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The "Special Edition" of this game features ten new rounds (designed by other Namco employees) replacing the original ones that had their numbers, as well as a new "ROUND SELECT" dip switch setting, which if set to "ON" when a player begins the game, will cause the game to freeze after the opening cutscene; the player can now turn the rotary controller to the right to select the round he or she wants to start on. When a new round is selected, the text "Field Designed by (EMPLOYEE NAME)" will appear below its number, with that employee's birthplace in brackets below that - and when a bonus round is selected, an animated button shall appear below its number (indicating that the player has to press the Launch Button as rapidly as possible to launch all balls upon those rounds). The first two rounds are the same as those of the original version, meaning the third one of this version is the first new one.

Round Image Designed by Blocks Point value
3 QS2 Round 3.png M. Uekusa (Chiba) 71 White Blocks, 1 Yellow Block, 7 Red Blocks, 8 Stone Blocks, 2 Speed Up Blocks and 58 Vermillion Blocks 18840
4 QS2 Round 4.png S. Fujinuma (Hokkaido) 136 Stone Blocks, 33 Red Blocks, 24 Yellow Blocks, 6 White Blocks and 10 Green Blocks 12320

The new third round is also made to look like the head of Ki from 1984's The Tower of Druaga (the empty space around the blocks is her hair), while the new fourth one is made to look like a Pooka from 1982's Dig Dug, crushed under a rock, and the next three rounds are the same as the original version.

Round Image Designed by Blocks Point value
8 QS2 Round 8.png H. Kani (Kumamoto) 12 Red Blocks, 39 Vermillion Blocks, 75 White Blocks, 21 Stone Blocks, 4 Blue Blocks, 2 Speed Up Blocks, 8 Light Green Blocks and 22 Green Blocks 20560
9 QS2 Round 9.png K. Mizuhara (Tokyo) 39 Speed Up Blocks, 24 Green Blocks, 36 Speed Down Blocks, 18 Yellow Blocks, 12 Stone Blocks, 12 Red Blocks, 8 Blue Blocks, 8 Generator Blocks and 7 Light Blue Blocks 26020 (minimum), infinite (maximum)

The new eighth round is also made to look like Kyuji-Kun (a robot designed by Namco in the late 1980s that served tea to visitors and went on to appear in the Namco Museum games for Sony PlayStation, as well as Famista Dream Match for iOS), whilst the Speed Up and Speed Down blocks on the new ninth round also spell out FORTRESS (rotated ninety degrees clockwise to fit the monitor) and the next two rounds are the same as the original version.

Round Image Designed by Blocks Point value
12 QS2 Round 12.png A. Matsumoto (Okayama) 6 Generator Blocks, 72 Yellow Blocks and 16 Red Blocks 26720 (minimum), infinite (maximum)
13 QS2 Round 13.png Y. Kobayashi (Kanagawa) 2 Yellow Blocks, 77 Stone Blocks, 2 Speed Up Blocks, 13 Green Blocks, 8 Speed Down Blocks, 2 Vermillion Blocks and 1 Red Block 2740

The new twelfth round is also made to look like a five-sided star with the Kanji kyo () in it and the next two rounds are the same as the original version.

Round Image Designed by Blocks Point value
16 QS2 Round 16.png F. Hoshi (Shizuoka) 46 Red Blocks, 76 Green Blocks, 6 Blue Blocks, 1 Speed Up Block and 1 Stone Block 20560
17 QS2 Round 17.png M. Yasuda (Tottori) 8 Yellow Blocks, 21 Vermillion Blocks, 18 Speed Up Blocks, 57 Stone Blocks, 4 Light Green Blocks, 4 Purple Blocks, 7 Blue Blocks, 3 Speed Down Blocks and 4 Green Blocks 7600

The new seventeenth round bears a strong resemblance to the playfield from 1979's Cutie Q (even including a set of "Rainbow Blocks" at the top-right), while the next two rounds are the same as the original version, and the new twentieth one is also made to look like a Mewky from 1983's Mappy in their mid-air pose; furthermore, the new twenty-second round is made to look like the face of a rather angry fish which has bulging eyes and a gaping mouth.

Round Image Designed by Blocks Point value
20 QS2 Round 20.png T. Hanaoka (Nagano) 5 Speed Up Blocks, 82 Vermillion Blocks, 25 White Blocks, 5 Generator Blocks, 14 Stone Blocks, 45 Yellow Blocks and 3 Speed Down Blocks 35600 (minimum), infinite (maximum)
22 QS2 Round 22.png K. Nakamura (Fukuoka) 8 Speed Up Blocks, 102 Red Blocks, 24 Stone Blocks, 16 White Blocks, 2 Generator Blocks, 9 Speed Down Blocks and 2 Yellow Blocks 26000 (minimum), infinite (maximum)

The ten remaining regular rounds, the boss battle against "Breeder" for the thirty-third one, and the ending sequence are the same as the original version.