Tiger Electronics Giga Fighters 70-354 User Manual

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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.

The

plastic

tab

thrown away. Once you it should stay on. You never have to turn

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adjust

ENTER.

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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(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

Pess

to the next space to continue spelling out your name choice. You may use up to

Press

begin

Once you select your dinosaur and name press

Trl-Taps

(Triceratops). When the din0

ENTER

YOUR UNIT

@time to give your Giga Fighter unit a name.

to search through the alphabet and

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

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.

To select a new

CLOCK MODE.

Press the

the left and right arrow keys to select a paddock and activate a dinosaur (for more information see

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

YOUR GIGA FIGHTER

There are many different activities that you can do with your Lost World Giga Fighter. Each activity is important

for keeping your dinosaur heal to its needs. When y

ALERT

icon will

the correct activity. If

is hungry,

TRAIN!

are many different ways

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The trick is to keys to move

ENTER.

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!

is dirty, give your dino a shower! There

figure

out what is needed! Use the

the activity you think

SCORE

is bored, it may need to

interact with your dinosaur.

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

with your dinosaur. Learn to do each at the proper time

and in the right amount and your dinosaur will grow to be hqltby and strong.

dinosaur needs something. Use the screens to try to figure out what it needs.

Is selecting a different activity until you figure

of the

you will be rewarded. However, if you wait to long before

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,

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DIN0 HEAD.

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

Training activity will help increase this number.

DISCIPLINE

This tells you how disciplined your dinosaur

is. If this number gets below dinosaur will need some disci~line or mav

will increase by one each day

tells

you your dinosaur

is-

your

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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:

3) You can double the effect of discipline by using voice

FEROCITY This stat reflects how well your dinosaur can

utilize the FEROCITY combat move. Successfully doing the FEROCITY training exercise will increase this number.

CUNNING This stat

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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

This will retain your dinosaur's record when

you link to another unit for real head-to-head

fighting action. A record will track the number of fights won and lost.

TOTALSCORE

Thistelb

with your dinosaur

DINOSAUR'S FACE

your

how

the

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face

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can

move.

training the link port located on the top of the unit. Connect

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having

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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

ARer

arrow key to turn

If your dinosaur walks off the screen, you can command

to return!

If your dinosaur goes to sleep but the light is still on,

you can command activation to discipline your dinosaur.

to wake up!

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.

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.

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

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.

different training exercises along with a

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

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.

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

catch

it.

So, for example, if your din0

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

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

and then 4 arrow

key press and

was

keys to

key

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

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

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

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

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