Let's Compare ( Bubble Bobble ) Single video

1. Arcade 0:34
2. Apple 2 1:33
3. ZX Spectrum 2:31
4. Amstrad CPC 3:30
5. BBC Micro ( Home brew ) 4:29
6. Amstrad ( Home brew ) 5:27
7. Commodore 64 6:25
8. Gameboy 7:24
9. Gameboy ( Bubble Bobble Junior ) 8:21
10. Game Gear 9:21
11. Gameboy Color 10:20
12. DOS 11:18
13. Atari ST 12:16
14. Sega Master System 13:15
15. Nintendo Entertainment System 14:13
16. Mega Drive ( Super Bubble Bobble ) 15:11
17. MSX 2 16:10
18. Amiga 17:08
19. Nintendo DS ( Bubble Bobble Revolution New ) 18:07
20. Nintendo DS ( Bubble Bobble Revolution Classic ) 19:05
21. Gameboy Advance ( Bubble Bobble New ) 20:04
22. Gameboy Advance ( Bubble Bobble Old ) 21:02
23. FM Towns 22:01
24. Playstation 22:59
25. Sharp X68000 23:58
26. Saturn 24:56
27. Windows 25:55
28. LYNX ( Prototype ) 26:53
Credits 27:21

[@andreacolombo2495]

The Windows version of Bubble Bobble was compiled with GM 8.1 and was an amateur project to learn how to use GML. I felt very excited to see this version included in the comparison list with the original ARCADE, because I'm the author! ;) Thank you! .. somewhere I should still have the original scripts of that version.

[@MordecaiWalfish]

This is one of my favorite games ever, and I must say you did a fantastic job on the Windows version! Definitely top-tier compared to other ports I've tried. -- If you still do coding and are interested in learning FPGA, we need someone to bring this amazing arcade game to the MiSTer open source project. Look it up if you have a little bit of time and join the classic gaming discord if you're interested =) There are many helping hands and resources there. "MiSTer Wiki" (google) and the Atari-forum are a good place to get information, also.

[@JaseyStudios]

Do you still use game maker?

[@Fastbikkel]

I never knew there was a windows version until now. Thanks for sharing your side of this story.

[@HeIsTheBluesCat]

You rule!

[@gmdzbanwic]

Hey sorry 5 years later but was lvl 32 34 or 57 bugged where there was nothing on the level ? it was an empty lvl?

[@Snatcher2047]

I'd hate to play the versions without music. It's just not the same without hearing that iconic tune play over and over.

[@hazelkinoko4779]

6:25 The music in this version is a force to be reckoned with.

[@jasoneverett]

Commodore 64 had such a great sound chip. The music it produced is iconic.

[@martyleyeti]

One of the best video games ever. It's in the top 10 maybe higher. That's so much fun playing alone or with a friend

[@demoscenes]

Since I grew up playing Bubble bobble on a Commodore 64, this is my favorite version. I don't mean the other versions are better or less better. It's just the feeling :)

[@laurent64]

I second that :)

[@victordennis9913]

"less better"

[@MordecaiWalfish]

C64 Bubble Bobble is the metal version. SID shining bright! ^.^

[@poshpaul55]

@@laurent64 i 3nd that !

[@georgevial7836]

Man, the battles we had over the C64 version Vs my friend’s Amstrad version were unreal. But of course, C64 was the correct answer!

[@KurisuKagato]

16:22 That MSX2 Bub jump sound.... it almost makes me wanna give myself a hug, because It gets me all tingly inside with such cutes. x3

[@vnules]

Sounds like a cute kitten mewing. :)

[@chuckthequail137]

Bub and Bob are Too *OVERPOWERED* For us. We Must be carefull with them. Don't mess with Bubble Bobble.

[@rebelfleettrooper9881]

They will bubble and bobble you until you're finished.

[@SephirothWaifu]

Yup this is for those of us whom grew up in this generation! I loved this game, my brother and I were always a due when it came to games like this *.*

[@nightshademagia]

The MSX2 conversion looks FANTASTIC!

[@TurboPikachu]

NES, sweet childhood memories~

[@TuxHouseEdu]

Nice video. Thanks for sharing!! Greetings from Greece🇬🇷

[@IneedmoresubsOnline]

Atari Lynx: That is not even a game, that's a simulator of walking and jumping

[@obotprime339]

I need more subs Online to be fair, it’s only a prototype.

[@Akira625]

I just came across a Korean commercial for ramyun noodles with girls singing a jingle to the tune of the Bubble Bobble music, odd. But what's even odder than that is the fact that Doraemon and Crayon Shin-chan are in the Sega Mega Drive version!

