Bubble Ghost for the Amstrad CPC 6128 – a fan conversion of the 1990 Game Boy game.
You are a friendly ghost with one job: steer a fragile soap bubble through the 35 halls of a spooky castle. You can’t touch it – you can only blow it along. Snuff out candles, dodge spikes, fans and fellow spooks, and puff your bubble to the exit before the bonus runs out.
Features
All 35 halls, their hazards and devices, and the ending
Faithful Game Boy graphics in a Game Boy style frame
The original music and sound effects on the CPC’s AY chip
Loading screen from the original box art
Keyboard and joystick, at the same time
Runs from a real 3" drive, a Gotek/HxC, or an M4 / SD card – once loaded it never touches the disc again
I’ve now tried both versions (thanks @Gryzor) and while the GameBoy port is perfectly fine and seems to be a great recreation of the GB original, it does feel slightly redundant given that the CPC original is a very playable game, and looks superior in many ways.
Now, to be fair, I did only play the first few screens on the GB port, but I found the Amstrad to be more visually pleasing and more playable, and got to hall 12 before running out of lives. I can see why porting GB games that were never on the Amstrad is appealing, especially when the ports include improved visuals (eg Super CPC Tennis) but when it’s a game that was available on the original hardware I see less appeal, unless the original was appalling!
I see that the author has also produced a Spectrum port, but in that case would it not be more interesting to create a brand new Spectrum version which takes advantage of the Speccy’s capabilities? (Since I don’t think it came out on the Spectrum)
