Tiger Electronics DreamWorks Small Soldiers CigaPets Plus... User manual

SLAMFIST™
ARCHER™
BRICK™
CHIP™
CONGRATULATIONS!
You have joined forces with the smartest, most talented soldiers
ever created. They have been programmed with so much intelligence,
that they actually come alive. They’re the stars of their own hit
movie — and they come alive again in your Giga unit!
CHIP HAZARD™, BRICK BAZOOKA™, ARCHER™and SLAMFIST™,
were all designed by Mars MicroDigiTech a company with
accessibility to military intelligence, tactics and strategy. You’ll
watch as each comes alive, ripping their way clear from their boxes!
TOSTART
To start the game, pull the plastic tab from the back of your Giga
Pets Plus unit and throw it away. Once you turn your unit on, it
should stay on. You never have to turn it off!
TOSETTHECLOCK
It’s really important that you set the clock to the correct time,
because you need to take care of and train your soldiers on a
normal military schedule. If you don’t set the time correctly, your
soldiers could get confused — and they might recharge themselves
all day and keep you awake all night! After you start the game,
the game will be in CLOCK MODE.
Here’showtosettheclock:
1) The HOUR will be flashing. Press LEFT/RIGHT to adjust the
hour. When the correct hour is set, press ENTER.
2) The MINUTES will now be flashing. Press LEFT/RIGHT to adjust
the minutes. When the time is set to the right minute, press
ENTER.
TOPAUSE
While in the NAME MODE enter the word “STOP”. This will then
“pause” the clock. Your Small Soldiers™ will still move on screen
but the clock will not advance. To deactivate the “pause” function,
re-enter the NAME MODE and enter the word “NORMAL”. This
will return the clock to real time.
CHOOSINGYOURSOLDIER!
After the clock is set, you will see an opening sequence of all the
soldiers marching through the neighborhood to a suburban house
— that is about to become the battle site!
Then you can select whichever of the soldiers you want to play
with first by pressing the LEFT/RIGHT buttons to see the various
faces of CHIP™, BRICK™, ARCHER™and SLAMFIST™. Then press
the ENTER button to select your soldier!
You can switch to another soldier any time you want! When it comes
to battle, all soldiers must be ready at any time to join the battle!
You can continually shift between the four Small Soldiers™—
trying to keep all four of them active!
YOURNAME
Enter your name in order to enlist into the game. After all, every
good soldier must enlist!
1) Press LEFT/RIGHT to search through the alphabet and numbers.
2) Press ENTER to select a letter or number and move to the next
space to continue spelling out your name choice. You may use
up to 12 letters or numbers.
3) Press ENTER twice to accept the current name and go to GAME
MODE.
SOUNDEFFECTS
Your Giga Pets Plus has sound effects and even a few lines of
speech that you will hear during specific activities in the game!
Imagine — you’ll hear words from the Commanders themselves,
Chip™and Archer™— plus the sounds of weapon firings!
TURNINGOFF THESOUND
1) Press MODE to enter CLOCK MODE.
2) Press LEFT to turn the sound off — the SOUND ( ) will
disappear.
3) Press LEFT again to turn the sound on — the SOUND ( ) will
appear again.
4) Press MODE as many times as you need to return to game mode.
(Each press of MODE skips you through the various fields
before you get back to the game mode.)
RETURNINGTOCLOCKMODE
Once the game begins in GAME MODE, you can return to CLOCK
MODE by pressing MODE.
1) If you wish to adjust the clock, press ENTER. The clock will
start flashing.
2) After you set the time, press ENTER to return to GAME MODE.
Your Small Soldiers™will appear again.
CARINGFORTHENEEDSOFYOURMEN
It is up to you to take care for your Small Soldiers™ and to respond
to all their needs! Check your MISSION STATUS to check on your:
— overall mission status score ( )
— efficiency index ( )
— fitness index ( )
— power level ( )
When you hear the alert beep (if sound is on) and you see the ALERT
icon light up, it means that your Giga Pets Plus needs something
—and he needs it NOW, soldier!
