Bubble Bobble (NES) - All 100 Floors

[@JDubayu]

Couple tips for those that want to play this. 1. Power ups appear in most levels, Ryu just missed them or didn’t know what they. Candies increase bubble speed and distance for example. 2. Lightning blots go in the opposite direction you’re facing. 3. Bubbles can be pushed, that’s actually how to get the fire in the middle for level 88. 4. Bubbles joined together pop together, this is how you get combo that lead to the letters. 5. Power ups spawn at different times in the level but once they respawn that’s it. Each level has individual invisible air currents that determine where your bubbles will be pushed to. 6. Bubbles can also push each other, use tip 5 and 6 to beat level 57. 7. Move into position as quick as possible before the enemies land, this can make many levels a ton easier. 8. Wall collision is the trickiest, if part of your dragon can push through by jumping or falling then you can usually fall through it. Once you are falling through a wall you can only move left and right when there is an opening or when you go from the bottom to the top of the screen. 9. More tips can be put in this reply section, this game is great because it doesn’t force you to start at the beginning.

[@HHWorldspawn]

Easy way to jump on bubbles is to hold the jump button when landing on a bubble as opposed to trying to time it. Destroying your own bubbles award points so face that wall and bash the bubble button once all mobs are dead and there are no items left to pick up (that are within range). Bubbling all the monsters and then destroying them all at once when they're grouped together is great for points and seem to trigger fat bonus drops like massive diamonds or turning all your bubbles currently floating around into fruit so don't be afriad to shoot bubbles even if there are no targets in front of you. For example, if you've bubbled all the mobs and they're stuck together, stand around and shoot bubbles for a bit before killing the mobs. Easy at the early levels, wouldn't recommend it later as mobs start to break free a lot faster. You get tastier fruits the more mobs you combo together (so avoid popping solo mobs early in the game).

[@Xahrepap]

Also worth noting: the game and level design seems to be aimed toward a 2-player experience. The solutions to the unfair levels are a lot more obvious with two people.

[@osver36]

Specifically on #1, two show up per level. The first is just points, the second will have some other effect. There are also secret doors (will appear in the place of the 2nd power up) if you make it to floors 20, 30, and 40 without dying.

[@Zero323F]

Green candy increases firing speed, blue candy increases range, and pink/red candy both. If I remember correctly, its been over 30 years 😅

[@osver36]

@@Zero323F Being colorblind, I never know what effects the candy will give me. I have the arcade PCB, and try not to continue when I play. The furthest I've made it is to the mid 50s.

[@lepiaf6452]

I asked you to play this game at one of your streams at twitch and you said how do you know what my next video will be and I thought you were kidding. This is a surprise! 😅

[@willcarpenter5546]

I also asked recently. Awesome. One of my first favorite games.

[@iimmediatelyregretthisdeci7217]

Omg, I know I'm here with many of you who had played tf out of this game, know what all of the items do and how to move through the stages to kill the enemies more easily, and are internally screaming stuff like "OMG. GET THE NECKLACE. GET THE UMBRELLA. BRUH", but honestly I just love seeing him play such a iconic game 🫧🫧🫧

[@peterstodolak8858]

It's fun seeing Ryu play a game blind on pure skill. I could do without him complaining about how game is unfair when he puts no effort into researching the mechanics.

[@michael73532]

Glad to see there are others out there who also played the heck out of this game too! I tried to beat this game without gaming over and got close a few times. Fun little game!

[@M_Alexander]

I don't even know what most of the items do but I at least know to get them and that fire and lightning are useful

[@orangecheetodust]

I recently played this with my kid and was surprised how many of the mechanics and items I remembered

[@StarkosiTV]

29:00 Me dying on the inside, watching Ryu not mastering how to use the Lightning Bubble to attack the enemies

[@JDell913]

I was yelling at my phone!! I wish he accidentally figured it out sooner lol

[@DyrianLightbringer]

I love that Ryu is asking for more powerups like the bomb, and when powerups spawn, doesn't bother to try to get them.

