Bubble Bobble (thing)

Now it is the beginning of a fantastic story!
Let us make a journey to the cave of monsters!
                 Good luck!

Bubble Bobble was a rockin video game that appeared on the Nintendo, as an arcade game, and elsewhere.

The addictive gameplay consists of having your character--a bubble dragon--blow bubbles and catch monsters in them. When you have a monster in a bubble, you pop it before it breaks free. You can also bounce on bubbles to get to high places. If you don't beat all the monsters in a certain amount of time, the unbeatable skull head appears and chases after you.

The monsters: (names from the NES version)

• Bubble Buster: The most basic enemy. Looks like a blue wind-up toy. Walks.
• Stoner: Looks like a stereotypical ghost in a white sheet. Walks around and shoots "rocks" left and right which look like slow fireballs.
• Beluga: Looks like a purple fish. Flies around.
• Hullaballoon: Well, it's like a round orange Beluga.
• Incendo: Like a blue orc. Walks and shoots fast fireballs left and right.
• Super Socket: Blue-and-white robot. Walks and shoots beams straight down.
• Willy Whistle: Green elf munchkin. Walks and shoots bottles that boomerang back.
• Coily: Like a jack-in-the-box without the box. Jumps around.
• Baron von Blubba: The unbeatable skull head. Looks kinda like a skeletal Beluga. Flies after you. To get rid of him, either beat the level, or let him kill you.
• Grumple Grommit: The big bad guy. A giant Willy Whistle. Flies around and shoots a spray of bottles.

To get the best endings you have to have two players when you defeat Grumple Grommit. (Pause and push Select to give the other player one of your lives if you're playing alone.) In level 99 you have to get the crystal ball and then go through the gate to get to the hidden levels. This is easier with two players but not impossible alone.

Passwords: On the NES at least, EECFG and EECJJ will allow you to get to any level in Bubble Bobble and Super Bubble Bobble.