AGES 6+ 68556/68555 Asst. TABLE OF CONTENTS SHIFT TECH BEFORE YOU PLAY SHIFT TECH ............................................................................... Pg 1 SCREEN 1. Before the first time you play, you must move the Mode BEFORE YOU PLAY .................................................................. Pg 2 Switch to “Play” Mode. QUICK START ............................................................................ Pg 3 DIRECTIONAL BASIC OPERATION .................................................................. Pg 4 PAD 2. Press Start. The unit is now ready for use. SWITCHING MODES ................................................................. Pg 5 A BUTTON FINDING THE GAMES .............................................................. Pg 6 RESET Play Mode ™ GAME MAP .................................................................................. Pg 7 BUTTON 1. GAME MAP ICONS .................................................................... Pg 8 B BUTTON H START/ TELETRAAN-1 DaTabasE/GAME ......................................... Pg 9 PAUSE Try Me ® Handheld Game GAME 1 - CAPTURE ANGRY ARCHER ........................................ Pg 10 BUTTON GAME 2 - ROGUE ROBOT SHOWDOWN ..................................... Pg 11 (FRONT VIEW) SHIFTMUS PRIME TECTECH GAME 3 - BOSS BattLE vs. MELTDOWN ................................ Pg 12 OPTI GAME 4 - BUMBLEBEE™ SPACE BLAST ................................... Pg 13 CONVERSION (BACK VIEW) GAME 5 - FIVE ALARM EMERGENCY ......................................... Pg 14 HANDLES GAME 6 - BOSS BattLE vs. LOCKDOWN™ ..............................Pg 15 GAME 7 - ROBOT ASSEMBLY LINE ............................................ Pg 16 GAME 8 - TARGET PRACTICE WITH PROWL® ........................... Pg 17 ® MODE GAME 9 - BOSS BattLE vs. BLACKARACHNIA .................... Pg 18 BATTEry SWITCH ® GAME 10 - GRIMLOCK GRAPPLE ............................................ Pg 19 E DOOR GAME 11 - CAVE BREAKOUT ..................................................... Pg 20 L GAME 12 - BOSS BattLE vs. STARSCREAM® ........................ Pg 21 TT GAME 13 - FINAL BOSS BattLE vs. Megatron® 1 .............. Pg 22 2. GAME 14 - FINAL BOSS BattLE vs. Megatron 2 ................ Pg 23 (BACK VIEW) GAME 15 - FINAL BOSS BattLE vs. Megatron 3 ................ Pg 24 (FRONT VIEW) BATTEry INFO .......................................................................... Pg 25 BOSS BA = Pg 1 Pg 2 RESETTING THE UNIT ............................................................ Pg 26 QUICK START GUIDE BASIC OPERATION SWITCHING MODES FINDING THE GAMES Get started on your adventure right away! Use this quick BASIC OPERATION 1. Use the Directional Pad to drive OPTIMUS PRIME® around start guide, and keep this instructions booklet to refer to if 1. To turn on the Shift Tech™ unit, press the Start Button. the Game Map. you get stuck. 2. To turn it off, press and hold the Start Button for 2 seconds. 2. Find a Game Icon (See Game Map Icons Pg8), and drive over it. 3. To pause your game, press the Start Button. Press again 1. Drive around the Game Map using the Directional Pad, to continue. 3. With OPTIMUS PRIME on top of the Game Icon, press A to looking for game icons (See Game Map Icons Pg8). select the game. 2. Drive over the game icon, and press A to enter the game. VOLUME CONTROL 4. When you finish a Game (win or lose), you will return to the 1. Press the Start Button to pause while in the Game Map. Game Map. 3. In the games, use the Directional Pad to control your 2. Press B to enter the Volume Control screen. character, the A & B buttons to attack or activate actions, 3. Adjust volume by pressing Right or 5. A game you have won is represented by the Completed Icon [ ] on the Game Map. and the Conversion Handles to convert from Vehicle Left on the Directional Pad. VolumE DOWN to Robot Mode and back. Not all games will use all of 4. Press A to confirm the volume setting the controls. and return to the Game Map. VolumE UP Exit a game at any time by pressing Start to pause and then pressing B. 4. When you finish a Game (win or lose), you will return to the Game Map. Select the same game again, or find a different GAMES one to play! 1. To unlock more games, you have to beat the ones already unlocked. The more games you beat, the more games 5. The more you beat, the more games and Boss Battles you you’ll unlock! unlock in the Game Map! 2. Every game is different. Read the instructions for each game before you play! VEHICLE MODE ROBOT MODE Note: Try different button combinations in the games below to 3. Every few games will be a Boss Battle. These games are discover powerful special attacks! tougher than the others, but don’t give up! With OPTIMUS Use the Conversion Handles to switch Modes. PRIME® on your side, you’ve got the power and skill to win! Not all games will use the Conversion Handles. Retain these instructions for future reference. GAME MAP UNLOCKED SYMBOL Pg 3 Pg 4 Pg 5 Pg 6 HQ. 1. GAME MAP - GAME LOCATIONS GAME MAP