Bubble Bobble (Game Boy)

Bubble Bobble
Developer: Taito Publisher: Taito Platforms: Game Boy Released in JP: December 7, 1990 Released in US: March 1991 Released in EU: 1991 Released in AU: 1993 This game has a hidden developer message. This game has hidden development-related text. This game has a hidden sound test. This game has regional differences. This game has a Data Crystal page

A rather fun Bubble Bobble game for the Game Boy.

Sound Test

The password system of this game has a secret flag. The passwords generated with this flag has a special purpose and a different decoding method. One of such passwords enables a Sound Test.

At the password screen enter FPSX, a message "POWER UP!" will flash instead of "OK" with a different sound. Exit from the password screen to enter a Sound Test.

Press A to play a tune. Selection with index 00 is used for mute all channels. Selections with indexes 01 to 04 mutes one of the four Game Boy sound channels respectively. The actual game music starts from index 05.

Developer Text

There's a handful of developer text scattered around the ROM in mostly Kunrei-formatted Romaji. If you know your Japanese and wonder why the text transcribes inconsistently... well, that's because this also uses Hepburn and Kunrei interchangeably.

Address	Romaji	Japanese	English
0x7F00	-SYAZE- "KEITEN AIJIN KOSO WAGASYA NO GENTEN." -KEIEIRINEN- 1.SOUZOU NO TUIKYUU 1.MIRAI HE NO CHOUSEN 1.SYAKAI HE NO KOUKEN	-社是- 「敬天愛人 こそわが社 の原点。」 -経営理念- 1.想像の 追求 1.未来への 挑戦 1.社会への 貢献	-Company Policy- "Revere Heaven, Love People. That's our company's origin." -Management's Ideals- 1. Pursue imagination 1. Challenge the future 1. Contribute to society
0xBF00	TENTTUKI UNDOU KAISI! YOISHO!YOISHO!YO ISHO!YOISHO!YOIS O!YOISHO!YOISHO! YOISHO!YOISHO!YO ISHO AA SINDO.	天突き運動 開始！ よいしょ！よいしょ！ よいしょ！よいしょ！ よいしょ！よいしょ！ よいしょ！よいしょ！ よいしょ ああ　しんど。	Heaven Thrusting Exercise begin! Heave-ho! Heave-ho! Heave-ho! Heave-ho! Heave-ho! Heave-ho! Ahh, I'm tired.
0xFF00	BOU KOUJIMACHI NO "ABE"SAN "BUBBLE" WO "PC-E" DE YARIMA SENKA? SOUIEBA, "WA-DONA NO MORI" "RAINBOW" HA DOUNATTANODES YOU	某麹町 の「あべ」さん 「バブル」を 「PC-E」で　やりま せんか？ そう言えば、 「ワードナの森」 「レインボー」 はどうなったのでしょう。	Mr. Abe, from a certain town called "Koujimachi", can you play "Bubble Bobble" with the "PC Engine"? Which reminds me, whatever became of the rainbow in "Wardner"?
0x13F00	HITOYASUMI HITOYASUMI	一休み 一休み	a break a break
0x17F00	"UWOZU" "TASUMANIA MONOGATARI" NI HA MAKETAKUN AINA....	「うおーズ」 「タスマニア物語」 には負けたくないな・・・	I'll never give up on "Fish Dude" and "Tasmania Story."
0x1FF00	MAIDO GOAIKO ARIGATOU GOZAIMA SITA. KORE WO MOTTE UCHIDOME TO SASE TEITADAKIMASU. MATANO GORAITEN WO KOKORO KARA O MACHISITEORIMASU KABU SIKI GAISYA TAITO 1990 8/20	まいど　ご愛好 ありがとうございました これをもって 打ち止めとさせて いただきます。 またのご来店を 心から お待ちしております。 株式会社 TAITO 1990 8/20	Once again, we thank you for your patronage. With this final note, please allow us to bring this to a close. We humbly request your continued patronage. Taito Corp. 1990 8/20

Regional Differences

Japan	International

In the Japanese version, the development team with jokes is displayed. In the International version, the copyright year is different and a trademark has been added.

BUGRU(バグる) = to behave buggily. BOTTURU(boturu, 没る) = kill a story/idea.