Bubble Bobble

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Bubble Bobble

Game No.	22
Developer	Stephen Ruddy
Company	Software Creations / Firebird
Publisher	Firebird
Musician	Peter Clarke
HVSC-File	/Clarke_Peter/Bubble_Bobble.sid
Release	1987
Plattform	Amiga, Apple II, Arcade, Atari ST, C64, Game Boy, Game Boy Advance, Game Gear, MSX, NES, PC-DOS, Playstation, Saturn,
Genre	Arcade, Platformer (Single Screen)
Gamemode	1 - 2 Multiplayer
Operation
Media
Language	{{{ Language}}}
Information	Sequel: Rainbow Islands

1 Voting
2 Description
3 Design
4 Hints
5 Cheats
6 Criticism
7 Highscore
8 Links

[edit] Voting

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[edit] Description

You and optionally one of your friends play Bub and Bob, two brontosaurs.By spitting bubbles you can trap your enemies into them.The next step is to touch or jump on these bubbles to make them burst. When all monsters are defeated, you can go on to the next level.After a certain amount of time, a special enemy called "Baron Blubba" appears, if not all the other enemys are already catched.Be aware of him.

Controls

Joystick left/right: move left or right
Joystick oben: jump
Joystick oben+rechts: jump to the right
Joystick oben+links: jump to the left
Button: spit bubbles

[edit] Design

A 2D-screen per level with tiny sprites and a background tune.Almost equivalent to the same named arcade classic.

[edit] Hints

If collected E,X,T,E,N,D, you skip the level and get an extra live
Extra lives reaching 30.000 - 100.000 - 400.000 - 1.000.000 and 2.000.000 points
When both players take a power up the same time, both get its powers
By collecting the umbrella you can skip 3 or even 7 levels
Some levels require to jump higher than normal.In multiplayer mode, one player has to spit bubbles while the other player jumps on them (jump on the bubble and then dircelty on the higher spot or else the bubble will burst).This is more difficult in singeplayer mode.

[edit] Cheats

To challenge other enemies who shoot fire balls, press the following keys when the title screen appears: [S] [U] [P] [O] [R] [commodore key].If the side of the screen turns red for a short period of time, start the game.
There´s a trainer version of the game on Remember (Release 161). It includes different training modes (look at screenshot).