<s>
Puzz	B-Application
Loop	I-Application
is	O
an	O
arcade	O
tile-matching	B-Application
puzzle	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Mitchell	O
Corporation	O
and	O
released	O
in	O
1998	O
for	O
Japan	O
and	O
North	O
America	O
and	O
1999	O
for	O
Europe	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
later	O
ported	O
to	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Color	I-Device
,	O
PlayStation	B-Device
and	O
Samsung	B-Application
Nuon	B-Device
DVD	O
players	O
under	O
the	O
name	O
Ballistic	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
Puzz	B-Application
Loop	I-Application
game	O
was	O
also	O
known	O
by	O
this	O
title	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2008	O
,	O
publisher	O
Hudson	O
Soft	O
released	O
the	O
game	O
on	O
App	B-Application
Store	I-Application
for	I-Application
the	I-Application
iPhone	I-Application
and	O
iPod	B-Device
Touch	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
was	O
a	O
Neo	B-Application
Geo	I-Application
Pocket	I-Application
Color	I-Application
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
initially	O
planned	O
to	O
be	O
published	O
by	O
SNK	O
,	O
but	O
cancelled	O
due	O
to	O
bankruptcy	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
incarnation	O
of	O
the	O
company	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
Puzz	B-Application
Loop	I-Application
was	O
followed	O
by	O
a	O
sequel	O
,	O
Puzz	B-Application
Loop	I-Application
2	O
,	O
in	O
2001	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Japan	O
,	O
Game	O
Machine	O
listed	O
Puzz	B-Application
Loop	I-Application
on	O
their	O
March	O
1	O
,	O
1999	O
issue	O
as	O
being	O
the	O
eight	O
most-successful	O
arcade	O
game	O
of	O
the	O
month	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Game	O
Machine	O
also	O
listed	O
Puzz	B-Application
Loop	I-Application
2	O
on	O
their	O
April	O
1	O
,	O
2001	O
issue	O
as	O
being	O
the	O
thirteenth	O
most-successful	O
arcade	O
game	O
of	O
the	O
month	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jeff	O
Lundrigan	O
reviewed	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
for	O
Next	O
Generation	O
,	O
rating	O
it	O
four	O
stars	O
out	O
of	O
five	O
,	O
and	O
stated	O
that	O
"	O
OK	O
,	O
so	O
it	O
's	O
an	O
ultimately	O
derivative	O
action	O
puzzler	O
;	O
but	O
give	O
it	O
a	O
shot	O
and	O
we	O
guarantee	O
you	O
wo	O
n't	O
want	O
to	O
put	O
it	O
down.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Puzz	B-Application
Loop	I-Application
2	O
is	O
an	O
arcade	O
puzzle	O
game	O
by	O
Mitchell	O
Corporation	O
released	O
in	O
2001	O
on	O
Capcom	O
's	O
CPS-2	B-Application
hardware	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
most	O
popular	O
feature	O
of	O
Puzz	B-Application
Loop	I-Application
2	O
was	O
the	O
two-player	O
versus	O
mode	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
success	O
of	O
Puzz	B-Application
Loop	I-Application
led	O
to	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
clones	O
with	O
identical	O
or	O
nearly-identical	O
gameplay	O
from	O
other	O
companies	O
including	O
Zuma	B-Application
,	O
the	O
Luxor	B-Language
series	O
,	O
Tumblebugs	B-Application
,	O
Potpourrii	B-Device
,	O
Butterfly	O
Escape	O
,	O
Loco	O
,	O
Bonsai	O
Blast	O
,	O
and	O
Bonbon	O
Factory	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mitchell	O
alleges	O
that	O
Zuma	B-Application
,	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
more	O
popular	O
clones	O
,	O
directly	O
infringes	O
on	O
their	O
intellectual	O
property	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
reply	O
,	O
Zuma	B-Application
developer	O
PopCap	O
Games	O
asserts	O
that	O
their	O
game	O
is	O
"	O
not	O
an	O
exact	O
clone	O
"	O
,	O
but	O
an	O
elaboration	O
of	O
Mitchell	O
's	O
original	O
idea	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mitchell	O
itself	O
released	O
a	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Device
DS	I-Device
called	O
Magnetica	B-Application
in	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Wii	B-Operating_System
version	O
of	O
Magnetica	B-Application
was	O
released	O
via	O
WiiWare	O
in	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
