THE SPECTRUM GAME DATABASE
BOMBJACK
PUBLISHER
Elite Systems
AUTHOR
YEAR
1986
CATEGORY
Arcade Conversion
DESCRIPTION
Bomb Jack is a sied view single screen platform game.
CONTROLS
Keyboard, Kempston, Interface 2
KEYS : Up - Q
Down - A
Left - N
Right - M
Jump - X
Turbo Jump - Up + Jump
INSTRUCTIONS
Collect the bombs and defeat the various enemies around the
screen.
HINTS/CHEATS
Collect 23 fizzling bombs for a massive 50,000 point bonus.
Every so often a disk bearing the letter P arrives heralded by
a siren sound; collecting this immobilises the enemies and turns
them into smiling faces which can be collected for more points.
An E disk adds an extra life, while a B adds points and increases
the value of subsequent bombs collected.
SCORES RECEIVED
Crash: "A great arcade conversion, don't miss it!" RATING : 92%
(CRASH #27, April 1986)