Gubble

[nuschiii]

Hey guys,

for a long time now I'm looking for a specific puzzle game I once saw (but never played it myself).

What I know:

It ran on Win95 (although I am not sure if it was native Win32 or DOS application).

It had an isometric 3D view. As I recall it was just a very colourful level set on a black background, like in space.

Gameplay was a lot like "Dot Trouble", a german DOS game I recall.
Download here: http://www.internetgames.de/DOWNLOAD1.HTM
A web version (Java) can be played here: http://www.internetgames.de/TROUBLE.HTM
In short terms: Visit all the spots on the board, but don't get caught.

Instead of simple spots, the game was like "screw all the srews" or "rivet all the rivets". ;)

To complete your task, you had to obtain the appropriate tools.

Plus, there were some other obstacles as well.

And, I think you played as an alien, or was it a robot? Not really sure. :unsure:

Any ideas so far? Maybe it was a german game, which never made it to the international market.

Thanks in advance.

[The Fifth Horseman]

I think I remember playing a demo of this once. 1996/7-ish, definitely no later than 1998.

[nuschiii]

1996/7-ish, definitely no later than 1998.
Yep, that should be about the right time. I remember seeing the game on a friend's computer back when he had one of those brand-new incredibly powerful Pentium MMX machines. :max:

[The Fifth Horseman]

Unless I'm way off the mark, it's called Gubble:
http://www.mobygames.com/game/windows/gubble
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Csm6GQEUwYU

[nuschiii]

Yes, that's it!:woot:

Well, what do you know? They've actually done remakes for iPad and PC:
http://www.gubble.com/

Thanks a lot for the research!