Just your average Tetris clone. This clone is nowhere near as good as that other one. The game is usually found on famiclones with VT02 and VT03 hardware.
Unused Graphics#
A partially unused game over graphic. The word OVER is displayed under the NEW button after losing, but the word GAME is never displayed.
(Source: Original TCRF research)
Revisional Differences#
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The first revision of the game (also known commonly as "Strange Pop Pop" or just "Strange") features some nice, long music in the background, which was also used in Nice Code's Mini Movies and Story Box. The second revision, and all later versions use an incredibly repetitive eight-second loop of different music, which also appears in Nice Code's Octopus (later reskinned into the more popular Brave Boy) and Twin Fish.
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The first revision also had a different sprite to differentiate the placed bubbles from the falling ones, but the second revision did not.
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VT03 (Bubbles) |
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Four different variants with major graphic overhauls (and one variant with a not-so-major overhaul) were produced, three of which are VT03. Aside from having different colors, the playfields were completely changed, along with the font used on the NEW button and the scoring labels. In Waixing's versions (save for VT03 Triple), the NEW button was changed to say GAME. Waixing's releases also have greatly improved controls, making the game much easier (and much more tolerable) to play.
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Tetris, Bubbles, and Triple (VT03) are the only ones that have an actual title screen. The last two feature Sanrio's Cinnamoroll (with eyebrowsǃ).
(Source: Original TCRF research)
A small variant of the original with its colors, but with the font in Russia, also called "Russia" can be seen in "unknown VT02 based 25-in-1 handheld" on MAME.
(Source: gmestanley)
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The colors were appropriately altered on the SPEED menu, including the border being changed to black.
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The orange and green bubbles were changed to green bricks.
(Source: Original TCRF research)