Fisher-Price B8005 Instruction Sheet

Model Number: B8005

Owner’s Manual

Model Number: B8005

Owner’s Manual

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Let’s Go!

• Most of the tools on the tool menu are not
available for use with this software cartridge.
The Home and the Save It! tools are only available
for use. If a tool is not available for use,you will hear a tone.

• Please keep this manual for future reference,as it contains important
information.

IMPORTANT! If the tip of the stylus and the image on screen do not align,
it’s time to calibrate them! Please refer to page 46, Calibrating the Stylus.

Before inserting a software cartridge, turn power off! Insert the

software cartridge into the software port. Turn power back on.

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Software Port

Software Cartridge

ARCADE

Choose a game from either Home Screen (touch the arrow on the screen
with the stylus to move to the other Home Screen): Pinball Palace™,Castle
Catapult™, Pirate Patrol™, and Critter Derby™.Touch the game on the
screen with the stylus.

Critter Derby

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Castle Catapult

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Pinball Palace

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Pirate Patrol

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Flower Frenzy

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Maze Muncher

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Box Out

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Rebound

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Choose a game from either Home Screen (touch the arrow on the screen
with the stylus to move to the other Home Screen): Box Out™, Maze
Muncher™, Rebound and Flower Frenzy™. Touch the game on the screen
with the stylus.

Pirate Patrol

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Object of the Game: Hide your fleet – then find and

sink your rival’s ships before your opponent sinks yours!

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• Hide each of the five ships in your fleet.
Touch one of your ships with the stylus
and drag it anywhere on your screen.
If you’d like to turn your ship,touch
the end of it with the stylus and drag
it up or down.

• Hide the rest of your fleet by
dragging each ship with the
stylus to a new location.

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• Touch the anchor in the middle of
the screen with the stylus to begin play.

• You’re up first.

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• Touch any of the target circles on
your grid with the stylus.

• If you’ve hit a target (one of your
opponent’s ships) – you’ll hear an
explosion and the circle will look
like this .

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• If you’ve missed a target – you’ll hear
a splash and the circle will look
like this .

• Now,it’s Pixter’s turn.

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• Watch your grid to see where

Pixter®attacks.

• If Pixter

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hits one of your ships –
you’ll hear an explosion and the
circle will look like this .

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• If Pixter®missed a target – you’ll hear
a splash and the circle will look
like this .

• Game play continues as you and Pixter

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take turns searching for ships in each
other’s fleet.

• When you or Pixter®sink a ship, you’ll

hear a fun sound effect!

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• The first player to sink all five ships in

the opponent’s fleet,WINS!

Hint: If you’d like to play a different game, touch Home with the stylus
on the tool menu to return to the Home Screen.

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• Touch the arrows on the bottom of the
screen with the stylus to move your critter
forward, to the left or to the right.

Hint: You have 60 seconds to move as many
critters as possible across the screen.

• Touch the arrows on the bottom of the
screen with the stylus to view each of
four fields.

• When you find one that you like, touch
the screen with the stylus.

Critter Derby

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Object of the Game:

Move as many critters across the screen as you can in 60 seconds!

Timer

Left

Forward

Right

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• When your critter safely reaches the
other side – you’ve scored a point!
Try to move another critter across
the field.

Hint: Keep track of the time left to move
the critters.

• Watch for the moving obstacles –
don’t get squashed!

Moving Obstacle

Timer

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• When time has run out, look to see
how many critters you’ve moved.

Hint: To play again,touch the screen with the
stylus. If you’d like to play a different game,
touch Home on the tool menu with the
stylus and return to the Home Screen.

• Choose a monster for the top row.
Touch the top, flashing row on the
screen with the stylus.

Hint: Top row monsters move and shoot
faster than the bottom row!

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• Each monster has a point value.
Choose a monster.Touch the screen
with the stylus.

Hint: The higher the point value,

the tougher the monster!

Castle Catapult

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Object of the Game: Defend your castles and score the most points!

• Choose a monster for the bottom row.
Touch the bottom,flashing row on the
screen with the stylus.

Hint: Bottom row monsters move and
shoot slower than the top row!

• Each monster has a point value.
Choose a monster.Touch the screen
with the stylus.

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• To begin the game,touch the star
on the bottom of the screen with
the stylus.

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• Touch the arrows on the bottom of the
screen with the stylus to move your blaster
to the left or to the right.

Hint: Use this tool to position your blaster to
fire or keep your blaster safe from monster fire!

Blaster

Left

Right

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• Now,touch the star to blast the
moving monsters.

Hint: Blast the monsters before they
blast you!

• When you have blasted all of the
monsters – look at your score for
the first round. It’s time to pick new
monsters to continue the game.

Hint: The monsters move faster with each
round of play.

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• If you are blasted, the game’s over.
Look at the screen for your score!

