In this video, I explain the background of the popular series which is still continued today, explain the complicated background story and the particularities of the individual parts and shortly review the first seven (or eight, depending on the count) games up to the year 2000.

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The photo of Fukio Mitsuji was taken from an interview in the collection “Taito Legends“. The images of the three Bubble Bobble endings were taken from several YouTube videos, but they are displayed here in an anonymised form, i.e., without the score.

Symbolic images: “Shooting Game Couple in Japan” (https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=31965140) by mrhayata is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0). “Gaming Couple” (https://www.flickr.com/photos/70857039@N00/236664153) by Sklathill is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0. “Making Friends With Ms. Pac-Man” (https://www.flickr.com/photos/121280011@N02/14483773240) by helicopterspy is licensed under CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0). “Danbo has fallen love with cute kitty” (https://www.flickr.com/photos/46151146@N04/8714331482) by Takashi(aes256) is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0. “Cute Kitty” (https://www.flickr.com/photos/7730510@N02/1006538225) by BabyEksy is licensed under CC BY 2.0 “Students playing LOVERS IN A DANGEROUS SPACETIME. ‘I think I like multiplayer games.’” (https://www.flickr.com/photos/35034355962@N01/8104156553) by Jennie Robinson Faber is licensed under CC BY 2.0. “Gundam fighting game – Taito Station” (https://www.flickr.com/photos/49462908@N00/2811577851) by DocChewbacca is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0. “Gamer girl playing first person shooter game – Credit to https://www.lyncconf.com/” (https://www.flickr.com/photos/156259214@N05/29448488788) by nodstrum is licensed under CC BY 2.0. “Blue Bunny” (https://www.flickr.com/photos/7715992@N03/2211733883) by formatbrain is licensed under CC BY 2.0. “Bubbles” (https://www.flickr.com/photos/39580703@N02/6122020531) by Stellajo1976 is licensed under CC BY 2.0. “it s a pink unicorn” (https://www.flickr.com/photos/22294215@N06/9880194566) by michael pollak is licensed under CC BY 2.0. “Clip Art” (https://www.flickr.com/photos/94805433@N00/43127676) by eliazar is licensed under CC BY 2.0.

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