V-tech V.Smile: Spider-Man & Friends Secret... User manual

© 2004 Marvel Inc.
All rights reserved.

Dear Parent,
At VTech®, we know that every year, children are asking to play
video games at younger and younger ages. At the same time, we
understand the hesitation of most parents to expose their children to
the inappropriate content of many popular video games. How can you
feel confident in allowing your childen to play these games, and still
educate and entertain them in a healthy, age-appropriate manner?
Our solution to this on-going debate is the V.Smile™ TV Learning
System – a unique video game system created especially for children
aged 3 to 7. The V.Smile™ TV Learning System combines a kid-friendly
design, age-appropriate curriculum, entertaining graphics, and fun
game play into a unique experience that your child will love and
you can support. The V.Smile™ TV Learning System engages your
child with two modes of play: the Learning Adventure - an exciting
exploratory journey in which learning concepts are seamlessly
integrated, and the Learning Zone - a series of games designed to
focus on specific school skills in a fun, engaging way. Both of these
educational modes offer your child hours of learning fun.
As part of the V.Smile™ TV Learning System, VTech® offers a library
of game Smartridges™ based on popular children’s characters that
engage and encourage your child to play while learning. The library
is organized into three levels of educational play – Early Learners
(ages 3-5), Junior Thinkers (ages 4-6) and Master Minds (ages 5-7)
– so that the educational content of the system grows with your child.
At VTech®, we are proud to provide you with a much-needed solution
to the video game dilemma, as well as another innovative way for your
child to learn while having fun. We thank you for trusting VTech®‚
with the important job of helping your child explore a new world of
learning!
Sincerely,
Your Friends at VTech®
To learn more about the V.Smile™ TV Learning System and other
VTech® toys, visit www.vsmile.com

INTRODUCTION
One for all and all for one! When we get together, there’s lots of fun! In
Spider-Man and Friends: Secret Missions, join forces with Spider-Man,
Spider-Girl and Wolverine and help them to solve problems around town.
With exciting journeys, learn spelling, animal names, counting, money
concepts, problem solving and much more!
Raised by his Aunt May, Peter Parker has unique
abilities that he uses to help others.Under the secret
identity of Spider-Man, Peter possesses superhuman
strength and reflexes. No matter where he swings,
Spider-Man always remembers that with great power
comes great responsibility.
May Parker is Spider-Man’s younger cousin and
possesses the same abilities as the famous wall- crawler.
Like Spider-Man, Spider-Girl can spin webs and uses
them to swing all over the neighborhood while helping
others.
A well traveled young hero, Logan has lived in both
Canada and Japan. Sometimes made fun of by the kids
at school for being different, Logan secretly possesses
a desire to help others as Wolverine.
GETTING STARTED
Choose Your Play Mode
Move your joystick up and down to choose the play mode you want. Press
ENTER when you are finished.
INTRODUCTION / GETTING STARTED
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Options
Learning Adventure
Learning Zone
Spider-Girl
Spider-Man
Wolverine

Learning Adventure - In this play mode, you can join Spider-Man and
Friends and play four exciting adventure games with bonus mini-games
for each.
Learning Zone - In this mode, you can play four games that focus on a
specific learning skill.
Options - In this screen, you can turn the music on or off, and choose
between limited or unlimited chances to play the game. Move the
joystick left or right to make your choice and press ENTER when you
are finished.
Music On Select this to turn on the music.
Music Off Select this to turn off the music.
Normal Chances Select this to have a limited number of chances to play
in each game.
No Lose Select this to have unlimited chances to play in each game.
Choose Your Game Settings
Learning Adventure Game Settings
you can choose “New Game” to start a new game, or “Continue Game”
to continue an old game.
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GETTING STARTED
New Game
Continue Game
Your High Score
Music On
Limited Chances
(Normal)
Music Off
Unlimited Chances
(No lose)
Check Button

Continue Game Choose this to continue a previous game. V.Smile™
remembers your game status after you turn it OFF,
and if you turn it back ON without removing the
Smartridge™, you will have the choice of continuing
your old game. Your previous settings will be kept.
New Game Choose this to start a new game.
Start Your Game
• For Learning Adventure, please see the “Activities – Learning
Adventure” section.
• For Learning Zone, please see the “Activities – Learning Zone” section.
FEATURES
HELP Button
EXIT Button
LEARNING ZONE Button
The LEARNING ZONE button is a shortcut that takes you to the Learning
Zone game selection screen.
When you press the LEARNING ZONE button, an “Exit” screen will pop up. If you
want to quit and go to the Learning Zone menu, choose “√”. To continue playing,
choose “X”.
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When you press the HELP button, the activity
instructions will be repeated, or you will hear
hints during a game.
When you press the EXIT button, the game
will pause. An “EXIT” icon will pop up to make
sure you want to quit. Choose “√” to leave the
game, or “X” to cancel the “EXIT” screen and
keep playing. Press ENTER to choose. The EXIT
button also takes you to the previous menu.
FEATURES

