
WELCOME!
Welcome to the world of the Giga Fighters!
F~ghters is a new klnd of game that challenges you
care for and tra~n your very own virtual fighter.
You can also use your fighter to spar against a cornputs
opponent or link to another G~ga F~ghter unlt and fight
head-to-head
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TURNING ON THE
To start the game, pull the plastlcw
your Giga Fighter.
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plastic
tab
is
thrown away. Once you
it should stay on. You never have to turn
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one you have chosen a paddock, you can choose a
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availrbte dinosaur. Use the arrow key
ne$dino. You begin with 5 different dinosaurs to choose
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to
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(Stegosaurus), or
you wish to train is on the screen, press the
NAME
After you have sat the clock, and placed a dinosaur in a
paddock
1)
Pess
to the next space to continue spelling out your name
choice. You may use up to
3)
Press
begin
Once you select your dinosaur and name press
Trl-Taps
(Triceratops). When the din0
ENTER
YOUR UNIT
it
@time to give your Giga Fighter unit a name.
4
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to search through the alphabet and
12
letters or numbers.
ENTER
twice to accept the current name and
GAME MODE.
ENTER,

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arrow key again.The sound icon appears.
the
3)
To change the
,
ENTER.
without changing the time on the hour or minutes.
NAME
The
arrow keys to change the letters and the
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key to select.
4)
To select a new
in
CLOCK MODE.
Press the
8
the left and right arrow keys to select a paddock and
activate a dinosaur (for more information see
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MORE DINOSAURS).
THE CARE AND TRAINING
NAME
The clock will begin flashing. Press
will appear and begin flashing. Use the
MODE
of your Giga Fighter unit press dinosaur's needs. If you respond quickly to its needs
dinosaur,
key again to see the 3 paddocks, Use
press the
MODE
ENTER
key wllen
ADDING
OF
YOUR GIGA FIGHTER
There are many different activities that you can do with
your Lost World Giga Fighter. Each activity is important
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for keeping your dinosaur heal
to its needs. When y
ALERT
icon will
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the correct activity.
If
it
is hungry,
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are many different ways
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The trick is to
keys to move
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If you need help understanding what your dinosaur needs,
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you can check the
hinu. You should
your friends, and see if they have any tips for you.
Finally, more information can be found at the Giga
Fighters website at www.gigafighterr.com.
FEED
it!
If
it
If
it
is dirty, give your dino a shower! There
figure
out what is needed! Use the
to
the activity you think
SCORE
is bored, it may need to
to
interact with your dinosaur.
it
needs, then press
activity (see below) for some
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training
skills with
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These are the 10 activities that will help you interact
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with your dinosaur. Learn to do each at the proper time
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and in the right amount and your dinosaur will grow to
be hqltby and strong.
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dinosaur needs something. Use the
screens to try to figure out what it needs.
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selecting a different activity until you figure
of the
you will be rewarded. However, if you wait to long before
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you respond, the activity your dinosaur is requesting will
also begin to flash. Your rewards may
but you will know exactly what your dino needs.
SCORE*
Choose this icon to check on your dino's progress. Use
the
the ~"t,
out what it needs. Following the prompts
ALERT
icon is a good way to get to know your
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keys to display screens showing the
NAME
con flashes,
food? Sleep? Or something else? Try
of the active dinosaur,
means your
SCORE
not
be as great,
NAME
AGE, WEIGHT,
of
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help you determine the condition of your dinosaur. Pay
close attention to how these stats are affected by when
and how much you do the various activities.
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These are the important stats that will
NAME
This will display the name or code currently
entered for the unit.
NAME
of active dinosaur
This tells you what the active dinosaur is.
This will tell you the age of your dinosaur.
AGE
The
in your care.
WEIGHT
This will tell you the weight of your dinosaur.
Weight is affected by how much and how
often you feed your dinosaur.
HEALTH
This
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TRAINING
This tells how much and how well you have
trained your dinosaur. Frequent visits to the
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Training activity will help increase this
number.
