For many years the ancient city of IRKON has been ruled over by the great and evil wizard 

VADRA. The inhabitants or IRKON have been suppressed and enslaved by this wizad and anyone 

who speaks out against him is instantly imprisoned, or worse. You are one of these citizens 

having been imprisoned long ago. As well as imprisoning you, as further punishment VADRA 

also turned you into an amorphous blob, without movement or form. 

To help him keep control of the people of IRKON, VADRA forced the craftsmen to make vast 

bottles over which he cast an evil spell. The spell caused the bottles to ooze out large 

embryonic bubbles which burst leaving spellbound mutant creatures under the control of 

VADRA. When the people saw the first of these mighty bottles they called it: 



BUBBLER 



After a hundred years or more you discover that VADRA'S assistant, a lesser wizard called 

KINTOR who has 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 

becoming 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 any living entity in its path, so that you can espace 

from the prison with vital information on how to destroy VADRA. As KINTOR'S powers were 

being diminished your ability to move was limited to only a short period of time. 



KINTOR told of magic corks that he had create and hidden in the city of IRKON which would 

stop the BUBBLERS and diminish the power of 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 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 

you 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

Materlialisation 			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



Loading Instructions 

1. Connect the Ear Socket on your Spectrum to the ear socket on your Recorder and ensure the

Mic Lead is disconnected. 

2. Place the cassette tape in the Recorder and rewind to the beginning. 

3. Type LOAD "BUBB" or LOAD "" for the Spectrum 48K. Type "ENTER" in Tape Loader for 

Spectrum + 2. 

4. Press PLAY on the Cassette Recorder. 

5. BUBBLER will now load and run automatically. If loading is unsuccessful, rewind the 

cassette and adjust the volume control on the Recorder and try again. 

6. PLAY THE GAME. 



Keyboard 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. 

Jump: Q, E, T, U and O keys. 

Pause: Caps SHIFT or SPACE/BREAK keys. 



Joystick Controls 

Your adventurer can be fully controlled using the Kempston Interface, Cursor Controlled 

Interface or the Sinclair Interface II and joystick, by replacing the Left, Right, Forward, 

Fire and Jump commands. 



BUBBLER  ULTIMATE PLAY THE GAME. Copyright & Trade Name, 1987 Ashby Computers & Graphics 

Ltd. All rights reserved Worldwide. The game and name BUBBLER and all of its associated 

hardware, software, code, listing, audio effects, graphics, illustrations and text are 

exclusive property and copyright of ASHBY COMPUTERS & GRAPHICS LTD., and may not be copied, 

transmitted, reproduced, hired, lent, distributed, stored or modified in any form, in full 

or in part, without the express written permission of Ashby Computers & Graphics Ltd., 

The Green, Ashby de la Zouch, Leicestershire LE6 5JU. England. 



U.S. Gold Ltd., Units 2/3 Holford Way, Holford, Birmingham B6 7AX. Tel: 021 356 3388. 