Puzzle De Pon

Puzzle De Pon! is a puzzle video game made by the Taito Corporation in 1995. It was initially released for the Neo Geo arcade platform. The game plays similarly to Taito's own Puzzle Bobble series. There are some gameplay differences however. Although the player clears the colored balls on the screen by firing balls against other balls of the same colour, the objective of the game is not to clear the screen of balls. It is instead to clear all the balls from around the level shape, referred to as the "drop token". Once this shape is freed, it explodes and the player travels onto the next level. There are 39 levels in the game, divided in groups of three levels. In the first two levels, the shape is something generic; in the third level the shape is a Zodiac sign, up to level 36 (since there are 12 signs). Level 39's shape is the Solar Symbol. Once you beat the game, it is stated that you became the Sun God, and the ending shows your character riding the Sun Chariot in the sky.

Levels in this style were later adopted by the Puzzle Bobble series.

Puzzle De Pon R!
In 1997, a sequel to Puzzle De Pon! was released for the Neo Geo MVS system, entitled ''Puzzle De Pon! R!''.

The game concept is the same, but it features different stages.

Name origin
The name Puzzle De Pon is derived from the animations of bubbles popping in the original Bubble Bobble videogame, where a little animation saying "Pon!" would appear once a bubble was popped.