This is a combination of the two Japanese Specials, effectively containing the minigames of the first five arcade titles. These include eating as much food as you can, catching the pieces of a burger, knocking down bowling pins with cars, shaking a can to see how far up it goes when launched and even shooting men out of a cannon onto the plates of a moving statue!

The arcade game controls are very simple; each player has a red, green and blue button, positioned left, centre and right respectively. There are many different mini-games on offer to enjoy and beat your friends at, nearly all of which involve something outrageous to be done.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. While a couple of the early arcade machines received international releases, in the west the series is perhaps best known for the expanded re-release Bishi Bashi Special, released in 2000 for PlayStation. Bishi Bashi could be thought of as a video game equivalent of a Variety Show, with the games finding humour in (mainly) Japanese culture, including parodies of other games and TV shows - or just by being plain weird. Please Note: Despite our best efforts, we cannot guarantee that a particular machine is available at your chosen location, on a particular day.

Unlike the arcade game, the ported minigames do not always use the red, green and blue buttons of the PlayStation joypad; "button bashing" minigames allow the player to use the analog sticks or the shoulder buttons as well as the regular buttons. After a few sequels, the first three titles were combined and ported to PlayStation under the title Bishi Bashi Special in 1998, with a sequel combining further two arcade releases following in the next year. is a parody of the genre, with a mishmash of enemy designs and visuals placing it into Cute 'em Up territory.In Japan, the series has continued in arcades and also on mobile platforms, with Bishi Bashi Channel from 2018 being the latest installment. Additionally, some titles have spiced things up with joysticks, steering wheels and even dance pads. Bishi Bashi is a game that I like because it's a prime example of how graphics mean nothing, it's gameplay that matters and I think anyone who's played Bishi Bashi will see what I mean. Idiosyncratic Episode Naming: In the earlier releases, the names of the minigames always end in exclamation marks. literally starts out as a walk in the park, until the player character starts running into various obstacles, including rolling boulders, missiles and cats.