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Key points
- Released in North America and Europe as Bust-A-Move.
Availability
Source |
DRM |
Notes |
Keys |
OS |
Retail |
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Game runs directly off of the disc. |
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- This game is not available digitally.
Essential improvements
Play without the disc
- Music will now loop correctly on Vista and above, and will play on cue 100% of time as side effects to this fix.
How to run the game completely off the hard drive[1]
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- Copy all of the files from the disc into a folder of your choosing.
- Download the _inmm.dll installer and extract it, then run the installer.
- Open your game CD in any application that rips audio CDs, and rip the audio into an easy to find place, preferably into a new folder in the game’s directory.
- Open
_inmmcnf.exe , and on the "Method" tab, change the "default" option to DirectShow.
- Select the "_inmm.dll" tab, then click "add".
- Go to the folder you ripped the game's music into. Then select all of the "track" files.
- Select "Save", go to the folder you installed Puzzle Bobble/Bust-A-Move in, then save the ini file.
- Close
_inmmcnf.exe , then drag pb.exe onto the _inmmcnf.exe file itself. This will pop up a message asking if you want to patch the executable. Select "Ok".
- Launch
loader.exe whenever you want to play the game, or launch pb.exe to skip the launcher.
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
Save game data location
Video
Input
Audio
Audio feature |
State |
Notes |
Separate volume controls |
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BGM and SFX on/off only. |
Surround sound |
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Subtitles |
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Closed captions |
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Mute on focus lost |
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Royalty free audio |
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Red Book CD audio |
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Localizations
Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
English |
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Network
Multiplayer types
Connection types
Other information
API
Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
DirectDraw |
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Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
Windows |
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Middleware
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Middleware |
Notes |
Multiplayer |
DirectPlay |
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System requirements
Windows |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
Operating system (OS) |
95 |
98 |
Processor (CPU) |
Intel Pentium 75 MHz
| Intel Pentium 120 MHz |
System memory (RAM) |
8 MB |
16 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
8 MB | |
Video card (GPU) |
DirectX-compatible | |
Notes
References