Atari ST - Firebird (UK) - 1987
Bubble Bobble
1 / 9- Genre
- Arcade - Platformer (Single Screen)
- Year
- 1987
- Language
- Machine Language
- Publisher
- Firebird (UK)
- Controls
- Joystick
- Distributor
- British Telecom
- Players
- 1 / 2 (sim.)
- Developer
- Software Creations
- Resolution
- Low
- Licensed from
- Taito
- Programmer(s)
- Broadhurst, David J.
- Country
- Graphic Artist(s)
- Threlfall, Andrew R.
- Software
- —
- Game design
- Taito
- Box/Instructions
- —
- Musician(s)
- Follin, Tim / Follin, Mike
- License
- Commercial
- Sound FX
- [unknown]
- Serial
- —
- Cover Artist(s)
- —
- ST Type
- ST, STe / 0.5MB
- MIDI
- —
- Version
- —
- Dump
- Download
- Number of Disks
- 1 / Single Sided
- Dump format
- Pasti
- Protection
- —
OTHER VERSIONS WITH THE SAME TITLE (2)
1 / 3
Disk 1
INSTRUCTIONS (2)
ADS (1)
VIDEOS (1)
TRIVIA (4)
Awards:
Golden Joystick Awards: Arcade style game of the year runner-up 1988
Origins
Based on Taito 1986 coin-op.
Charts
Top UK charts position: 2 (4/1988 full price), 1 (3/1992, 4/1992 budget)
Months on charts: 10 between 10/1987 - 5/1992
Months on charts: 10 between 10/1987 - 5/1992
Releases
First 8-bit releases reviewed in UK multiformat magazines for Commodore 64 (9/1987), ZX Spectrum (1/1988)
First 16-bit releases reviewed in UK Atari or multiformat magazines for Atari ST (1/1988), Amiga (5/1988)
First 16-bit releases reviewed in UK Atari or multiformat magazines for Atari ST (1/1988), Amiga (5/1988)
Based on the review data, the Atari ST version was released first on the 16-bit market in Europe, and ported later for other 16-bit systems.
Source: Research of over 16700 software reviews from UK computer magazines between 1985 and 1996.
Source: Research of over 16700 software reviews from UK computer magazines between 1985 and 1996.
BOOK / MAGAZINE REVIEWS (10)
Génération 4 · Mars / Avril, 1988Rating: 90%
The Games Machine · February, 1988Rating: 94%
ACE · February, 1988Rating: 958/1000
Atari ST User · March, 1988Rating: 8/10
ST Action · November, 1988Rating: 76%
ST Action · December, 1991Rating: 90%
Zero · December, 1991Rating: 84%
Atari ST User · May, 1992Rating: 91%
ST Action · August, 1992Rating: 90%
ST Format · September, 1993Rating: 71%