It was released in July 1994 by Konami in Japanese arcades.

The player must beat the opponent by creating combos, which involve matching three balls or more of the same color simultaneously.

Doing so will fill the opponent's side with colored blocks from either the top or bottom.

When blocks are matched, the color ball is released.

Taisen Puzzle-dama was Japan's third highest-grossing arcade printed circuit board (PCB) software of 1995, below Virtua Fighter 2 and Puzzle Bobble.