Retro Game of the Day! Buster Bros.
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Yup. It is the
Buster Bros (or Pang). A clear rip-off, to some degree (character-wise) of Mario and Luigi. No one cared though (or seemed to play it). Released in arcades by Capcom ( thought so!) and Mitchell in 1989, and ported to plenty of systems.
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So what is this? Well, a single screen puzzle-shooter type game. Clear the screen of all bubbles without being touched/killed and you will advance through the rounds, sounds good on paper! You start with a kind of grabbling hook to stun, it's pretty weak - but powerups are the name of these games, and you get equipped with all manner of 'em (better shot, time freeze, etc)
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The game itself isn't bad, looking at these screenshots (for the time) it was pretty well done - but some bonehead designer must not have wanted to go out and and promote his project so well, that I expect there's plenty of people who've not ever even heard of this.
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Buster Bros isn't without it's flaws (let's face it, this is a strange game!) But a fun little romp, if you have the proper temperament and patience to play through a game like this!
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