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| Full title | Bubble Bobble |
| Year of release | 1987 |
| Publisher | Firebird Software Ltd (UK) |
| Re-released by | Dro Soft (Spain) Musical 1 S.A. (Spain) The Hit Squad (UK) |
| Author(s) | Software Creations (Mike Follin, Andrew R. Threlfall, Tim Follin) |
| Tie-in licence | Taito Corporation (Japan) (arcade coin-op: Bubble Bobble) |
| Machine type | ZX Spectrum 48K/128K |
| Number of players | 2 - simultaneous |
| Controls | Kempston, Interface 2, Cursor, Redefineable keys |
| Type | Arcade: Platform |
| Message language | English |
| Original publication | Commercial |
| Original price | £7.95 (£12.95 for disk version) 1500 ptas. |
| Budget price | £3.99 |
| Availability | Available as both Perfect TZX and non-TZX |
| Protection scheme | Multiple schemes (see individual downloads) |
| Additional info | Appeared on the compilation Rainbow Collection (Ocean Software Ltd)
Appeared on tape 2, side A of the compilation Taito Coin-Op Hits (Imagine Software Ltd) Appeared on side A of covertape ACE issue 02 (A.C.E. [3]) Also listed on Wikipedia, Freebase and Lost in Translation |
| Remarks | There is also a Bubble Bobble Editor. V2 runs on the ZX Spectrum, V3 (see BBEv3r2.zip in additional material) is for Windows. |
| Series | This game belongs in the following series:
1. Bubble Bobble 2. Rainbow Islands |
| Other systems | This title was also advertised for and/or published on the Amstrad CPC, BBC Micro, Commodore 64, MSX, NES and Sega Master System |
| Score |
8.07 (162 votes) 
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| Filename | Size | Type | Origin | Code | Barcode | D.L. | Year | Encoding scheme | ||
 | BubbleBobble.tzx.zip | 41,288 | (Perfect TZX tape image) | Original release | 5012439011002 | 1987 | Firebird BleepLoad | |||
 | BubbleBobble.dsk.zip | 32,142 | (+3 disk image) | Original release | 1987 | |||||
|  | BubbleBobble.tap.zip | 41,250 | ((non-TZX) TAP tape image) | 1987 | |||||
| BubbleBobble(DroSoft).tzx.zip | 41,456 | (Perfect TZX tape image) | Re-release | 2FI010 | M-40951-1987 | 1987 | Firebird BleepLoad | ||
| | BubbleBobble(Musical1S.A.).tzx.zip | 29,533 | (Perfect TZX tape image) | Re-release | M1J045 | M-1457-1992 | 1992 | None | |
| BubbleBobble(TheHitSquad).tzx.zip | 36,918 | (Perfect TZX tape image) | Re-release | AC30 | 5013156412172 | 1991 | SpeedLock 5 |
| Filename | Size | Type | |
 | BubbleBobble.gif | 4,493 | (Loading screen) |
| BubbleBobble.scr | 6,912 | (Loading screen dump) |
| BubbleBobble.gif | 4,532 | (In-game screen) | |
 | BubbleBobble.txt | 2,031 | (English instructions) |
| BubbleBobble(DroSoft).pdf | 182,535 | (Spanish instructions) |
| BubbleBobble(Musical1S.A.).zip | 226,047 | (Scanned Spanish instructions) |
| BubbleBobble.png | 138,795 | (Game map) |
| BubbleBobble.jpg | 148,328 | (Cassette inlay) | |
| BubbleBobble(DroSoft).jpg | 110,748 | (Re-release cassette inlay) | |
| BubbleBobble(Musical1S.A.).jpg | 49,708 | (Re-release cassette inlay) | |
| BubbleBobble(TheHitSquad).jpg | 91,773 | (Re-release cassette inlay) | |
| BubbleBobble.jpg | 218,011 | (Advertisement) | |
 | BubbleBobble.ay.zip | 2,116 | (Ripped in-game and theme music in AY format) |
| BubbleBobble.mp3.zip | 4,636,949 | (Sampled in-game and theme music in MP3 format) |
| BBEv3r2.zip | 585,206 | (Archive file) |
| The Tipshop has hints, cheats and/or POKEs for this game! |
| 5 player reviews [ View | Write one ] |
| Magazine | Issue | Type | ||
| Popular Computing Weekly | 7.87 | page 207 | (News/Note) | |
| Sinclair User | 8.87 | page 89 | (Preview) | [full page] |
| Crash | 9.87 | page 119 | (Preview) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 9.87 | page 136 | (Preview) | [full page] |
| ACE | 10.87 | page 9 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| ACE | 10.87 | page 56 | (Review - not a Spectrum article) | [full page] |
| Crash | 10.87 | page 132 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 10.87 | page 14 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Games Machine | 10.87 | page 66 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Games Machine | 10.87 | page 67 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 10.87 | page 105 | (Preview) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 10.87 | page 10 | (Preview) | [full page] |
