Does anyone remember Bubble Bobble?

Question

Awwwww....man, it's awesome, me and my brother used to love it, and well, I saw it the other day, and a million memories came rushing back....((sighs))!! And waht about Rainbow Islands, eh? That was quality!! : )

Just to clarify, the question is, does anyone remember these games? Bubble Bobble particularly!! Well, thank you. Have a wonderful weekend : )

Answer 1

Bubble Bobble was a unique game in many ways because not a lot of folks were skilled enough to get the true ending by getting a special key necessary to fight the true boss! The fake ending is tough to accomplish but when you beat the true ending man that is a prize in itself.

I still have Bubble Bobble in the box with instructions in mint condition! Rainbow Islands the story of Bubble 2 is not the actual game Bubble Bobble 2 which most don't realize either. It was decent but didn't hold a breath to Bubble Bobble 1.

Bubble Bobble 2 is a rare NES game and man I tell you, if you think BB1 is tough you are in for a challenge. That is one of toughest games to find in a box with instructions and mint. You need Bubble Bobble on ROM let me know @ [e-mail]

Thanks for trip down memory lane and great question dude!

Answer 2

Yes My Boyfriend has Bubble Bobble on his computer he loves it he used to play it when he was younger and now he is 25 and he can still get to level 100

Answer 3

I REMEMBER IT!!!! Its like the best. Me and my sis only got to 30 something because we didn,t know how to float on our bubbles. We could never get past that level. And some times, we would go to lvl 29 and stay there trying to avoid the dead whales. There is a little "house" in the top right hand corner and I always stayed there until the whales came. ( it never really worked) All the monsters look so funny. I would always be the one to get the most points, and sometimes my sis would get really mad. THIS IS THE BEST GAME EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Answer 4

I remember them. They are both on the Taito legends compilation game for ps2 and possibly other formats. Its a cheap one as well, less than £10 from play.com.
In case you felt like a nostalgic blast and have a few pennys left over from christmas

Answer 5

Of course this game was introduce to me like 5 years ago then we will play this game non stop with my boyfriend and his sister and lost it for 6 years barely like a month ago he bought it for me it was so hard to find it I was so happy til this day we play that game all the time you brought me memories again about that game Thank You

Answer 6

Not only do I remember it but I spent two summers in year 9 and 10 playing this constantly with my best pal, we still talk about it, it was the most amazing game ever!!!! ok, i need to get a life,... but it was!

Answer 7

Shizzle mate, you just took me right back to my Amiga days *sigh* Lemmings anyone?

Answer 8

Yes.

Answer 9

Yes and I still play them regularly too!

Answer 10

Bubble Bobble is an arcade game by Taito, first released in 1986. It was ported soon for numerous home computers and game consoles. The game features two cute Bubble Dragons, Bub (Japanese "Bubblun"), who is green with yellow spikes/horns and Bob (Japanese "Bobblun"), who is blue with cyan spikes/horns. Together, they journey through the Cave of Monsters to rescue their girlfriends. They move over a system of platforms, busting and pushing bubbles, avoiding enemies and collecting a variety of power-ups.
The original arcade game, despite its 1986 release date and its apparent simplicity, features some rather complicated and convoluted game mechanics, one of the main reasons that many computer or game console ports of the game, even when released several years after the original, can seem lacking and incomplete in some aspects.

Levels

Each level (or round) consists of one screen, with no scrolling or flipping. The dragons can move around the levels by walking on platforms, falling through empty space, jumping through platforms from below and (in some levels) falling through holes at the bottom of the level in order to reappear at the top, or even vice versa (see gameplay techniques below).

Apart from jumping, the characters can blow bubbles. Bubbles also float in from the top or bottom of the screen in many levels. They pop after a certain amount of time, when they hit the dragon's spiked back, if they're squashed against a wall or another dragon or if they're fallen upon. By holding down the jump button, it's possible to bounce on top of bubbles, which is sometimes necessary to reach platforms. The main objective of the game is to trap enemies in bubbles, and burst them, destroying the enemies.

Each round also features invisible air currents and custom bubble physics, causing bubbles to move in predetermined trajectories, such as converging to a certain point, moving very quickly or very slowly, being pulled down as if by gravity, etc., usually with notable effects on a level's difficulty.

Some levels have very short bubble-popping times, meaning that bubbles pop almost as soon as they emerge. This becomes extreme in later levels to the point of only being able to kill monsters by "kissing" them (blowing a bubble in such a way that it's immediately squashed against the dragon, causing instant death to an enemy). Time limits are also used to increase the game's difficulty; two rounds having no time limit, some levels are almost impossible to finish under certain conditions (single player, lack of certain bonuses etc.). When the time limit expires, the player does not die instantly, but rather an invincible "Skel" (see below) enemy appears for each player, and all enemies become 'angry', with a change in colour and increase in speed.