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Introduction Strange and spooky things are going on at the Funland Amusement Park! But when Scooby-Doo and the gang visit, they find that all the ghosts are just a bunch of phony pictures made by some projectors. Now it’s up to you and Scooby-Doo to find all the projectors and turn them off, so Funland can be fun again! Test your courage and smarts in this exciting adventure, and learn fun school skills such as spelling, vocabulary, numbers, and problem solving.
Learning Zone In this play mode, you can play four fun games that focus on a specific learning skill. STEP 2: Choose Your Game Settings 1. The Learning Adventure and the Learning Zone each have two difficulty levels. Move your joystick left or right to choose (Easy level) or (Difficult level). GETTING STARTED 2. In the Learning Zone, you can choose between one-player and twoplayer modes. Move your joystick left or right to choose (one player) or (two players). 3.
FEATURES HELP Button When you press the Help button during a game you will hear the instructions repeated, or a helpful hint. 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, the game will pause, and you will see an “Exit” screen. Move the joystick left or right to select “Yes” and quit the game, or “No” to keep playing and enter the Learning Zone. Press ENTER when you are finished.
Learning Adventure Move to the left Move to the right Move up Move down Move diagonally (Deepsea Dunk and Sky Sail) Jump (Coaster Caper) Hold and release to speed up (Sky Sail) Speed up (Deepsea Dunk) ENTER button ACTIVITIES Learning Adventure Game Selection Screen In Learning Adventure mode, there are four different game areas to explore. They are Coaster Caper, Deepsea Dunk, Maze Manor and Sky Sail. Use the joystick to select an area and press ENTER to start.
You will add points to your score when you: - learn a new vocabulary word - find the correct answer in a learning game - find something you’re looking for, such as a projector - find your way out of a maze Deepsea Dunk In the deep blue sea, there are many mysterious creatures. But look out - some of them are not so friendly! Move the joystick to the right to move through the sea, but take care not to touch any cranky sea creatures. On your way, you will find some things that can help you.
Educational Curriculum: Vocabulary and Spelling Easy Level: Find the missing letter in shorter, more basic words Difficult Level: Find the missing letter in more difficult words. ACTIVITIES To complete the adventure, Scooby needs to find a special key to open a gate. To get the key, help Scooby find the object in the bubble that matches the word on the screen. Use the joystick to guide Scooby to the correct picture, and press ENTER to choose it.
When you’re done spelling, take a break and try the Mallet Game. Help Scooby use the mallet to hit the machine when the picture on top matches the word on the screen. Curriculum: Vocabulary and Spelling Easy Level: Match shorter, more basic words to their pictures. Difficult Level: Match longer, more difficult words to their pictures. Did you ever think you’d see Scooby-Doo fly? Help Scooby fly around the park and find the projectors. To answer the questions, find sets of numbers that add up to 10.
Maze Manor Uh-oh! Scooby is trapped in the Maze Manor. Help him find his way out by guiding him to the numbers in order. This is a timed game, so hurry! Educational Curriculum: Number Order and Logic Skills Easy Level: Solve the maze by collecting three to four numbers in order. The numbers will range from 1 to 20. Difficult Level: Solve the maze by collecting three to five numbers in order. The numbers will range from 10 to 99. Scoring ACTIVITIES Here is the scoring system for the Learning Adventure.
DEEPSEA DUNK Find the missing letter that completes the word Find the correct picture that matches the given word Find an incorrect answer Learn a vocabulary word Spell a given word completely Collect a letter to spell the given word Turn off a projector Score +10 +10 -5 +5 +10 +5 +10 Learning Zone The Learning Zone features four different learning games: Letter Shopping, Logic Ball, Picture Pop-Up, and Math Rally.
Letter Shopping Let’s go shopping for letters! One or two letters will be missing from the word on the screen. Can you help Scooby collect the missing letters to complete the word? Educational Curriculum: Vocabulary and Spelling Easy Level: Find the missing letter in shorter, more basic words. Difficult Level: Find the missing letter in more difficult words.
Math Rally Educational Curriculum: Mathematics Easy Level: Solve addition and subtraction problems consisting of single digit numbers. Difficult Level: Solve addition and subtraction problems with answers up to 60. Learning Zone Score Screen This screen shows you how many questions you answered correctly and incorrectly within the time limit.
TROUBLESHOOTING 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.
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