10 Video Games Nobody Has Beaten (Because It's Genuinely Impossible)

8. Bubble Bobble Revolution - USA-1 Version

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It's always sad to think of once arcade-classics like Bubble Bobble and how they have not only failed to stay relevant but had their legacy tarnished.

Bubble Bobble Revolution was released for the Nintendo DS and was instantly met with critical revile. Right off the bat, the character art for the box of Bub and Bob and their cold, dead eyes is bad enough. Also, the game inside was lazy and tired, hardly offering much worthwhile revision. It was additionally a buggy mess of collision issues and even instances were entire levels would be skipped. However, the North American release was much worse.

Despite the game having 100 levels in Japan and Europe, the American copy gets as far as level 30 before becoming unplayable. The boss of said stage doesn't spawn and thus players can't move on. Considering the American version came nearly a full year after the original Japanese release, how does this happen?!

Codemasters, who published the title in America, apologised and released a fixed version. The dreaded "USA-1" Bubble Bobble Revolution still lurks out there in the dark reaches of eBay however, unbeatable and selling for $200.

So it might be a turd, but it's now a price-fetching collector's item of a turd.

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