If a soldier needs a power-up, FEED it the power-up it needs! If it
needs a WEAPONS TEST, test the weapon! If it needs RECHARGING
OR CLEANING, then do it! Whatever your soldier needs, provide it!
Here’s a special clue for you: The CHARACTER BUILDING,
TRAINING and Q and A(Quality and Assurance) are unique activities
unlike any others ever seen in the Giga universe before — and do
not have alert “beeps”. So as a good soldier, you must be on guard
to check them out whenever you feel necessary!
Use the LEFT/RIGHT keys to move to the activity you think your
soldier needs, then press ENTER.
If you need help understanding what your soldier needs, the
MISSION STATUS activity (scoring) is the place to go for some
hints. Like all good commanders, you should also share your
soldiering skills with your friends, and see if they have any tips
for you. Finally, more information can be found at the Giga Pets
website at www.gigapets.com.
VOICEACTIVATION( )
Your Small Soldiers™unit is also equipped with a unique voice
activation that responds to your voice commands or clapping. This
feature can be used with all the soldiers you activate.
If voice activation is turned on, certain activities can be triggered
by sound.
1) If your soldier is off screen, voice command will trigger the
soldier to walk back on screen again.
2) If your soldier doesn’t perform well in either TRAINING or
CHARACTER BUILDING, voice command can send the soldier to
“Q AND A” testing.
3) If your soldier DOES perform well in TRAINING or CHARACTER
BUILDING, voice command can reward your soldier!
TURNINGOFF VOICEACTIVATION
1) Press MODE to enter CLOCK MODE.
2) Press RIGHT to turn the voice activation off — the VOICE
ACTIVATION ICON ( ) will disappear.
3) Press RIGHT again to turn the voice activation on — the VOICE
ACTIVATION ICON ( ) will appear again.
Press MODE TWICE to return to GAME MODE.
AGES 5 & UP
MODEL70-259
ELECTRONIC LCD GAME
INSTRUCTIONS
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ASOLDIER’SDUTIESANDACTIVITIES
You are responsible for meeting the needs of your soldiers. The
needs include: POWER-UP, WEAPONS TEST, RECHARGE, TRAIN,
CHARACTER BUILDING, CLEAN and Q AND A (Quality and
Assurance).
POWER-UP( )
Each Commando Elite™and Gorgonite™has a “Main” power-up and a
“Turbo” power-up.
The Main power-up are indispensable for keeping the Small
Soldiers™ active. They tune up power system, enabling the Small
Soldiers™ to function properly.
The Turbo power-up enhances performance in TRAINING and
CHARACTER BUILDING activities. These are treats for your
soldiers.
When you select this activity, you’re given a choice of foods. Use
the LEFT or RIGHT key to select either the MAIN power-up or the
TURBO (treats) power-up. The Main power-up is shown on the left
side of the screen and the turbo treats are shown on the right
side. Your soldiers need main power-ups to retain POWER LEVEL
and turbo power-ups to maintain effective TRAINING skills.
You can check the power of your soldier by checking the
EFFICIENCY ( ) on the MISSION STATUS screen ( ). An ( )
100 means your soldier has all the power it needs and it may
refuse additional power. At the other extreme, an ( ) 0 means
you are in trouble because your soldier will EXPLODE!!!!
Your soldiers will always accept turbo power-ups, even when it
has all the power it needs. But be careful, too many turbo power
treats can have bad effects on your soldier. You should never
give your soldier more than 2 or 3 turbo power treats a day.
RECHARGE( )
Recharging is important for all energy driven toys, including your
Small Soldiers™. Your soldiers may want recharging during the
day. At night, your soldiers will be especially in need of recharging.
Sometimes it’s hard to tell when a soldier needs recharging. If
you try everything else — and the alert icon won’t go away, maybe
it’s time for a little recharge action!