Hint: To play again,touch the screen with the
stylus. If you’d like to play a different game,
touch Home on the tool menu with the
stylus and return to the Home Screen.

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• It’s time to customize your game.

• First, touch the arrows on the bottom
of the screen with the stylus to scroll
through all four game themes.

• When you find one that you like,
touch the screen with the stylus.

Pinball Palace

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Object of the Game:

Keep the ball in play as long as possible to tally the highest score!

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• If you’d like to change any of the

bumpers on your game, touch the
bumper with the stylus on the screen.

• Now,look at the choices on the screen.
When you find one that you like, touch
the screen with the stylus.

Hint: You can change any or all of
your bumpers!

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• Let’s play! Touch the plunger in the

bottom right corner of the screen
with the stylus.

• Touch the plunger again with the

stylus to launch the first ball.

Hint: You will get three balls with each
game, unless you get bonus balls (for
every 500 points scored) during play!

• Watch the ball bounce off bumpers
to tally points.

Plunger

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• To use the flippers and keep the
ball in play,touch either flipper
on the screen with the stylus.

• If the flipper keeps the ball in play,
great job! Watch the ball continue
to bounce off the bumpers.

Flippers

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• If the flippers miss the ball, the ball
disappears from play.Try again! Touch
the plunger in the bottom right corner
of the screen with the stylus to launch
another ball.

• When you have played all of your
balls, your score is posted on
the screen!

Hint: If you’d like to play another game,
touch the screen with the stylus. If you’d like
to play a different game, touch Home
on the tool menu with the stylus and return
to the Home Screen.

Box Out

™

Object of the Game: Close the most boxes to win!

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• Touch the screen again with the stylus

to view and choose a stamp choice.

• Touch the arrows on the bottom of the
screen with the stylus to view each of
four grids for play.

• When you find one that you like, touch
the screen with the stylus.

• It’s your turn first.Touch the screen
with the stylus to draw a line – across
or down – between two points.

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• Choose your stamp (to place when
you complete a box).Touch the
stamp on the screen with the stylus
to select it.

• If you draw the last line to make a box,
your stamp automatically appears in
the box.You get another turn!

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• Now it’s Pixter’s turn. Watch carefully
to see where Pixter®draws a line.

• Game play continues as you and
Pixter®take turns drawing lines. Keep
in mind that you are trying to draw the
last line to make a box and place your
stamp in it.

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• Game play continues until there are
only boxes (with stamps) on the screen.

• Watch as your score and Pixter’s score
appear on the screen!

Hint: If you’d like to play a different game,
touch Home with the stylus on the tool
menu to return to the Home Screen.

Maze Muncher

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Object of the Game: Collect as many points as you can making

a path from start to finish in as little time as possible.

• It’s time to customize your game.

• First, touch the arrows on the bottom
of the screen with the stylus to scroll
through all four mazes.

• When you find one that you like,
touch the screen with the stylus.

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• Next, touch each quadrant on the
screen as many times as you’d like
with your stylus to scroll through
different choices for each quadrant.

• Touch the smiley face on the
screen with the stylus to begin.

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• There is a timer in the lower left
corner and your score in the lower
right corner of the the screen.

• Touch and drag the smiley face
through the maze.

Hint: Remember, you are also trying to
finish in record time!

• Collect as many points as you can
by moving over the dots.Watch out
for the moving obstacles!

Hint: If you run into a moving obstacle,
the game is over.

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Timer

Score

Moving Obstacles

• When you reach the finish line,

great job!

• Look at the screen. First you will see
your score and then you will see how
much time it took you to complete
the maze.

Hint: If you’d like to play again,touch the
screen with the stylus. If you’d like to play
a different game, touch Home with the
stylus on the tool menu to return to the
Home Screen.

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Timer

Score

Rebound

™

Object of the Game: Hit the bricks and score as many points as possible!

• Touch the screen with the stylus to
design your wall or go right to
game play .

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Design Your Wall

Game Play

• Touch any of the four different

bricks on the screen with the stylus
to choose it.

Hint: Each brick has a different point value:

= 5 points
= 10 points
= 15 points
= 20 points

Design Your Wall

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• Now,touch the screen with the stylus to
place the brick on your screen.Touch the
screen as many times as you’d like to
place the brick.

• Choose another brick.Touch the screen
with the stylus to select it.

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• Touch the screen with the stylus to
place the brick on your screen.

Hint: Continue to choose and place bricks
on your screen to build a wall.

• When you have finished building your
wall, it’s time to play! Touch either the
lower left or lower right corner of the
screen with the stylus.

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• Look at your screen.You will see a timer
in the lower left corner; the number of
balls you have to play in the lower left
corner; and your score appears in the
lower right corner.

Hint: You automatically receive three balls for
play.You can receive a bonus ball each time
you hit every brick on a wall.

