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Filename: | R/+BUBBLE |
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File size: | 1713 bytes |
Load address: | 2B204556 |
Exec address: | 42425542 |
File contents
Product: BUBBLE BOBBLE:PRE-RELEASE (BBC Only) Supplier: 8 Bit Software, 17 Lambert Park Rd, Hedon, HULL HE12 Available on 3.5"/5.25" DFS Disk Reviewed by (the) Dave in EUG 53 SIMILARLY to X*L*C*R, reviewed last month, the colourful bubble-blowing monsters of a piece of software bearing Firebird's logo was created as a professional title but never released as such. It's odd because BUBBLE BOBBLE, as any arcade fan worth his salt will know, is a very old game which, at one time, seemed to be on every format (from Speccy to Amiga!) EXCEPT the BBC series! PD supplier 8 Bit Software hasn't got an answer either; the most likely theory tends to assume Firebird lost confidence in the 8-bit market before releasing it. Luckily though, this 99.99% complete PRE-RELEASE version found its way into BBC Land via Public Domain and the cutesy platform adventures of Bub and Bob can now be enjoyed, as indicated, if you have a BBC or a Master 128. This review marks a significant departure from previous ones in that BUBBLE BOBBLE does not run on the Electron at all! !BOOTing up the disk (TBI-119 in the 8 Bit Software catalogue) first brings up some very sparse instructions and control key lists. Quite noticeably, these were not destined to be part of the original disk and their writer signs off with "The rest is for you to find out!". What you don't know quickly becomes obvious when the action starts though. Entering the game format as it can be assumed it would have appeared presents the first of a over a hundred cute screens - the loader. The Mode 2 title and the two stars of it wait for <SPACE> before being replaced with a clever Mode 1 screen implementing each of the seven real colours. From here, it's possible to choose whether one or two players are to clean up in this classic game. In case you've missed all appearances of BUBBLE BOBBLE (and its sequels RAINBOW ISLANDS and PARASOL STARS on some 8 and 16 bit stuff), Bub and Bob are two sickeningly "we're in another predicament where we have to kill lots of monsters and collect lots of bonuses but we're having lots of fun" chappies. Their predicament in BUBBLE BOBBLE, if I remember from the original I once had correctly, is that they've been turned into cute dragons (In the sequels, they're cute little boys!) and are under attack from screens of everything from mutant parrots to bouncing teddy-bears. If you choose the one player game, you are Bub the green dragon and begin bottom left of the first screen. There is no scrolling except when you complete it when the screen scrolls down displaying the next screen with your greeny bean on the same spot. What you have to do is run left and right then jump to get reasonably close to the three mutant tin cans on screen one. (The baddies change from screen to screen). Blowing a bubble with <TAB> will always quickly jet a green sphere in the direction your dragon is facing and if this sphere collides at speed with the baddy then he gets encased in it. It's then the deceptively simple matter of getting close enough to headbutt the bubble (with the spike on Bub/Bob's head!) and, after buzzing supersonically around the screen in a harmless way, baddy becomes bonus to be collected. The game is set in Mode 2 and is well laid out, fast and very colour- ful. The music, the keys of which to turn it on and off are listed in the new loader, is absolutely superb and one of those delightfully irritating tunes that stick in your head with lots of rude lyrics added when your plan of dealing with the seven rabid flying monsters goes wrong. In fact, there is no real difference between the BBC and Amiga version of BUBBLE BOBBLE except that the BBC one is much tougher. This stems mainly from time. If you don't 'butt the bubbles contain- ing your foes within a few seconds on the BBC then they escape and run amok at double speed. On the Amiga, they stay cased up considerably longer. However, the arcade machine itself