WEAPONSTEST( )
Soldiers need to learn how to be safe with their weapon by learning
how to use them properly.
You will see HAPPY face animations when a soldier performs a
weapons test correctly. You will see an EXPLOSION when a soldier
performs a weapons test incorrectly.
CHARACTERBUILDING( )
You actually help BUILD your Small Soldiers™BY CHANGING their
parts when needed.
You will see an obstacle or challenge — and then must choose the
correct body part to best fulfill the challenge! Once you select
a body part, you will see your soldier use the part.
Thechallenges are:
WALL CLOSING BOULDER WINDOW JUMP
TABLE CLIMB WALL BREAKING RALLY THE TROOPS
— training index ( )
— age ( )
— battle ready index ( )
For CHIP™to safely aim his
machine gun, press LEFT,
RIGHT, LEFT.
For BRICK™to throw his
grenade at the hole as it
appears, press LEFT, LEFT,
LEFT.
For ARCHER™to shoot his
arrows at the right time,
press RIGHT, RIGHT, RIGHT.
For SLAMFIST™to smash his
rocks at just the right moment,
press LEFT, LEFT, RIGHT.

QANDA(QualityandAssurance)( )
Since the Small Soldiers™are toys, they have to go through
Quality and Assurance testing like all other toys. This is not
something that any toy likes! The Small Soldiers™ will get dropped
out of a window. If your efficiency total is high enough, your
soldier will withstand the drop. If your efficiency level is NOT
high enough, various body parts will fly off when you hit the ground!
ALERT( )
When this icon lights up, it means your soldier needs something.
Use the MISSION STATUS ( ) screens to try to figure out what
your soldier needs. Try selecting a different activity until you
figure out what he needs!
SECRETCODES!
Your game comes with many secret codes that you can enter to
unlock bonus features. Here’s how you enter a secret code:
1) Select the SCORE ( ) activity.
2) Move to the NAME screen, and press ENTER.
3) Your name will disappear, and you can enter the code here.
4) Select the correct letters in the code just like setting the name.
5) When the code is spelled out correctly, press ENTER twice.
*****After a code has been activated, it will stay that way until you
enter it again to turn it off.
ACTIVATINGSOLDIERS
You can have up to all 4 soldiers active. But only one appears on
screen at a time. You can leave the others “suspended” until you’re
ready to use them.
Use the MODE and ENTER buttons to activate and switch between the
four soldiers:
1) Press MODE to enter CLOCK MODE.
2) Press MODE again to see the available soldier. The player will
see a “face” frame of the soldier.
3) Press the LEFT/RIGHT buttons to see other INACTIVE soldiers.
You will see another “freeze frame” face of the soldier.
4) You can continue to search through the inactive soldiers by
pressing the LEFT/RIGHT buttons.
5) You can activate an inactive soldier by pressing the ENTER
button when you see the soldier you want to activate.
GAMEOVER
Each soldier has a normal shelf life of 14 days unless total
score (mission status) is over 95, which will allow the Small
Soldiers™to stay active for many weeks longer as long as the
player keeps the score above 95.
Your Small Soldiers™won’t die — they’ll EXPLODE! When a soldier
explodes, you’ll take care of one of the other remaining soldiers.
RESTARTINGTHEGAME
If you just wish to start over from the beginning, press the RESET
button located on the back of your game. You can also use the
RESET button to reset the unit if there is a problem, but this will
reset the game memory, so you will lose the development of any
animals and crops you have.
INSERTINGTHEBATTERY
To get started with your Giga Pets Plus,
pull the plastic tab from the back of the unit.
To insert a new battery, you should get
grownup help. Remove the battery
compartment cover on the back of the game
by unscrewing the cover and pushing it in
the direction of the arrow.
Put in a new CR2032 cell battery (like the
battery included) like in the picture.
CAUTION: Not suitable for children under 36 months, may contain
small parts.
