Wow! I'm impressed! You managed to beat my personal high score of 165! Big props on that one.
Is it possible you played puzzle bobble/bust-a-move as a kid? That was a big inspiration for this game, at least.
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I don't think I played either of these. I thought it was some Mario Party bonus game, but I can't find it in the wiki - alternatively, it was something on the Nintendo DS.
Either way it was sort of the inverse: Colored balls dropped in from outside into a mass of balls in the center, that you could rotate. If matching colors touched they'd dissolve and grant points.