[@Nyah420]

If you're new to the game, every level looks like a chaotic mess.

[@DyrianLightbringer]

@@Nyah420 the fact that he even attempted this game without at least some knowledge of the items is baffling. The fact that he made it all the way to the bad ending is a testament to his patience.

[@YamiOni]

My late mother and I played this when I was a kid, 30-odd years ago. I seem to recall us being similarly frustrated with some of the levels. We did eventually beat the game, though, so it's nice to see it completed again. Thanks, Ryu.

[@MyBigRed]

This was also my late mother and my favorite game when I was a kid. We beat it with the true ending a good number of times.

[@Brienna82]

Me and my one year older sis played this game so much as kids!! we played so often we were completly in sync with established movement patterns and objectives for each level to plow through most of them effortlessly. We only deviated to possibly grant someone to complete the letter bubbles "extend" as it usually allowed faster level ending. LOVE IT!

[@Ccody47]

Losing my mind watching you avoid all the fire and lightning bubbles, those were always fun to play with

[@lepiaf6452]

Also avoiding the candies and they are power ups. 😅

[@staworl]

Him not using the bolts drove me crazy, especially at 25:55 (lvl 43)

[@cpfilms.]

30 minutes in. Does he ever learn what the lightning does?

[@rhadan]

As someone who played this game a LOT in Arcade, this was hard to watch, mostly because I wanted to scream what the powerups do, what the bubbles do, strategies, inputs, etc.

[@Millenniumb]

The frustration of screaming to the screen, get the necklace 😂

[@grandchester]

And the lighting!!!!

[@MattJohnson-wl3xn]

imagine playin all 100 levels only getting 1 umbrella

[@kevinnagle7064]

I've never said "Get that! Get that! It's right there what are you doing??!?!" more times watching Ryu than I did for this one. It was like he was getting right next to the powerups and purposely not grabbing them just to give me an anxiety attack ROFL.

[@darrylbilbao3216]

Great episode! Many games were just made off the cuff back then but seeing you be cool and fun all the way through was amazing. Ive been watching you for a while and I swear, about 95% of the time, when you make some kind of "I got this" comment, you die 🤣😂🤣 So damn hilarious. Always thanks for effort for the channel and content!

[@DPwatkykjy]

Legendary level 57 I was there in the back of the family car playing this on the gameboy on the way to Spain. I never thought I would see a step by step of this game and for you to grind through that level brought back memories you earned another subscriber today,

[@danz107]

Ryu jumping on the enemy bubbles saying why won't they die had me cracking up. You have to jump into one from below, or fall through one. Jumping off an enemy bubble only results in a bubble-jump.

[@DarkWingDuck-zj7kw]

As a professional at bubble bobble the key is to get big combos pick up the candies because they each give you different abilities that stack and the letters give you extra lives and they appear after big combos alot of people dont realize how much extra there is to this game and there are actual 3 different ending to the game u playing solo will always get the bad ending to the game it was designed to play with a partner that will get you the good ending and a code to enter at the start screen to play super bubble bobble and if you beat the game in that mode with a friend you will then get the true ending and have successfully beaten the game there are also secret rooms if you do not die before lvl 20. Certain things you do in the game make certain items appear that will help you on your quest ect. Very indepth game once you know what your looking for

[@Jay-gj1rl]

hours and hours into this game as a kid, discovered the secret levels on my own, still hum the music sometimes. Awesome upload!... Haven't watched the whole thing yet but wondering what Ryu does when he doesn't get the true ending (w/a friend)❤

[@TheGarageBandKing]

Yes!!! This is one of my most favorite games!!! Hoping you get the good ending. My mom and I used to / still sometimes play this, it was our special game we beat together.

[@Chucksplosionplayz]

Awww... That's cute! I wish my mom cared about a game like that lol

[@edgarfriendly4731]

You can only get the good ending in 2 player mode

[@TheGarageBandKing]

@ true. But if you get to the final boss with an extra life, you can hit start, select to revive the other player, and then land of killing blow to unlock the good ending!

