Magical Drop II is a competitive tile-matching puzzle game developed by Data East for the Neo Geo arcade (MVS) and home (AES) systems. Players move a clown to pull and stack colored drops, clearing vertical lines of three or more to send garbage at the opponent. It offers selectable characters and battles against the Empress.
How To Play Magical Drop II
Control
Action
Joystick (Left/Right)
Move the character across the columns
A Button
Grab drops from the bottom of a column; press again to shoot them back up
B Button
Grab and shoot drops (alternate button)
Select
Insert coin / add credit
Start
Start game and confirm menu selections
About Magical Drop II
Release date
Arcade (JP): March 21, 1996 · Arcade (NA): May 1996 · Neo Geo AES (JP): April 19, 1996 · Neo Geo CD (JP): May 24, 1996
Developer
Data East
Publisher
Data East (JP); SNK (NA arcade); Sega (Saturn)
Platform
Neo Geo (Arcade MVS, AES), Neo Geo CD; later Super Famicom, Sega Saturn
Genre
Puzzle (tile-matching)
Series
Magical Drop
Modes
Single-player, multiplayer
Also known as
マジカルドロップ2 (Magical Drop 2) · ACA NEOGEO Magical Drop II
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