Bubble Breaker
by Volker Weber
Bubble Breakers (here on Windows Mobile) is about as addicting as Mine Sweeper. It's best played before you go to sleep. It wears you down completely, so you fall asleep in 10 seconds flat. Does anybody have this game for Symbian Series 60? It's the only thing I am missing right now.
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Seems like the game was originally named Bubblets and developed by OopDreams. Microsoft just rebranded it. Here is a flash version of it, in case you can play that. This looks to be a Symbian Series 60 porting of it (for €6). (More links from Google)
Having played the Flash version for a while: Anyone know of a UIQ 3 version of this?
Is this it?
Frozen Bubble
I'll answer that myself, it's not what you want.
It's also a bubble thing but not the same.
Well, I think this mAha is a S60 version of this game - though it does not look that good ;-) There's also a great Mac OSX clone of this game, called Same-X.
While we're on the subject - I've been looking for Tetris for the BlackBerry. Found this but it doesn't work on my 8800 :-(
The flash version is broken somehow. I got to a point where the first click would get me over 100k points (and sometime clear the entire level). Actually fell asleep while playing.
Screenshot :-)
is there an optimal strategy for Bubble Breaker? i never found one......
It's Good
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I love this game, but when I start playing, I can't put it down till my eyes cross.
So any secrets to clearing all the bubbles?? That is the ultimate stategy right? I can't put this game down however not doing very well. Any secrets.
not sure this is the ultimate strategy but I played this for some time and am continuing to evolve some strategies.
Of course, scanning for which color naturally occurs across most columns in a reasonable proximity for alignment for max score is step 1.
Step 2, I do the inverse- which color is least likely to score- eliminate those bubbles first.
Step 3, eliminate next least likely color.
Step 4, rethink first choice for color against second contender. make a decision, then eliminate second contender.
overall this provides pretty good results. Occasionally I do break all bubbles.
Hi Rod, when eliminating all bubbles, do you get a bonus then? Or how can one get a bonus?
Thanx,
Brit
max score 1062
My four year old is killing this bubble breaker game on my phone, it first started off as a distraction for her while we would wait the Dr's office, but now she actually understands the concept of the game and her score ranges from 200-300 not bad for a four year old.
That mad me wonder, if this game reinforces any stratgey or practice learned in school. Im sure it does, but which specifically?
high score 894 avg 302
It looks like everyone is looking for a strategy to maximize your score but no one actually states they have found one. And I would state that based on the random distribution of colors an average score of no more than 320 is likely if you were to play every game that you are dealt. Also that more extensive strategies would likely provide diminishing results. I think that perhaps this is the type of game where the variables outweigh the options and there is just a certain amount of chance based on distribution. There certainly are some basic strategies and I think Rod L. on 06/24 states them pretty well on this forum. The only thing I can add is that while working up to step 3 and 4 you try to maximize you score for the second most prominent color without diminishing your result for the most prominent. I can't come close to describing how to do so. Sometimes it just happens better than others.
Does anyone have bubble breaker for LG1000 Voyager by Verizon?
Top Score so far: 1808
Big Burst: 1432
Strategy: I keep clicking New until I see at least 40 bubbles of the same color.
I was playing Bubble Breaker in the Standard mode for several games when I first began playing; then I decided to try the MegaShift mode. The first time I played MegaShift (no lie), and for the life of me I wish I could remember what I did to get this score, I scored 23112 with a Big Burst of 11556. The game kept filling the screen with almost all blue bubbles. I was so new to the game I didn't have a clue what was happening. But now I really love the color blue! Since that time, however, I've played 105 games with an average score of 962. It's a curse. Having been to the mountain top, I'm pulling my hair out trying to get back their again.
I want to bet Bubble Breaker AKA Bubblets for my new phone, which will be a LG voyager or LG Dare, how do I do this, as I dont see it as an option on the Verizon site?
I have been playing bubble breaker for sometime now. I LOVE it! my highest score as of right now is 2498 but now I am worried. I have to change phones and I wanted to know if the voyager titanium had this game as part of its features and if not what can I do to get it?
One of the comments said that the average score would be around 320 if all the games were played (rather than just going for games that have a high probability of getting a high score). I believe that on just about any distribution, a player should be able to get around 400-450 if played correctly with plenty of time and thought put into the game.
Current high score: 866
I play BB Mega shift on my HTC with windows mobile. My high score is in the 3200 range, and my average score is around 1140, would be higher if my Daughter did like all of the colors. So do most of you play the Standard version? is that why the averages are so low?
From above... I tried the 4 step strategies, for mega shift, and was not very happy with it. I shift between 2 strategies, for Mega shift.
Strategy 1. (get the big break)Group the most like balls together by statically breaking the undesirable ones, but always keeping in mind that more balls is more points ( Formula is (# of balls in break) * (# of balls in break -1) = points for break). I try not to sacrifice any balls of my target color but will down the stretch to get one more ball in my break.
Strategy 2. (get more balls) Try to set up breaks which will end up with more new columns, break from right to left to get more balls keeping an Eye at the next replacement column to be sure not to lose an opportunity to go back to strategy 1.
Switch strategies when it makes sense to keep the game going and to get a bigger break.
I got this in my new DASH phone, was addicted as soon as I found it in there. I have yet to find any strategies except for trying to get as many bubbles connected for a big burst.
Current High Score: 1704
Biggest Burst: 990
my top score ofr the standard game is 3130! Has anyone beat that so far?
I had this game on my Dash, and now on my Touch Pro 2.
Once several months ago I saw the same thing Curtis GOlm describes above. I was in the middle of the game when I cleared out a large group of bubbles and all of a sudden the replacement columns were filled with nothing but huge swathes of blue bubbles, and no other colors for a while. Needless to say my score for that game was extremely high.
Since then I've never repeated that, but have always wondered what caused it, was it a bug, and how can I repeat it?
On my new TP2 I notice a short row of bubbles UNDER the game board. The number and color of the bubbles in this row varies, and I can't figure out what it indicates or what I am supposed to do with it. I haven't found any mention of these bubbles in any help file or webpage.
Does anyone here know what that row of bubbles is for?
Love this game, just looking for a good strategy guide to improve my skills.
Mega Shifter:
- games played: 503
- Average: 1103
- high: 14952
- big burst 6320
Standard:
- games played: 25
- Average: 581
- High: 980
- Big burst: 756
Continuous:
- Games played: 152
- Average: 487
- High: 1910
- Big burst: 650
Shifter:
- Games played: 24
- Average: 462
- High: 976
- Big Burst: 552
