Tiger Games Giga Pets Explorer User manual

AGES 7+
For 1 Player

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Welcome to Giga Island! As a Giga Pet owner, you are now a caretaker of an
interactive pal who needs lots of attention to grow up healthy and happy. Your pet
can explore the world, decorate its home, collect items, develop its personality,
make friends, learn tricks, and go on quests!
Game Contents: Game unit, Instructions
Requirements
TV, VCR or DVD player with AV input. Or you may use the AV input on a VCR or
DVD player that is connected to your TV.
• RF adapter required if TV has no AV input.
• You cannot play this game through a cable box or satellite hookup. Game must
be connected directly to the TV, VCR or DVD player.
• If the game malfunctions or “locks up,” you can RESET the unit by sliding the
ON/OFF switch to OFF, and then back to the ON position
Batteries
Requires four AA-size batteries (not included). Alkaline batteries recommended.
Phillips/cross head screwdriver (not included) needed to insert batteries.
Make sure the ON/ OFF switch on the front of the electronic console is in the
OFF position. Then loosen the screw on the battery compartment, located on
the underside of the console, and remove the door. Insert 4 AA-size batteries
(we recommend alkaline), making sure to align the + and – symbols with the
markings in the plastic. Replace the door and tighten the screw.
AA
AA
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CAUTION: TO AVOID BATTERY LEAKAGE
1. Be sure to insert the batteries correctly and always follow the
game and battery manufacturers’ instructions;
2. Do not mix old and new batteries or alkaline, standard (carbon-
zinc) or rechargeable (nickel-cadmium) batteries;
3. Always remove weak or dead batteries from the product.
IMPORTANT: BATTERY INFORMATION
Please retain this information for future reference. Batteries should
be replaced by an adult.
CAUTION:
1. Always follow the instructions carefully. Use only batteries
specified and be sure to insert them correctly by matching the +
and – polarity markings.
2. Do not mix old batteries and new batteries, or standard (carbon-
zinc) with alkaline batteries.
3. Remove exhausted or dead batteries from the product.
4. Remove batteries if product is not to be played with for a long time
5. Do not short-circuit the supply terminals.
6. Should this product cause, or be affected by, local electrical
interference, move it away from other electrical equipment. Reset
(switching off and back on again or removing and re-inserting
batteries) if necessary.
7. RECHARGEABLE BATTERIES: Do not mix these with any other types
of battery. Always remove from the product before recharging.
Recharge batteries under adult supervision. DO NOT RECHARGE
OTHER TYPES OF BATTERY.

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Setup
Place the game unit in front of your TV set as shown.
Connecting to a TV:
1. Insert the game unit’s white plug
into the white audio-in jack on the TV.
2. Insert the game unit’s yellow plug
into the yellow video-in jack on the TV.
Note: These jacks are normally found
on the front of the TV near the adjustment
controls, or on the back of the TV near the
antenna and cable connections.
3. Turn on your TV and set it to the channel/
video input mode directed by your TV
owner’s manual.
Connecting to a VCR or DVD player:
1. Make sure the VCR or DVD player is
properly connected to the TV.
2. Insert the game unit’s white plug into
the white audio-in jack on the VCR or DVD player.
VIDEO PLUG
(YELLOW)
AUDIO PLUG
(WHITE)
VIDEO INPUT
AUDIO INPUT
VCR
3. Insert the game unit’s yellow plug into the yellow video-in jack on the VCR or
DVD player.
4. Turn on your TV and VCR or DVD player.
5. Set your TV, VCR or DVD player to the channel / video input mode directed by
your TV, VCR or DVD player owner’s manual.
6. Slide the ON/OFF switch on the game unit to ON.
See Troubleshooting Guide on page 18 if necessary.
Game Unit Buttons and Features
UP, DOWN, LEFT, and RIGHT – Press these directional buttons to move
around Giga Island and to scroll within menus.
SELECT – Press this button for actions such as selecting a menu choice, digging,
LEFT
UP
DOWN
RIGHT
FLIP-UP DOOR
ON/OFF
BACK
MENU
SELECT
VIDEO PLUG
(YELLOW)
AUDIO PLUG
(WHITE)
VIDEO INPUT
GAME UNIT
AUDIO INPUT