[@grongy6122]

That's because Mega Drive version was made by Chinese bootleg company.

[@SireSquish]

We've got Bub/Bob in lab coats (Apple 2), blackface (ZX spectrum), an edgy teenager with a carnival music theme (GBA). I've never seen so many of these; that's why these videos are awesome.

[@wingnut4427]

SireSquish I'm happy that you are enjoying them. Hopefully, soon I'll have more videos up.

[@rebelfleettrooper9881]

I like the Edgy Teenager part.

[@neodonkey]

Arguably one of the finest video games ever made. I notice the ports are almost always of a high quality too.

[@marcevans6545]

Bubble Bobble was one of the few arcade games that had playable ports on nearly all the systems that it was ported to.

[@Nostrum84]

Shows the superiority of C64 in practically ALL aspects: computational, visual and sound. And that machine is from *1982* ! :D

[@stephenhoward5959]

Nostrum84 yes even as an amstrad owner i have to admit the c64 was a better machine the best of all the 8bits infact, the only thing that lets it down for me is the dull garish colours.

[@Quessir]

@@stephenhoward5959 Dull colours yes, garish no. You want garish, look to the Spectrum.

[@jazzygeofferz]

I'm always so impressed by the Sharp X68000 ports when they turn up in these videos. I played that C64 version so much as a kid, and in my early 20s I had the GBA version.

[@wizzgamer]

I know most people prefer the NES version but I’m an exception I prefer the Master System version as it has 200 levels and improved graphics.

[@TimelordR]

I'd say both the Windows & FM Towns versions of Bubble Bobble were spot on. As for the handhelds, i'd say the SEGA Game Gear had the best version. The Mega Drive version is most likely a bootleg.

[@CheezItMuncherZack]

Fun fact: the Sega Genesis bubble bobble game is a bootleg called: Super Bubble Bobble MD

[@rebelfleettrooper9881]

I do bot understand why that was included here.

[@enemellomellogames1732]

The music for the Atari ST version is EPIC

[@hyjinx001]

One of my all time favourite games. Apple II version made me lol. X68000 looks almost bang on!

[@EW55YT]

bubble bobble was created on 1993 on the zx spetrum

[@fragmentalstew]

the commodore 64 and gameboy music are both lit. IDK what they would have sounded like out of native speakers, though

[@TheAxelay]

I have so many memories playing the NES version down in my defunct local mall that I'm really partial too it but I like the Sega Master System version as well sigh...

[@Rosenator1]

The windows version looks like the best version of Bubble Bobble I've seen.

[@Bloodreign1]

Shame Taito didn't let Ving do the port, their work on the Saturn Bubble Symphony was most impressive and arcade perfect. Sadly though I don't know of any outside of Japan ports Ving did. Matter of fact Ving worked on several ports for Taito and other companies on the PS1, Saturn, and FM Towns Marty, they are things of beauty.

[@doodledangernoodle2517]

8:30 Bubble Bobble in Kirby's Dream Land.

[@rebelfleettrooper9881]

Same for Bubble Bobble Part 2. The Graphics remind me of Kirby's Adventure!

[@fruitlion8]

I loved the GBA version growing up, especially the music remix.

[@HeIsTheBluesCat]

It's totes babu!

[@whatamalike]

lol the apple ii version...i'm guessing unexpanded non fancy pants apple 2?

[@lurkerrekrul]

I've never actually played the arcade version, although I did once watch someone play it in the arcade. I clearly remember him blowing bubbles and then easily jumping on top of them to ride them up to higher parts of the screen. He did it on the first try every time. When I later got the home versions for the C64 and Amiga, I thought they must have been lazy ports because it would often take me a dozen or more tries to jump on top of a bubble. 90% of the time it just popped, even though I jumped perfectly.

[@jammerc64]

Additional chords in Atari ST music are totally awesome!

[@mrpolite3257]

I think it spoils it. Turns a catchy tune into an annoying one.

[@HeIsTheBluesCat]

It sounds hoppy and weird.

[@adhvideos]

Some pretty good versions there although i think some were too different from the original game to count really. In any case, the GBA version (old mode) is actually really good fun despite the scrolling screen. The Amiga version was okay for the time too, although i still have memories of playing the arcade version at a local swimming pool.

