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Bubble Bobble (US, Ver 5.1)

  1. Game infos
  2. Parent and Clones
  3. Sound
  4. Driver
  5. Inputs
  6. Controls
  7. Display
  8. Dipswitchs
  9. Roms list
  10. Chips list
  11. Serie
  12. Categories
  13. History
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Game infos

Description Bubble Bobble (US, Ver 5.1)
Name bublboblr
Manufacturer Taito America Corporation (Romstar license)
Year 1986
Runnable yes
System arcade /
Number of players 2P sim
Added to MAME .035b11
Romset size 0 B
Romset file files
Romset zip 0 B
Language English
Genre Platform

Parent and clones

Parent bublbobl : Bubble Bobble (Japan, Ver 0.1) (1986)

Sound infos

Sound_channels 1

Driver infos

Driver status good
Driver emulation good
Driver color good
Driver sound good
Driver graphic good
Driver cocktail
Driver protection
Driver savestate yes

Inputs infos

Input service no
Input tilt yes
Input players 2
Input buttons
Input coins 2

Controls infos

type ways minimum maximum sensitivity keydelta reverse
joy 2 no

Display infos

type rotate flipx width height refresh pixclock htotal hbend hbstart vtotal vbend vbstart
raster 0 no 256 224 59.185606 6000000 384 0 256 264 16 240

Dipswitchs

Roms list

console name bios size crc md5 merge sha1 region offset status optional
arcade a71-25.41 256 2d0f8545 a71-25.41 089c31e2f614145ef2743164f7b52ae35bc06808 proms 0 good no
arcade a78-01.17 4096 b1bfb53d a78-01.17 31b8f31acd3aa394acd80db362774749842e1285 mcu f000 good no
arcade a78-07.46 32768 4f9a26e8 a78-07.46 3105b34b88a7134493c2b3f584729f8b0407a011 audiocpu 0 good no
arcade a78-08.37 32768 ae11a07b a78-08.37 af7a335c8da637103103cc274e077f123908ebb7 slave 0 good no
arcade a78-09.12 32768 20358c22 a78-09.12 2297af6c53d5807bf90a8e081075b8c72a994fc5 gfx1 0 good no
arcade a78-10.13 32768 930168a9 a78-10.13 fd358c3c3b424bca285f67a1589eb98a345ff670 gfx1 8000 good no
arcade a78-11.14 32768 9773e512 a78-11.14 33c1687ee575d66bf0e98add45d06da827813765 gfx1 10000 good no
arcade a78-12.15 32768 d045549b a78-12.15 0c12077d3ddc2ce6aa45a0224ad5540f3f218446 gfx1 18000 good no
arcade a78-13.16 32768 d0af35c5 a78-13.16 c5a89f4d73acc0db86654540b3abfd77b3757db5 gfx1 20000 good no
arcade a78-14.17 32768 7b5369a8 a78-14.17 1307b26d80e6f36ebe6c442bebec41d20066eaf9 gfx1 28000 good no
arcade a78-15.30 32768 6b61a413 a78-15.30 44eddf12fb46fceca2addbe6da929aaea7636b13 gfx1 40000 good no
arcade a78-16.31 32768 b5492d97 a78-16.31 d5b045e3ebaa44809757a4220cefb3c6815470da gfx1 48000 good no
arcade a78-17.32 32768 d69762d5 a78-17.32 3326fef4e0bd86681a3047dc11886bb171ecb609 gfx1 50000 good no
arcade a78-18.33 32768 9f243b68 a78-18.33 32dce8d311a4be003693182a999e4053baa6bb0a gfx1 58000 good no
arcade a78-19.34 32768 66e9438c a78-19.34 b94e62b6fbe7f4e08086d0365afc5cff6e0ccafd gfx1 60000 good no
arcade a78-20.35 32768 9ef863ad a78-20.35 29f91b5a3765e4d6e6c3382db1d8d8297b6e56c8 gfx1 68000 good no
arcade a78-24.52 65536 b7afedc4 6e4c8712f1fdf000e231cfd622dd3b514c61a6fd maincpu 10000 good no
arcade a78-25.51 32768 2d901c9d 72504225d3a26212e8f35508a79200eeb91138b6 maincpu 0 good no
arcade pal16l8.bin 1 plds 0 nodump no
arcade pal16r4.bin 1 plds 0 nodump no

Chips list

name tag type clock
M6801 mcu cpu 4000000
Speaker mono audio
YM2203 ym1 audio 3000000
YM3526 ym2 audio 3000000
Z80 audiocpu cpu 3000000