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interacting with another character, picking up an item, or investigating something.
MENU – Press this button to make the menu bar appear at the bottom of the screen,
or to bring up separate menus within the Stuff inventory.
BACK – Press this button to exit out of an option you have selected.
ON/OFF – Slide to turn the unit on and off.
FLIP-UP DOOR – Open door to connect a handheld Giga Pets game (sold separately).
See “Connecting with Giga Pets from Handheld Games” section for details.
Object
Explore the vast virtual universe of Giga Island with your favorite pet! Complete
quests to advance to mysterious locked worlds, and make friends that can
provide information and gifts. Discover the secret that lies buried within Magma
Mountain.
How to Play
Make sure your game unit is ON. The Main Menu should appear.
Main Menu
New Game – Start a new game. Choose a pooch, panda, or monkey from the pet
shop, give it a name, and select its home.
Load Game – Choose one of three saved games to continue. (Games save
automatically once you have chosen a home for your pet.)
Options –
Music – Turn the music ON or OFF.
Volume – Adjust the volume level between 0 (silent) and 100 (loud).
Tutorial – Turn the gameplay hint windows ON or OFF.
Pet Personalities
When you highlight a pet at the pet shop, you’ll see its personality icons. In the
game, you will also collect these icons to shape the character of your pet:
Halos = Good Pitchforks = Bad
Lightbulbs = Smart Stars = Cute

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Halos determine good behavior. More halos = nicer pet. Pitchforks determine
mischievous behavior. More pitchforks = more naughty pet. A nice pet will make
friends with other nice pets on Giga Island and a naughty pet will make friends
with other naughty pets.
Lightbulbs determine intelligence. More lightbulbs = smarter pet. Intelligent pets
learn tricks more easily and have an advantage in mini-games.
Stars determine your pet’s looks. More stars = better looking pet. Friends give
more generous gifts to cuter pets.
Menu
Press MENU to bring up the menu bar at the bottom of the screen.
Stats – See Stats section below for details.
Stuff – View the inventory (everything your pet owns).
Note: Press MENU again to show separate menus for Foods,
Medicines, Quest Items, or Room Items.
Feed – Give your pet some food.
Clean – Clean your pet.
Heal – Make your pet feel better.
Indoors only:
Sleep – Have your pet take a nap.
Go Out – Have your pet leave to go outside.
Quit – End the game.
Outdoors only:
Trick – Have your pet perform a trick that it has learned.
Go Home – Have your pet go directly home to its house in Gigaville.
Gameplay Tips
• See the Mayor to get your first quest.
• Check the Stats to find out the progress of your quest.
• Decide if you want a good pet or a naughty pet, and collect either Halos or

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Pitchforks to shape that personality.
• The Wishing Well and other games are good ways to build your personality.
• Talk to other pets often. As your personality changes, other pets will react
differently.
• To quickly return to Gigaville, press MENU and select GO HOME.
• Visit hotels to eat, sleep, clean, and get great decorating ideas.
• To quit, press MENU, select GO HOME, press MENU again, and then select QUIT.
Stats
Check on your pet’s current condition:
Hunger – Do you need to feed it?
Hygiene – Do you need to clean it?
Health – Do you need to heal it?
Mood – Do you need to cheer it up?
Sleepiness – Do you need to let it rest?
Quest Status – What does it need to do next on its quest?
Personality – How many halos, pitchforks, lightbulbs, and stars does it have?
Taking Care of Your Pet
During the game, you’ll need to make sure your pet is not too hungry, tired, dirty,
or sick.
Hungry – Feed your pet to make it happier. Keep in mind that the type and
quantity of food can affect your pet’s hunger level and health.
Tired – Your pet needs to take naps to stay alert. If your pet is near a bed, press
SELECT to make it take a rest. Otherwise, press MENU and select SLEEP.
Dirty – Your pet will get dirty from exploring and digging, and can also get dirty
from being around dirty pets (look for the stinky trails above their heads). To get
your pet cleaned up, press MENU and select CLEAN.
Sick – Your pet can get sick from being around other sick pets (look for the sick
faces above their heads) or by being tired, hungry, or dirty too often. To improve
your pet’s health, press MENU, select HEAL, and then select an option from your
inventory. For example, your pet might need chicken soup for some ailments, but
specific medicines for other issues.
Bucks
Bucks are the money of Giga Island. To see how many Bucks you currently

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have, press MENU and select STUFF. Your total is displayed in the top left corner
of your inventory. You will also see your total displayed automatically when you
buy or sell an item, and other times when your Bucks total goes up or down.
Shopping
As you collect Bucks, you can spend them on what your pet wants and needs.
Look in the shops for food, toys, decorating items for your pet’s house, and
medicine. Press RIGHT or UP to choose how many of an item you would like
to buy. Press SELECT to purchase the item(s).
Selling ItemS
In the junkyard in the jungle, you can sell some
items if you would like to. Press MENU and select
STUFF, and then look through your inventory to
select the item you would like to sell. You will
receive Bucks in return.
Quests
Your pet can go on quests to open new locations in the game. Certain characters
will ask your pet to complete a task for them, such as gather objects or buy
something, and will offer a reward for completing the quest successfully.
Note: Some quests have a time limit. If your pet does not complete the assigned
task by the time the clock runs out, try again.
Giving Gifts
If you visit another pet’s house, you can give it a gift by selecting one from your
Stuff inventory. If you’re asked to bring back food to someone as part of a quest,
you must purchase that food from a store and then return to the character, who
will automatically take it.
Tricks
Learning – Some of the animal friends in the game can do tricks, and can teach
your pet how to do them. To learn a trick, you must solve a puzzle that your pet’s
friend gives you. If you don’t get the puzzle right, you can try again later.