[@geisel]

Really glad to see Ryu struggle on 57. I remember the pain of that level as a kid. I thought the only way to solve it was to be lucky and race up the wall fast.

[@josephsago4622]

My mom and I used to play this together all the time!!!! It is one of my very favorite classic NES games!!! Try Pinball Quest next time!! That game is wild lol

[@hxcmetal]

Lol, this was a fun, but frustrating watch. You jump with A...but, if you hold down A and land on a bubble, you can ride it up. It only pops once you let go of A. The manual does say this. I feel like if you realized you could ride bubbles up, it would have made a big difference! Lol

[@TreesPlease42]

Level 57 was a frickin' nightmare

[@ImNowJJL]

LOL!!!! I remember I played this game years ago, reluctantly at first, but then 5 levels in I was hooked. It’s now one of my favorite gaming memories from my childhood. #ThePainIsReal

[@TheLegendOfRetro]

I played through this game countless times, in co-op, with my older brother. Such an amazing game!

[@SoulScribbler]

I'm LOVING these full length featured videogame videos! I missed Diddy Kong, so gotta go back to watch that, but watched the rest! Would LOVE to see some more full length RPG videos (or if not 1 video, since RPG's are so long, maybe like 3 or 4 part videos)

[@BrettStolz]

This is my favorite Ryu video of all time. I am loving all of it. Someone of Ryu's Caliber experiencing the same issues that I had in my childhood! The worst part of the game is that newer ports of it make it virtually impossible to jump on a bubble. Despite the flashing sprites, playing on the original NES seems to be the only way to play this game. Oh, and to play it in the arcade.

[@squeezer24]

The lightning bubbles can be used as projectiles

[@CSaputo]

Played this a lot as a kid! Final boss is the DVD logo demon lol. No wonder why those screensavers gave me an uneasy feeling like ptsd

[@amyth1918]

Love the channel. Also no way in heck third is the first time you played this game for the first time (or 100th) without save states on the first try :D

[@Pr0phetless]

I FREAKING LOVE BUBBLE BOBBLE!!! My brother and I would play this for hours when we were kids. We never beat that Link-looking mofo at level 100

[@DyrianLightbringer]

Imagine playing to level 89 and STILL not understanding the bubble mechanics.

[@ryanmckenzie5918]

2:42 -- "Two E's and an N. What are spelling?" NEEEEEEERD

[@dashwerm6181]

There was a pizza place near my high school that had this game on an arcade machine. I definitely spent many an afternoon playing Bubble Bobble rather than going to class

[@sethguy8599]

PS: The element bubbles; water, fire, lightning etc. if you pop them the element goes in the opposite direction, so you can use these to kill enemies.... - also, E. X. T. E. N. D. gets you a bonus/level skip

[@JJ-qo7th]

Ah, yes, the famous point pickups of orange, crown, gem, and bell pepper.

[@Chrisp.Visualz]

It's crazy how far you got without knowing the basic mechanics.

[@TiltCntrlz]

One of the first music tracks I learned to play on bass! ... for some reason.

[@sebastianvega4576]

its a good easy melody. good choice.

[@mattb6522]

Congrats, Ryu! Yeah, this was originally a quarter-muncher so they kept that obnoxious arcade difficulty when they ported it to the NES. It is a janky early NES game, but still a classic! 😋 This was actually the first game I ever played/owned on the NES as a kid. I only made it to level 57 and just never could get past it. At least I now know a winning strategy against the final boss thanks to you! 😄 I'm not sure how you play your NES games, but I actually recommend trying *Bubble Bobble Part 2* on the NES (if you can). It is a slightly more polished game and has new moves, new items and even actual boss levels! I'd say it is even harder than this one as I recall you only have a limited number of continues. However, if you like this game, you'll probably like Part 2.

