Bubble Bobble (バブルボブル, Baburu Boburu?) is an arcade game by Taito, first released in 1986 [1] and later ported to numerous home computers and game consoles.[2] The game, starring the twin Bubble Dragons Bub(Bubblun) (バブルン, Baburun?) and Bob(Bobblun) (ボブルン, Boburun?), is an action-platform game in which players travel through one hundred different stages, blowing and bursting bubbles, avoiding enemies and collecting a variety of items. The game became very popular and led to a long series of sequels and spin-offs. The main goal of the game is to rescue Bub and Bob's girlfriends from monsters. It is also notable for being an early example of a game with multiple endings, which depended on the player's skill and discovering secrets.[3]
Bub and Bob are two guys who's girlfriends were kidnapped by a monster named Super Drunk (seriously, that's his name!). On top of the kidnapping, he turned the two into bubble blowing dino-mites. Now the two must venture through one area after another to save their girls. -summary One thing about the late great 80's when concerning video games; they used the whole save the girl gimmick to death. I'm not exactly sure, but I wouldn't doubt if 90% of the … more