Serie

Serie : Bubble Bobble
  1. Bubble Bobble (bootleg with 68705) (1986)
  2. Bubble Bobble (Japan, Ver 0.1) (1986)
  3. Bubble Bobble (Japan, Ver 0.0) (1986)
  4. Bubble Bobble (US, Ver 5.1) (1986)
  5. Bubble Bobble (US, Ver 1.0) (1986)
  6. Super Bobble Bobble (bootleg, set 2) (1986)
  7. Super Bobble Bobble (bootleg, set 3) (1986)
  8. Super Bubble Bobble (bootleg) (1986)
  9. Super Bobble Bobble (bootleg, set 4) (1986)
  10. Bubble Bobble (UK) (1987)
  11. Bubble Bobble (UK) (1987)
  12. Bubble Bobble (1987)
  13. Bubble Bobble (Jpn) (1987)
  14. Bubble Bobble (Alt) (1987)
  15. Bubble Bobble (UK, Alt 2) (1987)
  16. Dream Land / Super Dream Land (bootleg of Bubble Bobble) (1987)
  17. Rainbow Islands (new version) (1987)
  18. Rainbow Islands (old version) (1987)
  19. Bubble Bobble (clean crack) (1988)
  20. Bubble Bobble (Euro, Bra) (1988)
  21. Rainbow Islands (Extra) (1988)
  22. Bubble Bobble (1989)
  23. Rainbow Islands (UK) (1989)
  24. Bubble Bobble (1990)
  25. Bubble Bobble (Euro) (1990)
  26. Bubble Bobble (1990)
  27. Rainbow Islands Extra (Jpn) (1990)
  28. Rainbow Islands (1990)
  29. Bubble Bobble (Euro, USA) (1991)
  30. Rainbow Islands - The Story of Bubble Bobble 2 (Euro) (1991)
  31. Rainbow Islands Extra (1992)
  32. Bubble Bobble Part 2 (Euro, USA) (1993)
  33. Bubble Bobble - Part 2 (USA) (1993)
  34. Rainbow Islands (CD)(Jpn) (1993)
  35. Rainbow Islands - The Story of Bubble Bobble 2 (Euro) (1993)
  36. Bubble Bobble II (Ver 2.6O 1994/12/16) (1994)
  37. Bubble Bobble II (Ver 2.5O 1994/10/05) (1994)
  38. Bubble Bobble II (Ver 0.0J 1993/12/13, prototype) (1994)
  39. Bubble Bobble (Euro, USA) (1994)
  40. Bubble Memories: The Story Of Bubble Bobble III (Ver 2.4O 1996/02/15) (1995)
  41. Bubble Memories: The Story Of Bubble Bobble III (Ver 2.3J 1996/02/07) (1995)
  42. Bubble Bobble II (Prototype) (1995)
  43. Bubble Bobble also featuring Rainbow Islands (USA) (1996)
  44. Bubble Bobble also featuring Rainbow Islands (Euro) (1996)
  45. Miss Bubble II (1996)
  46. Bubble Bobble (Jpn) (19??)
  47. Classic Bubble Bobble (Euro) (2000)
  48. Rainbow Islands - Putty's Party (2000)
  49. Rainbow Islands (Euro) (2001)
  50. Bubble Bobble - Old & New (Euro) (2002)
  51. Bubble Bobble: Lost Cave V1.0 (2012)
  52. Bubble Bobble: Lost Cave V1.1 (2012)
  53. Bubble Bobble ('bootleg redux' hack for Bobble Bobble PCB) (2013)
  54. Bubble Bobble: Lost Cave V1.2 (for Bobble Bobble PCB) (2013)
  55. Bubble Bobble (for Bobble Bobble PCB) (2013)
  56. Bubble Bobble: Lost Cave V1.2 (2013)

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History


Arcade Video game published 33 years ago:

Bubble Bobble (c) 1986 Romstar, Incorporated.

For more information about the game itself, please see the original Taito Corp. entry.

- TRIVIA -

Bubble Bobble was released in October 1986 in North America by Romstar, Inc. under license by Taito America Corp.

- UPDATES -

Revision 2 (October 1986 in USA):
* Software version : 1.0

Revision 3 (November 1986 in USA):
* Software version 5.1
* Added mode selection at the beginning of the game (Normal or Super mode).

In Super mode :
The rooms are all in different colors.
All 'Zen-Chan' are replaced by 'Hidegonsu' and vice-versa.
All 'Mighta' are replaced by 'Drunk' and vice-versa.
All 'Monsta' are replaced by 'PulPul' and vice-versa.
The only monster that remains unchanged is 'Banebou'.
'Invader' does not appear at all in Super mode ('Hidegonsu' takes its place).

- PORTS -

NOTE: Only home versions released in North America are listed here. For non-US ports, please see the original Taito Corp. entry.

* CONSOLES:
[US] Nintendo NES (1988) "Bubble Bobble [Model NES-B2]"
[US] Sega Saturn (1996) "Bubble Bobble also featuring Rainbow Islands [Model T-8131H]"
[US] Sony PlayStation (1996) "Bubble Bobble also featuring Rainbow Islands [Model SLUS-00370]"
[US] Sony PS2 (oct.25, 2005) "Taito Legends [Model SLUS-21122]"
[US] Microsoft XBOX (oct.25, 2005) "Taito Legends"
Sony PlayStation 4 [PSN] [US] (mar.15, 2016) "Arcade Archives - Bubble Bobble [Model CUSA-03722]"

* HANDHELDS:
[US] Nintendo Game Boy (mar.1991) "Bubble Bobble [Model DMG-B2-USA]"
Sega Game Gear [US] (1994)
[US] Nintendo GBA (2003) "Bubble Bobble - Old & New [Model AGB-AONE-USA]"

* COMPUTERS:
[US] Commodore C64 (1987)
[US] Apple II (1987)
PC [MS-DOS, 5.25''] [US] (1989)
PC [MS-DOS, CD-ROM] [US] (sept.30, 1996) "Bubble Bobble featuring Rainbow Islands"
[US] PC [MS Windows, CD-ROM] (nov.10, 2005) "Taito Legends"

* OTHERS:
[US] Nokia N-Gage "Taito Memories" : Release cancelled

- CONTRIBUTE -

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