Bubble Bus Software was a publisher of

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software for home computers in the mid-1980s, founded by Mark Meakins. and based in

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. Their releases targeted popular home computers of the time, such as the

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and

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. Their most notable releases were '' Starquake'' and ''Wizard's Lair'', both written by Stephen Crow. ''Wizard's Lair'' was notable for its similarity to both '' Atic Atac'' and ''

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''.

Games developed or published

*''Alien Panic 64'' (Commodore 64) *''Aqua Racer'' (Commodore 64) *''Awesome Earl in SkateRock'' (Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, MS-DOS) *''Boardello'' (MSX, Tatung Einstein) *''Boing'' (Commodore 64) *''Brainstorm'' (ZX Spectrum) *''Bumping Buggies'' (Commodore 64) *''Cave Fighter'' (Commodore 16, Plus/4, Commodore 64) *''Cavern Run 64'' (Commodore 64) *''Classic Invaders'' (Amiga, Amstrad CPC) *''Classic Muncher'' (Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum) *''Exterminator'' (Commodore 64, VIC-20) *''Final Frontier'' (MS-DOS) *''Flying Feathers'' (Commodore 64) *''Hustler'' (Commodore 16, Plus/4) *''Kick Off'' (Commodore 64) *''Krazy Kong'' (Commodore 64) *''Max Torque'' (Commodore 64) *''Metranaut'' (Commodore 64) *''Minnesota Fats' Pool Challenge'' (Amstrad CPC, Commodore 16, Plus/4, Commodore 64, MSX, Tatung Einstein, ZX Spectrum) *'' Moonlight Madness'' (ZX Spectrum) *'' Starquake'' (Amstrad CPC, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST, BBC Micro, Commodore 64, MS-DOS, MSX, Tatung Einstein, ZX Spectrum) *''Tazz'' (Commodore 16, Plus/4, Commodore 64) *''The Fifth Quadrant'' (Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum) *''The Ice Temple'' (ZX Spectrum) *''Trizons'' (Commodore 16, Plus/4) *''Widow's Revenge'' (Commodore 64) *''Wizard's Lair'' (Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, MSX, ZX Spectrum)

References

External links

Bubble Bus Software on World of Spectrum

Bubble Bus Game Cover Gallery on Retromuseums
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