Author Topic: Game Competition #11: Bubble Bobble (Read 18187 times)

mrclean · « **Reply #40 on:** January 29, 2009, 02:13:23 am »

Quote from: DrFrag on January 28, 2009, 02:21:32 am

Noooooooooo! My most worthy adversary!

Well I felt your pain, and I know what that's like with Gun.Smoke, It's lonely at the top. So I gave it another go, and it appears that I was first to find all secret "diamond" rooms! with the exception of the warp one..actually I did it twice but the first time i only ended up with 2.5mil, but this time my current score for Dr. Frag to beat within 1hr i'm sure lol, is;

2,850,410

Who's going to be in the 3 Million Pt. Club first ?

Also maybe this will get some exposure, I'm looking to purchase the bubble bobble "romstar" marquee... http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=88958.0

drawfull · « **Reply #41 on:** February 01, 2009, 08:57:33 am »

well, I can't break 2 million, mainly due to not being able to get to lvl30 without dying. I get the first secret room pretty much every game but invariably die soon after. I also can't help feeling that 1m should be possible by round 10 or so, which would really increase you guys' scores I suppose. I've had 7 - 750k by that point with some lucky potions, crooks and the fireball bubble (but obv. that cripples longevity and leeching on early rounds).

Current score is about 1.8m - think I'll call it a day.

mrclean · « **Reply #42 on:** February 01, 2009, 12:10:15 pm »

That's really the only item that I don't know how to generate / trigger the red bubble with yellow flashing pulse, Ive seen it as early as level 4,8,10,19,32 (alot of times throughout this competition!) but supposidly its randomly generated 1 in 4096 bubbles ? I have seen all three secret rooms (level 40 without dying) a total of three times. Ive gotten 2.5mil,2.6mil, and 2,850,410. Id really like to cap off in 3mil pt. range.. but I might have reached my pt. peak.

My own personal strategy;
As far as pts. go ive come to realize that you shouldn't grab the umbrella's that skip you 3,5, or even 7 levels just to try to get to the secret rooms. Those 3-7 levels can get you tons of pts. Also sometimes spelling extend although gives you an extra life can cause you to lose the maximum pts. on a particular level, so before grabbing that last letter that you may need to complete it, think about not popping it. Also for me personally if I get the shoe it's bad news unless i'm in the 50's levels.

polaris · « **Reply #43 on:** February 01, 2009, 12:39:03 pm »

you guys know to shoot loads of bubbles before you pop the last monster bubble? you need to get the end of your score to be 100 210 320 etc so when you pop a single bubble and they all burst your score turns to 110 220 330 etc then all the bubbles turn to fruit , good for a few points each level.
please keep this comp open forever i think a bub n bob one can run and run , just pick a winner on the cutoff date to pick the next game and leave this open, its a game when dream scores are possible randomly so i think it would be cool to come back to now and then, also i can build a panel and join in

fronty · « **Reply #44 on:** February 01, 2009, 01:18:06 pm »

mrclean · « **Reply #45 on:** February 01, 2009, 02:02:37 pm »

it's not over yet...

I was thinking

Arkanoid
1943
Galaga 88'
Pac-man
Ms. Pac
Speed Ms. Pac
Ghouls & Ghosts
Gun.Smoke??? *I wouldn't compete.

drawfull · « **Reply #46 on:** February 01, 2009, 02:08:10 pm »

it probably is....

Same suggestions from me as always:

Track n Field
Last Duel
Metro cross
Wardner
Sequel to Terra Cresta (can never recall its name)
R-type (this woule be really good as it has thaat one more play factor)

ho hum

fronty · « **Reply #47 on:** February 01, 2009, 02:18:59 pm »

isucamper · « **Reply #48 on:** February 01, 2009, 04:52:21 pm »

2796330

level 56

I have no chd for this run because the best I had done up until this was 2.2 mill. I had counted myself out.

The real kicker is, on like round 6 or 7, I got a potion and collected all the music notes except for 1 of them.

I would have had top score if it weren't for that one note.

mrclean · « **Reply #49 on:** February 01, 2009, 05:36:52 pm »

I'm upset because I also missed potions which probably would of gotten me to 3mil ! But wow that's really close! I'm sure some one will beat it.

DrFrag · « **Reply #50 on:** February 01, 2009, 08:30:36 pm »

I've been trying to beat the top score but no luck so far. I'll give it a couple more shots today before the day is over.

You know you can make potions appear by falling through the bottom of the screen 15 times?

Ummon · « **Reply #51 on:** February 02, 2009, 09:30:25 pm »

I finally played this several times. Got up to 72k. I can see how one can get attached to the game. I think I did happen to see the spark bubble. Didn't get it, I don't think. And what the hell happened to Fronty?

mrclean · « **Reply #52 on:** February 02, 2009, 09:52:32 pm »

Quote from: Ummon on February 02, 2009, 09:30:25 pm

And what the hell happened to Fronty?

I think he got the "Hurry Up!" screen and ran outta time, the skeleton monster came outta no where and snatched fronty up !

