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The immensely popular "Bust-A-Move" series has cut a swathe across all gaming platforms largely due to its simplistic, but nonetheless addictive, gameplay. Belonging to the same genre as Tetris, the aim of the game is to eliminate the bubbles on your side of the playing field, by lining up at least three of the same colour.

When you're playing against the computer, your dropped bubbles appear on its side and likewise if it drops bubbles, they'll appear on yours. Sounds simple, but believe us, it soon gets infuriatingly difficult!

This game has an elaborate and fanciful storyline involving the theft of the planet BubbleLuna's coloured bubbles (check out the Rogue's Gallery) but this is just an excuse to give players the opportunity to take control of one of the ten bizzarely different characters. Apart from their obvious physical differences, each character has their own particular strategy, with beginner players being better off with a balanced player like Bub or Develon.

There are two other gaming modes on offer apart from the traditional Vs CPU option, and they are: Puzzle and Challenge. The Puzzle mode is a single player experience on either Easy, Medium or Hard difficulty, and requires you to clear each round of coloured bubbles as quickly as possible. Challenge, as its name suggests, is one for Bust-A-Move professionals, as you are given various bubble-related challenges which get progressively harder.

Bust-A-Move 4 is an ideal game for those who love Tetris DX, and is sure to drain more than its fair share of batteries. Whilst it looks and plays fine in traditional black and white, Bust-A-Move 4 really shines in glorious Technicolor on the Game Boy Color. The game's developer, Crawfish Interactive, has done a sterling job bringing this arcade hall favourite to vibrant handheld life. It's bubble-tastic!

After the rather disappointing "Game Boy Color Compatible" Bust-A-Move 3 (where all the bubbles were the same colour) I had high hopes for this title and it's come through on every count.

The distinctive hues of the Game Boy Color work perfectly for this game and mean that even though the graphics are fairly small it's extremely easy to work out what bubbles need to go where.

This is a game perfectly suited to the Game Boy Color and one which everybody who buys Nintendo's handheld should own.

Graphics 80%
Brightly coloured.

Sound 60%
Twinkly tunes and blips.

Playability 100%
Classic gameplay, very addictive.

Lastability 100%

Destined to become a fave game!

Overall 95%
A Bub and Bob game you must have!