Games of Daze/Infomagic - Games of Daze (Summer 1995) (Disc 2 of 2).iso/cheats/cheet39/install.dat/3UBBLE.TXT

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~Bubble Bobble

A mini player's guide to a few aspects of the game.

~By Simon Burrows


`NOTE: There are a few words in this mini-guide which are in  ' 's
`      (eg, 'picking'  and 'Baron  Von Blubber').  This is for one
`      of two reasons :-
`
`  a)  It's a word I've made up to describe a feature in the game.
`
`  b)  It's a word that I can't remember whether I have made it up
`      or if  it's come  from the game manual.  I can't check this
`      out because all the information in this guide was made when
`      I played  the game  on someone  else's machine,  because  I
`      don't have the game myself.



~`'PICKINGS'
~`──────────

`Whenever you  pop a  bubble containing  a trapped  monster  (thus
`finishing them  off), the corpse will turn into a 'picking' which
`can then  be collected  for points.   The  'picking' most players
`will get most often is a bunch of bananas.  However, this is only
`worth 500  points, so if you're aiming for a high score, you need
`to aim to get the more valuable 'pickings' such as the pineapple.

`To get  a higher-value  'picking' you  need to  pop more than one
`monster-in-a-bubble at  the  same  time.  If  you  pop  only  one
`monsters-in-a-bubble at  the same  time, you  will only  get  one
`bunch of  bananas.  If you pop two at the same time, you will get
`one bunch of bananas and one peach.  If you pop three at the same
`time you'll  get one  bunch of  bananas, one peach and one lemon.
`And so  on.   Each of  these pickings  has twice the value of the
`previous one.  Here's a full list of the 'pickings' :-


`No. of monsters-in-a-bubble       Fruit             Score
`popped at the same time.
`                         1        Bananas             500
`                         2        Peach              1000
`                         3        Lemon              2000
`                         4        Melon Slice        4000
`                         5        Purple Grapes      8000
`                         6        Pineapple         16000


`This means  that if  you popped  six monsters-in-a-bubble  at the
`same time,  you'd get one bunch of bananas, one peach, one lemon,
`one slice of melon, one bunch of grapes and one pineapple. That's
`a total  score of  31500 compared  to the  3000 you'd  get if you
`popped each  monster-in-a-bubble  separately  and  only  got  six
`bunches of bananas.



~`'BONUS PICKINGS'
~`────────────────

`Bonus pickings  are objects   (nearly  always food)  which appear
`out-of-the-blue at  some stage  in most  levels for no particular
`reason, and only serve to give you points.  Although they attract
`players to  collect them,  most of them are worth hardly anything
`and are  not worth  spending time  collecting.  However, some are
`pretty valuable  and are worth collecting.  Use the below list to
`help you decide which are worthy of collection :-

`                        Candy Cane  -  500
`                    Fat, Red Lolly  -  650
`                 Bowl of Ice Cream  -  800
`                            Radish  -  900
`                 Ice Cream in Cone  -  1000
`                            Rattle  -  1000
`                      Box of Fries  -  1000
`                        Grey Block  -  2000
`                     Slice of Cake  -  2000
`                         Hamburger  -  2000
`                          Cocktail  -  3000
`                       Mug of Beer  -  3000
`             Long, Thin, Red Lolly  -  3000
`                        Cherry Bun  -  3000
`            Purple & White Capsule  -  3000
`                           Red Gem  -  5000
`                    Sugar Crystals  -  5000
`                  Double Blue Note  -  5000
`                  Single Blue Note  -  6000



~`'BUBBLES UP'
~`────────────

`  Blue sweet  -  Increases the speed your bubbles fly through the
`                 air (Only until they lose their capturing-power)
`Purple Sweet  -  Increases the distance your bubble travel before
`                 it loses its capturing-power.
`Orange Sweet  -  Increases  the rate  of which  Bub or  Bob can
`                 generate bubbles.



~`'ELEMENTAL BUBBLES'
~`──────────────────-

~Bubble with flame in:
`When popped, a single flame falls from the bubble.  When it lands
`on any floor, it spreads outwards to a maximum of 13 tiny flames.
`If it  reaches a  wall, the  fire is blocked, but if it reaches a
`drop it will fall off the end and then carry on spreading once it
`lands on a platform lower down the level.  This fire is lethal to
`any monsters  that hit  it, and  the dead monsters will turn into
`diamonds worth 9000 points each.

~Bubble with lightning-fork in:
`When popped,  a fork  of lightning  flies from the bubble towards
`the edge  of the screen.  The fork will kill any monsters and can
`go through  all walls.   When  the fork  reaches the  edge of the
`screen it  disappears.   The direction  that the  lightning  goes
`depends on  which way  Bub or  Bob is  facing when  they pop  the
`bubble.   If you  pop the bubble while facing left, the lightning
`flies off  to the  right, and  vice  versa.    Any  monsters  the
`lightning kills will turn into diamonds worth 8,000.

