Descpription:
Puzzle De Pon! is a puzzle video game made by
the Taito Corporation in 1995. It was initially released for the Neo
Geo arcade platform. The game plays similarly to Taito's own Puzzle
Bobble series. There are some gameplay differences however.
Although the player clears the colored balls on the screen by firing
balls against other balls of the same colour, the objective of the
game is not to clear the screen of balls. It is instead to clear all
the balls from around the level shape, referred to as the "drop token".
Once this shape is freed, it explodes and the player travels onto the next
level. There are 39 levels in the game, divided in groups of three levels.
In the first two levels, the shape is something generic; in the third level
the shape is a Zodiac sign, up to level 36 (since there are 12 signs).
Level 39's shape is the Solar Symbol. Once you beat the game,
it is stated that you became the Sun God, and the ending shows
your character riding the Sun Chariot in the sky.
Levels in this style were later adopted by the Puzzle Bobble series.
