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Puzzle Bobble 2

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Puzzle Bobble 2
Puzzle Bobble 2 cover
Developers
Taito
Windows GameBank
Publishers
America Interplay Entertainment
Japan, early copies GameBank
Japan, later copies CYBERFRONT Corporation
Release dates
Windows 1997
Puzzle Bobble 2 on Wikipedia
Subseries of Bubble Bobble
Puzzle Bobble 1995
Bust-A-Move 2: Arcade Edition 1996
Puzzle Bobble 2 1997
Puzzle Bobble 3DX 2001
Puzzle Bobble 4 2000
Super Puzzle Bobble 2001
Bust-A-Move Online 2007
Puzzle Bobble (2019) 2019
Puzzle Bobble 2 (2019) 2019
Puzzle Bobble 2X / Bust-A-Move 2 Arcade Edition & Puzzle Bobble 3 / Bust-A-Move 3 S-Tribute 2023

Key points

Has the 2X content.
Hard locked at 16FPS. Play the emulated version on Taito Legends 2 (recommended), or the DOS version for 60FPS.
Music does not loop properly in Vista and later. See Music not looping properly for a fix.

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
Simple disc check. Uses Redbook audio for music.
Windows
This game is not available digitally.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows

Save game data location

System Location
Windows

Video settings

External general settings.
External general settings.

Template:Video settings

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
2
LAN play
Online play

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
DirectDraw
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Issues fixed

Music not looping properly

As a side effect to this fix, music will now play on cue 100% of the time due to it not having to access the CD.
The disc is still required to play the game.
How to use _inmm.dll[citation needed]
  1. Download the _inmm.dll installer and extract it, then run the installer.
  2. Open your game CD in any application that rips audio CDs, and rip the audio into an easy to find place.
  3. Open _inmmcnf.exe, and on the "Method" tab, change the "default" option to DirectShow.
  4. Select the "_inmm.dll" tab, then click "add".
  5. Go to the folder you ripped the game's music into. Then select all of the "track" files.
  6. Select "Save", go to the folder you installed Puzzle Bobble 2/Bust-A-Move 2 in, then save the ini file.
  7. Close _inmmcnf.exe, then drag puzbob.exe onto the _inmmcnf.exe file itself. This will pop up a message asking if you want to patch the executable. Select "Ok".

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 95
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium 133 MHz
System memory (RAM) 16 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 16 MB
Video card (GPU) DirectDraw-compatible GPU
2 MB of VRAM

References