The game makes a lot more sense if you think of it as some random drunken Japanese idea. The main bad guy’s name is Super Drunk (ya rly), which leads me to believe that the Taito developers were having a wild night out when they came up with the concept for Bubble Bobble. Going solo, as I did, I’m decidedly less enthused about its repetitive gameplay.

On one hand, I believe it’s probably one of the best co-op experiences on the NES. Truth be told, this is another one of those “classic,” always mentioned NES games that I never spent much time with, so I was glad to finally sit down and play it in full. But before they turned bubble-loaded crankshafts with the greatest of care, they were spewing out bubbles, bobbles, odkins, and bodkins onto enemies in the “Bubble Bobble” series. These days, the mildly cute dinosaurs Bub and Bob are more known for their legendary, outdated puzzler series, Bust-a-Move (seriously people, stop buying those games – the formula hasn’t changed for fifteen years!).

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