• Touch the large ball on the screen with
the stylus to begin. Watch as the ball
hits a brick and then bounces back to
your paddle.

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Game Play

Timer

Number of Balls

Score

• Touch the left arrow to move your
paddle left or the right arrow to move
your paddle right.

• If you miss the ball with the paddle, you
can begin play again by touching the
large ball in the middle of the screen.

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Paddle

• If you hit every brick on the screen, you
get another brick wall to continue play.

Hint: You will also get a bonus ball to
extend play.

• After you have played your last ball,the
game is over.Look at the screen to see
your score.

Hint: If you’d like to play again,touch the
screen with the stylus. If you’d like to play a
different game, touch Home with the stylus
on the tool menu to return to the Home Screen.

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Flower Frenzy

™

Object of the Game: Touch only the flowers (don’t touch the bugs)

to score as many points as possible!

• Take note of the point values for the
different kinds of flowers and bugs.

• Now touch the screen with the stylus
to begin!

• You have 11/2minutes to touch as many
flowers as you can with the stylus and
accumulate points.Watch out for the
bugs. If you touch a bug, points will be
subtracted!

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Hint: Look at the screen to see the timer

and your score on the left side of the screen.

• When time has run out, look at
your score.

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Timer

Score

• To play again,simply touch the
screen with the stylus.You’re ready
to play again!

Hint: If you’d like to play a different game
or activity, touch Home on the tool menu
to return to the Home Screen.

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Save It! (and Adjust the Contrast)

Touch to save or retrieve your game;
or adjust the contrast (at any time).

Hint: You can save one game at a time! Each time you save a game,
it replaces the one already there.

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Tool Menu

Touch IN file to save; touch OUT file to retrieve;
touch contrast to increase or decrease lightness
or darkness of the image on the screen.

Home

Touch to go back to the Home Screen.

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Tool Menu

Choose a game from either Home Screen (touch the arrow on the screen
with the stylus to move to the other Home Screen).

Choose a game; Box Out™,Maze Muncher™,
Rebound™, and Flower Frenzy™. Touch the
game on the screen with the stylus.

Choose a game; Pinball Palace™,Castle
Catapult™, Pirate Patrol™, or Critter Derby™.
Touch the game on the screen with the stylus.

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Calibrating the Stylus

Mark on Screen

Tip of Stylus

IMPORTANT!The mark made on your screen from the stylus and

the location of the tip of the stylus may not align.When this happens,
you need to calibrate the stylus.

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Calibration Hole

• Turn Pixter® power on. Wait until you see the Home Screen.

• Turn Pixterover and locate the calibration hole.

• Insert, push and hold the stylus in the calibration hole.Turn Pixter over
so that you can see the screen.

• When you see two , remove the stylus from the calibration hole.

• First touch the in the upper left corner with the tip of the stylus.

• Then, touch the in the lower right corner with the tip of the stylus.

Hint: After calibrating your screen, the contrast resets to the mid-level.
To change the contrast on the screen, touch the Save It! tool.

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Care

• Keep water,sand and dirt off of this cartridge.

• Keep this cartridge away from direct sunlight and excessive heat.

• Do not immerse the cartridge. Simply wipe the outside of the cartridge

with a cloth to clean.

• This cartridge has no consumer serviceable parts. Please do not take this

cartridge apart.

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One (1) Year Limited Warranty

Fisher-Price,Inc., 636 Girard Avenue,East Aurora, New York 14052 warrants
Pixter® Color ARCADE is free from all defects in material and workmanship
when used under normal conditions for a period of one (1) year from the
date of purchase.

Should the product fail to perform properly,we will repair or replace it at our
option, free of charge. Purchaser is responsible for shipping the product to
Consumer Relations at the address indicated above and for all associated
freight and insurance cost. Fisher-Price, Inc. will bear the cost of shipping
the repaired or replaced item to you.This warranty is void if the owner repairs
or modifies the product.This warranty excludes any liability other than
that expressly stated above including but not limited to any incidental or
consequential damages.

SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF
INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATION
OR EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

THIS WARRANTY GIVES YOU SPECIFIC LEGAL RIGHTS,AND YOU MAY ALSO
HAVE OTHER RIGHTS WHICH MAY VARY FROM STATE TO STATE.

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Consumer Information

Questions? We’d like to hear from you!

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8 AM- 6 PM EST Monday through Friday. Hearing-impaired consumers
using TTY/TDD equipment, please call 1-800-382-7470.Or, write to:

Fisher-Price®
Consumer Relations
636 Girard Avenue
East Aurora, New York 14052

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CANADA
Questions? 1-800-567-7724, Mattel Canada Inc., 6155 Freemont Blvd., Mississauga,

Ontario L5R 3W2.

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M

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Consumer Advisory Service 1300 135 312.

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