BOBBY BEARING

Joypad 1 up = move Bobby up
Joypad 1 down = move Bobby down
Joypad 1 left = move Bobby left
Joypad 1 right = move Bobby right 
Joypad 1 Button 1 = Cheat
Joypad 1 Button 2 = Find the current brother or cousin to save.

Pause / unpause with Console Pause Button.
Whilst Paused, Press Joypad 1 fire2 to quit current game.


How to play :
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Here are some informations you won't find in the official instruction manual and that will greatly help you to understand the rules of Metaplanes:

Brothers and cousin are dispatched differently each time you begin a new game. You have to find and bring back them one after the other to the door of the start screen, making them escape from Metaplanes and go home to their land of Technofear. You will have to save Barnaby, Bert, Bungo, Boogle and finally the cousin Osborne.

At the bottom left of the screen is the time counter and 5 spheres that represent the Bobby's brothers and cousin to save. Each time a brother or cousin is brought back home, his face appears in a sphere. But if he dies on the way, then a cross appears.
At the bottom right is written the first name of the brother or cousin to be saved.
Arrows on the play area indicate the available exits to other screens.

If Bobby falls from a bit too high or bumps too hard, he stays stunned for a few seconds (a "?" Above Bobby's head indicates that he's dizzy). If he falls from really too high, then the screen will be reseted and you will lose time.

Your time is precious to find and bring back the brothers and cousin home. Using the cheat key (fire1) costs 200 time units. Directly find the next brother or cousin (fire2) drains 3000 time units! 

Cheat is a special feature of the game. Pressing the cheat key resets the screen, which is perfect if Bobby gets stuck or has been mistakenly placed in a location with no ability to go back. This system can be used as many times as desired as long as there is enough time.

If you reset the screen while Bobby is accompanied by one of his brothers or his cousin, then the cheat function kills this one by resetting the screen. Then you have to go in search for the next brother or cousin to save.

This ability to shirk a brother using the cheat key is available three times. But be careful because this feature has a price. If you use it three times, then you will not be able to reset the screen at all, whether you are accompanied or not.

In general, you are advised to find the brothers and the cousin by yourself and not to abuse of the cheating key because these features drain a lot of time units, at the risk of not having enough time to complete your mission.


