User manual

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Spellbound
Category: Literacy
Players: Up to 30 players
Overview
Up to 30 player game where each player takes it
in turn to spell a given word. Control pads are
not used for this game. The remote control is
used to indicate whether the player got the
spelling right or wrong.
Operator Controls use remote
Adjust the music level during the game
button - Eject/Quit the current game (confirmation required)
button - Accept or continue
button - pauses the quiz at the end of current question.
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.
Questions per Player - Choose how many words each player is asked to spell.
Year - Change the difficulty setting.
Minimum word length - Sets the minimum number of characters in the word.
Maximum word length - Sets the maximum number of characters in the word.
Player information - Select Show all to show players progress, or select Show limited which will
show only the game leaders.
Time Players - Times how long players take to spell the words. This option can be turned 'On' or
'Off'.
Select word list - Change the source of the words to be used (See below).
This challenge allows you to use your own wordlist. To do so create a list of words using Notepad or Word
and save as a text file(.txt), in a folder called wordlists . Plug the USB storage device into the PC and save the
file onto it. Plug the USB storage device into the USB port on the back of the KIT machine to use the word list
(see page 88 for more information).