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#10. Bubble Bobble (NES, 1986)

The oldest game on my list. I simply adore those two little dinosaurs. Bub and Bob are on my top 3 list for Smash Bros characters we need. Make them in an Ice Climbers style duo. Bubble Bobble is a mix of platforming and puzzles with some bullet hell in a few stages. The game is pretty basic, shoot bubbles, jump and thats about it. There are a variety of power ups and cool super items. Stuff like a flood, or lightning or a potion that makes the stage turn into an acid trip. Also spell the word EXTRA and you do go to a magical song land where you bounce on the word extra. The basic game is 100 stages, but stage 99 has a special exit that leads to 20 bonus stages and the true ending. Like many old games the characters have some names that have since changed. Drunk and Big Drunk being chief among them. Skel is now Baron Von Blubba. Speaking of him. All time nightmare fuel for me. Skel is the scariest thing in any video game ever. When those 5 notes play and he appears, I am beside myself with fear. That ghost will not give up until you finish the stage or he kills you. In some stages you get stuck in a pit and frantically try to jump and time a bubble shot to bounce out. Skel just slowly moves in, not fast no no no. He comes at you, little by little, knowing you are doomed. The terror consumes your soul. Wild screaming in terror. Aside from that the main song that plays almost non stop is very catchy and I love it. All the sequels to this game really fail to capture the same magic. The most recent one on PS4/Switch was decent, but not amazing.



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