[@laurent64]

Thanks for making this video :-D

[@GamingHistorySource]

YW

[@colindavid2078]

Oh dear, Apple & Gameboy really made a mess of it! Mega Drive 15:20 & DS 18:20 is like Bubble Bobble on drugs! For me, it's hard to beat the Arcade or the Commodore 64 version, however, Playstation made the best more modern version. Sega & Gameboy just didn't have a clue what was going on to be honest. That Atari Lynx at the end is funny as feck!

[@nikt32]

I have DS version

[@MalcomJuliaMorgan]

comodore has the coolest music version

[@monoelmono9476]

Arcade is always a classic but the C64 is great port too, but the Amiga blew most out of the water for its smoothness and crisp look, that really was a gaming computer

[@Mig77PL]

There's NO REAL Arcade version sińce the REAL Arcade version from 1986 hasn't existed for over 30 years😥😥😥 All we know nowadays as the Arcade version is the recreated one that has existed for circa 25 years😉 The original code had been lost in early 90's...

[@SyamDaRos-EndoManno]

I want my old ps1! In a single disc there were this game and onother, with a guy who walks on skybridges

[@stephenhoward5959]

In my opinion a lot of near perfect conversions in there but the one that stands out to me as being identical to the original arcade is the playstation version

[@blakedmc1989RaveHD]

agreed

[@kenton888kkk]

wow !!! that sid chip

[@kevincruz290]

The sid chip in many ways almost has the same capabilities that a synthesizer will have. That's what made the sid chip good for making music

[@tuxysmagicaljukebox5431]

My Arcade just released a mini arcade cabinet of this, and it's awesome. As usual, with these My Arcade mini cabinets, it's not the actual arcade game inside the unit, but the NES version. Still though I love it and it's fun to have.

[@ZurgoBear]

Legendary game and a true honor to the original arcade version made in the 80's. I played the Amiga version as well and remember that version a little bit easier than the Arcade but still close. Great game. :)

[@Kppot]

I am totally impressed with over underestimated Amstrad machine, given the fact it has almost the same hardware as ZX. But my heart is with BBC Micro of course!

[@StephenP18]

Ahhh...Bubble Bobble, the story of a boy transformed into a dragon for a unknown reason who has to rescue his girlfriend kidnapped for no reason by Super Drunk, a monster mutated from your parents, by the Boss of Truth who happens to be the final boss of Rainbow Islands. Just.....what kinda drugs were Taito on?

[@ThatFellowOnline]

The Amstrad bubble pop sound is like one of the lasers in R-Type

[@MyRandomJ]

very well made video, with the margins saying what system is from.

[@Xelios26]

C64 for me. Pure nostalgia and my chidhood memories!

[@vnules]

The beginning of the ZX Spectrum level music sounds really similar to our doorbell. I always thought someone was at the door when it started playing... :)

[@LorenHelgeson]

I remember having a lot of fun with the Master System version. It feels like a significantly polished upgrade on the NES version. It also throws in boss fights every now and then.

[@JaseyStudios]

Msx has best music hands down. The twang is so cute

[@ridiculous_gaming]

Too bad that a Lynx version wasn't made, for the hardware should not have had a problem. Also, it's unfortunate that there's no Atari 8 bit computer version either, but this wonderful machines was shadowed by the new 16 bit computers starting in 1985.

[@craymotherlol]

Hearing Playstation and Sega Saturn’s enhanced sprites and the song makes me want to play this on a home computer. (and yes i know there are emulators but some of them are unstable.)

[@DogsBAwesome]

Normally game music is just fluff but with Bubble Bobble it;s intrinsic to the game, Thank the gods when I went to the shop in the town near where I was stationed to buy a spectrum 48 they only had the shitty 16's so I bought the C64 instead

[@193819441974]

+brian whittle It was an incredible lucky day for you. I hadn't a handheld console. There was only a Watara Supervision. What a bad day for me.

[@mattsmedley.onehandedgamin9029]

Bubble bubble, an awesome game that was ported to so many machines. Will you please do a "let's compare" Lemmings, next. As is a similarly brilliant game ported to many machines and also a large multi leveled game.

[@Colonel-Llama]

matt smedley He did it a few years ago

[@sinclairresearchltd.6681]

En el Cloverazo (2015), La violencia ha sido triturada con más violencia por parte de los villanos de Disney PIXAR,que han sido autorizados para el uso de armas de guerra climática, también pero a fin de reprimir las manifestaciones y controlar el orden público.

[@diceshard5961]

KHE???.

[@LexTalionis75]

I've always thought the 8-bit home computer versions were terribly slow to play and this video proves me right. I don't understand why the C64/Amstrad/Spectrum ports were so damn sleep-inducing, considering their counterparts on Master System and Game Gear were close to being arcade perfects. Oh well, I actually know why: japanese developers always were better than the wimps from US Gold/Imagine & co.

