Buster Bros USA (30907)

The character of the game, a young explorer, must complete a journey through the tourist sites of the world's capitals, each site occupying three game levels according to a period of time: day, evening, night. The player controls this character confined in a fixed screen-sized board, in which bubbles or giant balls bounce, threatening the character. He can only move left and right and throw grappling hooks vertically into the air to burst the balls. When a large ball is hit, it splits into two other intermediate-sized balls, which then split into two smaller balls3, which can be destroyed for good. The smaller the ball, the lower the amplitude of its bounce and the tighter the timing for passing under the ball. The goal of the game is to destroy the balls before time runs out without being hit. To achieve this, the player must constantly anticipate the trajectory and assimilate the timing of the balls, which inevitably tend to be more and more numerous as the game progresses. The difficulty of the game is less about aiming correctly than finding the locations that allow time to shoot. If the character is hit by a ball, the player loses a life and starts the level again. The player moves on to the next table as soon as he manages to destroy all the balls. A time bonus increases the score.