Magical Drop
Magical Drop is a 1995 competitive arcade puzzle game created by Data East Corporation. It is the inaugural game of the Magical Drop series. Magical Drop is based on a game called Drop-Drop created by Russ Ltd, a Russian company.
The arcade game received an updated version named Magical Drop Plus 1! that features aesthetic improvements and also introduces a "Solo Play" mode. Magical Drop Plus 1! was released in North America and Europe as Chain Reaction; in this version, the puzzle pieces are changed from spherical Drops to various items (such as food or celestial bodies) and the character-unique voice acting is replaced by a single male narrator.
All versions of the original arcade game were developed for Data East's "MLC" arcade hardware.
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DeveloperData East
PublisherRuss, Ltd.
ReleasedJune 3, 1995
StatusReleased
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About This Game
The roster features 24 playable characters, 23 of them named after tarot cards—the lone exception being the Black Pierrot. Each character brings a distinct attack style that affects how columns of colored bubbles descend on the opponent's side. Depending on the chosen fighter, columns may fall at uniform speeds or erratically, forcing the opponent to adapt. The Devil drops all columns at the same steady rate, while the Sun accelerates the center columns ahead of the outer ones.