Bubble Bobble (also featuring Rainbow Islands)
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For the 1989 DOS port of Bubble Bobble, see Bubble Bobble.
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Developers | |
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Taito | |
DOS | Acclaim Studios London |
Publishers | |
Acclaim Entertainment | |
Release dates | |
DOS | 1996 |
Taxonomy | |
Perspectives | Side view |
Genres | Platform |
Series | Bubble Bobble |
Bubble Bobble | |
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Bubble Bobble | 1989 |
Bubble Bobble (also featuring Rainbow Islands) | 1996 |
Rainbow Islands (2002) | 2002 |
Bubble Bobble 4 Friends: The Baron's Workshop | 2021 |
Puzzle Bobble (series) |
Key points
- Compilation of Bubble Bobble and Rainbow Islands, with a new DOS port of Bubble Bobble and Rainbow Islands receiving an official DOS port.
- Both games featured in the collection are not exactly arcade-accurate ports like they claim to be, leading to minor inaccuracies in Bubble Bobble, and the secret islands missing entirely in Rainbow Islands.
- The music in Rainbow Islands is altered due to licensing issues.
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | Simple disc check. |
Game data
- Besides sound card configuration files, this game does not save any data.
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | Locked at 640x480. | ||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | For DOSBox toggle with Alt+↵ Enter (see the glossary page for other workarounds). | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
60 FPS | |||
120+ FPS |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds). | |
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | Mouse is not supported. | |
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | Supports standard joysticks, and natively supports the Gravis PC Gamepad. | |
Full controller support | Need to use keyboard to select game, exit current game, and activate controller. | |
Controller remapping | For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds). | |
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion |
Additional information | ||
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Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | ||
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | All dialogue is text-based. | |
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | For DOSBox change the priority background value in the DOSBox configuration file. |
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Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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Local play | 2 | Co-op |
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LAN play | ||||
Online play | ||||
Asynchronous multiplayer |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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DOS video modes | VGA |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Audio | Miles Sound System |
System requirements
DOS | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | ||
Processor (CPU) | ||
System memory (RAM) | ||
Hard disk drive (HDD) |