ran similarly to the BBC so from a conversion point, it's spot on! Another timing feature is the deadly spirit head that appears if the computer thinks you are taking too long to deal with the present screen. After the message "Hurry Up!", all monsters speed up and this sinister spectre appears somewhere on screen and skirts smoothly in a 'paced' direction toward you. He is invulnerable to bubbles and to be avoided at all costs. BUBBLE BOBBLE has many bonus features which appear from time to time on random platforms. Sacrifice almost anything to grab an umbrella as these whip through at least four screens without you needing to play them. Flowers, rainbows and the red shoes also improve your playing chances by clearing screens, giving huge life bonuses and speeding up your dragon's footpower respectively and are well worth having but note you lose any advantages when you next lose a life. As you may have gathered by now, the game itself is not particularly difficult and even the last screen will be conquered quickly by pure arcade fanatics. This is especially the case if two players work together as Bub and Bob. As the baddies don't increase in a two player game, selecting this almost guarantees many screens of progress over that of the lone player [where both are inexperienced - Ed]. Perhaps due to this disk version being a pre-release, when the last dragon loses his last life, the screen blanks but the game hangs. This appears to have been put in by Firebird on purpose for some reason but doesn't distract from the game's enjoyment, as tapping <SHIFT><BREAK> brings it back again. Definitely too good to miss - and have been missed by the purchasing public of the late Eighties! - "cutesy-bashing is never as good if you're not playing Bub or Bob!" Dave Edwards, EUG #53
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PD su| 00000270 70 70 6c 69 65 72 20 38 20 42 69 74 20 53 6f 66 |pplier 8 Bit Sof| 00000280 74 77 61 72 65 20 68 61 73 6e 27 74 20 67 6f 74 |tware hasn't got| 00000290 20 61 6e 20 61 6e 73 77 65 72 0d 65 69 74 68 65 | an answer.eithe| 000002a0 72 3b 20 74 68 65 20 6d 6f 73 74 20 6c 69 6b 65 |r; the most like| 000002b0 6c 79 20 74 68 65 6f 72 79 20 74 65 6e 64 73 20 |ly theory tends | 000002c0 74 6f 20 61 73 73 75 6d 65 20 46 69 72 65 62 69 |to assume Firebi| 000002d0 72 64 20 6c 6f 73 74 20 63 6f 6e 66 69 64 65 6e |rd lost confiden| 000002e0 63 65 0d 69 6e 20 74 68 65 20 38 2d 62 69 74 20 |ce.in the 8-bit | 000002f0 6d 61 72 6b 65 74 20 62 65 66 6f 72 65 20 72 65 |market before re| 00000300 6c 65 61 73 69 6e 67 20 69 74 2e 0d 20 20 20 4c |leasing it.. 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Thi| 000003f0 73 20 72 65 76 69 65 77 20 6d 61 72 6b 73 20 61 |s review marks a| 00000400 20 73 69 67 6e 69 66 69 63 61 6e 74 20 64 65 70 | significant dep| 00000410 61 72 74 75 72 65 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 70 72 65 76 |arture from prev| 00000420 69 6f 75 73 20 6f 6e 65 73 0d 69 6e 20 74 68 61 |ious ones.in tha| 00000430 74 20 42 55 42 42 4c 45 20 42 4f 42 42 4c 45 20 |t BUBBLE BOBBLE | 00000440 64 6f 65 73 20 6e 6f 74 20 72 75 6e 20 6f 6e 20 |does not run on | 00000450 74 68 65 20 45 6c 65 63 74 72 6f 6e 20 61 74 20 |the Electron at | 00000460 61 6c 6c 21 0d 20 20 20 21 42 4f 4f 54 69 6e 67 |all!. !BOOTing| 00000470 20 75 70 20 74 68 65 20 64 69 73 6b 20 28 54 42 | up the disk (TB| 00000480 49 2d 31 31 39 20 69 6e 20 74 68 65 20 38 20 42 |I-119 in the 8 B| 00000490 69 74 20 53 6f 66 74 77 61 72 65 20 63 61 74 61 |it Software cata| 000004a0 6c 6f 67 75 65 29 20 66 69 72 73 74 0d 62 72 69 |logue) first.bri| 000004b0 6e 67 73 20 75 70 20 73 6f 6d 65 20 76 65 72 79 |ngs up some very| 000004c0 20 73 70 61 72 73 65 20 69 6e 73 74 72 75 63 74 | sparse instruct| 000004d0 69 6f 6e 73 20 61 6e 64 20 63 6f 6e 74 72 6f 6c |ions and control| 000004e0 20 6b 65 79 20 6c 69 73 74 73 2e 20 51 75 69 74 | key lists. Quit| 000004f0 65 0d 6e 6f 74 69 63 65 61 62 6c 79 2c 20 74 68 |e.noticeably, th| 00000500 65 73 65 20 77 65 72 65 20 6e 6f 74 20 64 65 73 |ese were not des| 00000510 74 69 6e 65 64 20 74 6f 20 62 65 20 70 61 72 74 |tined to be part| 00000520 