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Puzzle Uo Poko

1998 video game From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Puzzle Uo Poko
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Puzzle Uo Poko[a] is a 1998 arcade puzzle game developed by Cave and published by Jaleco.[1] Unlike several other releases by Cave, Uo Poko remained exclusive to arcades and did not see a contemporary port for a home console.[2] The title has since been re-released on the Antstream service in 2019.[3]

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Gameplay

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Gameplay screenshot

Puzzle Uo Poko is a visual matching game in which one player or two co-operative players (represented by cats) try to clear the screen of coloured bubbles in order to progress to the next level.[4][5] All the action takes place underwater across 30 stages and with each completed level the cats travel deeper in their submarine.[6][7]

Development and release

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Puzzle Uo Poko arcade PCB

Puzzle Uo Poko was solely designed by Toshiaki Tomizawa, co-founder of Cave whose previous works include the DonPachi series.[8][9][10]

In 2005, Cave released Puzzle! Mushihime-tama, a spiritual sequel to Uo Poko presented as a spin-off of the Mushihimesama series of manic shooters.[11]

Reception

In Japan, Game Machine listed Puzzle Uo Poko on their April 15, 1998 issue as being the twenty-first most-popular arcade game at the time.[12] Game Hihyō also reviewed the game.[13]

Notes

  1. Japanese: パズル 魚ポコ(うおぽこ), Hepburn: Pazuru Uo Poko

References

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