LEARNING FUN II for Intellivision

 LEARNING FUN II

Cartridge Instructions

(For 1 or 2 Players)

Turn POWER switch off and insert LEARNING FUN cartridge. Turn power on and press

RESET. Press any KEY or the DISC.

Select WORD ROCKETS, WORD HUNT, CROSSWORDS, or MEMORY FUN by pressing 1, 2, 3, or

4.

WORD ROCKETS

TO BEGIN

The WORD ROCKETS title screen appears. Press the DISC to begin.

OBJECT OF THE GAME

One or two players try to complete flying words! Load vowels on your wagon and

launch them at the incomplete words in the sky. In a one-player game, player

tries to beat his or her best time at completing 25 words. In a two-player game,

first player to complete 25 words wins.

GAME PLAY

As an incomplete word sails across the sky, press the left or right of the DISC

to move your wagon over one of the vowels that will complete the word. The left

hand controller moves the red wagon and the right hand controller moves the

yellow wagon.

Once you are over a letter that will complete the word, press any SIDE ACTION KEY

to load the letter on the wagon. Using the DISC again, position the wagon for

launching. Take the speed and height of the word into account when lining up the

wagon. Press the SIDE ACTION KEY again to launch!

Launch a correct vowel, hit the word, and score a point! The screen flashes and

the word changes to either red or yellow, matching the color of the wagon that

launched it. (Note: In a two player game, if both players hit the word with a

correct vowel at the same time, the word will turn yellow, but both players will

score a point.)

If the vowel will not correctly complete the word, it will bounce off.

Note: As soon as you launch a vowel, another one will appear in its place. You

can't load another vowel until the last one you launched is off the screen. If no

vowel on screen will complete the current word, launch one and hope one you need

appears.

SCORING

The score for the red wagon appears in the upper left corner, the score for the

yellow wagon appears in the upper right. A clock is at top center to time

yourself when playing alone -- how fast can you complete 25 words?

END OF GAME

Game ends when a player scores 25 points (25 words completed). Press RESET to

play another game.

WORD HUNT

TO BEGIN

The WORD HUNT title screen appears. Press the DISC. You are asked for the number

of players. On the left hand controller, press 1 to play by yourself, 2 to play

against a friend. Press ENTER to start the game.

OBJECT OF GAME

Control a monkey to pick up letters to spell 3 words of up to 8 letters each.

Think fast! The player with the highest score at the end of five 3-minute turns

wins!

GAME PLAY

15 letters are scattered on screen. The clock at top center starts to count down

from 3 minutes. The left hand controller controls the blue monkey. In a two

player game, the right hand controller controls the white monkey.

Use the DISC to move your monkey. Stop the monkey covering a letter you want to

pick up and press any SIDE ACTION KEY. Your monkey picks up the letter with its

tail. Move the monkey and letter out of the jungle to your half of the scoring

area at the bottom of the screen. Drop the letter by again pressing any SIDE

ACTION KEY, then run back into the jungle for another letter.

Pick up letters, in order, to spell any word of eight letters or less. As you

drop the letters, they automatically line up. When you finish the word, press

ENTER. (If the word is 8 letters long, you don't need to press ENTER.)

You can make corrections by pressing CLEAR to erase the last letter. You can

press CLEAR as many times as needed.

If you accidentally pick up a letter you don't need, quickly dump it in the trash

can located at the bottom center of the jungle. Move your monkey to cover the

trash can, then press any SIDE ACTION KEY.

In a two player game, you can cause trouble by watching what your opponent is

trying to spell -- then grabbing the letters first and throwing them away!

Careful -- two can play at that game!

When time runs out (3 minutes) or both players complete 3 words, it's time to

check the words. An arrow points to the first word on the left. If the white

player (on the right) wishes to challenge the word, check in the dictionary. If

the word is not correctly spelled, the blue player must press his own CLEAR

button (notice that the OK! on screen shows yes and no in the colors of the

players who must answer). The word is erased from the screen and does not count

toward the blue player's score. If the word is not challenged, or if is checked

and found to be correct, blue player presses ENTER and 1 point is added to the

blue player's score for each letter in the word. When playing by yourself, check

your own words, pressing ENTER (correct) or CLEAR (wrong).

In a two-player game, after blue player's words are verified, repeat for the

white player's words. After all words have been verified, there is a pause and

another 3-minute turn starts. There are 5 turns in a game. To play another game,

press RESET.

CROSSWORDS

TO BEGIN

The CROSSWORDS title screen appears. Press the DISC.

GAME PLAY

Two players take turns spelling words on the grid. Each word must connect to

another. Highest score after 20 moves wins.

At the beginning of the game, 7 letters are selected at random for each player.

The letters for the left player (Tan) appear in a column at the left of the

screen; the letters for the right player (Green) appear in a column at the right.

Tan looks for a word that can be spelled from the letters in his or her column.

Not all letters have to be used, but each letter can only be used once. For

example, if the letters in the column are R X E A K W B, the word "BEAR" could be

spelled.

