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In 2002, the PlayStation port was re-released by Hamster Corporation as part of the "Major Wave Arcade Hits Series" budget label.
That same year, the PlayStation version was also re-released for the Japanese PlayStation Store as part of the "Game Archives" line on December 26.
Next Generation reviewed the original arcade version, writing: "Chain Reaction is proving quite popular in Japan, despite the fact that this kind of game has been around now for at least five years".
Magical Drop was first released for arcades in Japan by Data East in June 1995, running on the Data East Simple 156 board.
The Japanese Sega Saturn Magazine wrote that the need to line up objects only vertically leaves a feeling of dissatisfaction.
Mean Machines Segas Marcus Hearn and Steve Merrett also reviewed the Saturn port, remarking that the game is addictive and offers numerous options but frustratingly difficult in single-player mode.
Peter Willington of Pocket Gamer reviewed the PlayStation Network re-release on PSP, calling it "excellent" but was critical of the overall audiovisual presentation, and noted the lack of English translation and its difficulty.
In Japan, Game Machine magazine listed Magical Drop on their September 1, 1995 issue as being the tenth most-popular arcade game for the previous two weeks.
UTV Ignition Entertainment published a follow-up, Magical Drop V, developed by Golgoth Studio and released in 2012 for PC, featuring characters and their gameplay mechanics from the cancelled Neo Geo game Ghostlop.
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