[@gradymarsh1594]

What the heck is Doraemon doing as a playable character in the Mega Drive port?!

[@jckosnow]

and crayon-sin-chan??

[@GuppytheCat]

its a unlicensed mega drive/genesis game, thats why.

[@gradymarsh1594]

Oh! tnx

[@misterfitzgerald]

TAITO Legends 1’s Bubble Bobble (For Xbox) is extremely close to the Arcade version.

[@Starxxon]

In the Amiga, ST and Windows versions, I noticed that Bub's eyes don't move up and down when he jumps, which annoys me greatly! =)

[@193819441974]

+Starxxon Commodore 64 is by far superior. With 64ko: eyes move up and down ^^

[@cloudian76]

MSX version eyes move up and down too

[@jwaughtal]

15:13 wait why is there that blue cat from an anime series?

[@paoloretrogamer]

The Name Of Blue Cat Is Doramon

[@MixerVM]

X68000 is closest to the arcade version.

[@seanmyster6]

+Noah Covert Might even be arcade-perfect!

[@ClassroomB6]

I think that the windows version is closer to the arcadeor NES versions.

[@gunma747j]

Noah Covert and it have a hidden game

[@gammadosnahtan884]

Hi

[@wingnut4427]

no.. it was a proof of concept prototype that was being developed before atari went under & abandoned the Lynx & jaguar.

[@ryzmaker11]

just one of my fav' video game ever i grew up with the Atari ST version, amazing moments we had... & we still!

[@shenmue1980]

Arcade>>>> the rest

[@clsxalghazanth3757]

Is Genesis port an official release ?

[@CranberryFo]

They really did port this to every platform known to man didn't they?

[@chrishansen7004]

CranberryFo Who knows they could have ported it to who knows what

[@Eliminaattori]

My all-time favorite C64/Amiga game. I was hoping there would be at least one Baron von Blubba but not this time.

[@mastersproutgamer9327]

1. Arcade 0:34 2. Apple 2 1:33 3. ZX Spectrum 2:31 4. Amstrad 3:30 5. BBC Micro ( Unreleased ) 4:28 6. Amstrad ( Bubble Bobble 4CPC ) 5:27 7. Commodore 64 6:25 8. Gameboy 7:24 9. Gameboy ( Bubble Bobble Junior ) 8:21 10. Java Mobile (not shown) 11. Game Gear 9:21 12. Gameboy Color 10:20 13. MS DOS 11:18 14. Atari ST 12:16 15. Sega Master System 13:15 16. Famicom Disk System (not shown) 17. Nintendo Entertainment System 14:13 18. Mega Drive ( Super Bubble Bobble MD ) 15:11 19. Android ( Bubble Bobble Classic ) (not shown) 20. MSX 2 16:10 21. Amiga 17:08 22. Pico 8 (not shown) 23. Nintendo DS ( Bubble Bobble Revolution ) New Age 18:07 Classic 19:05 24. Gameboy Advance ( Bubble Bobble Old & New ) Arranged 20:04 Classic 21:02 25. Jakks Pacific ( Retro Arcade Featuring Space Invaders ) (not shown) 26. FM Towns 22:01 27. Playstation 22:59 ( Bubble Bobble Also Featuring Rainbow Islands ) 28. Sharp X68000 23:58 29. Sega Saturn 24:56 ( Bubble Bobble Also Featuring Rainbow Islands ) 30. Windows 25:55 31. Atari Lynx ( Unreleased ) 26:53 32. Playstation 2 ( Taito Memories Jōkan ) (not shown) 33. Playstation 2 / Xbox / Windows ( Taito Legends ) (not shown) 34. WiiWare ( Bubble Bobble Plus! ) (not shown) 35. Xbox 360 ( Bubble Bobble Neo ) (not shown) 36. Playstation 4 / Nintendo Switch ( Arcade Archives ) (not shown) Credits 27:21

[@tharkthax3960]

apparently this is being made for atari 8 bit. good video.

[@HeIsTheBluesCat]

Being a BB fan is one of many beauties the world can offer. And plus, why is Bubble Bobble Junior here despite being a port of one of the BB sequels? If anything, you should've included the WiiWare game Bubble Bobble Plus!

[@clsxalghazanth3757]

Is the Genesis version a unlicensed rom ?

