User manual

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Game Set-up
The game set-up screen allows the following aspects of the game to be changed. Use the buttons
to highlight an item and the
button to change.
Game type - Change the current game (choose quiz screen).
Interactive - Determines if the game is played through control pads or using pen and paper.
Show answers - Choose whether to show answers after each question or at the end of the quiz.
Show placing - ('Interactive', shows answers after each question) Show latest scores after a number
of questions.
Number of questions - Sets the total number of questions in the quiz.
Difficulty - Set question difficulty (Easy, medium, hard, or normal (combination of easy, medium,
hard)).
Game speed - The maximum time allowed to answer each question before moving to the next ('Wait
for user' requires the operator to press a key when ready to move to the next question).
Interval - Pause the game after each question, after half the questions or not at all.
Select questions - Choose question set.
Select categories - Change the game categories ('Choose categories' screen).
Play Information - Select Show all to show players progress, or select Show limited which will
show only the game leaders.
Control button help - Turn interactive button help on or off.
Player Controls
When answering questions:
Press the coloured button corresponding to your selected answer.
Note: If a keypad is not in use while the game is being played, any persons wanting to join in the game are able to do so by
pressing the red button on the unused keypad.
Note: If a person leaves the game once it has started, the controller can remove them from the game by pressing the
button
on the remote.
This game allows you to use your own question-list. Go to the web site: www.questionmanager.co.uk and
create a spreadsheet of questions (see page 70). Save the questions as a data file(.dat) into a folder called
questions on the USB storage device. Plug the USB storage device into the USB port on the back of the KIT
machine to use the question list (see page 88 for more information).