~Bubble with water in:
`When a  water bubble is popped, the water flows from it and falls
`straight down.   When it lands on a platform, it washes along it,
`then falls  again at  the end of the platform.  The water carries
`on falling through the level until it exits at one of the gaps at
`the bottom  of the  level.   Any monsters it hits it washes along
`with it,  and when the water reaches the bottom of the screen the
`monsters turn into diamonds worth 7,000 points.  If either Bub or
`Bob get  caught up  in the  water, they are washed along in it as
`well, but they are simply deposited back at the top of the screen
`when the water reaches the bottom.  The direction the water flows
`depends on which way you are walking when you pop it.  If you are
`walking left,  the water  goes left,  and vice versa.  If you are
`still and the bubble floats into you from directly underneath, it
`pops and flows straight down.



~``CRUCIFIXES'
~`────────────

~Red Crucifixes:
`If you  collect one  of these  you will stop shooting bubbles and
`start shooting  deadly balls  of fire.  These go straight through
`walls, and  kill all  monsters on  contact.   You will  lose this
`power if  you lose  a life,  or when you complete the level.  Any
`monsters killed by the fire will die and turn into diamonds worth
`9,000 points.

~Blue Crucifixes:
`When you collect one of these, then entire level fills with water
`and all  monsters left will die.  Then the screen clears of water
`and one  diamond is  left for  each monster  killed by the water.
`Each diamond is worth 7,000 points.

~Purple Crucifixes:
`I'm not  sure whether  you get these on the PC version since I've
`not seen one yet.  The only reason I know about it is that I have
`played the  Amiga version  many times  and have  seen it on that.
`When you  get a  purple crucifix, big bolts of lightning shoot in
`from the top-right hand and travel across the screen, through all
`walls, and  exit at  the bottom-left  corner.   Any monsters  the
`bolts hit  are killed  instantly.  When one bolt of lightning has
`exited the  screen, there's  a brief gap, then another one comes.
`I think  there's about  4 or 5 bolts, then, if you have still not
`killed all  the monsters,  they  stop.  Monsters  killed  by  the
`lightening turn into 8,000 point diamonds.



~`'SECRET DOORS'
~`──────────────

`A special  feature in  this game which only the best players will
`be able  to access is the secret doors which appear on levels 20,
`30, 40  and 50.   They  will only  appear if  you have not lost a
`single life  (yep, that's LIFE, not CREDIT).  For example, if you
`did not get hit once on levels 1 to 19, then on level 20 a secret
`door would  appear after  a few  seconds.   If you carried on and
`still didn't  get hit  once throughout levels 21 to 29, you would
`get another secret door in level 30.  This carries on until level
`50, when the secret door does something very special.

Here's a run-down of each of the four secret doors :-

~Level 20:
`This door  appears below  the single  block near the top-right of
`the level.   If  you get  to it in time, it takes you to a secret
`room.   The room  contains 50  diamonds, each  of which  give you
`10,000 points.  You must collect all the diamonds in the top part
`of the  level to  open the  door at the base of the statue.  When
`the door's open, go through it, and you'll be taken to the bottom
`part.   Get all this diamonds there too, then a second door opens
`and you can rush into that to complete the level. If you take too
`long collecting  the diamonds  you will  be given  a  'hurry  up'
`message, and  if you  take much  longer after  that,  'Baron  Von
`Blubber' will start chasing you.  If he gets you, you lose a life
`and are  then deposited in level 22.  If you get all the diamonds
`and escape  the room  before being hit, you have a huge score and
`also go to level 22.

~Level 30:
`This door  appears at  the top-left  corner of the level.  If you
`get to  it in  time, it takes you to a secret level basically the
`same as  the one  you get to in level 20.  The only difference is
`that instead  of  falling  stars,  there  are  falling  forks  of
`lightning.  (These falling things are entirely for decoration and
`can't be  caught).   When you  complete the  level, or if you get
`caught by  'Baron Von  Blubber' you  are taken  to  level  32  to
`continue the game.

~Level 40:
`This door  appears in the middle of the 2nd highest horizontal of
`the level.   Again,  it takes you to the same sort of secret room
`with 50  diamonds.   The change  this time  is that  the  falling
`things are  some sort of fiery balls.  If you complete the level,
`or if  you die,  you'll be  taken out to level 42 to continue the
`game.

~Level 50:
`You'd have  to be  an expert to get this far without dying once!!
`The door  appears in  the middle of the 2nd highest horizontal of
`the level  again.   If you get to it in time, you are immediately
`taken straight to level 70!!



'EXTRA LIVES'
────────────-

`There are  two ways  of getting  extra lives  that I can see. The
`first is by collecting all the letters in the word "EXTEND".  The
`other is  by reaching  certain totals of points.  Below is a list
`of all  the  points-totals which you be awarded an extra life for
`reaching :-

`   50,000
`  300,000
`1,000,000
`2,000,000

`After this,  you'll get  another extra  life  for  every  million
`points you score.  (So, one at 3,000,000, one at 4,000,000 etc.)


~I thank you....

~`=============
~`SIMON BURROWS
~`=============