Bubble Bobble
arcade platformer game for Commodore 64, 1987
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Meet BUB and BOB our bantam-weight brontosaures
who are bent on battling big bullies by blowing and
bursting bubbles. Before battling these brazen
bullies, beware that bubble blowing is better than
blasting bullies with bazookas, or better than
bouncing bombs from biplanes, and even beats
boxing these brainless barbarians. So now that we
briefly belayed the Bub and Bob biographies, begin
by browsing the play instructions below and becoming
the best BUBBLE BOBBLE bubble blower on the
block.
LOADING
Hold down shift and press run/stop then play on tape.
CONTROLS
1 or 2 to start with 1 or 2 players respectively.
(in game). Commodore key = pause, Q = quit
Joysticks
Port 2 for player 1, port 1 for player 2
left and right left and right
up jump
fire bubble/join game
HOW TO DESTROY:
1) Blow bubbles 2) Box up Bullies, then
3) Burst Them!!!
By bursting bubbles containing fire, thunder, and
water that appeared in the previous stage, you can
quickly destroy the bullies. Fire, Thunder and Water
flow in the direction which you stretch yourself. You
can even bounce on the bubbles (by keeping the
joystick pushed up)!!!
SCORING
A. Burst the Bubbles for the following points:
Plain bubble 10
Fire bubble 100
Thunder bubble 100
Water bubble 100
Bubble with baddie inside 500
B. Bonuses for destroying Bullies!!!
Bananas 500
Apple 1000
Orange 2000
Melon 4000
Grapes 8000
Pineapple 16000
Diamond 32000
C. TIMING TARGETS: Clearing a stage quickly allows
for high-point targets in the next stage.
Jewels 5000
Gem 6000
Necklace 7000
Treasure Chest 8000
Crown 9000
Fancy Crown 10000
D. MAGIC TARGETS: Magic Targets mysteriously
appear! Destroy them and power up!
Sweet BUBBLE UP!
Shoe SPEED UP!
Bomb ONE-SHOT ROLL PACK
Potion CHANCE!
Cross LUCKY!
Ring 1 UP!?
It's best to destroy several enemies at the same time.
Can you reach the "True ending" by clearing all 100
stages? A "Sudden Reversal" awaits you there.
A player can join at any time by pressing the fire
button. You start the game with an extra 8 credits. To
keep playing after you have lost all your lives, just
press the fire button quickly.
EXTEND
Get all the letters. They appear when destroying
several enemies at the same time.
ENEMIES
Benzo Bonnie-bo
Boa-boa Blubba
Boris Bonner
Baron von Blubba - if you take too much time, you are no match for him!
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Some useful keyboard shortcuts
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[PAUSE] - stop/continue game
[F9] - quick load game state
[F12] - quick save game state (still stored after leaving the site)
[F11] - toggle fullscreen mode
[ScrollLock] - quick switch control ports
[PageDown] - make a screenshot (320x200)