Class: Wide Release
Genre: Puzzle
Monitor:

• Orientation: Horizontal
• Type: Raster: Standard Resolution
• CRT: Color

Number of Simultaneous Players: 2
Maximum number of Players: 2
Gameplay: Competitive
Control Panel Layout: Multiple Player
Controls:

• Joystick: 2-way (left, right)
• Buttons: 3 [Top Throw Lower]

Sound: Amplified Mono (one channel)

Cabinet Styles:

• Upright/Standard

Magical Drop III Description

Magical Drop III was produced by Nihon Bussan/AV Japan in 1997.

Nihon Bussan/AV Japan released 60 different machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1978.

However the second episode after the 'miraculous' meeting between the 'heroes' is a total disaster.

Other machines made by Nihon Bussan/AV Japan during the time period Magical Drop III was produced include Burning Rush, Magical Drop II, Stadium Hero '96, Skull Fang, Outlaws Of The Lost Dynasty, and Locked 'N Loaded.
A fast-paced puzzle game where the object is to match three or more pieces of the same color and design.

Magical Drop III - KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 4.65 (1 vote)

Cabinet Style Weights and Measures

Cheats, Tricks, Bugs, and Easter Eggs

Scores higher than 999999 (which are very achievable using this trick!) will not display correctly on the high score menu, but they will be listed in the proper order.

Game Introduction

Game Play

There were also a few changes in the rules from Magical Drop 2:

• If you clear the whole screen, but are holding any blocks in your hand, you will no longer get credit for clearing the screen.
• Juggling bubbles (throwing and catching groups of bubbles in rapid succession to fool the game into thinking they were all still in the air at once) is now a lot harder to do.
• Juggling the last few sets of bubbles while clearing the rest of the screen no longer gives you credit for clearing the whole screen.
• Juggling bubbles into positions where they would normally break, and catching them before they do, is now next to impossible.
• Super bubbles that eliminate all bubbles of their own colour now count as bubbles of that colour when you are picking them up (phew!). For example, if you had a green super bubble underneath or on top of a normal green bubble and you grabbed them, Magical Drop 2 would give you the bubble on the bottom, while Magical Drop III would give you both of them.

The single-player game is also more difficult: Magical Drop 2 happily allowed players to progress as far as level 60 without becoming unusually tough, where Magical Drop III becomes very challenging around level 30.

To begin, the first three days are a quality time; racing, winning, feeling like a Motorsport manager. Junk!!!First off this is coming from someone that had been playing since mm1. THEN it begins, from here you have two options. Motorsport manager free zip. MP thetruth, Absolute Crap!

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Magical Drop III Census

Very Common - There are 89 known instances of this machine owned by Magical Drop III collectors who are active members. Of these, 3 of them are original dedicated machines, 1 is a conversion in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet, and 85 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

For Sale - There are 3 active VAPS members with extra Magical Drop III circuit boards for sale.

Wanted - No active members have added this machine to their wish list. There is one active VAPS member looking for a Magical Drop III circuit board set.

This game ranks a 31 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

Legacy

1. Magical Drop III

Contribute

1. Contribute an image to this machine record.
2. Log in to add YouTube or Google 3D SketchUp links
3. Please consider donating to the International Arcade Museum Library

eBay Listings

Click to search eBay for machines and parts made by Nihon Bussan/AV Japan.

Check out the IAM/KLOV report of the hottest coin-op machine auctions, powered by Ace.com.