MAME ROW #75 - Bubble Bobble

Brigane

Here is my first five attempts on my half finished bartop arcade. It's my first time playing the arcade version this evening so I guess I can be proud of the result so far.
I'm more used to the Amiga version and this gameplay seems a bit different somehow. I can't really point out what it is though.
Score: 311130

@pjft Waaauw, what a nice arcade cabinet, I'm totally stunned. I have to settle with my little bartop arcade for now.
Dimensions W: 230mm H: 315mm D: 230mm
I'm thinking of buying a larger bartop arcade flat pack cause this seems a bit to small.

pjft

@brigane wow, great score! I see that level 15 is also your nemesis:)

That 1942 cabinet is quite nice - and a great classic theme, one of the first games I had on my ZX Spectrum.

Thanks for the comments, in my case I had to go for a 2-player cabinet as one of the main hopes is that in the future it'll be a great way to introduce my kids to proper multiplayer games. And also to play some games with my wife.

Domogram Rovers

I got 600k+ last night. Disclosure: they had Bubble Bobble in my local arcade way back and I played it a lot. There is a secret room thing with big points but I can't remember how to get it. You need to get to a certain level without losing a life I think for it to appear. Maybe level 24 or 30 rings a bell?

Fruitybit

Some aspirational scores coming up- I’m nowhere near! I’m using mame2003, did have a couple of scoreboards but they seem to have gone:( my other games still retain their scores-although I haven’t tried putting a new score in- is this a game that doesn’t save, or do I need to do more research?

pjft

@domogram-rovers I believe it's level 20 without losing a life. That's a great score, what level did you get to?

meleu

hey guys, I tried this game a bit and got 114620

And then I spent my free time creating some achievements for Seaquest (Atari 2600). If you want to take a look:
http://retroachievements.org/Game/11439

AndersHP

I just want you all to know, that nomatter how this MAME ROW turns out, I'm keeping my avatar...! ;-)

Domogram Rovers

@pjft Level 33 but I got 720K this morning only getting to 25. With a bit of practice you can learn the best places to sit on some tricky levels and the power ups always appear in the same places. Things like the magic potion can get you 100k. I'm sure I've hit one million in the past.
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Avoid the umbrella if it appears if you're aiming for a high score as it just takes you down to the harder levels quicker. And master the technique of bouncing on bubbles to reach high places

grant2258

yea i rember the level 20 trick its nt the easiest thing to do though lol

GtBFilms

Blimey, I was thinking that I was doing well discovering the level skip umbrella in level 3 that jumps forward a few levels!

Some great high scores this week, unfortunately the best I can manage is 155180

AndersHP

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228.590 is all I can manage this week, congrats to @Domogram-Rovers which I definitely think will be declared the winner with your massive hiscore!

Anyways, this was a fun MAME ROW, and such participation. Great fun guys!! :)

obsidianspider

MAME ROW #76 is now live!

Brigane

My final attempt from this morning. I was quite lucky to get two bonus rounds between the levels so that's probably how I got this great score. I'm not really sure why I got the bonus rounds though :)
Score: 623490
Round: 18

pjft

@brigane wow. And here I was so proud of my 310k a few days ago :D

Great score, well done.

And well done everyone else as well for the great participation - agree with @AndersHP . Great fun indeed!

Brigane

@pjft
@AndersHP

I totally agree, this has been a great round. Let's try and have the same amount of fun this week :)