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 6f 72 69 67 69 6e 61 6c | of the original| 00000530 20 64 69 73 6b 20 61 6e 64 0d 74 68 65 69 72 20 | disk and.their | 00000540 77 72 69 74 65 72 20 73 69 67 6e 73 20 6f 66 66 |writer signs off| 00000550 20 77 69 74 68 20 22 54 68 65 20 72 65 73 74 20 | with "The rest | 00000560 69 73 20 66 6f 72 20 79 6f 75 20 74 6f 20 66 69 |is for you to fi| 00000570 6e 64 20 6f 75 74 21 22 2e 20 57 68 61 74 20 79 |nd out!". What y| 00000580 6f 75 0d 64 6f 6e 27 74 20 6b 6e 6f 77 20 71 75 |ou.don't know qu| 00000590 69 63 6b 6c 79 20 62 65 63 6f 6d 65 73 20 6f 62 |ickly becomes ob| 000005a0 76 69 6f 75 73 20 77 68 65 6e 20 74 68 65 20 61 |vious when the a| 000005b0 63 74 69 6f 6e 20 73 74 61 72 74 73 20 74 68 6f |ction starts tho| 000005c0 75 67 68 2e 0d 20 20 20 45 6e 74 65 72 69 6e 67 |ugh.. Entering| 000005d0 20 74 68 65 20 67 61 6d 65 20 66 6f 72 6d 61 74 | the game format| 000005e0 20 61 73 20 69 74 20 63 61 6e 20 62 65 20 61 73 | as it can be as| 000005f0 73 75 6d 65 64 20 69 74 20 77 6f 75 6c 64 20 68 |sumed it would h| 00000600 61 76 65 20 61 70 70 65 61 72 65 64 0d 70 72 65 |ave appeared.pre| 00000610 73 65 6e 74 73 20 74 68 65 20 66 69 72 73 74 20 |sents the first | 00000620 6f 66 20 61 20 6f 76 65 72 20 61 20 68 75 6e 64 |of a over a hund| 00000630 72 65 64 20 63 75 74 65 20 73 63 72 65 65 6e 73 |red cute screens| 00000640 20 2d 20 74 68 65 20 6c 6f 61 64 65 72 2e 20 54 | - the loader. 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Their predicam| 00000890 65 6e 74 20 69 6e 20 42 55 42 42 4c 45 20 42 4f |ent in BUBBLE BO| 000008a0 42 42 4c 45 2c 20 69 66 20 49 0d 72 65 6d 65 6d |BBLE, if I.remem| 000008b0 62 65 72 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 74 68 65 20 6f 72 69 |ber from the ori| 000008c0 67 69 6e 61 6c 20 49 20 6f 6e 63 65 20 68 61 64 |ginal I once had| 000008d0 20 63 6f 72 72 65 63 74 6c 79 2c 20 69 73 20 74 | correctly, is t| 000008e0 68 61 74 20 74 68 65 79 27 76 65 20 62 65 65 6e |hat they've been| 000008f0 0d 74 75 72 6e 65 64 20 69 6e 74 6f 20 63 75 74 |.turned into cut| 00000900 65 20 64 72 61 67 6f 6e 73 20 28 49 6e 20 74 68 |e dragons (In th| 00000910 65 20 73 65 71 75 65 6c 73 2c 20 74 68 65 79 27 |e sequels, they'| 00000920 72 65 20 63 75 74 65 20 6c 69 74 74 6c 65 20 62 |re cute little b| 00000930 6f 79 73 21 29 20 61 6e 64 0d 61 72 65 20 75 6e |oys!) and.are un| 00000940 64 65 72 20 61 74 74 61 63 6b 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 |der attack from | 00000950 73 63 72 65 65 6e 73 20 6f 66 20 65 76 65 72 79 |screens of every| 00000960 74 68 69 6e 67 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 6d 75 74 61 6e |thing from mutan| 00000970 74 20 70 61 72 72 6f 74 73 20 74 6f 20 0d 62 6f |t parrots to .bo| 00000980 75 6e 63 69 6e 67 20 74 65 64 64 79 2d 62 65 61 |uncing teddy-bea| 00000990 72 73 2e 0d 20 20 20 49 66 20 79 6f 75 20 63 68 |rs.. If you ch| 000009a0 6f 6f 73 65 20 74 68 65 20 6f 6e 65 20 70 6c 61 |oose the one pla| 000009b0 79 65 72 20 67 61 6d 65 2c 20 79 6f 75 20 61 72 |yer game, you ar| 000009c0 65 20 42 75 62 20 74 68 65 20 67 72 65 65 6e 20 |e Bub the green | 000009d0 64 72 61 67 6f 6e 20 61 6e 64 0d 62 65 67 69 6e |dragon and.begin| 000009e0 20 62 6f 74 74 6f 6d 20 6c 65 66 74 20 6f 66 20 | bottom left of | 000009f0 74 68 65 20 66 69 72 73 74 20 73 63 72 65 65 6e |the first screen| 00000a00 2e 20 54 68 65 72 65 20 69 73 20 6e 6f 20 73 63 |. There is no sc| 00000a10 72 6f 6c 6c 69 6e 67 20 65 78 63 65 70 74 20 77 |rolling except w| 00000a20 68 65 6e 0d 79 6f 75 20 63 6f 6d 70 6c 65 74 65 |hen.you complete| 00000a30 20 69 74 20 77 68 65 6e 20 74 68 65 20 73 63 72 | it when the scr| 00000a40 65 65 6e 20 73 63 72 6f 6c 6c 73 20 64 6f 77 6e |een scrolls down| 00000a50 20 64 69 73 70 6c 61 79 69 6e 67 20 74 68 65 20 | displaying the | 00000a60 6e 65 78 74 20 73 63 72 65 65 6e 0d 77 69 74 68 |next screen.with| 00000a70 20 79 6f 75 72 20 67 72 65 65 6e 79 20 62 65 61 | your greeny bea| 00000a80 6e 20 6f 6e 20 74 68 65 20 73 61 6d 65 20 73 70 |n on the same sp| 00000a90 6f 74 2e 20 57 68 61 74 20 79 6f 75 20 68 61 76 |ot. 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