• Bubblomania is a cool action-game, in which you have to catch bubbles using the pin on top of the screen. There are different types of bubbles : bubbles containing bonus points, lasers, bombs, an extra pin, or other good stuff. There are the cross bubbles to be avoided, and the killer bubbles to make your life miserable. And offcourse the magic bubbles, which have much control over the game.
You can increase the difficulty by selecting the 'Always Shaking', 'Difficult Game' and/or the 'Fast As Lightning' options in the preferences dialog, where you can also change the keys. Use Command-P or TAB to pause the game, and Command-E or ESC to abort the game. There's more help included in the game.
Topscores can only be obtained by concentrated and cool players!
• Hardware requirements :
Minimal requirements are a PowerPC 601 MacOS compatible with 256 colors, a 640x480 screen and 2800 KB of RAM. The game is designed for thousands of colors, so it's highly recommended to switch to 16 bit, unless your computer doesn't support a 640*480 resolution in 16 bit.
• System requirements :
Bubblomania needs system 7 or higher, and QuickTime installed.
• The game is succesfully tested on my PowerMac 6100/60 under system 7.1.2 and system 7.6.1 with a 640x480 screen, and on a PowerMac 4400/200 running system 7.5.3 and system 7.6.1 with several resolutions. It's also compatible with system 8 !
• Gamespeed Info :
When you choose this option, the game shows you the average frames per second of the game you are playing. The maximum framerate is 32 frames per second. Slow PowerMacs may have a slower framerate when rising and falling little bubbles are enabled in the preferences dialog.
When you play with the 'Difficult game' option, the maximum framerate will be 40 frames per second.
• Notes :
- If the pin is moving too slow, try to adjust the keyboard repetition speed.
- To prevent the game from fading, hold the command-key when launching it.
• Registration :
I've put a great deal of time and effort in this game, so if you like it, please consider registering it! The registration code will remove the nagscreens and personalize your copy of Bubblomania. But most of all, registering will clear your conscience, and encourage me to keep writing games for your beloved mac!
There are three ways to become a registered user :
• If you have access to the WWW, you can register online at <http://order.kagi.com/?VQ>. Just have your credit card handy, and fill out the form. You can choose a secure link if you like.
• Send 10 US$ or 300 BEF in cash directly to me. Include your postal address and your e-mail address if you have one. If you live in Belgium, this is the cheapest solution !
• Use the accompanying Register program. Enter your name, your postal and (correct!) e-mail address, your payment method and the number of licenses you wish to purchase.
If you are paying with Credit Card or First Virtual, you can e-mail or fax the data to Kagi. Their e-mail address is sales@kagi.com, their fax number is +1 510 652-6589. You can Copy the data from Register and paste into the body of an e-mail message, or you can Save the data to a file and attach it to an e-mail. You can also Print the data and fax it to Kagi. Payments sent via e-mail are processed within 3 to 4 days and you will receive an e-mail acknowledgement. Payments via fax take up to 10 days.
If you are paying with Cash or USD Check you should Print the data using the Register program and send it to the address shown on the form, which is :
Kagi
1442-A Walnut Street #393-VQ
Berkeley, California 94709-1405
USA
You can pay in US Dollars or foreign currencies, but a check MUST be drawn in US Dollars. You can select Invoice as your payment method, but Kagi can not invoice your company. Please do not fax or e-mail payment forms that indicate Cash, Chech or Invoice as the payment method. Payments send via postal mail take time to reach Kagi and then up to 10 days for processing.
Kagi will notify me, and I will send you the registration code via e-mail, if you have included a correct e-mail address. If you do not have an e-mail address, please include your complete postal address (including what country you live in !).
If you want to find out more about Kagi, go to <http://www.kagi.com>.
If you have any comments, bug reports, suggestions or great ideas, please let me know !!!
• My address :
Jochen De Schepper
Brouwerijstraat 4
B 2801 Heffen
BELGIUM
• My e-mail addres :
jochen.deschepper@kagi.com
• The Bubblomania Homepage :
http://www.student.kuleuven.ac.be/~m9606000
Take a look at the official Bubblomania homepage for the latest information and to download the latest version of Bubblomania !!!
You can also download extra backgrounds and bubbles which will be available in the future. Just put them in the Bubblomania 1.5.2 folder and the game will use them.
=> BM Backgrounds Vol.2, Vol.3 and Vol.4 are already available !
Vol.2 contains 5 new esoteric backgrounds and stylish blue bubbles.
Vol.3 contains 4 new very nice mystic backgrounds and golden and purple bubbles. Vol.4 contains 5 new backgrounds and bloodred bubbles.
Check it out !!!
• Special thanks are going to Frederik and Pieter for their great ideas, for drawing backgrounds and for testing the game, and to all the people who have sent me mail, and have registered previous versions of Bubblomania !!!
• The author is not responsible for any damage caused by the use of this game.
• The user is free to copy the unaltered, unregistered version of this game together with all the included files. You may freely include it in shareware collections, CD-ROM's, BBS's etc. But if you do, please send me a note.
Ask for the special CD-ROM package containing all the background files!
• It's forbidden and illegal to spread modified or registered copies of this game.
• The sounds used in this game are taken from a few other games.
• Version history :
1.5.2 : - dialogs now display complete text
- show dialog before switching screendepth on first launch
1.5.1 : - solved the 'Error writing prefs' bug
1.5 : - support for the Bubblomania Topscore Contest
- removed the 50000 points score limit
- switches to 16bit color if possible
- speed limit (32 frames per second) for fair play
- added the 'Extreme Action Mode' option, an easy way of cheating
- removed the 'black menubar' option
1.4.1 : - fixed a bug in the gameplay
- fixed some compatibility bugs
1.4 : - compiled with CodeWarrior Professional 1
- new main screen, including buttons
- new preferences dialog containing more options
- new designed bubbles (in 16bit color)
- more animation and slower gameplay on fast macs (little bubbles)
- more compatible with several resolutions, color depths and speeds
- better gameplay (made it a little easier)
- lots of improvements under the surface
1.3.2 : - icons in score bar
- improved topscores screen
- lots of little improvements
1.3.1 : - black menubar is optional
- fixed a few bugs
1.3 : - compiled with CodeWarrior Academic Pro 11
- it's now PPC native and MUCH faster
- added file with extra backgrounds and bubbles
- added 3 new backgrounds
- added a help menu
- added a Preferences dialog
- changed the topscores screen
- added gamma fades
- better animated bubbles
- improved the source code a lot and killed a few bugs
1.2 : - added 3 new backgrounds
- changed the introscreen, menubar and aboutscreen
- added the 'Fast As Lightning' option
- added the 'Gamespeed Info' option
- options are showed with the topscores
1.1.1 : - added the 'Always Shaking' and 'Difficult Game' options
- requires less RAM
- colored score bar
1.1 : - much nicer bubbles (3D) ! ! !
- better screendepth checking (thank you, Jason)
- added 'No Background' option to speed up the game