ACTIVITIES
Educational Curriculum
Learning Adventure Curriculum
Mission 1 – Safari Showdown Animal Names and Numbering Sequence
– Mini Game Animal Names and Spelling
Mission 2 – Bizarre Bazaar Public Responsibility, Colors & Shapes
– Mini Game Object Identification
Mission 3 – Museum Madness Problem Solving, Basic Science
– Mini Game Shape Matching
Mission 4 – Food Frenzy Categorization and Counting
– Mini Game Money Concepts and Basic Calculation
Learning Zone Curriculum
Zone 1: Super Speller Spelling
Zone 2: Number Blowup Basic Calculation
Zone 3: Robo-Match Shape Matching
Zone 4: Speed Pack Categorization
Basic Operations
( ) Walk to the left ( )+Enter Jump to the left
( ) Walk to the right ( )+Enter Jump to the right
( ) Crouch or walk/climb down ( ) Look or walk/climb up
Use special abilities Change characters
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ACTIVITIES

Learning Adventure
Learning Adventure Games
When you select New Game, there is a story
introduction about Spider-Man and Friends.
You can skip the introduction screens by
pressing ENTER.
Learning Adventure Games Status Bar
Mission Status - This shows how much of the current mission is completed.
Energy - This shows the character’s energy level in the current game.
Score - This shows the number of points you’ve earned during play.
Active Character - This shows the character you are currently using.
Inactive Characters - This shows the friends with you.
MISSION 1 - SAFARI SHOWDOWN
Game Play
Oh no! The monkeys have taken some of the
letters from the animal signposts. Join forces
with the heroes to find all the missing letters
in the safari.
Educational Curriculum
Animal Name and Numbering Sequence
Easy level: Learn shorter animal names and numbers up to 20.
Difficult level: Learn longer animal names, odd and even
numbers, and numbers up to 40.
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ACTIVITIES
Mission Status
Score
Active Character
Energy
Inactive
Characters

Safari Showdown Mini Game
Game Play
Fix the signposts by catching the correct letter
from the four monkeys. Don’t be slow, or the
monkeys will change it!
Educational Curriculum
Animal Names
Easy level: Learn spelling and shorter animal names.
Difficult level: Learn spelling and longer animal names.
MISSION 2 - BIZARRE BAZAAR
Game Play
The Litter-bug is littering everywhere at the
bazaar! Join the heroes to follow the Litter-
bug and collect all the litter to keep the place
clean.
Educational Curriculum
Responsibility, Colors and Shapes
Easy level: Learn colors and shapes separately; hints given for
types of litter.
Difficult level: Learn colors and shapes together; no hints given
for types of litter.
Bizarre Bazaar Mini Game
Game Play
Help to recycle! Identify the types of litter and
put them into the correct bins.
Educational Curriculum
Object Identification
Easy level: Sort the litter from one Litter-Bug.
Difficult level: Sort the litter from two Litter-Bugs.
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ACTIVITIES

MISSION 3 - MUSEUM MADNESS
Game Play
Careful! Join our heroes and get though
all the crazy machines while collecting the
parts dropped from the robots in the science
museum.
Educational Curriculum
Problem Solving, Basic Science
Easy level: Match two types of science objects to make sets.
Difficult level: Match three types of science objects to make sets.
Museum Madness Mini Game
Game Play
Fix the robots by choosing the gears that
match the correct size and shape of the slots
on their body.
Educational Curriculum
Shape and Size Matching
Easy level: Match one slot per robot.
Difficult level: Match two slots per robot.
MISSION 4 - FOOD FRENZY
The school is going to have a big party and our
Super Heroes need to go shopping for the food.
Watch out, though, because Rhino is on the
loose at the supermarket!
Educational Curriculum
Categorization, Counting
Easy level: Show shopping list items one by one as you shop.
Difficult Level: Show all items in shopping list at beginning.
ACTIVITIES
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Food Frenzy Mini Game
Game Play
Go to the check-out and pay for your food by
selecting the correct amount of money.
Educational Curriculum
Money Concepts, Basic Calculation
Easy level: Count the correct coins needed to pay.
Difficult level: Calculate the amount and select the correct coins.
Learning Zone
Learning Zone Game Selection Screen
The Learning Zone features four curriculum-based learning games. Use
the joystick to highlight a game, and press ENTER to start it.
Learning Zone Game Status Bar
In all the learning games, the status bar will stay on the screen to show
you how you are doing.
Learning Zone Games
Zone 1 - Super Speller
Game Play
Pop the correct letter bubble to complete the
missing letters from different words.
Educational Curriculum
Spelling
ACTIVITIES
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Player’s score Player’s icon

