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Bubble Bobble

バブル・ボブル

Description

You play two dinosaurs, Bub and Bob. You try to complete all 100 levels and rescue your girlfriends by trapping monsters in bubbles and bursting them. Heaps of power-ups and hidden features.

Bubble Bobble was produced by Taito in 1986.

Taito released 486 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1967. Taito was based in Japan.

Other machines made by Taito during the time period Bubble Bobble was produced include: Lady Master of Kung Fu, Typhoon Gal, Super Dead Heat, Onna Sanshirou, Metal Soldier Isaac 2, Alcon, Arkanoid, Battle Lane Vol. 5, Big Event Golf, and Bobble Bobble

Specs

Name	Bubble Bobble
Developer	Taito (Japan)
Year	1986
Type	Videogame
KLOV/MOG #	7222
Class	Wide Release
Genre	Platform
Monitor	Orientation: Horizontal Type: Raster: Standard Resolution Color: Color
Conversion Class	Taito Classic
# Simultaneous Players	2
# Maximum Players	2
Game Play	Joint
Control Panel Layout	Multiple Player
Controls	Joystick: 2-way (left, right) Buttons: 2 - FireJump
Sound	Amplified Either (Mono or Stereo)
Cabinet Styles	Upright/Standard
PCB	Bubble Bobble PCB Image

Video Clips

Bubble Bobble short play by Ivan Paduano

Game Introduction

Players maneuver their dinosaurs and attempt to encase all the enemies in bubbles and then pop them, rewarding the players with fruit and other bonuses for added points.

Bubble Bobble KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 3.97 (19 votes)

Fun Factor: 4.03

Overall Like	4.16
Fun (Social)	4.21
Fun (Solo)	4.00
Collector Desire	3.63

Technical Rating: 3.91

Gameplay	3.95
Graphics	3.79
Originality	4.26
Sound/Music	3.63

Personal Impressions and Technical Impressions each account for half of the total score. Within the Personal Impressions category, Like carries a little more weight than the other factors.

Cheats, Tricks, Bugs, and Easter Eggs

There are two cheats for this game - "POWER UP" and "ORIGINAL GAME":

POWER UP: While on the title screen, press the following: LEFT-JUMP-LEFT-1PLAYER-LEFT-FIRE-LEFT-1 PLAYER. "POWER UP" will appear at the bottom of the screen. Start a game and you will have constant speed up and rapid fire bubble blowing ability. The secret rooms will appear on levels 20, 30, 40 and 50.

ORIGINAL GAME: Enter the following on the title screen: FIRE-JUMP-FIRE-JUMP-FIRE-JUMP-RIGHT 1PLAYER... "ORIGINAL GAME" will appear at the bottom of the screen. This puts the game back to it's default settings.

Images

Miscellaneous

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VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Bubble Bobble Census

There are 15,343 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,702 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 167,309 machines (7,016 unique titles).

Very Common - There are 215 known instances of this machine owned by Bubble Bobble collectors who are active members. Of these, 12 of them are original dedicated machines. 64 of them are conversions in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet. 137 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

For Sale - There are 2 active VAPS members with a Bubble Bobble machines for sale. There are 7 active VAPS members with a Bubble Bobble circuit boards for sale.

Wanted - Popular - There are 22 active VAPS members currently looking for Bubble Bobble. There are 5 active VAPS members looking for Bubble Bobble boards sets.

This game ranks a 61 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

This game ranks a 45 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census want list records.

Rarity and Popularity independently are not necessarily indications of value. [More Information]

Flyers

Legacy

Manuals

Bubble Bobble Schematics cleaned version - Bubble Bobble Manual — **Bubble Bobble Schematics cleaned version**
(10 pages, 9 MB File)

Instruction Manual - Bubble Bobble Manual — **Instruction Manual**
(16 pages, 1.2 MB File)

Schematics - Bubble Bobble Manual — **Schematics**
(10 pages, 4.2 MB File)

Bubble Bobble Japanese Game Manual - Bubble Bobble Manual — **Bubble Bobble Japanese Game Manual**
(8 pages, 2.97 MB File)

Bubble Bobble Japanese Kit Manual - Bubble Bobble Manual — **Bubble Bobble Japanese Kit Manual**
(8 pages, 2.70 MB File)

Additional References (logged in members often see more)

3D Model (External): Custom (f3af72543df4227d993295cd37eb627b)
3D Model (External): Bubble Bobble Cust2 (8e9590755c409c94d74609d03df6eada)

Arcade Map - Play This Game

Our members have reported that Bubble Bobble is playable at 2 locations:

Name	Location	State	Country	Details	Check-ins
Arcade Monsters - San Diego	704 J St., San Diego	California	United States	Arcade	1
Greta Bar	213 10 Ave SW, Calgary	Alberta	Canada	Arcade	2

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