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Latest revision as of 15:51, 12 March 2024
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Bubble Bobble is a single-screen action game developed and published by Taito, originally in the arcade on 1986-06-16, and then ported to over a dozen platforms.
Contents
Personal
Own? | No. |
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Won? | Yes. I have beaten the single-player bad ending on the NES port. |
Finished | 1990s. |
I first saw Bubble Bobble in an NES strategy guide, and, from a screenshot I assumed the end boss was on level 50. Only later, after playing the game with the daughter of one of my mother's clients, did I realize that the end boss was on level 100, and it was his hit points that I was reading which replace the level in the display. We didn't beat the game then, but I later borrowed the game from a friend and beat it in single player mode. Although I like the general idea of the game, I now find it to be quite dull.
Review
3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
Best Version: Arcade
— This section contains spoilers! —
Good
- The dinosaur kids, Bub and Bob, are both cute characters for the game, and many of the monsters are also adorable enemies.
- The main music theme is quite hummable.
- Several of the levels have a creative layout that not only look cool, but take advantage of the game engine.
- The NES and Game Boy manuals are quite comprehensive.
Bad
- The sound gets pretty annoying pretty quickly.
- For a game that is so easy, the end boss is especially difficult.
- The UK computer manuals are awful.
Ugly
- The game is highly repetitive. After only a few minutes, you've seen pretty much everything the game has to offer. It would be better paced at about 30 levels.
- To get the "true ending," you need to beat the game to get a code, then enter the code at the title screen and beat the game in hard mode without dying once, a ridiculous expectation.
Media
Box Art
The North American Romstar marquee is a mess. Bub and Bob are quite malformed and, although the typeface is interesting, the extremely busy background and red-on-black makes it hard to read.
Documentation
Nintendo Power - 1988-11 - Video Shorts.
Advertisement - Taito.
Maps
Graphic Sheets
Videos
Play Online
Amiga, Arcade, Commodore 64, Famicom Disk System, Game Boy (Japan), Game Boy (USA), Game Gear, Master System, MS-DOS, MSX2, NES (Europe), NES (USA)
Representation
Strong female character? | Fail | The only females are a damsels in distress. |
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Bechdel test? | Fail | No women speak. |
Strong person of color character? | Fail | The cartoons, all the characters appear white. |
Queer character? | Fail | There are no queer characters. |
Titles
Language | Native | Transliteration | Translation |
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English | Bubble Bobble | ||
Japanese | バブルボブル | Baburu Boburu | Bubble Bobble |
Links
- Video Games
- 1986 Video Games
- Video games developed by Taito
- Video games published by Taito
- Amiga Games
- Amstrad CPC Games
- Apple II Games
- Arcade Games
- Atari ST Games
- Commodore 64 Games
- DOS Games
- Famicom Disk System Games
- Game Boy Games
- Game Gear Games
- Master System Games
- MSX2 Games
- NES Games
- ZX Spectrum Games
- Video Game Genre - Action
- Video Game Genre - Elimination platformer
- Video Game Genre - Single-screen
- Video Game Genre - Platform shooter
- Video Game Genre - Platformer
- Video Game Genre - Shooter
- Media Theme - Cartoon
- Multiplayer
- Multiplayer Simultaneous co-op
- Software Distribution Model - Commercial
- Video Games I Don't Own
- Video Games I've Beaten
- Video Game Rating - 3
- Video Game Graphics Rating - 4
- Video Game Sound Rating - 4
- Video games which can be played online
- Video games without a strong female character
- Video games that fail the Bechdel test
- Video games without a strong person of color character
- Video games without a queer character
- Video Game Prime Order - Action, Strategy, Adventure
- Game Mechanic - Multiple Endings
- Trope - Damsel In Distress
- 4-bit Color Graphics
- Grayscale Graphics