[@elodvezer1790]

47:28 I was thinking a faucet the whole time 😂

[@DanielSchmidt94521]

It'd be cool if Bubble Bobble would have a level editor to make your own levels. But it's fun watching you play this game. The music brings back memories.

[@TimBitten]

I played this 2-player co-op with my dad on an old DOS PC, one of us on one side of the keyboard, one on the other. Classic.

[@gorth1314]

I watched the whole video because I wanted to see his reaction to the bad end. Glad I did.

[@loganandrews1333]

I’d love to see ryu give crystalis a try. A beloved nes game from my childhood

[@TangoFoxtrotWhiskey]

One of the best of the NES

[@ianbraun271]

yes! But he needs to be using a walkthrough, as the localization of the NES version was terrible.

[@tossingturnips]

Imagine playing 100 levels, getting several game overs only for the game to go, "nah, try harder, scrub."

[@NESencyclopedia]

Just found you sir. Love the content! Cheers for helping keep the retro games alive 🤘🇨🇦🤘

[@ceno10101]

I loved this game as a kid. The music totally took me back to the 80s.

[@TheACcam]

So simple, so annoying. Not in a bad way... It's like eating a piece of candy that's a tad too sweet.

[@mrwalter7205]

If you told me 20 years ago that I would be watching a grown man play Bubble Bobble on a Saturday night I would have thought you were an insane person

[@vidarsmestad9143]

Point of the game isnt necessarily "to beat" it, but to get as high a score as possible, and you can get REALLY good scores. Pro tip: get a score of over 1 million, then start a new game from the beginning, and you'll be rewarded with top notch items from the start, making it way easier to get an even higher score.

[@Warfz]

You have to think about all the money kids spent in an arcade for every retry :D

[@J1mmyNats]

Nice to see these young kids trying out our games of the past. Haven't played it since he was a kid and has absolutely no idea what he's doing. This was absolutely a pain to watch

[@XTCintense]

A 90 minute Bubble Bobble video. Exactly as I expected. 🤔

[@xMaGuSx888]

Level 57 is a common roadblock for lots of players. However, the solution is pretty simple and obvious. It's just hard to pull off. It wants you to build bubbles up the center column. That's it.

[@rhadan]

Again, so much easier in two player mode than when you attempt this alone.

[@vudusid8717]

Well if played correctly you can completly skip 57 to 70 from level 50.

[@JONATHANP1619]

That game has a music loop so catchy i'll have it in my head for hours. But for a game to play I would suggest going back to the Adventure Island franchise. I know you did the 1st one, but the other 2 on the NES are gems.

[@msrockinrobin08]

I remember spending tons of hours playing this game with my grandma. We had so much fun with this simple game. Glad to see you playing it!

[@Saborlas]

It's almost impossible to get the good ending in single player. In level 99, an item spawns that's much easier for Player 2 to get. Then, when fighting the final boss, BOTH PLAYERS MUST BE PRESENT for the bubble pop (hitting select while paused will offer a life to the other player if you've one to spare).

[@benjier]

This was probably my most played game when I was a kid other than Mario 1/duck hunt. Love it so much. Thank you for playing. What a trip.

[@PhoTC]

*goes immediately to floor 57 to see if he figured out the air current pushing bubbles into the center and to climb from there*

[@SudaNIm103]

Ryu: ❝Nice. Nice. Nice. We’re on a rampage! This is going well!❞ … ❝Oh $***❢❞… … ❝Can someone explain to me what I’m supposed to do‽❞ 😂

[@elodvezer1790]

42:20!! a smoke break it is! ❤ That was the most suspenseful thing I've seen in a while!! ❤👹

[@RusyChicken]

It's almost like it was designed specifically to take quarters from you...

[@lesewing]

The lightning bubbles are useful for killing enemies in annoying spots. Always go the green candy for faster bubbles. Spelling EXTEND gives you an extra life. There's a certain item you need for the best ending.

[@CanadianPunker62]

Awesome! Was excited to see that you are playing Bubble Bobble. That was one of my favorites growing up! A local pizza place used to have the arcade machine at the back entrance and I used to play it there all the time!

