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Bubble Bobble arcade instruction manual (Romstar)

Romstar. 1986. “Bubble Bobble arcade instruction manual (Romstar).” Bubble Bobble arcade manual (Romstar). Romstar, Inc.

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Bubble Bobble arcade manual (Romstar)
Original
https://archive.org/details/arcademanual_bub-bob
sha256
856040de326c7d60865d69c658e48238e3871e519d1539151d989ad1b4fee8ab
Archived
https://archive.org/download/arcademanual_bub-bob/bub-bob_djvu.xml
Accessed
2026-11-06
Licence
© Romstar; scan hosted by the Internet Archive
Credit
Romstar, Inc. (Torrance, California); scan in the Internet Archive item "arcademanual_bub-bob".
Notes
The operator's manual for the American conversion kit. The pin is its OCR as DjVu XML. The year is the cover's "All Rights Reserved ©1986".

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Claims (2)

Akagi's list puts Bubble Bobble in the United States in October 1986, under Taito America and distributed through Romstar. Romstar's operator's manual for the American release reads "Licensed From TAITO" and ©1986, from Romstar's address in Torrance, California.PDF p. 1, coverPDF p. 1, coverPDF p. 1, coverBook
Romstar's manual sums up the arcade game for operators: the players control Bub (first player) and Bob (second) and destroy all the baddies by blowing bubbles at them, popping the bubbles with their horns or tail spikes, and collecting the bonus. Popped bubbles of fire, lightning and water destroy baddies, a player can jump on bubbles, even their own, to gain height, and charms such as hearts and crosses give special powers.PDF p. 7, Game OperationPDF p. 7, Game OperationPDF p. 7, Game OperationPDF p. 7, Game OperationPDF p. 7, HintsPDF p. 7, HintsPDF p. 7, HintsManual