To place a word on the grid takes three steps:

1. Press the hand controller DISC to select where the word will start on the

grid. As you press the DISC, squares on the grid will light up. When the square

you want the first letter to go is lighted, release the DISC.

2. Press 1 if you want the word to be spelled from the lighted square to the

right. Press 2 if you want it spelled from the lighted square down. At the top of

the grid is a reminder: 1 for right, 2 for down. You can also press 3 to pass

when you cannot spell a word from the letters you have. The reminder is shown in

the color of the player whose turn it is.

3. Press the numbers on the hand controller that are next to the letters that

spell the word, then press ENTER. For example, to spell "BEAR" from the letters

above, you would press 7 then 3 then 4 then 1 then ENTER. (If you change your

mind or press the wrong number, you can correct it if you haven't pressed ENTER

yet: press CLEAR to take back the last letter placed on the grid. You can press

CLEAR repeatedly to take back as many letters as you need; press it enough times

and you can return to step 2.) At the top of the screen is a reminder that you

can press 1 through 7 (1-7), CLEAR (c), or ENTER (e). Again, the reminder is

shown in the color of the player whose turn it is.

Green may now ACCEPT or CHALLENGE Tan's word. To accept, Green presses ENTER and

Tan receives 1 point per letter in the word. (For the example "BEAR," Tan

receives 4 points.)

If Green challenges, the word is looked up in a dictionary. If the word is

spelled correctly, Green presses ENTER and Tan receives the points. If the word

is spelled incorrectly, Tan must press CLEAR repeatedly, removing the word from

the board, and then ENTER to pass the turn to Green. Green presses ENTER, then

it's his or her turn to place a word on the grid following the three steps above.

(Note the color of the reminder line at top to see who has the option of pressing

ENTER.)

The second word on the grid and each word thereafter must connect to a word

already on the grid. For example, if Green had the letters O C H Q Y B G, he or

she could spell the word "HOBBY" using the B already on the grid (worth 5

points).

If a word does not connect to a previous word when ENTER is pressed, the buzzer

sounds and the word is automatically cleared. Try again.

If you add a word to the grid that extends a word already on the grid, you get

points both for the word you add AND the extended word. For example, Tan adds

"SUN" to the grid such that it turns "BEAR" into "BEARS". Tan gets 3 points for

"SUN" and 5 points for "BEARS". Look for ways to extend the beginning and end of

words: "NOT" can become "NOTE" and "HOE" can become "SHOE".

When you place letters, EVERY new word formed must be a real word, otherwise NONE

of them will be allowed.

NEW  LETTERS

At the end of your turn, new letters fill in the blanks left by letters used. If

you cannot spell a word from the letters in your column, you can get 7 new

letters by pressing 3. The penalty for doing this is losing your turn.

END OF GAME

The highest score at the end of 20 moves wins the game. Tan's score appears in

the upper left corner, Green's in the upper right. The current move is shown at

lower left.

MEMORY FUN

TO BEGIN

The MEMORY FUN title screen appears. Press the DISC. You are asked for  the level

number you want to play at. Using the left hand controller, answer from  1

(easiest) to 44 (hardest), then press ENTER. You are then asked for the number of

players. Press 1 to play by yourself or 2 to play against a friend, then press

ENTER. If you answered 2 players, you will then be asked if you want to take

turns (press 1, then ENTER) or play at the same time (press 2, then ENTER).

OBJECT OF THE GAME

Uncover letters hidden by squares on the grid, looking for pairs that match.

Players compete for the highest number of matches.

GAME PLAY

Using the DISC, point your arrow to a square on the grid (the left hand

controller moves the red arrow; in a two-player game, the right hand controller

moves the blue arrow). Press any SIDE ACTION KEY. The letter underneath the

square is revealed. Select another square and again press any SIDE ACTION KEY. If

the letters match, you score a point. If they don't, they are covered again and

you keep searching.

Some squares have no letters underneath. These squares match with nothing, not

even another empty square.

TWO PLAYERS

Two players either take turns or play at the same time. When taking turns, only

one arrow (red or blue) appears on screen at a time.

If both play at the same time, the game becomes one not only of memory, but also

speed, strategy, and dexterity! Keep track not only of the letters you reveal,

but also those of your opponent. Your opponent may uncover a letter that's the

same as one you've uncovered -- but since letters appear in the players' colors

and only letters of the same color can match, you'll have to wait until the

letters are covered again. Then it's a race to see who can get to them first!

Think ahead -- you can block your opponent's match by uncovering a letter he or

she was going to uncover!

END OF GAME

The game ends when all letters have been matched. How well both players did is

displayed in their colors:

Score: Number of matches made.

Turns: Number of pairs revealed.

Percentage right: Percentage of pairs revealed that were matches.

Time: Total time of the game.

Average time per score: Time of game divided by number of matches player made.

Player with higher score wins. If playing by yourself, work on increasing your

percentage right while decreasing your average time per score.

Press RESET to play another game.

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©1987, 1998 Intellivision Productions, Inc.