VTech Whiz Kid CD - Spidey & Friends: Super National Park User Manual

User’s Manual

Super National Park

TM & © 2007 Marvel Characters
Inc. All rights reserved.

Dear Parent,

At VTech®, we know that in order to effectively reach kids,

today’s learning tools have to be plugged into the fast-paced

world around them. That’s why we created the Whiz Kid™

Learning System series – an engaging system that allows kids

to play in two different ways – either on-the-go to t their busy

lifestyles, or at the computer to keep them up to speed in their

tech-savvy worlds.

The Whiz Kid™ Learning System is an interactive learning

board with dynamic educational content that uses Whizware™

comprised of a cartridge and CD-ROM. This system, especially

created for children aged 3 to 6, combines a kid-friendly design,

40 colorful activity pages, home computer software, over 120

learning activities, and 3 modes of play to keep your child

linked up to an unlimited world of learning! Plus, a progress

report keeps track of your child’s performance along the way!

At VTech® , we are proud to offer yet another revolutionary

play experience for your child. We thank you for trusting

VTech® with the important job of helping your child explore

a world of learning. The Whiz Kid™ Learning System is the

new way to smart play!

Sincerely,

Your Friends at VTech

®

To learn more about the Whiz Kid™ Learning System

and other VTech

®

toys, visit: www.vtechkids.com or visit

www.vtechwhizkid.com to download even more activities!

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INTRODUCTION

It is an exciting day for Spider-Man & Friends as they head off on an adventure
to the Super National Park! In the Park, a fun learning journey awaits them.
There they can visit five different areas of wonder: Story Adventure Park,

Puzzle Garden, Number Waterfall, Superkid Campsite, and Discovery
Volcano! Let’s join Spider-Man, Thor, Cyclops and Iron Man and explore

new things while learning letters, words, stories, colors, shapes, patterns,
numbers, counting, manners, earth science and more! In “Spider-Man &
Friends: Super National Park”, learning has never been so much fun!

INCLUDED IN THIS PACKAGE

• 20 double-sided activity pages (40 activity pages total), plus a storage

folder

• 1 game cartridge

--- “Spider-Man & Friends: Super National Park”

• 1 activity CD-ROM

--- “Spider-Man & Friends: Super National Park”

WARNING: All packing materials such as tape, plastic sheets, wire ties
and tags are not part of this toy and should be discarded for your child’s
safety.

GETTING STARTED

You can play with your Whiz Kid™ Learning System in two different ways:
play it on the go, or connect it to a PC with the USB cable included with the
main unit.

I. Playing on the Go

1. Insert the Spider-Man & Friends

TM

game cartridge into the cartridge slot

on the upper edge of the Whiz Kid™ Learning System main unit. The
cartridge should lock into place.

2. Insert the pen into the jack on the lower edge of the main unit.

3. Turn on the

“Spider-Man & Friends: Super National Park” main unit by

pressing the ON button.

4. Open the frame cover.

5. Place an activity page onto the board.

6. Close the frame cover.

7. Follow the voice instructions to begin play.

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II. Playing on a PC

PC System Requirements

• Windows® 98 SE, Windows® 2000, Windows® ME, Windows® XP

• 500 MHz Pentium III

• 128 MB RAM

• 800 MB HDD available space

• Graphic card with 8 MB VRAM

• DirectX® 7.0 or higher

• 16-bit color monitor, 1.024 x 768 resolution

• Windows® compatible sound card and speakers

• USB 1.1 or higher

• Disk driver type: CD-ROM / DVD ROM

Note: Windows® NT is not supported.

PC Setup and Installation

1. Start Windows® 98 SE/Me/2000/XP.

2. Insert the

“Spider-Man & Friends: Super National Park” game disc into

the CD-ROM drive of your computer.

3. If the AutoPlay feature for your system is enabled, it will automatically begin
the installation process and a title screen should appear.

4. If the AutoPlay feature is disabled, or the installation does not start
automatically, run the “Spider-Man & Friends: Super National Park”
setup program by clicking on the Start button on your Windows® taskbar,
then select Run. Type D:\Install.exe in the Open text box, or select Browse
to find the file. Select OK to begin installation.

Note: If your CD-ROM drive is assigned to a letter other than D, substitute

that letter.

5.

Follow the rest of the on-screen instructions to finish installing the game.

6.

Once installation is completed, click on the “Spider-Man & Friends: Super
National Park” icon on your desktop to start the game.

Installation of DirectX

®

The “Spider-Man & Friends: Super National Park” game requires DirectX®

7.0 or higher in order to run. If you do not have DirectX® 7.0 or higher installed

on your computer, please download it from the Windows® Internet site and
install it on your computer before installing the “Spider-Man & Friends:
Super National Park” program.

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Starting the “Spider-Man & Friends: Super National Park” Application

1. Install the “Spider-Man & Friends: Super National Park” program on
your PC. For detailed setup instructions, please refer to the “PC Setup and
Installation” section.

2. After installation is completed, start the

“Spider-Man & Friends: Super

National Park” application by double clicking the “Spider-Man & Friends”

icon on the PC desktop.

3. Connect the PC cable to a USB port on your PC.

4. Insert the

“Spider-Man & Friends: Super National Park” game cartridge

into the cartridge slot on the upper edge of the VTech

®

Whiz Kid™

Learning System main unit.

5. Connect the other end of the PC cable to your

Whiz KidTM Learning

System main unit.

6. Turn on the

Whiz Kid™ Learning System main unit by pressing the ON

button.
Note: You must connect the Whiz Kid™ Learning System main unit to

the computer before you can play any activities. Otherwise, you will only be
able to view the Progress Report or print activity pages.

7. You can control the game cursor by using the PC mouse, or by moving the
pen around on the board. Press down with the pen to select an object on
the PC screen (similar to pressing the PC mouse button). When you insert
a page into the board that matches the page on the PC screen, you can
touch objects on the page to watch them come alive on the PC screen.

Step 1. Login

After you click the “Spider-Man & Friends: Super National Park” icon on
your PC, the game will start and you will enter the log in menu. If it is your first
time playing the game, type your name in one of the slots. The next time you
play, you will be able to select your name from the list, create a New name, or
Delete a name. Press the Start button to start the game, or the Exit button to
leave the game.

Step 2. Choose a Category

After an opening animation, you will see
the main map of the Super National
Park. It consists of five different places.
Select one of the locations to access
the corresponding game categories
inside that location.

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• There are five categories in the “Spider-Man & Friends: Super National
Park” CD title: Story Adventure Park, Puzzle Garden, Number Waterfall,
Superkid Campsite, and Discovery Volcano. Click any activity page
thumbnail to start your play.

TIPS

: You can switch to other game categories by pressing any of the five

category icons at the top.

•

Check Box: Mark the Check Box for selecting game pages
for printing.

• Activity Page Thumbnail:

Press this to print the activity
pages you selected (in case you lost the bundled activity
pages).

• Number of Selected Pages:

This shows how many pages
you selected to print. The maximum number of activity
pages for printing each time is eight.

Step 3: Choose an Activiy Page

GETTING STARTED

Check Box

Activity page
Thumbnail

Number of
Selected
pages

Web lcon

Progress
Report lcon

Help lcon

Exit lcon

Print lcon

Category lcon