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DETAILED DESCRIPTION:
Bang Bang Busters is a 46 meg action-platform type game from Visco which was originally
intended to be released in 1994. It's play mechanics are similar to that of Mario Brothers,
Snow Brothers, and similar style games. The two characters can actually "blow up" enemies by
puffing them as is done in Dig Dug, and even toss them onto other enemies for chain points.
It also contains special bonuses and many stage bosses.
It was rumored that the game was undergoing re-consideration for release in 2000. About a
year later, Zupapa by FACE, also from 1994, made it to market instead in 2001. This is why
there are two known versions of the game. The 1994 original & the 2000 revision. The game
also goes by the names "Bang Busters" and "Bang 2 Busters" by some sources.
As a point of reference, in the Japanese culture, it is considered to be a tremendous compliment
when a proper name is "doubled". Video games are no exception to this. Examples: Joy Joy Kid, Fun
Fun Brothers, Pair Pair Wars, Waku Waku Seven and even Doki Doki Panic, cousin of the USA Super
Mario Bros. 2!
INFORMATION TIMELINE:
-- February 1994 -- Bang Busters is shown at the 1994 AOU show.
-- April 1994 -- Game Machine reports on the AOU show and provides a screen shot of B2B.
-- May 1994 -- Visco runs an advertisement in the coin-op magazine Japan Amusement Monthly.
-- July 1994 -- the NEOGEO Guide Book publishes an article with a screenshot of Bang Busters.
-- October 2001 -- an internal SNK video surfaces and it shows the dev cart is fully playable.
-- January 2005 -- emulated shots surface which prove the games rom data has been dumped.
-- October 2010 -- an MVS prototype cartridge is found in France, Europe.
-- November 2010 -- the software product number is revealed and confirmed to be NGM-071.
-- December 2010 -- Bang Busters is made available through a controlled community release.
-- April 2016 -- an MVS development cartridge is found in China.
CURRENT STATUS: RELEASED
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