November 1994 (Issue 50) – #9 The All-Time Top 50 C64 Games.

July 1993 (Issue 34) - Modern Classics: Platformers.

January 1991 (Issue 4) - listed in the A to Z of Classic Games article (Great).

October 1988 (issue #13) - Included in the Top-100 list of 1987/1988 (editorial staff selection).

The main character from that game, Chackn, appears as one of the level designs in Bubble Bobble and also makes cameos in most of the sequels and derivative games. Though there have been many games based on the Bubble Bobble characters, a game called Chack'n Pop(1984) featured several of the characters and powerups later seen in Bubble Bobble. You had to get the secret key which opened up another 120 or so levels. If you finished level 99 by killing the enemies you got the bad ending. This site has some video of what does exist. All 100 levels were copied across, including most of the movement patterns, but the game was never completed.

Sometime in the early 2000s, Stephen Ruddy (author of the C64 conversion) attempted to port the game to mobile phones using Java. Modeled after playing the C64 conversion for hours it was demonstrated to Firebird which rejected it.

The Arcade version of Bubble Bobble appears in the book 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die by General Editor Tony Mott.Ī BBC version was independantly coded by Peter Gillet with graphics by Martin Kelsey. It contains a set of 20 original difficult levels with the game being reskinned with a Syvalion theme. The Sharp X68000 version contains a hidden minigame called Sybubblun. The NES version has a few extra stages bringing the total number of stages to 112. Taking too long to complete any level will summon Baron Von Blubba, who will float around the screen trying to destroy the player. They include lightning, which flies out horizontally at enemies, and water, which drags the player and enemies straight down flowing over platforms. Additionally, power-ups sometimes float by in bubbles. Enemies trapped in a bubble must be popped by jumping into them, wherein they'll turn to fruit. These bubbles can be as platforms to leap on, or to trap enemies. The real power Bub and Bob have however is the ability to blow bubbles. With one player controlling Bub and the other controlling Bob, the player can jump and collect items for points (such as fruit). The enemies must be cleared from a level to go to the next one.

The only way to transform back is to reach the end of the cave.īubble Bobble is a platform game, with each level being a single screen.

Not an American user? Description Bubble Bobble is the story of two humans, Bub and Bob who wander into the mysterious cave of monsters and magically turn into dinosaurs.

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