Sadly, the Bubble Ghost manual is one of the "others."
It could be worse, I know. Much, much worse.
I mean, look at its logo, for starters. I'm talking about the main English one here, which is wonderfully and appropriately bubbly, although the Japanese one is awfully nice, too.
And of course the eponymous bubble ghost sitting smack-dab in the middle of it doesn't hurt matters.
Beyond those elements, there's the raspberry-colored ink that's slathered over a good portion of both the Bubble Ghost manual's cover as well as its innards.
Strangely, I'm pretty fond of the fuchsia-tinged screenshots that dot this booklet's pages.
I'm not as fond of the fact that those pages feature only a few illustrations. You'd think a game like this would come with a manual that's filled with drawings of the main character. It doesn't.
Granted, I'm not sure the folks at publisher Pony Canyon put a whole lot of energy into the creation of this booklet.
For a case in point, take a gander at that rather pointless map that takes up more than half of its second-to-last page.
Thankfully, Bubble Ghost's outer box and cartridge label go a long way toward making up for its manual's missteps.
To see what I mean, check out this blog post of mine: "Surprise! The Year of the GameBoy Continues: Bubble Ghost."
Have any of you played this version of Bubble Ghost? Or have you played any other version of the game-, which began life (in 1987) on the Atari ST computer? If so, share your thoughts on the game--or this GameBoy manual--in the comments section below.
See also: previous 'Manual Stimulation' posts about Astro Rabby, Noobow, Peetan, and Taiyou no Tenshi Marlowe
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