, it was love at first sight. Everything in this game is perfect. And the price being THIS cheap? Beautiful. The version included in these games is the Sega Saturn version (hence the "S-Tribute" in the title), so Puzzle Bobble 3 doesn't have the extra modes from the Playstation version. Really cool that they included both Japanese and American versions. There are some cool features in this re-release, too. It includes rewind and save state functions, which are incredibly useful for practicing and improving at the levels. It would be even better if there were multiple save slots instead of just one. But what I really loved about this specific re-release are the Extra Options. For starters, "Another World"—which used to require a specific command sequence at the end of the game to activate—can now simply be toggled on or off in the Extra Options menu. Not only that, but in Puzzle Bobble 2, you can choose which character to play as in Puzzle mode for b…

I Genuinely cannot understand half of what the negative comments are about. * It's a Saturn port: Yes, yes it is! * It's controlled with the D-pad: Yes, because it is a Saturn port! * The performance is bad: I suppose it would be if you were to play it on a 10-year-old office PC. the Nintendo Switch can play it just fine and so can my desktop and laptop. * The screen is small: Alt+Enter to enter fullscreen. etc etc. As far as the game is concerned, I love Puzzle Bubble and that's exactly what this is. It plays great, rewind helps undo a bad move and slow motion is great for when you want to sit back and relax. An all in all great release and a great buy.

Significantly better experience on the original hardware. Only benefit with this is save scumming.