Bubble Bobble's cutesy graphics and one screen gameplay always turned me off until I finally gave this a try in 2025. And I can definitely see why it's so beloved. Simple yet cleverly deep mechanics and fiendish puzzles, along with infinite continues, keeps you coming back for just one more time. Adding a friend not only makes the game better, it's the only way to get the true ending. I can say I beat it on NES but, holy shit, Level 57 was my nemesis!

This was cute and quite original.

This game I really like. It's one of those like pac man games where you get stuff on a screen then advance to the next level. Game gets really hard once you go to a high level in this. Passwords to every level are here.

Protip: You get the bad ending if you don't beat the game in co-op. I hot-seated all 100 levels with a friend one day because we only had one controller, and we got the bad ending because of that.

Very repetitive and not challenging enough

I played this a few years back and the simplicity still works. Even the fact it played one song didn't seem to matter. Doo doo doo doo.

Clever gameplay, a ton of levels, and a background tune that's been stuck in my head since I was five or so. It would be nice if you could get the good ending without Player Two (or maybe I just don't have enough friends?).

Loved this game especially the Atari ST version.

The cutest game i've ever played

It's amusing for short bursts and admirable for its co-op multiplayer and catchy tunes, but I've always struggled to really sink into it for a long playthrough.