2. User Interface
[1] - Scores: At the top of the screen, we have on the left side the score counter of Player 1(1UP) and on the right side the one of Player 2(2UP), and between the counters, the "High Score", to indicate the highest score achieved in the game.
[2] - Title Game: In the center of the screen we can see the most important that is the title of the game: "Bubble Bobble".
[3] - Company name & Copyright: Below the title we can see the name of the company "TAITO" with the font size bigger than other sections but not bigger than the title and just below the company name, we would add the copyright notice: "Taito Corporation 1986, All rights reserved".
[4] - Credits: At the bottom of the screen, we would place the credits of the game.
On the screen the only difference is the "Insert Coin" which prompts you to insert a coin into the machine in order to play.
If you don't touch anything a tutorial/gameplay will appear, where you can learn the basic skills and understand how the game works to start playing it.
In this screen we can choose if we want to play with only 1 Player or with 2.
Before the main game screen, a scene appears showing Bub and Bob getting into the "Cave of Monsters" and the message: "Now, it is the beginning of a fantastic story !! Let's make a journey to the Cave of Monsters! Good luck!" is displayed to immerse you in the game and wish you good luck.
When the game starts we will appear in the first level as well as the enemies and we will see in the middle of the screen the round we are in. In the first level: "Round 1" and the sentence: "READY!"
[1] - Girlfriends: On the upper left and right side of the level, there are the two girlfriends of the characters that you have to save as the objective of the game.
[2] - Power Ups: Down where the girlfriends are, we have a bottle with a lightning bolt that symbolizes a power-up.
[3] - Boss: Just in the center of the screen we have the final boss that we have to defeat to win and end the game.
**[4] - Extend Bubble: At the limit of the left screen, there are in this case 2 letters but in total there are 6 which you collect in the different levels. When you get them all, the word "EXTEND" is formed, and you are given one more life.
The Bad Ending appears when we beat the final boss being only 1 Player, we save the girlfriends but later some messages appear telling us to try again and try to go for the Good Ending. We are invited to play with a second player.
When we are 2 players, and we finish with the final boss a big heart appears and at its sides "Happy End!!". Also, the characters Mama and Papa appear in the bottom part of the level and the main characters Bub and Bob transform into humans.
When you die, it appears the note: "Game Over".
Firstly we see the sentence: "Enter 1UP initials!" and our score, the round where we die or end the game and the name that we can edit. Finally, below we see the 5 best scores the round and next to it the nickname.
In this screen we can see that they are congratulating us for having passed the game and later the credits where the people who have participated in the development of the video game appear.
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