In continuing with the theme I started with my reviews of Zelda II and Super Mario Bros. 2, I'd like to talk about another of my all-time favorite NES games: Bubble Bobble. This cooperative puzzle/platformer game was released in arcades in 1986 and has been ported to over a dozen systems since. While I've played the arcade version a few times, my fondest memories of Bubble Bobble are with its NES port, which, unlike many arcade conversions of the day, is actually an almost perfect port. Some levels were rearranged, point values for items changed, and twelve secret levels were added, but everything wonderful about the arcade game is present on the NES.
