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Bubbles (バブルス)

Released in 1983

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Manufacturer: Williams
Developer: Williams
Distributor: Williams

Mame ROM Info
bubbles, Bubbles
bubblesr, Bubbles (Solid Red label)
Display
Raster
Orientation
Horizontal
Resolution
292 x 240
Colors
16, Color
Genre
Abstract
Attributes
Collecting
Controls
1 Joystick / Button(s)
Size/Weight of See Sinistar
" x " x "
'Bubbles' marquee
game marquee

Game Summary

Guide bubble round sink collecting dirt

Hardware Info

M6809 cpu @ 1 Mhz
M6808 cpu @ 0.89475 Mhz
DAC audio

Hardware Platform: -Unique or Unknown-

Game Details

Very strange - wave ends when the plug is pulled and you are washed away - Only a big healthy bubble will survive!

Oddly enough, similar in play and control to Gottlieb's Reactor.

  • Published for PC, Saturn, and PlayStation (USA) by Williams/Midway in Arcade's Greatest Hits/Williams Greatest Hits.
From Don Morlan, 1985 Guiness Book of World Record holder for original Joust:

Early version exists with attract mode featuring no large bubble knocking the sponge or brush into the sink for 2000 points that was present in later versions. In game play, brushes or sponges can NEVER be knocked down the drain on this early version. Also, the early version has grey 2x signs near the drain instead of red 2x signs and the point values for the cleaning lady are also grey instead of yellow orange. With the loss of points from not being able to knock things into the drain for 2000 points, this early version is extremely challenging.

Bubbles games had the Sinistar-esque 49-way optical joystick, not an 8-way joystick.

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'Bubbles' cabinet photo
cabinet photo
'Bubbles' title screen
title screen
'Bubbles' gameplay screen shot
gameplay screen
'Bubbles' control panel
control panel
'Bubbles' promotional flyer
promotional flyer

"Maybe" Images

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Bubble Bobble title screen Some Bubble Bobble action.