| ACE | 11.87 | page 20 | (CoverGame) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 11.87 | page 50 | (Review) | [full page] |
| ACE | 12.87 | page 24 | (Letter) | [full page] |
| Crash | 12.87 | page 59 | (Hack/Poke) | [full page] |
| ACE | 1.88 | page 137 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 1.88 | page 15 | (Hack/Poke) | [full page] |
| Crash | 2.88 | page 40 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Games Machine | 2.88 | page 62 | (Review) | [full page] |
| ACE | 3.88 | page 101 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 3.88 | page 38 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| ACE | 4.88 | page 113 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| ACE | 5.88 | page 105 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 5.88 | page 30 | (Hack/Poke) | [full page] |
| Games Machine | 6.88 | page 13 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| ACE | 7.88 | page 31 | (Feature - Licence To Thrill?) | [full page] |
| YS Smash Tips | 8.88 | page 8 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| YS Smash Tips | 8.88 | page 8 | (Hack/Poke) | [full page] |
| ACE | 10.88 | page 9 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 9.88 | page 41 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| ACE | 10.88 | page 43 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| ACE | 10.88 | page 43 | (Feature - 100 Top Games) | [full page] |
| Crash | 11.88 | page 56 | (Hack/Poke) | [full page] |
| Crash | 12.88 | page 44 | (Hack/Poke) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 12.88 | page 33 | (Hack/Poke) | [full page] |
| ACE | 3.89 | page 82 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 5.89 | page 36 | (Hack/Poke) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 7.89 | page 26 | (Hack/Poke) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 1.90 | page 15 | (Hack/Poke) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 2.91 | page 37 | (Hack/Poke) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 5.91 | page 18 | (Hack/Poke) | [full page] |
| Crash | 8.91 | page 49 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Crash | 9.91 | page 60 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 9.91 | page 85 | (Review) | [full page] |
| New Computer Express | 9.91 | page 162 | (News/Note) | |
| Your Sinclair | 9.91 | page 56 | (Review) | [full page] |
| New Computer Express | 10.91 | page 260 | (Review) | |
| New Computer Express | 10.91 | page 334 | (Hack/Poke) | |
| Sinclair User | 10.91 | page 17 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 2.92 | page 13 | (Hack/Poke) | [full page] |
| MicroHobby | 2.88 | page 41 | (Nuevo) | [full page] |
| MicroHobby | 4.88 | page 69 | (Tokes) | [full page] |
| Magazine | Issue | Type | ||
| Crash | 9.87 | page 47 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Crash | 9.87 | page 81 | (CompoEntry) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 9.87 | page 35 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 9.87 | page 41 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| ACE | 10.87 | page 49 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 10.87 | page 13 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 10.87 | page 33 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| ACE | 11.87 | page 21 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 10.87 | page 80 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Crash | 11.87 | page 145 | (CompoResult) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 11.87 | page 65 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Crash | 9.91 | page 22 | (Advert - The Hit Squad advert) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 9.91 | page 25 | (Advert - The Hit Squad advert) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 9.91 | page 2 | (Advert - The Hit Squad advert) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 10.91 | page 67 | (Advert - The Hit Squad advert) | [full page] |
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