[@jaydefox3204]

This is one of my favorite games from my childhood. My brother and I got out NES one year for Christmas, and I can’t remember how many hours we spent as a family trying to conquer this game. The music track always hits the nostalgia feels too 😊

[@saynotop2w]

This game was especially popular among ladies in the arcades where I came from, and it's been hypothesized that the reason was because the game was not overly violent like a lot of other games at the time.

[@cratty16]

Watching Ryu play this game hurts my soul. I'm constantly just yelling at my phone will you please hit the lightning against the monster. Skipping all the candy power ups... Why Ryu why!!! I can't watch the entire video 😭

[@Rob_Enhoud]

26:20 Taito developers never knew what sprite limits where in any of their games.

[@overdose0074]

Play the last level again, when you get the boss in the bubble, pause and then press select. You will spawn a second player and then pop the bubble. You will get the good ending without needing to do the crystal grab nonsense.

[@seraphcreed840]

Thank you for bringing me memories of my mom. We used to play this all the time when I was little bitty.

[@Logicislost81]

This was my favorite game to play with friends. We would sit down and beat the game and have more fun than other multi-player games

[@Your-BestNightmare]

Dude, you gotta figure out the various power-ups and power-bubbles. This was painful. I'm not sure if you have a bad remote but you should be cranking out tons of bubbles and use them to jump around. Did I mention, get and use power-ups. This game is fun and challenging.

[@willythewyno]

I swear he fakes ignorance as bait for comments. There's no way a 30 year old, who plays video games for a living, can't understand cause and effect.

[@redmoonbloodmoon3161]

loved this game as a kid (and played with a friend when I could a few times), I got really good at it, but haven't played it for a long long long time

[@siuroy2694]

Dude, you should totally play Snow Bros with Tammie or with a friend, I remember playing it with my brother when I was a kid

[@lupinematriarch3833]

Omfg my childhood!!!! 😭😭😭 This was my absolute favorite game to play with my sister ❤️ that nostalgic music.....just wow

[@ilikeyourjacket]

41:29 this became one of my favorite levels over time. My friends and i would play this game endlessly. We got gud at just timing it out right to go up the the side of the stage. We loved this game.

[@mejasiu]

I remember beating this game as a kid and it took many many tries! Couldn't wait to see his reaction when he beat the boss

[@Rynsey]

Dude one of my favorite games... Can't wait to see which ending you get

[@Lonewolf3515]

Hey Ryu. :) Have you ever heard of UFO 50? There's a lot of cool games on there that are quite NES-like and I think you'd enjoy them. There's some really challenging ones as well that might be up your alley. I just wanted to let you know about this gem of a title if you didn't know.

[@infernogott]

Kick Club on UFO 50 is really similar to Bubble Bobble. Great game to start with :)

[@wolfwood311]

star tropics who be cool. One of my favorite's on NES.

[@infernaltourist9601]

He gotta play it one day, ngl

[@Chucksplosionplayz]

Actually... I like that one too Between StarTropics 1 and 2 which is your personal favorite?

[@wolfwood311]

@Chucksplosionplayz The first one was my favorite.

[@relm1]

Oh, yeah! StarTropics 1 is one of the best NES games. And 2 was really good too.

[@Chucksplosionplayz]

Tbh.... I prefer 2 to 1 😅

[@user-dv5gm2gc3u]

Finally!! Such great memories of this game, but never came far as a kid. Even more insane then i remember. Love this old stuff

[@Matisiek]

I loved this game when i was a child. The second part "Bubble Bobble 2" is also very good to try.