DISCIPLINE
This tells you how disciplined your dinosaur
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is. If this number gets below
dinosaur will need some disci~line or mav
will increase by one each day
tells
you your dinosaur
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VOICE ACTIVATION
Your Giga Fighter comes with a voice activation feature
that you can use to interact with your dinosaur!
choosing this activity, press the 4 arrow key to turn the
voice activation on and the
Press the ENTER key to exit this activity.
When this feature is on your dinosaur will respond to your
voice or any loud noise. There are 3 ways you can command
your dinosaur:
1)
2)
3) You can double the effect of discipline by using voice
FEROCITY
This stat reflects how well your dinosaur can
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utilize the FEROCITY combat move.
Successfully doing the FEROCITY training
exercise will increase this number.
CUNNING
This stat
so
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utilize
Successfully
exercise will increase this number.
TOUGHNESS
This stat reflects how well your dinosaur can
utilize the TOUGHNESS combat move.
Successfully doing the TOUGHNESS training
exerclse will increase this number.
WINROSS record
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This will retain your dinosaur's record when
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you link to another unit for real head-to-head
fighting action. A record will track the number
of fights won and lost.
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with your dinosaur
DINOSAUR'S FACE
your
how
the
the
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face
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well
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your
can
move.
training the link port located on the top of the unit. Connect
you
are
having
you
how
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Bemme dinosaurs have a fairly limited diet,
each dino will have only 1 food choice: meat
or plant. The carnivorous dinosaurs will eat
meat and the herbivores will eat plant food
press
ENTER
of food.
to give your dinosaur
1
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ARer
b
arrow key to turn
If your dinosaur walks off the screen, you can command
it
to return!
If your dinosaur goes to sleep but the light is still on,
you can command
activation to discipline your dinosaur.
it
to wake up!
it
off.
LINK
Selecting this will allow you to link to other
Lostworld Giga Fighters or link to a personal
computer to upload your scores and dowload
features and secrets from the Giga Fighter
web site at www.gigafighters.com.
1)
To link to another Giga Fighter for head-to-head
combat, place one end of the included link cable into
the other end to the link oort of another Giaa Fiahter
unit. Select the LINK activity on both unitsand press
the ENTER buttons at about the same time. If there
is too much delay between the linking of either unit,
or the cable is not connected properly, your dinosaur
will resume his solo trainina until
HINTS on how to fight see the SPARRING-exercise
under TRAIN.
2)
To link to the Giga Fighter web site, you must have the
Web Link Cable (sold separately) and a PC connected
to the internet using either Netscape browser 3.0 or
higher or Microsoft Internet Explorer browser 3.02
or higher. Make sure the 9-pin connector is securely
connected to either serial port on the back of the PC
(Comm 1 or Comm
connected to the link oort in the Giaa Fiahter unit.
Select the LINK icon,' but do not press t6e ENTER
button until prompted by the Giga Fighter web site.
You must now go to www.gigafighters.com to register
and become eligible for uploads and downloads. At
COMM CENTRAL you may upload your Giga Fighter
stats and scores and compare them with other fighter's
around the world. YOU may also download secrets and
features to Your Giga Fighter.
SLEEP
TRAIN
Training will turn your dinosaur into a vicious fighting
machine.
There are
sparring exercise that allows you to fight against a
comnuter controlled oooonent. Each trainina exercise is
designed
moves: FEROCITY, CUNNING. and TOUGHNESS. To exit
the training selection ~creens,.~ress the MODE key.
After each repetition of an exercise,
show you a happy face
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Select this icon to out vour dinosaur to sleeo.
Make sure the clo'ck
dinosaur will live according to a natural
schedule. If the AM and PM on your clock is
set incorrectly your dinosaur may want to
sleep all day and stay awake all night! To
wake your dinosaur up, select this activity and
press the ENTER key to turn on the light.