Knowledge Base

UPGRADE: PLAY BUBBLES ON YOUR HACKED ROBOTRON/JOUST/STARGATE MACHINE
COPYRIGHT 1994 REVISION NUMBER: 1.0 (first public release) REVISION DATE: 1 Jun 1994 CREATED BY: Doug Jefferys STANDARD DISCLAIMER The author hereby grants permission to reproduce and distribute this document for personal use, subject to the condition that the document (along with any copyright and disclaimer notices) is not modified in any way. The opinions expressed within this document are those of the author only and not necessarily those of the author's employer. This document is provide
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/gametech/bubbles upgrade.html - 19 K - Updated 1999.11.02
Williams Hardware Description
The older Williams games (Defender, Stargate, Robotron, Joust, Bubbles and Sinistar) have very similar hardware inside. These machines have five PC boards: CPU/Video- the main board, containing the CPU, RAM and video circuits The game CPU is a Motorola 6809E. There are 24 4116 RAM chips, giving 48K of DRAM, most of which is used for the video display (38K). There is also a 1K by 4-bit CMOS SRAM that is battery-backed-up. This retains the game configuration and high scores when the power is off.
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/gametech/williamshwdescription.html - 5 K - Updated 2000.01.23
Typical Failures of Early Williams Games
From: woodcock@crchh75b.bnr.ca (Gregg Woodcock) Newsgroups: rec.games.video.arcade.collecting Subject: Re: Typical Failures of Early Williams Games Date: 22 Feb 1994 23:29:15 GMT richard.l.schieve (rls@cbnewsc.cb.att.com) wrote: > Several people have asked me to repost some of my old articles. > I suspect many have seen the following which was one of my first > "Tech Tips" ;-) Sorry to do this to you again, Rick, but I have added a BUNCH of stuff to your file and would like to "share", too (I c
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/gametech/williamhwfailures.html - 23 K - Updated 2000.01.23
Arcade Game Cheats
--- 720 --- (Contributor: unknown) In the ramp section, levels 8, 9, and 10: holding down the kick and jump buttons simultanously on the lip of the ramp will boost your air. This trick only works when you're going the correct speed (usually your third or fourth jump), and only once (as far as I can tell) per ramp session per level. ----------- Afterburner ----------- (Contributor: Anthony D. Chen) key: S - start button V - vulcan cannon M - missle F - foot sensor (only on sit-down version) stag
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/faqs/faq-arcade cheats.html - 112 K - Updated 1999.10.30
FAQ: Conversion v1.1
COPYRIGHT 1994 REVISION NUMBER: 1.1 REVISION DATE: 02 November 1994 REVISION HISTORY: 1.1 (02/11/94 - Clarified technical details in {6.4}, Added a few words on manuals in {7.3} and analog controllers in {8.1.3}) REVISION HISTORY: 1.0 (01/11/94 - First public release; FTP only) CREATED BY: Doug Jefferys, Steve Ozdemir THANX TO: Wayne Aiken, Graham Bisset, Duncan Brown, David Hanes, Tony Jones, John Keay, Patti Ozd
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/faqs/faq-conversion_v1.1.html - 117 K - Updated 1999.07.27
A Random Games-list
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File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/faqs/list-randomgames.html - 73 K - Updated 1999.10.29
Yet Another List
O-Taito is the Old Taito pinout on wiretap. N-Taito is the New-Taito pinout (Like Elevator Action). Quote by R. Schieve: "Taito.pin will match most for power, ground, monitor, and speaker connections but inputs are usually quite different." DECO/Data East is the Data East pinout. See Ring King.pin or KarateChamp.pin.I AtariV is Black Widow and Gravitar and Space Duel Konami if the Konami pinout. See Konami\Rush'n'Attack.pin. BZone is Battle Zone and Red Baron Tehkan games seem to follow th
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/faqs/list-yetanothergameslist.html - 49 K - Updated 2002.06.10
/kb_dl.aspx/KB/pinouts/bubbles.txt
Bubbles, Williams ----------------- CPU/Video ========= IJ3 : Monitor Control 7 : N/C 6 : Horiz. Sync. 5 : Vert. Sync. 4 : Ground 3 : Blue 2 : Green 1 : Red IJ2 : Memory Protect Interlock 4 : N/C 3 : N/C 2 : Key 1 : Memory Protect (Inverted) IJ1 : Power Input 9 : - 5 V DC 8 : + 12 V Unregulated 7 : + 5 V DC
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/pinouts/bubbles.txt - 2 K - Updated 2003.01.06
Arcade PCB Pinouts
Arcade Pinouts 1,003 Entries Last Updated: May30, 2003 Help with Pinouts Filename Size All Pinouts813 KB     10-Yard_Fight.txt3 KB 1000_Miglia.txt3 KB 1942.txt5 KB 1943.txt3 KB 1988_World_Games.txt2 KB 3stooges.txt1 KB 720.txt0 KB Acrobat_Mission.txt1 KB Act_Fancer.txt1 KB ADP_Gauselmann.txt1 KB
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/pinouts/pinout.html - 119 K - Updated 2003.05.30
/kb_dl.aspx/KB/gametech/bubbles.txt
Typed in by Jonathan Deitch (jdeitch@umiami.miami.edu) Williams Bubbles ---------------- This has four boards ... CPU/Video, ROM, Interface, Sound. CPU/Video ========= IJ3 : Monitor Control 7 : N/C 6 : Horiz. Sync. 5 : Vert. Sync. 4 : Ground 3 : Blue 2 : Green 1 : Red IJ2 : Memory Protect Interlock 4 : N/C 3 : N/C 2 : Key 1 : Memory Protect (Inverted) IJ1 : Power Input
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/gametech/bubbles.txt - 2 K - Updated 1993.08.25
/kb_dl.aspx/KB/gametech/board pinouts/bubbles.txt
Typed in by Jonathan Deitch (jdeitch@umiami.miami.edu) Williams Bubbles ---------------- This has four boards ... CPU/Video, ROM, Interface, Sound. CPU/Video ========= IJ3 : Monitor Control 7 : N/C 6 : Horiz. Sync. 5 : Vert. Sync. 4 : Ground 3 : Blue 2 : Green 1 : Red IJ2 : Memory Protect Interlock 4 : N/C 3 : N/C 2 : Key 1 : Memory Protect (Inverted) IJ1 : Power Input
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/gametech/board pinouts/bubbles.txt - 2 K - Updated 1993.08.25
Samurai Shodown Mini-FAQ
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/kb_dl.aspx/KB/test_equipment/univid 1000/univid_harness.txt
From: jeff hendrix <jhendrix@quark.com> To: "'vectorlist@mcfeeley.cc.utexas.edu'" Subject: RE: Univid 1000 Date: Mon, 1 Mar 1999 11:44:51 -0700 Here is a list of the harnesses and what boards they go to, I also might have a few harnesses for trade. UNIVID 1000 harness numbers Atari 101 Arabian 102 Centipede 103 Cloak & Dagger 104 Crystal Castle 105 Dig Dug 106 Food-Fight 107 I-Robot 108 Kangaroo 109 Liberator 110 Millipede 111 Pole Position 111 Pole Position II 112 Xevious Ce
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/test_equipment/univid 1000/univid_harness.txt - 3 K - Updated 2005.09.18
/kb_dl.aspx/KB/gametech/conversion_faq_v1.1.txt
1.0) Conversion FAQ: -------------------- COPYRIGHT 1994 REVISION NUMBER: 1.1 REVISION DATE: 02 November 1994 REVISION HISTORY: 1.1 (02/11/94 - Clarified technical details in {6.4}, Added a few words on manuals in {7.3} and analog controllers in {8.1.3}) REVISION HISTORY: 1.0 (01/11/94 - First public release; FTP only) CREATED BY: Doug Jefferys, Steve Ozdemir THANX TO: Wayne Aiken, Graham Bisset, Duncan Brown, David Hanes, To
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/gametech/conversion_faq_v1.1.txt - 115 K - Updated 1994.11.02
/kb_dl.aspx/KB/gametech/williams_conversion.txt
----------------------------------------------------------------- | SWITCHABLE CONVERSION BETWEEN ROBOTRON, JOUST, AND STARGATE | ----------------------------------------------------------------- COPYRIGHT 1994 REVISION NUMBER: 1.1 (Minor bug fix: Line 976 now shows the correct "Y7-X8" connection, not the bogus "Y7-X7" connection from 1.0) REVISION DATE: 20 Oct 1994 CREATED BY: Doug Jefferys STANDARD DISCLAIMER: -------------------- The author hereby grants permission to rep
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/gametech/williams_conversion.txt - 57 K - Updated 1994.10.20
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/kb_dl.aspx/KB/historical documents/atari games vaxmail/vax91.txt
Atari/Atari Games VaxMail 1991 Jed Margolin ___________________________________________________________________________ From: GAWD::MCCARTHY "Pat" 2-JAN-1991 12:37:15.74 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: MCCARTHY Subj: New employee. If you haven't already noticed or been introduced, we have a new employee starting today. His name is John Moore. He is a hardware design engineer in the Electrical Design group, reporting to me. His office is the corner cubicle just outside my office. Drop by and say Hi. _____
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