THE SPECTRUM GAME DATABASE

BOMBJACK

PUBLISHER
Elite Systems

AUTHOR

YEAR
1986

CATEGORY
Arcade Conversion

DESCRIPTION
Bomb Jack is a sied view single screen platform game.


HOW TO OPERATE JACK

JUMP BUTTON
Jumps by pushing when Jack is on the floor.
Stops when pushing in the air!
Does not move when tapping button fast!

JOYSTICK
Ultra-high jump by fire while turning Joystick upward!
Turn Joystick downward for coming down fast.


HOW TO PLAY

Get all bombs by operating Jack!

Defeat enemies by taking (P) power ball!

Lucky coin
 (B) Bonus Coin ... Scoere on the screen is increased from 
                   two to four times.
 (E) Extra Coin ... One additional Jack.

Special Bonus
Bonus score is addead by taking ignited bombs as many as possible.
 23 PCS - 50 000 points		22 PCS - 30 000  points
 21 PCS - 20 000 points		20 PCS - 10 000  points


Secret
(B) and (E) coints appear for bonus points each! When taking
three (B), no more coin appears. When (E) appears - this also
kept secret!

Score
bomb 		-  100 points
ignited bomb 	-  200 points
(B)		- 1000 points
(P)		- 2000 points
(E)		- 3000 points
(S)		- 5000 points


LOADING INSTRUCTIONS

AMSTRAD/SCHNEIDER Instructions
1. Ensure tape is fully rewound.
2. Hold down CTRL and press the small ENTER key (on numeric pad).
3. Press play on cassette player.
4. Press ENTER key.
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   Hold down SHIFT press "@" key (- appears).
   Type the word TAPE press ENTER.

SPECTRUM 48K/128K Instructions
1. Ensure tape is fully rewound.
2. Press LOAD "" (ENTER).
3. Press play on cassette player.

COMMODORE 64/128 Instructions
1. Ensure tape is fully rewound.
2. Press SHIFT and RUN/STOP.
3. Press play on cassette player.

COMMODORE 64/128 DISC Instructions
1. Insert Disc.
2. Type LOAD "*",8,1

AMSTRAD/SCHNEIDER DISC Instructions
1. Insert Disc.
2. Type RUN "BOMB" ENTER

COMMODORE C16 Instructions
1. Ensure tape is fully rewound.
2. Type LOAD then press RETURN.
3. Press play on cassette player.

BBC Instructions
1. Ensure tape is fully rewound.
2. Chain "" (RETURN).

BBC DISC Instructions
1. Insert Disc.
2. Press SHIFT and BREAK.


THE GAME

Once the game has loaded you are presented with a menu.

SPECTRUM 48K Controls
1. Starts one player game.
2. Starts two player game.

K - Select keyboard control.
T - Select keyboard (Turbo Jump, see below) control. 
Z - Select ZX Interface II. 
P - Select Kempston Interface Control.

AMSTRAD Controls
1. Starts one player game.
2. Starts two player game.

J - Select Joystick Control. 
K - Select keyboard control. 
T - Selects keyboard (Turbo Jump, see below) control.

SPECTRUM 48K AND AMSTRAD
For those selecting the keyboard option. Use the following keys 
to replace the equivalent joystick movement shown in the "How 
to operate Jack" section.

Up	Q	Left 	N
Down	A	Right 	M
Jump	X

Normally, to jump higher, the player must press 'up' (Q) when jumping.

Selecting the 'Turbo Jump' option makes all jumps as high as possible 
as if it were 'Automatically' pressing up (Q) for the player. 

COMMODORE C16 Controls
1. Starts one player game.
2. Starts two player game.

K - Keyboard 
J - Joystick
Up 	Q	Left 	Z
Down 	A	Right 	X
Jump 	SHIFT

COMMODORE 64/128 Controls
Joystick Port 2. 

Fire = Jump (if Jack is on a platform) 
       Hover (if Jack is in mid-air)
Left
Right

BBC Controls
One player game keyboard only.

Up 	Q	Left	N
Down 	A	Right	M
Jump    SPACE


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