Bubble Bobble 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! Licensed from Taito Corp. 1987 The Hit Squad