Loading Bobby Bearing 

To load this game simply ensure that the tape is fully rewound 

and then type Load  and press enter. Press Play on your 

recorder and the game will automatically start when loading is 

completed. 



The Game 

Bobbys family live in Technofear, a land of the future made 

of steel, and inhabitated by things of steel. Bobby and his 

brothers had been warned on many, many occasions not to venture 

into the Metaplanes outside their home, and to give them credit 

they'd been pretty good about it. Good, that is, until their 

rogue cousin came to visit . . . 

Bobbys cousin has led his brothers astray into the Metaplanes

where he and the brothers have been caught and stunned by the 

evil Bearings that inhabit the Planes. Bobbys task is to find 

his 4 brothers one-by-one and bring them back to their home, and

having got all his brothers back home, perhaps then hell 

consider rescuing his cousin too . . . 



Playing Bobby Bearing 

Bobby Bearing is the first example of Curvispace 3D  this new

technique allows you to actually experience curvature in 3D space

on you home micro. The Bearings actually roll over uneven 

surfaces just like, say, the balls in a pin-ball machine. You 

control Bobby, and go off in search of the brothers and cousin  

but beware, many of the puzzles youll have to solve to find your

way around the many, many screens of the Metaplanes are not half

so easy when youre pushing your brother Bearing back along the 

same path! 



You start outside the home where you are trying to get all the 

other Bearings back to. Features youll meet on the way include 

magnets that can be switched on and off, areas of the surfaces 

change when you pass over hidden switches, and there are 

air-ducts too. Youll find that hidden switches also often start

and stop lifts here and there around the maze as well. 



Good luck and remember you have only so much time to complete 

your task, and each time you hit a problem your clock will speed

up! 



Controls/Joystick 

You can play this game using either the keyboard or a joystick. 

The opening screen has a selector for you to choose either 

keyboard or one of a number of joystick options  press keys 6 

and 7 to select your choice. Key O will then start the game.

 

Keyboard: 

Keys Y  P  Up and Right 

Keys H  Enter  Down and Left 

Alternate keys on bottom row for Up/Left and Down/Right

 

This game was programmed and designed by Robert and Trevor 

Figgins. 

(c) Softek International Ltd. All Rights Reserved. No part of 

this Leaflet may be copied or stored by any means whatsoever 

except as defined in the Copyright Act of 1956 or any subsequent

amendments thereto.



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