Bishi Bashi
Cover art for Bishi Bashi Special
Developer(s)Konami
Publisher(s)Konami
Platform(s)PlayStation, Windows, mobile devices, Arcade
First releaseBishi Bashi Champ
1996
Latest releaseBishi Bashi Channel
2018

Bishi Bashi (ビシバシ, Bishi Bashi) is a series of video games by Konami for arcades, mobile phones, PlayStation and Windows. All games in the series comprise playing through a wide variety of competitive minigames against other players. The arcade games support 1 to 6 players[1] and the PlayStation game allows 1 to 8 players; the game will provide computer opponents if there are not enough players.

Arcade games

The arcade games released so far include:[2]

The arcade game controls are very simple; each player is given a set of three large buttons: red, green and blue, positioned left, centre and right respectively. Each mini-game explains its controls before play commences. Some titles of the series, however, make use of a steering wheel (Handle Champ), two joysticks (Gachaga Champ), or a dance pad (Step Champ) for the purpose of controls instead of the three buttons.

Bishi Bashi Champ Online was the first game in the series to feature e-Amusement Pass support. The★BishiBashi adds a small yellow button (start button), used in most mini-games to finish the mini-game before time runs out or to score additional points. BishiBashi Channel allows for up to four players to play at a time and replaces the usual green button with a larger one that can be rotated (though it can still be tapped), with some mini-games requiring players to rotate this button. The new rotating buttons, as well as the cabinet's stand BishiBashi Channel offers originate from MÚSECA cabinets, another video game developed by Konami and developed for arcades, though not many remain today as a result of many MÚSECA cabinets being converted to BishiBashi Channel cabinets following the game's discontinuation.

PlayStation games

Some of the minigames from the arcade games have been ported to the Sony PlayStation and released under the name Bishi Bashi Special (ビシバシスペシャル).[4] Salaryman Champ has also been ported to the same console.

Mobile phone games

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