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INTRODUCTION One day, Mickey shows his magic to Minnie. Mickey tries his magic on Pluto’s bone and makes it float up into the air. Suddenly, the bone is out of control and flies away! Pluto chases the bone and disappears. “Oh no!” says Mickey. “Where did Pluto go? I think he may have run off to... the castle! Help!” Can you help Mickey find Pluto? Hurry! • One instruction manual • One Mickey’s Magical Adventure™ Smartridge™ GETTING STARTED • Connect the V.Smile™ TV Learning System to your TV.
1. Learning Adventure In this play mode, you can help Mickey to find Pluto through five exciting adventures in Mickey’s magical world. Start playing according to the story line by entering Adventure Play or practice your skills in each of the adventure games individually by selecting the games in the Quick Play menu.
2. Learning Zone In the Learning Zone menu, choose any of the Learning Zone games you like. To change the Level to Easy/Difficult, move the joystick left or right to the onestar icon or the two-star icon. Press the Enter button to choose. Move the joystick to manipulate the cursor to the game you want and press Enter to play. Note: For the details of all Learning Zone games, please refer to the “Activities - Learning Zone” section.
STEP 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 for you. FEATURES Exit Button When you press the EXIT button, the game will pause. A “Quit Game?” icon will pop up to make sure you want to quit.
Path 3 Climbing the Tower Logical Thinking Mini Game 2 Tower Magic Memory Skills Path 4 Beanstalk in the Sky Number Sense Path 5 Rescuing Pluto Mathematics Learning Zone Zone 1 What’s the Word? Missing Letters Zone 2 Find the Shape Object Recognition Zone 3 Magic Mirror Logical Sequence Zone 4 Trace the Egg Spatial Sense Zone 5 Balancing Act Addition Learning Adventure Move to the left Move to the right Move up + Enter button + Enter button + RED button ( or any of the colored but
Mickey Chances Energy remains Hints Enemy Bonus Score The character that you control on the screen Number of chances remaining to complete the game Amount of Mickey’s energy in the current game Hints to solve the puzzles Obstacles that deduct Mickey’s energy if touched Objects that add extra points to Mickey’s score if touched The points you accumulate during the current game Learning Adventure Game Status Bar In each adventure game, the status bar stays on the screen to show you how you are performing.
press the Enter button to confirm your selection. You can also use the four colored buttons to select the correct picture. Curriculum: Vocabulary Easy Level: Learn new vocabulary words by matching the picture with the word. Beginning letters will be given as hints. Difficult Level: Learn longer, new vocabulary words by matching the picture with the word. No hints will be given in this level.
Curriculum: Logical Thinking Easy Level: Solve the puzzle with two ladders coming together. Difficult Level: Solve the puzzle with three ladders coming together. Mini Game 2— Tower Magic Game Play Pay attention to how the stars are shining and sparkling! Follow the flashing stars by pressing the correct colored buttons in the right order.
Curriculum: Number Sense Easy Level: Learn number order, count by twos and inverse number order using smaller numbers, less than twenty-five. Difficult Level: Learn count by twos and inverse number order using larger numbers, less than sixty. Game Play Pluto is in the water and needs your help.
Zone 2 — Find the Shape Game Play It’s time for some hocus pocus! Four shapes will appear one by one and then they’ll be covered by a cloth. Pay attention as you are told which 3D shape you should look for. Press the colored button that matches the correct shape on the screen, but make sure to keep your eyes on the shapes at all times! Curriculum: Object Recognition ACTIVITIES Easy Level: Distinguish the 3D forms from other 3D forms.
Zone 4 — Trace the Egg The bird is laying eggs and you have to guess which nest the egg will fall. Each egg will fall down from the top of the beanstalk, and then twist and turn as it moves down the different branches. Press the colored button that matches the nest where you think the egg is going to fall. Curriculum: Spatial Sense Easy Level: Challenge your spatial sense with a simpler beanstalk. Zone 5 — Balancing Act Count the objects on each side of the scales.
WARNING TROUBLESHOOTING 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 colours 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.
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