After a brief moment, your dinosaur will stand
and begin to move around.
fi
3
different training exercises along with a
to
improve
2).
Make sure the other end is
your
skill in each of the thee combat
(mouth open) if the exercise was
you try aqain. For
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set correctly as yobr
your dinosaur will
done correctly and a mad face (mouth closed) if
not. Here is how each exercise works:
FEROCITY
ENTER key
appears facing to the left and a pig appears and runs to
the left, quickly press the
close to the pig. Now press the ENTER key and watch
your
make your
hard and often,
key to do a tail sweep (only
press for the tail sweep). If your timing is good, you
will see the prey fly through the air. Remember, this
exercise is all about timing and you must do the
press at just the right time.
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To increase your dinosaurs FEROCITY you
must cultivate its natural aggression by
chasing and catching either a pig or a human.
Your prey will appear in front of your
dinosaur and you must rapidly press the key
that corresponds with the direction the prey
.
When you are close to the prey, press the
to
catch
it.
So, for example, if your din0
4
arrow key until your din0 is
din0 use
its'
ferocity to attack the pig.
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To increase your dinosaur's TOUGHNESS,
din0 must practice knocking down
your
trees. Your dinosaur will appear facing a
tree.
ernate between pressing the
din0 head-butt the tree. If you hit the tree
it
will break in two.
To increase your dinosaur's CUNNING, you
must train in the tail sweep exercise. Your
din0 will be positioned with his back and
tail facing you. The
from either the left or right side and will
owards the dinosaur. When the prey
quickly press the
dino's prey will appear
b
1
and then 4 arrow
b
key press and
it
was
4
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b
keys to
1
4
key
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This training exercise will allow you to fight
against a randomly selected, computer
controlled opponent. Each match consists
rouncts. The first dinosaur to win
of 9
rounds wins the match. In each round, you
have the chance to use one combat move:
FEROCITY MOVE Press the ENTER key
CUNNING MOVE Press the b arrow key
TOUGHNESS MOVE Press the 4 arrow key.
There are 3 important points to consider when fighting
and training:
Timing - Since each round consists of one move per
dinosaur, choosing to move first or second plays an
important part in your success.
first
your attack has a better chance of success. However,
if you move second, you have a chance of countering
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you choose to move
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Move Selection - Each move has a counter move that
will beat it. Knowing your enemy's moves and the correct
counters can be your most devastating skill.
Skill Stats -The higher your scores are for each attack
move (FEROCITY,
powerful your attack will be.
Train to increase these stats. Also note your best and
weakest move so you may use this to your advantage.
Disciplining your dinosaur can make the health go down
so you must learn to balance your dinosaur's need for
discipline with
terminate a dinosaur's training, continuously discipline
your dinosaur until the health drops to
the dinosaur retires). You can then choose another
dinosaur. This is especially useful when you are training
3
dinosaurs and would like to get rid of one so you may
choose another. However, if your dinosaur dies, you will
not be able to activate that particular dinosaur unless
the unit is reset.
Fighting can be dirty work, and your dinosaur does not
like to be overly dirty or bloody. When your dinosaur
needs a cleaning, select this activity.
The DOCTOR can onlv do so much for an unhealthy
dinosaur and understands that the healing process tak&
time. The DOCTOR may only wish to treat your dinosaur
once a day. If your
think
it
is necessary, press the ENTER button twice to
force a visit. This may not be good for the dinosaur.
CUNNING,TOUGHNESS),the more
Sometimes your dinosaur gets out of control
or becomes sluggish and lazy and needs
some discipline. You can select this activity
to discipline your dinosaur. This will raise
its' DISCIPLINE score.
itstother needs. NOTE: If you wish to
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After frequent training your dinosaur may
need a shower to clean up.
Sometimes the rigors of training can make
your dinosaur sick or injured. When your
dinosaur's HEALTH gets low, a visit to the
DOCTOR may provide a small boost.
dinosaurdoes not wish to go, but you