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Bubble Fight
Author	Arda
Filename	BubbleFight01.zip
Year	2008
Position	10
Format	ZX Spectrum 48K
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Description	Well, this is the stuff that the original Cascade tape was made of! I have to confess to actually enjoying playing this one as I tested it out, but then again I enjoyed Frogger from the original Cascade tape too. Arda tells me that the game contains a bubble sort type-in within. Pit your wits against the CPU as you try to manually sort your list of random numbers quicker than the CPU can bubble sort its own list. Keys are Q=up, A=down, Enter=swap numbers, Space=finish sorting. Nice touch reminiscent of Wacky Darts as each level gets more difficult and you meet some hilarious characters such as Vicious Panda & Alien Bug - each having their own animated UDGs too. Arda provided an instructions file for the game in the downloadable zipfile.
Comments	As I reviewed this one for the Dec tape mag, it's really no secret that I liked it. As mentioned in the review itself this sort of thing really oozes a wholesome crapness, but IMHO of that peculiar variety that hopefully will be more forthcoming in the future crap game compos. Not just that I actually enjoy the bubble sort game, but the vicious panda character really does give some extra amusement. Surely a speccy game character to go down in a top 100 game character list along with Dizzy the Egg, the slightly less famous Pippo and Gordon the Alien. The bubble sort algorithm was lifted from a type-in book - good to see someone is still using these type-ins even if it is just for the CGC.