Puzzle Bobble 2


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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 content from Puzzle Bobble 2X, a later arcade re-release of the game.

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		Simple disc check.

This game is not available digitally.

System	Location
Windows

System	Location
Windows

External general settings.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD		Locked at 640x480 and 320x240. Pause the game using `Esc` to change resolutions.^[1]
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
High-fidelity upscaling		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		^[2]
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		Locked at 16FPS.^[3]
High dynamic range display (HDR)

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		^[4]
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus		Mouse is only used for the launcher, settings window, and options bar.^[5]
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		^[6]

Controller types

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
DirectDraw

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

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^[8]

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.
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 2/Bust-A-Move 2 in, then save the ini file.
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".

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	95
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 133 MHz	Intel Pentium 166 MHz
System memory (RAM)	16 MB	32 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	16 MB
Video card (GPU)	DirectDraw-compatible GPU 2 MB of VRAM