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Bubble Bobble
Bubble Bobble is a platform game series originally developed and published by Taito. The first entry in the series, Bubble Bobble, was released in 1986 as an arcade cabinet. In most entries in the series, players control two dragons named Bub and Bob. This was followed by many sequels in both the main Bubble Bobble series, as well as the spin-off Rainbow Islands and Puzzle Bobble series. They were published for and ported to a wide variety of arcade and home video game consoles. The most recent release in the series is Bubble Bobble Sugar Dungeons in 2025.
The first game in the Bubble Bobble series is the platform arcade game Bubble Bobble, originally released on June 16, 1986 in Japan. The game puts the players in control of two dragons, a green dragon named Bub and a blue dragon named Bob, who need to save their girlfriends from a world known as the Cave of Monsters. In each level, Bub and Bob must defeat each enemy present by trapping them in bubbles blown from their mouths and then popping the bubbles. The enemies then drop bonus items when they hit the ground. There are 100 levels total, each becoming progressively more difficult. The game was designed around two-player gameplay, and so by inserting another coin the second dragon, Bob, can be controlled.
Bubble Bobble was ported to many home video game consoles, including the Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, MS-DOS, Apple II, Amiga, Famicom Disk System, Nintendo Entertainment System, MSX2, and Master System. The Master System port featured 200 levels and was released as Final Bubble Bobble in Japan. Ports to the Game Boy in 1991 and the Game Boy Color in 1996 were released as Classic Bubble Bobble.
Five months after release, Game Machine listed Bubble Bobble as the second most successful arcade cabinet of the month. The same publication later listed it as the fifth-highest grossing arcade cabinet in Japan of 1987. Bubble Bobble is considered by many sources to be among the greatest video games of all time.
Bubble Bobble Part 2 is a sequel to Bubble Bobble which had simultaneous development by different teams on the Nintendo Entertainment System and the Game Boy. This led to each version of the game having different storylines while the gameplay was largely unchanged from the original. Both versions of the game were released in 1993.
In the Game Boy version, a character named Robby has to rescue people from a village who have been captured by a floating skull.
In the NES version, Bub's friend Judy is kidnapped by a floating skull. Bub and Bob then turn into dragons and head off to save her. In addition, unlike the original Bubble Bobble, the two players must take turns playing on every other level, rather than playing the levels cooperatively as in other entries in the series. The NES version also includes three bonus games which are located after the player defeats a boss or through a certain door.
In Japan, the NES version of the game was known as Bubble Bobble 2, and the Game Boy version was known as Bubble Bobble Junior.
Bubble Bobble
Bubble Bobble is a platform game series originally developed and published by Taito. The first entry in the series, Bubble Bobble, was released in 1986 as an arcade cabinet. In most entries in the series, players control two dragons named Bub and Bob. This was followed by many sequels in both the main Bubble Bobble series, as well as the spin-off Rainbow Islands and Puzzle Bobble series. They were published for and ported to a wide variety of arcade and home video game consoles. The most recent release in the series is Bubble Bobble Sugar Dungeons in 2025.
The first game in the Bubble Bobble series is the platform arcade game Bubble Bobble, originally released on June 16, 1986 in Japan. The game puts the players in control of two dragons, a green dragon named Bub and a blue dragon named Bob, who need to save their girlfriends from a world known as the Cave of Monsters. In each level, Bub and Bob must defeat each enemy present by trapping them in bubbles blown from their mouths and then popping the bubbles. The enemies then drop bonus items when they hit the ground. There are 100 levels total, each becoming progressively more difficult. The game was designed around two-player gameplay, and so by inserting another coin the second dragon, Bob, can be controlled.
Bubble Bobble was ported to many home video game consoles, including the Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, MS-DOS, Apple II, Amiga, Famicom Disk System, Nintendo Entertainment System, MSX2, and Master System. The Master System port featured 200 levels and was released as Final Bubble Bobble in Japan. Ports to the Game Boy in 1991 and the Game Boy Color in 1996 were released as Classic Bubble Bobble.
Five months after release, Game Machine listed Bubble Bobble as the second most successful arcade cabinet of the month. The same publication later listed it as the fifth-highest grossing arcade cabinet in Japan of 1987. Bubble Bobble is considered by many sources to be among the greatest video games of all time.
Bubble Bobble Part 2 is a sequel to Bubble Bobble which had simultaneous development by different teams on the Nintendo Entertainment System and the Game Boy. This led to each version of the game having different storylines while the gameplay was largely unchanged from the original. Both versions of the game were released in 1993.
In the Game Boy version, a character named Robby has to rescue people from a village who have been captured by a floating skull.
In the NES version, Bub's friend Judy is kidnapped by a floating skull. Bub and Bob then turn into dragons and head off to save her. In addition, unlike the original Bubble Bobble, the two players must take turns playing on every other level, rather than playing the levels cooperatively as in other entries in the series. The NES version also includes three bonus games which are located after the player defeats a boss or through a certain door.
In Japan, the NES version of the game was known as Bubble Bobble 2, and the Game Boy version was known as Bubble Bobble Junior.