Easy level: Choose the correct answer from four dropping bubbles.
Difficult level: Choose the correct answer from five faster
dropping bubbles.
Zone 2 - Number Blowup
Game Play
Help our heroes to pump up balloons for their
friends. Pump the balloons the correct number
of times in order to fill them up.
Educational Curriculum
Calculations
Easy level: Addition and subtraction equations up to 20.
Difficult level: Addition and subtraction equations up to 40.
Zone 3 - Robo-Match
Game Play
Match the head, body and legs to make a
matching robot. Be quick, because there
are lots of combinations and time is ticking
away!
Educational Curriculum
Pattern Matching
Easy level: Matching with five choices for each robot part.
Difficult level: Matching with five heads and ten choices of bodies
and legs.
Zone 4 - Speed Pack
Game Play
Control the conveyor belts to place the different
foods into the correct boxes. Be careful not to
miss any of them!
Educational Curriculum
Categorization
ACTIVITIES
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Easy level: Sort the food into three categories.
Difficult level: Sort the faster moving food into four
categories.
CARE & MAINTENANCE
1. Keep your V.Smile™ clean by wiping it with a slightly damp cloth. Never
use solvents or abrasives.
2. Keep it out of direct sunlight and away from direct sources of heat.
3. Remove the batteries when not using it for an extended period of time.
4. Avoid dropping it. Never try to dismantle it.
5. Always keep the V.Smile™ away from water.
WARNING
A very small percentage of the public, due to an existing condition,
may experience epileptic seizures or momentary loss of consciousness
when viewing certain types of flashing colors or patterns, especially on
television. While the V.Smile™ TV Learning System does not contribute
to any additional risks, we do recommend that parents supervise their
children while they play video games. If your child experiences dizziness,
altered vision, disorientation, or convulsions, discontinue use immediately
and consult your physician.
Please note that focusing on a television screen at close range and
handling a joystick for a prolonged period a time may cause fatigue or
discomfort. We recommend that children take a 15 minute break for
every hour of play.
ACTIVITIES / CARE & MAINTENANCE
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TROUBLESHOOTING
If you have a problem that cannot be solved by using this manual,
we encourage you to visit us online or contact our Consumer Services
Department with any problems and/or suggestions that you might have.
A support representative will be happy to assist you.
Before requesting support, please be ready to provide or include the
information below:
• The name of your product or model number (the model number is
typically located on the back or bottom of your product).
• The actual problem you are experiencing.
• The actions you took right before the problem occurred.
If you wish to buy additional joysticks for your V.Smile™, please visit us
online, or contact our Consumer Services Department.
Internet : www.vsmile.com
Phone : [phone] in the U.S. or 1-877-352-8697 in Canada
OTHER INFO
DISCLAIMER AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
VTech® Electronics North America, L.L.C. and its suppliers assume
no responsibility for any damage or loss resulting from the use of this
handbook. VTech® Electronics North America, L.L.C. and its suppliers
assume no responsibility for any loss or claims by third parties that may
arise through the use of this software. VTech® Electronics North America,
L.L.C. and its suppliers assume no responsibility for any damage or loss
caused by deletion of data as a result of malfunction, dead battery, or
repairs. Be sure to make backup copies of important data on other media
to protect against data loss.
Company: VTech® Electronics North America, L.L.C.
Address: 1155 West Dundee Rd., Suite 130, Arlington Heights, IL 60004
USA
Phone : [phone] in the U.S. or 1-877-352-8697 in Canada
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TROUBLESHOOTING / OTHER INFO

NOTICE:
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.
-- Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that
to which the receiver is connected.
-- Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.
Copyright Notices:
MARVEL, Spider-Man, Spider-Girl and Wolverine and the distinctive
likenesses thereof are trademarks of Marvel Characters, Inc., and are used
with permission. Copyright © 2004 Marvel Characters, Inc. All rights
reserved. www.marvel.com This educational video game is produced
under license from Marvel Characters, Inc.
Super Hero(es) is a co-owned registered trademark.
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NOTICE

Expand your V.Smile Smartridge™ Library with
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- Colors & Shapes
- Letters
- Phonics
- Numbers - Basic Vocabulary
- Counting
- Patterns & Logic
- Music
- Math Computation
- Vocabulary - Time-Telling Skills
- Spelling
- Geography
- Spelling
- Problem Solving
- Advanced Math - Art & Creativity
- Vocabulary