V-tech V.Smile: SpiderMan & Friends II Doc Ock s... User manual

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INTRODUCTION
Doc Ock has landed his floating experiment base over the town! And he
is planning to make a nuisance in this lovely place! Spider-Man & Friends
are coming back again to help stop him.
In Spider-Man & Friends: Doc Ock’s Challenge, join forces with Spider-
Man, Storm and Thing to help stop Doc Ock from causing problems in
town! During your adventure in Doc Ock’s base, you will learn about the
nine planets, the food pyramid, directions, logic, and much more.
Spider-Man
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.
Storm
Ororo Munroe is descended from an ancient line of
African priestesses, all with the potential to wield
magic. Sometimes made fun of by the kids at school
for being different, Ororo secretly possesses a desire
to help others as Storm, who has the ability to control
the weather. Storm likes all types of weather and can
play with the best of them, rain or shine.
Thing
A loyal friend to all, young Ben has a great interest in
astronauts and all things outer space. A very curious
young man, Ben is always eager to explore new things
and likes to take on challenges. As Thing, he uses
his super strength to help people when they are in
trouble, and he’s never afraid to tell someone when
they’re doing something that they shouldn’t be.
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GETTING STARTED
1. Choose Your Play Mode
Move the joystick up and down to choose the play mode you want. Press
the ENTER button when you are done.
Learning Adventure
Learning Zone
Options
Learning Adventure
In this play mode, you can join Spider-Man and Friends and explore the
platforms in Doc Ock’s Experiment Base.
Learning Zone
In this mode, you can play four games that each focus on a specific
learning skill.
Options
In this screen, you can turn the background music on and off, and choose
between limited or unlimited chances to play the game.
Music: On Select this to turn on the music.
Music: Off Select this to turn off the music.
Chances: Normal Select this to have a limited number of chances
to play in each game.
Chances: Unlimited Select this to have unlimited chances to play in
each game.
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2. Choose your Game Settings
In this screen, you can choose
between Easy and Difficult levels,
and one or two players.
Levels
Select between Easy Level and
Difficult Level of game play.
Players
Select between one-player and
two-player mode.
Note: The default settings are “Easy” and “One-Player”
3. Start your Game
For Learning Adventure, please go to the “Activities – Learning
Adventure” section.
For Learning Zone, please go to the “Activities – Learning Zone” section.
FEATURES
Help Button
When you press the HELP button, the activity instructions will be repeated,
or you will hear hints during a game.
Exit Button
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
to cancel the EXIT screen and keep playing. Press ENTER to choose.
The EXIT button also takes you to the previous menu when in menu
selection mode.
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FEATURES
Levels
Players

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 .
ACTIVITIES
Educational Curriculum
Learning Adventure Curriculum
Platform 1 – 3 Directional Concepts
Mission 1 – Wall of Mirrors Mirrors and Lenses
Mission 2 – Spin Zone Food and Food types
Mission 3 – Robot Command Logic and Directions
Mission 4 – Machine Mayhem Simple Machines
Mission 5 – Galaxy Chase The Nine Planets
Mission 6 – Doc Ock’s Challenge Angles
Learning Zone Curriculum
Zone 1 – Lights Out Problem Solving
Zone 2 – Speed Pyramid The Food Pyramid
Zone 3 – Machine Shop Model Concepts
Zone 4 – Space Quest Features of Planets
Basic Operations
( ) Walk to the left ( ) Walk to the right
( ) Crouch or walk/climb down ( ) Look or walk/climb up
Enter Jump Use special character
movements
Use special character powers Change characters
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Learning Adventure
Learning Adventure Game Selection Screen
Adventure Play
Choose Adventure Play to play a game
through from the beginning to end. This game
mode allows the player to play through the
different games, in order, until finally reaching
Doc Ock and defeating him.
You can choose “New Game” to start a new game, or “Continue Game”
to continue an old game.
New Game
Choose this to start a new game.
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 setting will be kept.
Quick Play
Choose this, you can select one of the three platforms to play freely. You
won’t have the chance to challenge Doc Ock in this mode.
The Learning Adventure play mode has three different platforms and
each platform contains different mission games. Use the joystick to scroll
through the platforms, and press the ENTER button to start a game.
Platform 3
Platform 2
Platform 1
Game Setting
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Adventure Play
Quick Play
New Game
Continue Game

Learning Adventure Game Status Bar
In each Learning Adventure game, the status bar stays on the screen to
show you how you are doing.
Energy
Timer
Active Character
Mission Status
Difficulty Level
Inactive Characters
Difficulty Level Indication
This shows the level of the game (one star = Easy Level; two stars =
Difficult Level).
Energy
This shows the character’s energy level in the current game.
Active Character
This shows the character you are currently using.
Inactive Characters
This shows the other characters you can choose.
Timer
This appears only in mission game. It shows the time left for the game.
Mission Status
This appears only in mission game. It shows how much of the current
mission is completed (example: the number of keys collected).
Platforms 1-3
Game Play
Doc Ock has landed his floating Experiment
Base over the town and is planning to make
a nuisance in this lovely place.
Join forces with Spider-Man, Storm and
Thing to navigate through the platforms, pass
through the labs along the way, and collect the
keys to get to the next level. Get past all the
levels until you reach Doc Ock.
While exploring the different platforms, pay
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attention to the arrows and find your way out. Watch out though, because
Doc Ock has many obstacles along the way, including some annoying robots.
Hurry! Let’s stop Doc Ock before it’s too late!
Mission 1 –Wall of Mirrors
Game Play
Doc Ock has built a crazy Wall of Mirrors that
shows what happens to light when it hits
mirrors and different types of lenses.
Help Spider-Man climb up the floors to the top
of the wall. Collect the keys and energy icons
along the way. And be careful of the light beams!
Reach the top and get the key before the time
runs out.
Educational Curriculum: Mirrors and Lenses
Easy level: Fixed mirrors and lens
Difficult level: Rotating mirrors and lens
Mission 2 – Spin Zone
Game Play
Doc Ock is sending food out on the conveyor
belt faster than Spider-Man and Friends can
keep up. Use the joystick to move Spider-
Man so that the different food categories on
the inside line up with the correct food on the
outside. When a food match is made, press
the correct color button to send that food into
the correct food category bin.
Educational Curriculum: Food and food types
Easy level: 2 food categories and 15 foods to be collected
successfully
Difficult Level: 3 food categories and 24 foods to be collected
successfully
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Mission 3 – Robot Command
Game Play
Spider-Man and Friends must find a way to
control one of Doc Ock’s robots and get it to
collect the keys in the room and then get out.
The robot will follow the commands that are
placed in the command bar on the bottom of
the screen.
Use the Green Button to bring up the directional movements of the robot
(forward, left, right). Then press Enter to select these and put them in the
command bar in the order you want the robot to move (example: left,
forward, forward, right).
Once you have the command bar full, press the Yellow Button to make
the robot move.
In the difficult level, there is an extra feature: Robot Tools. Use these in
order to get the robot past different obstacles in the room.
Educational Curriculum: Logic and Directions
Easy level: Control the movements of the robot
Difficult Level: Control the movements and usage of tools of
the robot
Mission 4 –Machine Mayhem
Game Play
Several keys are scattered in the Mechanical
Tunnel. Help the heroes by moving the car
along the tram road.
During your journey, you need to select the
correct gear sets to activate the machines in
order to keep moving forward. Be careful of
the robot guards along the way.
Collect all the keys in time.
Educational Curriculum: Simple Machines
Easy level: Easy gear sets
Difficult Level: Complex gear sets
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