[@Garchompisbeast2013]

thumbs up if you think the MSX 2 is ok

[@freddydozthingswow6707]

Nostagia for the ds version

[@ztevezen9434]

How do you play this? Do you have to bubble all the enemies?

[@waffle5422]

Don't forget when "hurry up!" appears, you gotta get the stage done or you'll run out of time!

[@haroldjames6282]

Thanks for this, didn't realise this existed on so many platforms.. Ear drug😎

[@bobbystar101]

to be honest the bbc micro version has impressed me the most here

[@boptillyouflop]

That's not the version I remember for msdos... the version I ended up with was in CGA or EGA for some reason.

[@kzbxvz]

Some serious slowdowns in the Speccy version.

[@chrishansen7004]

Man I loved this game so much if I could find the actual arcade unit I would treasure it

[@xRocketzFighterx]

Each version that has music has a unique tune but the Comodore 64 and NES version win this comparison. I also have a soft spot for the ZX Spectrum.

[@SockyNoob]

The only ZX Spectrum game that doesn't rape your ears.

[@wingnut4427]

I generally don't go back past the playstation 1 & Saturn years. The only exception is the GBA because of noticeable differences. Thanks for commenting.

[@mark771977]

Well - thats the tune in my head all bloody day :)

[@harryhapsh8214]

BBC had good music same as nes and arcade! Also commondare 64!

[@adamwebb8114]

I never saw this in the arcade, thought it was straight up NES

[@caspice]

OOh I see. It was Rainbow Islands...hey wait a minute, why is there no Rainbow islands in this video?????

[@kerberos623]

Because Rainbow Islands was BB2 and came later.

[@accursedcursive4935]

It's a pity you didn't include Bub & Bob. It's closer to the original game than a lot of the Game Boy renditions, and a relatively recent rendition, having come out in only '97.

[@TOKAI1332]

日本ではメガドライブ版は発売されていない為初めて見ました。 X68k優秀ですね。

[@DrewPicklesTheDark]

I remember there being another Windows version, I recall it having other music to.

[@mwwve]

The ZX spectrum’s music was AWESOME. Why isn’t it in the original game?!

[@193819441974]

For 8 bits computers from the same generation and power capacities: Pour les ordinateurs 8 bits de même génération et de même capacité: Commodore 64 For 8 bits, all generations / Pour les 8 bits, toutes générations confondues: MSX2 (compare MSX2 with another 8 bits is like to compare Neo Geo and the other 16 bits consoles / compare le MSX2 avec les autres 8 bits c'est comme comparer la Neo Geo avec les autres consoles 16 bits) For 8 bits consoles / Pour les consoles 8 bits: Sega Master System For Handheld game consoles all generations / Pour les consoles portables toutes générations: Sega Gamegear / Nintendo Game Boy Advance The other systems are too powerful, so it's easy to make an adaptation of this game (Atari, Amiga, PC, FM Town Marty, DS , PS1...) Les autres systèmes sont trop puissants, il est donc facile de faire une adaptation du jeu. For Playstation 1, the CD "Bubble Bobble also featuring Rainbow Islands" contains the classic and modern version of Rainbow Islands (Bubble Bobble II). Pour la Playstation 1, le CD "Bubble Bobble also featuring Rainbow Islands" contient les versions classique et moderne de Rainbow Islands (Bubble Bobble II).

[@albie83]

I love the color scheme of the Windows version. I may have to check that out.

[@dareint]

8 bit: Master System Others: Saturn

[@gunma747j]

8 bit 2nd:msx2

[@nightshademagia]

the x68000 is arcade-perfect

[@MVC2fan1]

Actually the x68000 is near arcade-perfect.

[@warrencook9611]

What about the Super Nintendo version?

[@GamingHistorySource]

+Warren Cook doesn't exist. Puzzle Bobble does though.

[@reallivebluescat]

never seen the megadrive version, thats bizzare!

[@MrElijahMurray]

There's a rumor going around that Taito is going to stop making console, PC, and arcade games and is just going to make shitty mobile games that they probably won't bring to the west...DAMNIT! FIRST HUDSON SOFT, THEN KONAMI, AND NOW TAITO!?

[@sling-b]

You forgot Sega, sort of.

[@LemmeSquish]

+SlingSter7 Nah, they seem to be making a comeback. (Sega)

[@sling-b]

Yeah.

[@ClassroomB6]

Not really.

[@rynmaymay9309]

Dry the tears,wait till you see space invaders frenzy

[@realnabarl]

Nice video, thanx!

[@zanegandini5350]

If the music on the black and white Game Boy was actually really good considering the hardware, why does the GBC version sound so awful?