Hasbro MILTON BRADLEY SCRABBLE EXPRESS Instruction Manual

aN ELECTRONIC HAND-HELD GAME
express
Endorsed by the National SCRABBLE® Association
For 1 and 2 players / Ages 8 and up
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SCRABBLE EXPRESS™, SCRABBLE® and its associated logo, the design of the distinctive
SCRABBLE brand gameboard, and the distinctive letter tile designs are trademarks of Hasbro in the
United States and Canada. © 1999 Hasbro, Pawtucket, Ri 02862. All Rights Reserved.
Printed in China.
IMPORTANT!
e To switch from the DEMO mode, push in RESET with
a toothpick or pen point.
e If this game malfunctions, push in RESET; remove
and reinsert the batteries; or try new batteries.
¢ Please keep these instructions for future reference.
A LOOK AT THE GAME UNIT
GAMEBOARD
Measures 9 x 9, or 81 spaces.
FLASHING BORDER
Setup in process.
LETTER RACK
Holds your 7 letters.
SCORE-
Shows current score(s): Player 1 on left; Player 2
(or game) on right. Arrow points to current player.
Right arrow flashes when the game unit is "thinking."
Exchange Shuttle Grab/Ungrab
GRAB/UNGRAB
To "pick up" and move letters on your rack or to
the board. Press again to UNGRAB. To signal
you have completed an action (same as DONE).
SHUFFLE
To mix up the letters on your rack as you look for
a word.
——— EXCHANGE
To exchange up to 7 letters (Express game only).
- PAUSE/ TOGGLE
in Racing game, to momentarily stop the game; press again to
re-start. In other games: to show letter values.
= RESET
To switch from DEMO to GAME mode. To correct maifunction.
OPTIONS
To select New Game, Contrast, Sound; to pick the Game you
want to play.
— UP/DOWN/LEFT/RIGHT ARROWS
To shift the position of the tetter you have grabbed. To highlight
an option on the menu. To adjust Contrast level. To set IQ.
DONE
To confirm Contrast and Sound levels. To signal you have
selected an option, or completed a word. To undo an itlegal
move and reinstate rack.
ON/NEW
Press to turn game on. Hold to start a New Game when
another game is in progress.
GAME SUMMARY
There are four play variations in the SCRABBLE EXPRESS™
game, including games for 1 and 2 players. In all four, the object
is to achieve the higher score, whether your rival is another
human player, the computer, or your own previous best score!
GETTING STARTED
The Demo:
The packaged game is set in the "DEMO" mode. To begin a real
game, press in the RESET button with a toothpick or pen.
Wake up the Game:
If no buttons are pressed for a few minutes the game will "go to
sleep." To "wake it up," press ON. If you had not completed a
game, the unit will "wake" in the last game played.
Set Contrast Level:
Press OPTIONS: Use the DOWN Arrow to select CONTRAST.
Press DONE. Use the RIGHT Arrow to add blocks for more
contrast, the LEFT for less. Press DONE.
To Turn Sound On / Off:
Press OPTIONS: Use the DOWN Arrow to select SOUND. Press
DONE. Use the Arrows to select ON or OFF. Press DONE.
Start a New Game:
Press and hold NEW GAME. Or press OPTIONS: Use the
Arrows to select New Game. Press DONE.
Select a Game:
Press OPTIONS: Select NEW GAME, then use the UP/DOWN
Arrows to select the game you want. Press DONE.
Select Number of Players:
In Express and One-liner, press DONE to default to 1 player; or
use DOWN Arrow to select 2 players, then press DONE.
Select Computer "IQ":
In one-player games, when you compete against the game unit,
you can decide how "smart" you want it to be by selecting its
"IQ" level. Use the LEFT and RIGHT Arrows to move from Low
(level 1) to High (level 9). Press DONE.
THE BOARD
There are four types of "premium" squares on the 81-square
board that affect the score the first time the square is played on.
Always try to use these squares, to increase your score.
DOUBLE LETTER SCORE: 3W 2b
Any letter placed here is Mow =
scored at double its value.
(2L on the illustration right.)
TRIPLE LETTER SCORE: Any
letter placed here is scored at
triple its value. (3L on the
illustration right.)
DOUBLE WORD SCORE:
The score is doubled for any
word that crosses this space.
The first word placed on the ;
board is always worth double. ase anne
Covering two of these spaces quadruples your score. (2W on the
illustration right.)
TRIPLE WORD SCORE: The score is tripled for any word that
crosses this space. (3W on the illustration above.)
HOW TO PLAY LETTERS TO THE BOARD
1. Use the Arrows to move to the letter you want on your Letter
Rack. Press GRAB/UNGRAB.
2. Use the Arrows to move up to the square on the board where
you want to place that letter. Press that same button to
"UNGRAB" the letter and place it on the square.
3. Use the Arrows to move back down to your Letter Rack and
repeat the process until you have moved all the letters in your
word to the board.
4. Press DONE.
5. If you make an "illegal" move, you will hear a "buzzer" sound.
If you can "repair" the word so it is correct, do so. If you can't,
press DONE to return your illegal letters to your rack.
GAME #1: SCRABBLE?" EXPRESS
(1 OR 2 PLAYERS)
This game recreates the typical two-player SCRABBLE
experience but limits each player to 8 turns.
One-player variation: It's you against the game unit! Select the
IQ level it will play at, as described above. You will go first.
1. The game automatically gives 7 letters to each player.
2. The first player combines two or more letters to form a word,
and moves these onto the board to read either across or down
so that any one letter is on the center XÆ square. Diagonal
words are not allowed. (Since it uses a "premium square," the
score for this first word is doubled.)