Bust-a-Move 4 for Windows

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Download.com staffDecember 5, 2008

Despite cute graphics and good puzzles, the lack of good documentation ultimately makes Bust-a-Move 4 frustrating. In this latest generation of the arcade puzzle game that spawned many imitators, you burst bubbles as either Bub the dragon or a girl dressed as a sailor. You can play solo in puzzle mode or against the computer in story mode. Puzzle mode works much like Snood, only with some suspect pulley physics. Story mode reminded us of Super Puzzle Fighter, where when you somehow score chain reactions, you add bubbles to your opponent's board. The explanations of pulleys and chain reactions doesn't clear up any confusion.

The appealing animation and audio get no help from a musical soundtrack, at least in our installation. Sometimes you use the Esc key to enter a selection, and sometimes you use Z. All the help files are external, which doesn't help when you're playing in full-screen mode. Pressing F5 will send the game to windowed mode, which lets you open up the help files. Patient arcade gamers may get a kick out of Bust-a-Move 4.

Bust-a-Move 4 for Windows

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GENERAL

Release: February 17, 2000

Latest update: December 5, 2008

Version: 1.0

OPERATING SYSTEMS

Platform: Windows

Operating System

Windows 95
Windows 10
Windows 98

Additional Requirements: Windows 95/98

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Total Downloads: 244,236

Downloads Last Week: 3

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User Reviews

4.6/5

37 User Votes

This game is a great puzzle. Fun and easy.
buffgotstuffApril 11, 2005
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Fun, challenging and multiplayer
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graphics could have some extra work.
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July 5, 2004
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not bad
Woulnd't download despite 5 attempts
May 17, 2003
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Couldn't get it to download any more than 299kb.Five attempts and I gave up. Reckoned it was going to take 8 hrs to download and I have broadband not dial up!!
excelent!!!but......
January 11, 2003
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a crazy game with super effects and lovely characters.but it's TRIAL!!!IT'SFULL VERSION ONLY WURKS WITH CD!!!!!
best game
January 4, 2003
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empressive
October 11, 2002
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A very good game for puzzle lovers, i'd say it dosent have enough features on the trial and that it would be abit hard for newcomers
April 2, 2002
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kaics
December 21, 2001
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its kick i love it you are going to love it i swear
this game is the best
December 13, 2001
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no game will ever compare to the exelence of this game
I say this is a good game
December 12, 2001
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It is fun to play

Developer’s Description

Pop all the bubbles before the timer reaches zero.

The popular Bust-a-Move series continues with the return of your two favorite dinosaurs, Bob and Bub, offering fast-paced and easy-to-play bubble-bursting fun for all ages.

The main objective of Bust-A-Move 4 is shooting colored bubbles into clusters of other bubbles. When a bubble makes contact with two or more bubbles of the same color, they pop. The object of each stage is to pop all the bubbles before the timer reaches zero or the bubbles get too low. If it sounds easy, that is exactly what Bob, Bub, and all their new friends were hoping you would say.