Bubble Ghost (AMI)

Bubble Ghost

Platform: Amiga Year: 1988 Developer: Infogrames S.A.

Bubble Ghost is a non-violent skill game. You have to manouever a bubble out of a castle, which you do by blowing. Being a ghost, you can rotate and hover through all obstacles without being hurt, but the bubble bursts as soon as it touches anything.

The Amiga port was received slightly better than the Atari ST original. At least in WinUAE 4.3.0, mouse control may seem sluggish, yet proves easy to use. A Game Boy version was also developed.

Screenshots

The title screen. The main menu. Two players wanted! Oughta move the mouse. You can see the wall behind the red ghost! What have you done?

Music

The Atari ST original has no music at all. Fortunately, Stéphane Picq, then a professional programmer and only a hobby musician, was tasked with porting the game to the Amstrad CPC and Amiga and took the liberty to design his own soundtrack, possibly his first! It opens with an eerie song and continues with a quiet castle - perhaps too quiet, given the elaborate machinery in both the castle and the Amiga - save for the sliding screens and the ghost's witty noises. Most popular with reviewers were the ghost's wheeze, cough and angry babbling.

An Accolade version has been found, with additional unused sound effects, but no music.

Recording

The song was recorded from the title screen in WinUAE 4.3.0.

#	Title	Composer	Length	Listen	Download
01	Title	Stéphane Picq	4:01		Download

Credits

• Ripper: HVSC
• Recorder: Professor Chaos
• Game Credits:
  • Music, and sounds: Stéphane Picq
  • Not Credited Programmer: Karsten Obarski

The music driver is the same as in The Ultimate Soundtracker.

(Source for Picq. Source for Soundtracker: Code comparison.)

Game Rip

Format	Download
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Audio Devices

This game uses the computer's built-in Paula chip.

Releases

USA Title: Bubble Ghost Platform: Amiga Released: 1988-0?-?? Publisher: Accolade, Inc.     Germany Title: Bubble Ghost Platform: Amiga Released: 19??-??-?? Publisher: bit star     UK Title: Bubble Ghost Platform: Amiga Released: 19??-??-?? Publisher: bit star     France Title: Bubble Ghost Platform: Amiga Released: 19??-??-?? Publisher: bit star     Netherlands Title: Bubble Ghost Platform: Amiga Released: 19??-??-?? Publisher: bit star

Links

• mobygames.com/game/amiga/bubble-ghost - MobyGames.
• gamefaqs.gamespot.com/amiga/937078-bubble-ghost - GameFAQs.

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Notable Songs
Notable Personnel	Hitoshi Sakimoto • Stéphane Picq
Notable Companies	Infogrames • Accolade