home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Bust-A-Move v2.0 (Puzzle Bobble equivalent) on the PC
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- Featuring:
-
- - Graphics from the original game including the logo, the two adorable little
- dragons: Bub and Bob, the bubbles and more!
- - 90 levels in the single player mode for non-stop bubble busting action
- - Password feature so that you can continue from the level you last played.
- - Challenge mode for you to pit against your personal best
- - Play head-to-head against your friend.
- - Play head-to-head against a computer opponent. Select from 6 different
- levels of difficulty to match your skill.
- - Highscore feature to keep track of you and your foes' personal bests.
- - Requires
- o less that 400k of harddisk space
- o about 500k-600k of RAM (not confirmed)
- o Requires only a 386+ to run, although a Pentium is highly recommended
- for smooth play
- o Runs under DOS mode (?windows)
-
-
- Keys used:
- ~~~~~~~~~~
- Choice Selection
- ----------------
- <Up>,<Down> - move cursor up/down
- <Numeric Pad 5> - execute choice
-
- One Player Game
- ---------------
- <Left>,<Right> - move cursor left/right
- <Numeric Pad 5> - shoot bubble
-
- Two Player Game
- ---------------
- Left Player
- <Z>,<C> - move cursor left/right
- <X> - fire bubble
- Right Player
- <Left>,<Right> - move cursor left/right
- <Numeric Pad 5> - fire bubble
-
-
- History
- ~~~~~~~
- v1.0 - game distributed thru friends and bbs
- v1.1 - discovered rare glitch (bubbles sometimes get stuck above the
- ceiling) but no harmful side effects though
- fixed
- v2.0 - cleared most bugs (hopefully all)
- - reprogrammed the interface - looks more appealing
- - changed some gfx
- - added options mode
- - offers option to shake the bubbles instead of flashing the
- sidewalls to warn the player before the ceiling drops - makes
- the game look closer to the original
- (this new feature may cause jerking motion on slower machines.
- if it does, you may disable this feature by toggling the 'Drop
- Warning' field in the options mode or by typing 'BAMSLOW' or
- 'BAM -S' at the DOS prompt)
- - better compression algo for smaller file ratios
- - added highscore feature
- - added new computer level
- - posted to website
-
-
- Acknowledgements/Greets:
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Friends
- To those who know the programmer of Bust-A-Move. You guys have been a great
- gang.
-
- Texture Land
- Most background textures were obtained from this website on the net.
-
- The Brain
- Programmed Virtual Super Magicom - some graphics could not have made it to
- the game without VSMC.
-
- Lord Esnes
- Programmed ESNES - for the same reason
-
-
- If you had played the game before reading this file, you would probably
- have realized that v2.0 still does not have any music, unfortunately. :(
-
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Under no circumstances will the programmer be responsible for damage,
- destruction, loss of data caused directly or indirectly by the execution
- of the software. Use at your own risk. But BAM works on my system fine,
- so it should on yours too.
-
- The game is *free* and should be distributed freely.
- And the no-nonsense no-distribution-fee-should-be-charged statement
- applies as well.
-
- Comments to me (the programmer) are welcomed. Drop them at:
- bobby@pacific.net.sg
- You may visit my humble website at:
- http://home.pacific.net.sg/~bobby/
-