was the more complex game, and getting a really big score in the game felt like such an achievement as a result. It also added some additional skill being able to time the roll of the snowball so that it would collect as many other enemies on the way down as possible. As simple as this sounds, it was a major, major addition to the core “Bubble Bobble formula.” It added some challenge (if you wanted to clear the screen with a single rolled enemy, you’d need to get to the top of the stage, and navigating past the other enemies could be an incredible challenge). From there you can roll the giant snowball from wherever you trapped the enemy down the stage, taking out any other enemies on the way down.
In Snow Bros., you’re in command of an animated snowman, and your task is to instead shoot snowballs until the enemy is completely encased. By then jumping on the bubble you’d “pop” it and defeat the enemy in the process. In Bubble Bobble, your little dinosaur character would spit a bubble at the enemy, which would catch him. was the weapon that you used to clear away enemies. The difference between Bubble Bobble and Snow Bros. As with all arcade games of that age, it’s a fairly simple game, but the challenge is both high and addictive you’ll know when you lose a life that it was simply your lack of skill to blame, and you’ll always feel like you can push on a bit further with your next attempt. It’s a single screen arcade game, in which you need to clear it of enemies, collecting as many points as possible, before moving on to the next stage (which would be designed differently and have different enemies to take on). before, it’s fairly similar to Bubble Bobble (not to be confused with Puzzle Bobble). (Note: Video not recorded by DDNet staff)įor those who haven’t played Snow Bros. So you can imagine how happy I’ve been with this. That was until last weekend, when my arcade cocktail cabinet showed up, and on that there were not one, but three versions of Snow Bros.
One thing I had never done, though, is play the actual Snow Bros. I’m never letting this little fellow out of my sight again.
But then last year I found a copy for sale at Super Potato in Japan. It would be something like 25 years before I’d ever get to play the game again, too. One time I visited and discovered that they could no longer find the game.īecause this game had been ridiculously hard to find, I never had the opportunity to have a copy of the game for myself, so that was it, really. They weren’t such big fans of games though, and didn’t really look after their copy of precious, precious Snow Bros. It belonged to my cousins, but every time I would visit I would end up borrowing the game for as long as I possibly could. One of my favourite games as a kid was Snow Bros.
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