I am pretty sure it would be near impossible to find anyone on Era who hasn't heard of Bubble Bobble ; its basically the equivalent of gaming "royalty". Between Bubble Bobble and Puzzle Bobble / Bust-A-Move, the series has been with us since 1986, which seems ancient!
Yet somehow, with that type of lineage, the series still has some awesome hidden gems barely anyone HAS heard about...and Bubble Memories is at the top of that list.
Yes its Bubble Bobble except more colorful, modern, and advanced. Same concept...you are a Bubble Dragon (I love typing that lol) who defeats his enemies with Bubbles. Simple stuff...but it's really the meta game underneath the surface that makes something like Memories way deeper than you'd imagine. The series has always loved adding in a harder and more complex game under the colorful facade it shows you ; hidden codes that need to be deciphered to see the best ending, requirements to get to X level without dying to access hidden doors, and hidden potions required to change back into your "human" character and truly defeat the game.
For a colorful game that seems targeted towards kids, it would be near impossible for a child to actually beat it. I know back in the day when I had Bubble Bobble on NES I could never get the best ending without straight up using codes. So it's an interesting game and series ; designed for kids visually yet infinitely deep in scoring mechanics and secrets.
Weirdly this sort of got a port...but good luck finding it. There is a port on the Taito Memories II japanese exclusive release but I've played it and it does not feel great. Controls are laggy and it's def not arcade perfect. If you want arcade perfect and don't want to collect the OG PCB, you can hunt for the Korean Exclusive PC release. I found one two years ago and had to confirm with some Korean collector friends it was actually authentic....and I have not seen a second one in two years! So it's mythical status rare lol...and arcade perfect.
But any way you play, you have to check out Bubble Memories. It deserves way more love and attention than it gets!
Yet somehow, with that type of lineage, the series still has some awesome hidden gems barely anyone HAS heard about...and Bubble Memories is at the top of that list.
Yes its Bubble Bobble except more colorful, modern, and advanced. Same concept...you are a Bubble Dragon (I love typing that lol) who defeats his enemies with Bubbles. Simple stuff...but it's really the meta game underneath the surface that makes something like Memories way deeper than you'd imagine. The series has always loved adding in a harder and more complex game under the colorful facade it shows you ; hidden codes that need to be deciphered to see the best ending, requirements to get to X level without dying to access hidden doors, and hidden potions required to change back into your "human" character and truly defeat the game.
For a colorful game that seems targeted towards kids, it would be near impossible for a child to actually beat it. I know back in the day when I had Bubble Bobble on NES I could never get the best ending without straight up using codes. So it's an interesting game and series ; designed for kids visually yet infinitely deep in scoring mechanics and secrets.
Weirdly this sort of got a port...but good luck finding it. There is a port on the Taito Memories II japanese exclusive release but I've played it and it does not feel great. Controls are laggy and it's def not arcade perfect. If you want arcade perfect and don't want to collect the OG PCB, you can hunt for the Korean Exclusive PC release. I found one two years ago and had to confirm with some Korean collector friends it was actually authentic....and I have not seen a second one in two years! So it's mythical status rare lol...and arcade perfect.
But any way you play, you have to check out Bubble Memories. It deserves way more love and attention than it gets!