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Performing – Press MENU and select TRICK, and then choose a trick to perform.
If your pet does not yet know how to do a certain trick, a question mark will
appear.
Connecting with Giga Pets
from Handheld Games
You can connect a compatible handheld Giga Pets game to your TV game and have
your pets meet each other!
How to Connect
Make sure that the TV game unit and handheld game unit are both ON. Open the
flip-up door on top of your TV game unit. Dock your handheld game unit into the
TV game unit like a cartridge, and then press ZAP on the handheld game unit. Your
handheld pet will “visit” your TV pet, and certain items can be traded between
games. You can even use friends’ games for more interactive fun.
Mini Pets
Visiting pets from handheld games are known as “mini pets” in the TV game. You
will find that certain items are only for mini pets. Also, you need a mini pet with
you to be able to visit Mystery Island (the question mark on the map)!
Personality Icons and Stats
If you collect a personality icon for your TV pet while a mini pet is visiting, a copy
of the icon will go to the mini pet, too. Your TV pet’s condition can also affect your
mini pet. For example, if your TV pet is dirty or sick, your mini pet will get dirty or
sick too, even once it returns to the handheld game. If you clean or heal your TV
pet while your mini pet is visiting, your mini pet will also become clean or healed.
How to Disconnect
Press ZAP on your handheld game to make your mini pet reappear on your
handheld game screen, and then disconnect the handheld game dock from the
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Note: You must press the ZAP button before disconnecting the handheld unit,
or you will lose any data transferred from the TV game. The HH game will display
“Press ZAP to download data”.
Ending a Game
Your pet cannot die, but it can get extremely sick.
If you reach the end of the game, why not explore Giga Island again with a
different pet?
Note: The game turns off automatically after ten minutes of non-use. After
automatic shutoff, the game unit will need to be turned off and back on again to
continue play.
Troubleshooting
If you do not see the legal screens and then the main title screen after turning the
TV and game unit on:
Check Plugs and Jacks – Make sure that the video and audio plugs are inserted
into the correct jacks on your TV, VCR or DVD player.
Check Batteries – Make sure the batteries in the game unit are fresh and properly
installed.
Check TV Channel – Your TV channel should be set to its auxiliary “gaming”
channel. This is usually indicated as “AUX,” “AV” or “Video.” You may have to refer to
your TV owner’s manual to determine this. To locate your auxiliary channel (usually
one of the following channels: 2, 1, 0, 00, or 99), click down from channel 3 until
“Line 1,” “Line 2,” “Video 1,” “Video 2,” “Front,” “AUX,” “AV” etc. appears on the
screen. Then press the ON button on the game unit. If you are on the right channel,
the game should come on. If this does not work, see if your TV remote has a button
(labeled “Input,” “AUX,” “AV,” “Line,” “TV/Video,” or “Video”) that takes you to the
correct channel. If your remote has one of these buttons, turn your TV to Channel
3 and then hit that button. Then press the ON button on the game unit. The game
should come on.
Check VCR / DVD Player Connection – Your VCR / DVD player should be set to
“AUX,” “AV” or “Video.” You may have to refer to your VCR or DVD owner’s manual
to determine this.
No Picture – Try putting a videotape into your VCR, let it start to play, and then
hit STOP. This may give you a blue screen background. Then click down to the
auxiliary channel on your TV.
If you do not get a blue screen, see if your TV and/or VCR has a main menu with
an option for a blue screen background. If you go into the main menu, you can
usually change from “cable” to “video” and get a blue screen.
If you have an older TV, you may find a “hidden door” on the TV that has color,
picture, horizontal, vertical, and antennae/cable buttons. If your TV does have
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FCC Statement
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class
B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed
to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential
installation. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency
energy, and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause
harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that
interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause
harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined
by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the
interference by one or more of the following measures:
• Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
• Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.
• Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.
Under an environment with Fast Transient or electrostatic discharge, the game
may malfunction and lose memory. That will require the user to reset the game
(switching it off and back on again or removing and re-inserting the batteries).
• The game may malfunction when there is radio interference appearing on the
signal line.
• The game will revert to normal operation when the interference stops.
Consumer Information
We will be happy to hear your questions or comments about this game. US
consumers please write to: Hasbro Games, Consumer Affairs Dept., P.O. Box 200,
Pawtucket, RI 02862. Tel: [phone] (toll free). Canadian consumers please
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