developer puzzle bobble 2
The PlayStation 2 ( abbreviated as PS2 ) is a home video game console that was developed by ___MASK40___ Computer Entertainment . It is the successor to the PlayStation , and is the second installment in the PlayStation lineup of consoles . It was released on March 4 , 2000 in Japan , October 26 , 2000 in North America , November 24 , 2000 in Europe , and November 17 , 2000 in Australia . It competed with ___MASK70___ ' s Dreamcast , Microsoft ' s Xbox , and Nintendo ' s GameCube in the sixth generation of video game consoles . , also known as Bust - a - Move in North America , is a 1994 tile - matching arcade puzzle video game for one or two players created by ___MASK26___ . It is based on Taito ' s popular 1986 arcade game " Bubble Bobble ", featuring characters and themes from that game . Its characteristically cute Japanese animation and music , along with its play mechanics and level designs , made it successful as an arcade title and spawned several sequels and ports to home gaming systems . The ___MASK70___ Genesis , known as the in most regions outside North America , is a 16 - bit home video game console which was developed and sold by ___MASK70___ Enterprises , Ltd . The Genesis was ___MASK70___ ' s third console and the successor to the Master System . ___MASK70___ first released the console as the Mega Drive in Japan in 1988 , followed by a North American debut under the Genesis moniker in 1989 . In 1990 , the console was distributed as the Mega Drive by Virgin Mastertronic in Europe , by Ozisoft in Australasia , and by Tec Toy in Brazil . In South Korea , the systems were distributed by Samsung and were known as the Super Gam * Boy , and later the Super Aladdin Boy . Gameplay . In the game ' s plot , " Baron Von Blubba " has kidnapped the brothers Bubby and Bobby ' s girlfriends and turned the brothers into Bubble Dragons , Bub and Bob . Bub and Bob have to finish 100 levels in the ___MASK45___ of Monsters in order to rescue them . The Xbox 360 is a home video game console developed by ___MASK59___ . As the successor to the original Xbox , it is the second console in the Xbox series . The Xbox 360 competed with ___MASK40___ ' s PlayStation 3 and ___MASK8___ ' s Wii as part of the seventh generation of video game consoles . The Xbox 360 was officially unveiled on MTV on May 12 , 2005 , with detailed launch and game information divulged later that month at the Electronic Entertainment Expo ( E3 ). Abandoning previous ventures in favor of toys in the 1960s , ___MASK8___ then developed into a video game company in the 1970s , ultimately becoming one of the most influential in the industry and Japan ' s third most - valuable company with a market value of over $ 85 billion . From 1992 until 2016 , ___MASK8___ was also the majority shareholder of Major League Baseball ' s Seattle Mariners . Taito Legends 2 is the sequel to " Taito Legends " and is a follow - up collection of 39 ( or 43 , see below ) Taito arcade games for the PlayStation 2 , Xbox and PC . Like its predecessor , the Xbox version of the game is not compatible with Xbox 360 . As the former collection , it has been derived from the Japan exclusive " Taito Memories " series . The is a home video game console released by ___MASK8___ in Japan on September 14 , 2001 ; in North America on November 18 , 2001 ; in Europe on May 3 , 2002 ; and in Australia on May 17 , 2002 . The sixth - generation console is the successor to the ___MASK8___ 64 and competed with Sony Computer Entertainment ' s PlayStation 2 and Microsoft ' s Xbox . Japan (" Nippon " or " Nihon " ; formally "" or " Nihon - koku ", means " State of Japan ") is a sovereign island nation in Eastern Asia . Located in the Pacific Ocean , It is lying off the eastern coast of the Asia Mainland ( east of China , Korea , Russia ) and stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and near ___MASK47___ in the southwest . Taito Legends is a compilation of 29 arcade games released for the PlayStation 2 , Xbox , and PC in October 2005 . The Xbox version is not compatible with Xbox 360 . The games were originally developed by ___MASK26___ . The European release was published by Empire Interactive , who had licensed the games from Taito and developed the compilation . Although they did not get official credit for it in the American versions , Sega published the North American and South American releases . Puzzle Bobble 2 is the first sequel to `` Puzzle Bobble '' . It was entitled in Europe and North America as Bust - A - Move Again on the arcade and Bust - A - Move 2 on the home consoles . Released into the arcades in 1995 , PlayStation , ___MASK70___ Saturn , Nintendo 64 and PC conversions followed . The game was included in Taito Legends 2 , but the US arcade version was included on US PS2 version instead . The game is a spin - off from Bubble Bobble . The game builds on the original by adding a tournament style variation on the two player game for play against the computer and by adding a branching map to the one player game , allowing the player to periodically select one of two groups of five levels to play next , leading to different game endings . Some of the contestants in the new tournament mode are based on characters from Bubble Bobble , including variations on a Monsta and a Mighta . Some versions of the game , including the PlayStation , feature time trial competitions in which a single player attempts to finish simple rounds quickly enough to beat previous time records or two players simultaneously attempt to beat the records and each other . Completion of the single player game gives the player a code which can be entered to unlock ' Another World ' for the single player game , which features subtle changes to the existing levels to increase their difficulty and changes to all backdrops to resemble levels from Bubble Bobble . The various enemies from Bubble Bobble also make an appearance in the background of the credits sequence . The is a 32 - bit fifth - generation home video game console that was developed by ___MASK70___ and released on November 22 , 1994 in Japan , May 11 , 1995 in North America , and July 8 , 1995 in Europe as the successor to the successful ___MASK70___ Genesis . The Saturn has a dual - CPU architecture and eight processors . Its games are in CD - ROM format , and its game library contains several arcade ports as well as original titles . The , stylized as ___MASK8___ and often referred to as N64 , is ___MASK8___ ' s third home video game console for the international market . Named for its 64 - bit central processing unit , it was released in June 1996 in Japan , September 1996 in North America , March 1997 in Europe and Australia , September 1997 in France and December 1997 in Brazil . It is the industry ' s last major successive home console to use the cartridge as its primary storage format , as all succeeding home consoles up until the ___MASK8___ Switch used an optical format . In addition , current handheld systems ( such as the PlayStation Vita and ___MASK8___ 3DS ) also use cartridges . While the ___MASK8___ 64 was succeeded by ___MASK8___ ' s MiniDVD - based GameCube in November 2001 , the consoles remained available until the system was retired in late 2003 .