[@SudaNIm103]

41:17 - ❝I refuse to skip this level!❞ Exactly! It’s Genius not stupid. Remember Bubble Bobble was designed as a coin op arcade game. The primary design goal is not “fun” it’s PROFIT. Provide an engaging experience that speeds along an initial progression and builds: ABC - Accomplishment - Buy-in (or rather a sense of investment in the money spent) - Commitment to keep playing. Then hit the player with a brick-wall and watch the quarters drop

[@mejasiu]

I have fond memories playing this game with my sister! So much fun

[@lepiaf6452]

When i was child a person beat this game at the arcade with 1 credit. I was glued to the screen when he played the game and talked about him for months. 😅

[@Mario583a]

Was it TheLegend27 by chance?

[@TheGreatFattness]

I beat this game once. The last 10 rooms are crazy.

[@Einmachglas]

Reminds me a little of Rainbow Islands. Edit: Ah, actually Rainbow Islands is the sequel of Bubble Bobble. Didnt know that until now.

[@silky_merkin]

Core memories...I remember this game being pretty easy but played with a friend a lot and just face tanked everything. Such a strange interesting jankass game with mental institution music on loop.

[@Foxaris]

More like 110 floors, unless you're going for the bad ending. The best ending also require playing on hardmode.

[@alejandrofrancetich4607]

And beating the final boss with 2 players, iirc

[@JJK657]

I have seriously waited for you to play this game for years!

[@MRemi_1719]

One of my favorite NES puzzle games was Kickle Cubicle. I think you would enjoy it

[@Lonewolf3515]

I remember playing this game a long, long time ago lol. XD I forget a lot about it but what I do know is that I beat it and there's a LOT more levels than just 100. Good luck! XD

[@Night-Jester]

I love games like this :) Bubble Bobble, Snow Bros, and Joe and Mac. Joe and Mac is my favorite but I have fond memories as a child of this one and Snow Bros.

[@miketeabag6501]

You're right, level 57 is some kind of sick joke.

[@Aeroxima]

For not having played so long and being surprised by some things, sure remember some things that now that I think about it are pretty obscure these days (not really seen in other games, as far as I know). Like bubble jumping, killing an enemy by being close to a wall and bubbling, maybe jumping up through a floor but I guess that's less uncommon. Some of it seems like muscle memory, if somebody never played or heard anything about it, I dunno if they'd notice those things at all even in the first 30 min or more, let alone do right off without mention Edit: Floor 43, "OMG USE THE LIGHTNING AAAAAAAAAA" yelling at screen moment Edit 2: Ok, it's always been a favorite for those kinds of games, but floor 57 was legit pretty bs. Tbh, I never got that far as a kid myself I don't think, and he got further in the first attempts than I did replaying multiple different times back then. Still, I loved the fire and lightning, that's how you make it easier on yourself (plus they're fun)

[@blakedonovan9095]

Huge bubble bobbler can’t wait to see this. Only ever completed it once with a friend on an arcade machine haha

[@edmundoandrade5113]

I would love to watch you play B.O.B from the snes, i love this channel 👊😎

[@jeremyachristensen]

How is the Bubble Bobble guy not in Super Smash Brothers? Seems like a perfect fit

[@Noirad7]

😂😂😂 I can remember playing this with my brother, sister or friend 😂😂 so funny to see it now

[@mittensfastpaw]

I played Bubble Bobble a ton with my siblings as a kid. This was a fun trip down memory lane on how we figured it all out ourselves. Thanks for the fun! :)

[@hacked2123]

The easy way to beat 57 is the red bubble gum and you shoot a million bubbles into the middle

[@linusgustafsson2629]

The intended strat for most levels it to be 2 players so you only have to deal with half the level.

[@Kevinsyel]

This game is evil. it's one of my wife's favorite games, and the early levels are fun, but the later levels are downright devious and require so many hidden mechanics of the game that are just plain esoteric to understand.

[@vidarsmestad9143]

The frustration watching you avoid all the fun power ups and not popping all the enemies in one pop...also, there's 113 levels in total... And no, neither the game or any of the levels are "janky". See them as a puzzle, and if you die its all on you. And, I know its your first time playing it, but I've never had the urge to scream out loud "YOU'RE PLAYING IT ALL WRONG!!!" more in my life, haha! This was a fun one.