CrazyKongFan · « **Reply #53 on:** February 02, 2009, 09:54:20 pm »

I wish I could get higher, but I can't seem to break the 1.5 million threshold.

mrclean · « **Reply #54 on:** February 02, 2009, 09:56:48 pm »

infact it was sorta like this.. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6W0MPRR9KIM[/youtube]

Ummon · « **Reply #55 on:** February 03, 2009, 03:58:18 am »

Quote from: mrclean on February 02, 2009, 09:52:32 pm

Quote from: Ummon on February 02, 2009, 09:30:25 pm
And what the hell happened to Fronty?

I think he got the "Hurry Up!" screen and ran outta time, the skeleton monster came outta no where and snatched fronty up !

I dunno. Weird. Maybe some goof like what happened to Franco. Anyways, played a few more times, and some improvement. I once got this huge lightning bolt, and then I got big piece of cake worth thirty grand. Heh.

DrFrag · « **Reply #56 on:** February 03, 2009, 04:51:31 am »

Looks like mrclean has won this one with 2,850,410. Well done!

Looking forward to the next round. (and maybe playing Bubble Bobble a couple more times...)

isucamper · « **Reply #57 on:** February 03, 2009, 08:22:35 am »

So what's the next game Clean?

<cough>how bout Gladiator?<cough>

biktorrr · « **Reply #58 on:** February 03, 2009, 10:55:08 am »

Congratulations. I decided to be happy about my 1.7 M score

Looking forward to the next one..

mrclean · « **Reply #59 on:** February 03, 2009, 10:55:56 am »

I thought that this would be my prize:

http://boston.craigslist.org/gbs/ele/1015217391.html

for 100.00 working for a bubble bobble machine I was willing to drive 4hrs to get it, well rather 8 both ways.. but i already attempted to snatch it up and someone is picking it up today, great deal working!

Ummon · « **Reply #60 on:** February 05, 2009, 02:16:50 am »

Since someone mentioned to keep the thread open, I'll add some personal news. Up a little to 37X thousand.

mrclean · « **Reply #61 on:** February 10, 2009, 01:45:56 am »

I Apologize about bumping this thread.. But I have acquired the Bubble Bobble Machine (Williams Robotron 2084 Conversion)from MA, went on a long road trip but it's mine !

Ummon · « **Reply #62 on:** February 11, 2009, 12:28:51 am »

Groovy!

numbnutz48 · « **Reply #63 on:** December 21, 2009, 08:39:56 pm »

I Know this is an old thread, but i kinda wanted to revive in a way and show my score from the other night. I'm pretty proud of myself as i have never broken the 2 million mark by myself until then and i damn near made it to 3 million before losing!

Ginsu Victim · « **Reply #64 on:** December 21, 2009, 10:00:43 pm »

numbnutz48 · « **Reply #65 on:** November 28, 2010, 01:06:26 pm »

I did it! reviving an old thread again, but what the heck. did this during this last summer.

Gray_Area · « **Reply #66 on:** December 01, 2010, 04:59:31 pm »

So what happens at round 100?

numbnutz48 · « **Reply #67 on:** December 01, 2010, 06:38:39 pm »

Round 100 is where you lightning bubble a large creature. If you finish him off he loads into a giant bubble that you have to pop. After that, the game is over...you get to see the credits.

Hewskie · « **Reply #68 on:** December 01, 2010, 07:35:21 pm »

Not exactly, if you're playing on single player, he says some line about how you can't defeat him by yourself and warps you back to a random level. In order to actually complete the game you need to beat him on 2 player mode.

Crazy

numbnutz48 · « **Reply #69 on:** December 02, 2010, 01:39:45 am »

I've only been to level 100 on 2 player mode. I've only made it to a level 68 i think on single player

DrFrag · « **Reply #70 on:** December 02, 2010, 02:34:26 am »

And once you finish it on 2 player mode, you get a code to do it all again with the hard and easy monsters swapped over.

pinballwizard79 · « **Reply #71 on:** December 02, 2010, 07:17:02 pm »

DAMN look at those scores!

I hate you guys

gingerone · « **Reply #72 on:** June 13, 2015, 06:21:25 pm »

I know this is a very old thread but I love this game and I'm just getting back into mame as I'm about to build a cab. Anyway point is I upgraded from mame32 to the latest version of mame today and now only the bootleg super bubble bobble works. Does this work now? Do I just need to get an updated Rom set?

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mimic · « **Reply #73 on:** June 14, 2015, 05:24:02 pm »

Quote from: gingerone on June 13, 2015, 06:21:25 pm

I know this is a very old thread but I love this game and I'm just getting back into mame as I'm about to build a cab. Anyway point is I upgraded from mame32 to the latest version of mame today and now only the bootleg super bubble bobble works. Does this work now? Do I just need to get an updated Rom set?

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I have 7 roms for bubble bobble and all work with v.161

gingerone · « **Reply #74 on:** June 14, 2015, 05:40:30 pm »

I've gone back to version .151 now and the set 1 Rom works now, obviously need to get better roms

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