THE SPECTRUM GAME DATABASE BUBBLER PUBLISHER US Gold, under the Ultimate label AUTHORS US Gold in house team YEAR OF RELEASE June 1987 DESCRIPTION Bubbler is yet ANOTHER isometric 3D game from Ultimate except rather than being an arcade adventure it is more action and blasting than the usual exploration games Utlimate produced. The game style is very similar to Marble Madness and has you controlling a type of sphere that can move in any direction, jump and also fire at enemies. INSTRUCTIONS The object of the game is for you to control your sphere like person and during your time exploring the levels you must collect corks which are hidden under trapdoors. These corks are then used to bottle the enemies which emerge from various bottles around the levels. CONTROLS Rotate Left: Z, C, B and M keys. Rotate Right: X, V, N and Symbol SHIFT keys. Move Forward: A, S, D, F, etc. Fire: W, R, Y, I and P keys. Pause: Caps SHIFT or SPACE/BREAK keys. CHEATS SEQUELS PREQUELS Bubbler is the the follow up from Martianoids, not in story wise but in which game was produced after it. INLAY CARD TEXT After a hundred years or more you discover that VADRA'S assistant, a lesser wizard called KINTOR who had helped VADRA to overthrow IRKON, has now been imprisoned. KINTOR'S power was increasing and would soon be equal to that of VADRA and VADRA feared this as KINTOR was becomming sympathetic to the plight of the IRKON people. Before his powers became too great, VADRA encapsulated KINTOR in a sphere of energy which slowly drained his life force, and then condemned him to a dungeon. Before KINTOR became completely powerless he endowed you with the ability to move and fire globules of energy which will destroy and living entity in it's path, so that you can escape from the prison with vital information on how to destroy VADRA. As VADRA'S power is gradually diminished, KINTOR'S power is thus rejuvenated, giving you extra time to complete your mighty task. The corks have been hidden under trapdoors which you must pass through, but beware, some of the trapdoors emerge over the black void of the prison floor which will kill you. VADRA'S spellbound followers, the guardians of the prison, can also pass through these trapdoors but only you know how to pick up the magic corks. Beware of other dangers in VADRA'S prison, as your now formless body is delicate and is easily pierced by sharp objects. If you can cork all the BUBBLERS in the prison you will escape and the knowledge that KINTOR has given you will destroy VADRA. CAN YOU CORK THE BUBBLER? BUBBLER Features ---------------- Bubblers Omni-Directional 3D Movement Corks Impaling Spikes Trapdoors Cork Display Materialisation Pads Bottle Countdown Jump Button Hi-Score Poison Bottles Multi Angled Slopes Multi Staged 3D Scenario Spinning Alien Continuous Pause Crabs On Screen Scoring Firing Flying Saucer Automatic Collection Feature Exit Level Trapdoor Amazing Animation Mystery Bubble Direction Gauge Explosions Revolutionary Scrolling Timer Tests Scrolling Messages Extra Lives Extra Time Shadows 2 PLayer Game Firing Mystery Tunnels Realistic Materialisation Extra High Jump SCORES/REVIEWS Crash, Issue: 41, Page: 19, Percentage: 78% SNAPSHOTS/URLS FACTS ABOUT THE GAME: Bubbler was the last ever game released under the Ultimate Play The Game label. NOTES Bubbler received poor reviews in all Spectrum magazines. Nowhere did it score higher than the low Crash percentage of 78%. Your Sinclair once quoted in their review "Lets hope that Ultimate return to their old form soon", but alas it was not to be.