Lost In Translation/Puchi Carat - Gemstone Ohkoku no Sekai

Puchi Carat ; Gemstone Ohkoku no Sekai
Manufacturer	Taito Corporation
Released	1997
Control; Method	8-way Joystick; Dial; 4 Button(s)
Main CPU	68EC020 (@ 16.000 MHz); 68000 (@ 16.000 MHz)
Sound CPU	Stereo; ES5505 (@ 15.238 MHz)
Video; Details	Raster (Horizontal); 320 x 232 pixels; 58.97 Hz; 8,192 Palette colours
Screens	1
ROM Info	23 ROMs; 24,642,893 bytes (23.50 MiB)
MAME ID	puchicar · puchicrj

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About The Game

This text needs removing or merging with new text below (OLDLITTEXT) The title of this game translates from Japanese as "Small Karat - Gemstone Kingdom World". (OLDLITTEXT)

Hit the ball with your paddle to destroy jewels in this simple but addictive puzzle game.

Additional Technical Information

Players : 4

Control : 8-way joystick

Buttons : 4

Trivia

Released in October 1997.

The title of this game translates from Japanese as 'Small Karat - Gemstone Kingdom World'.

The game forbids the initials 'SEX' on the high score table. If you try, it gets changed to 'AAA'.

Tips and tricks

Choose 3rd Costume : Press A button and Start at the same time when selecting your character.

Play As Patoraco : After inserting a coin, when C-Mond is teaching how to play, press A(x3) and Start. She will be available between Garnet and Shyst.

Staff

Producer : Atsuchi Taniguchi

Director : Takahiro Fujito

Game designers : Atsuchi Taniguchi, Takahiro Fujito, Chiho Maeda, Ken Ninomiya, Mari Fukusaki, Yoko Kaneko, Kazuhiro Fujimoto, Nabuhiro Hosomi, Yasuhisa Watanabe (Zuntata)

Character graphics : Chino Maeda, Ken Ninomiya, Mari Fukusaki, Yoko Kaneko, Kazuhiro Fujimoto, Nobuhiro Hosomi

Sound : Yasuhisa Watanabe (Zuntata)

Programmers : Nichiaki Kaneko (I.T.L), Tomoaki Kasuyagi (I.T.L), Yasuhito Nagumo (I.T.L)

Character designer : Yasunobu Kousokabe

Cabinet and Artwork

Puchi Carat flyer.

Alternate Puchi Carat flyer.

Ports

Consoles: Sony PlayStation (1998); Nintendo Game Boy Color (1999); Sony PlayStation 2 (2005, "Taito Memories Vol. 1"); Microsoft XBOX (2006, "Taito Legends 2"); Sony PlayStation 2 (2006, "Taito Legends 2")

Computers: PC [CD-ROM] (2006, "Taito Legends 2")

The contents of this page are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.
The sources used include MAME (version 0.113u2) and history.dat (revision 1.28 - 2008-10-18).
Please see http://www.arcade-history.com for credits.

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