You have four or five choices of body parts to best fulfill each
challenge! Use the LEFT and RIGHT buttons to quickly scroll
through the various body part choices. Then press ENTER to
choose the body part you want! You’ve got to be QUICK!!!
CLEANING( )
Each Small Soldiers™sits in an acid bath for cleaning.
MISSIONSTATUS( )
Choose this icon to check on your progress. Use the LEFT/RIGHT
keys to display screens showing NAME, MISSION STATUS (total
score) ( ), EFFICIENCY ( ) and FITNESS ( ), POWER LEVEL
( ) and TRAINING INDEX ( ), AGE ( ) and BATTLE READY ( ).
1) You can press ENTER on the NAME screen to change the name
you have entered for yourself.
2) The MISSION STATUS (total score) screen shows how you are
doing.
3) The EFFICIENCY and POWER LEVEL screen shows if your soldier
needs power-ups, training, or Q and A. If EFFICIENCY or POWER
LEVEL are low, you should take care of your soldier with
POWER-UP or CHARACTER BUILDING activities.
4) The POWER LEVEL and TRAINING INDEX screen shows how well
you are taking care of your soldier. If POWER is low, you need
to take better care of your soldier with Main POWER-UPS,
WEAPONS TEST, POWER-UPS, CLEAN, RECHARGE, and maybe
a CHARACTER BUILDING exercise. If TRAINING is low, you can
increase it with more TRAINING activity.
5) The AGE and BATTLE READY screen shows how your soldier is
doing over time.
TRAINING( )
There are four TRAINING activities for each soldier: Select this
activity and press ENTER. You will see 2 new options on the screen,
TRAINING ( ) and REWARD ( ).
Press LEFT to point the arrow at the TRAINING icon ( ) and
press ENTER. Next you will see an example screen of your soldier
at the first step of performing a training maneuver. You can see
all the training activities for that soldier by pressing RIGHT or
LEFT buttons to look at first step examples of each training.
When you see a training skill you would like to teach your soldier,
press ENTER.
Your soldier will try his best to do the right training maneuver.
If your soldier tries the training maneuver but gets it wrong, don’t
worry, just try again until he gets it right!
When your soldier does the training correctly, you should REWARD
( ) it with a turbo treat. Now it will remember that training
maneuver and you can get him to do it over and over!
Keep in mind that you need to be responsible when training your
soldiers.
Don’t give them too many turbo treats and don’t worry if your
soldier seems to forget the training maneuver from day to day.
You can always teach the training maneuver again.
Your trainingactivitiesare:
TOENSUREPROPERFUNCTION:
- battery installation should be done by adult.
- non-rechargeable batteries are not to recharged.
-rechargeable batteries are to be removed from the toy before
being charged (if removable).
- rechargeable batteries are only to be charged under adult
supervision (if removeable).
- only batteries of the same or equivalent type as recommended
are to be used.
- batteries are to be inserted with the correct polarity.
- exhausted batteries are to be removed from the toy.
- the supply terminals are not to be short-circuited.
DEFECTORDAMAGE
If a part of your game is damaged or something has been left out,
DO NOT RETURN THE GAME TO THE STORE. The store doesn’t
have replacement parts.
Instead, write to us at:
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slip, date, place of purchase and price paid. We will do our best
to help.
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Payments must be by check or money order payable to Tiger
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CHIP HAZARD™
climbs a rope drives the latest vehicle
bungee jumps walks off and walks back
BRICK BAZOOKA™
launches a tennis ball before
he transforms into a cannon
(launches a grenade after
transforming into a cannon
drives a tank
catapults through the air
via slingshot walks off and walks back
ARCHER™
sails through water on a ship walks off and walks back
SLAMFIST™
breaks apart a toy chest breaks through a package
swings on rope walks off and walks back
ARCHER™
slams window down with a
string device avoids getting stuck in sticky stuff on the ground