ICONS TELETRAAN-1 DATABASE / GAME CAPTURE ANGRY ARCHER Drive around the city in search of criminals to capture Match profiles of enemies and allies to their Vehicle – including the dangerous Angry Archer! Drive around 1 3 PLAYER / OPTIMUS PRIME Modes, and Vehicle Modes to signature weapons to unlock obstacles in Vehicle Mode, or smash through them as a information about your favorite characters! Work fast though; Robot. Catch up to the crooks in Vehicle Mode, then surprise there’s a time limit! You can also look at the character data them by changing to a Robot at the last minute and grabbing HQ 2 4 6 UNVISITED GAME you’ve already unlocked. them! Capture three criminals, and then snag the infamous (if game is unlocked, icon will get bigger Angry Archer to win! when you drive over it) 5 CONTROLS CONTROLS SLOW DOWN SPEED UP SCROLL LEFT* SCROLL RIGHT* VISITED GAME MOVE UP MOVE DOWN 13 7 8 (game has not yet been completed) SCROLL OPTIONS UP SCROLL OPTIONS DOWN PUNCH/GRAB CRIMINALS VEHICLE MODE BRAKE SELECT BACK/EXIT Pull handles *WHEN VIEWING IN DATABASE CONVERT FROM VEHICLE TO ROBOT 9 10 to convert! COMPLETED GAME 15 12 14 •Drive over the game icon, and press A to enter the game. 11 • When a Game is finished, you will return to the Game Map. Select the same game again, or find a different one HQ TELETRAAN - 1 DATABASE 1 GAME 1 2 GAME 2 3 BOSS BATTLE 1 4 GAME 4 to play! 5 GAME 5 6 BOSS BATTLE 2 7 GAME 7 8 GAME 8 9 BOSS BATTLE 3 • The more you beat, the more Games and Boss Battles 10 GAME 10 11 GAME 11 12 BOSS BATTLE 4 13 FINAL BOSS BATTLE 1 you unlock! TELETRAAN-1 GAME TELETRAAN-1 GAME DRIVE AROUND OBSTACLES CAPTURE ANGRY ARCHER 14 FINAL BOSS BATTLE 2 15 FINAL BOSS BATTLE 3 Pg 7 Pg 8 Pg 9 Pg 10 2. 3. 4. 5. ROGUE ROBOT SHOWDOWN BOSS BATTLE vs. MELTDOWN BUMBLEBEE™ SPACE BLAST FIVE ALARM EMERGENCY Battle out of control assembly line machines in Robot and Battle Meltdown’s acid powers with the fire-fighting abilities of BUMBLEBEE has challenged OPTIMUS PRIME® to a video Fight a raging inferno as OPTIMUS PRIME®, and win an Vehicle Mode to save AUTOBOT RATCHET® and win a new OPTIMUS PRIME. Watch out for his acid rain attack though; game contest. Blast your way through the asteroids and upgrade to your Ion Axe! Put out the fire in each room, and weapon you’ll need to defeat Meltdown! once he puts it up, you can’t hurt him until you put it out with defeat the Mother ship to win! Use your shields carefully smash down the door to search for survivors. There are at your foam spray attack! – they’ll protect you for 3 seconds, but then need 7 seconds least three people trapped in the burning building, and it’s up to recharge. to you to rescue them! CONTROLS CONTROLS CONTROLS CONTROLS NOT USED GO FORWARD MOVE BACK/BLOCK MOVE FORWARD ROTATE LEFT ROTATE RIGHT MOVE LEFT MOVE RIGHT *ATTACKS JUMP CROUCH JUMP CROUCH ROCKET BOOSTERS NOT USED NOT USED NOT USED FOAM PUNCH KICK PUNCH/SPRAY FOAM CHANGE WEAPONS FIRE LASERS ACTIVATE SHIELD ATTACK SHOOT FOAM/DOOR SMASH SWITCH ATTACKS* DOOR Pull handles Pull handles Pull handles SMASH to convert! CONVERT FROM HYBRID MODE TO ROBOT to convert! CONVERT FROM ROBOT TO HYBRID MODE to convert! CONVERT FROM SPEED BLAST TO DOUBLE LASER ROGUE ROBOT SHOWDOWN NEW WEAPON MELTDOWN ACID POWER ACID RAIN attack SPEED BLAST DEFEAT THE MOTHER SHIP SPRAY OUT THE FIRE EARN NEW WEAPON Pg 11 Pg 12 Pg 13 Pg 14 6. 7. 8. 9. BOSS BATTLE vs. LOCKDOWN™ ROBOT ASSEMBLY LINE TARGET PRACTICE WITH PROWL® BOSS BATTLE vs. BLACKARACHNIA® PROWL has the best aim of any of the AUTOBOTS®. That’s LOCKDOWN has stolen the Ion Axe used by OPTIMUS Help Professor Sumdac assemble his robots in record time. why, when OPTIMUS PRIME® wants to do some target Climb up the side of the tallest building in Detroit - using the PRIME®! Help the AUTOBOT® leader pursue the evil bounty Match the heads with the correct bodies by matching neck practice, he has PROWL act as his trainer. Aim at the targets, open windows as handholds - to capture BLACKARACHNIA, hunter in a high-speed, high-stakes road race, but watch out connectors! Complete 10 robots before the timer runs out, but watch until your power gauge is at the right level, and hurl and rescue Sari. But be careful! She’s sending rogue robots for obstacles in the road! be careful! If you mismatch a head with a body, your score will your axe to hit the targets with a powerful throw! and dangerous web traps down after you. Climb cleverly to go down, and it will take longer to win! Note: Watch the power meter in this game. Throw your axe avoid them! too hard, and you’ll overshoot the target. Throw it too soft, and you’ll miss. Use the power meter to get the proper strength into CONTROLS CONTROLS your throw. CONTROLS TURN LEFT TURN RIGHT MOVE LEFT MOVE RIGHT CONTROLS MOVE LEFT MOVE RIGHT NOT USED NOT USED NOT USED NOT USED NOT USED NOT USED CLIMB UP CLIMB DOWN SPEED UP BRAKE GRAB HEAD/PLACE HEAD NOT USED FIRE GRAPPLER NOT USED NOT USED NOT USED WHEN NET APPEARS LOCK ON TARGET/THROW AXE NOT USED LOCKDOWN STEALS ION AX RACE AGAINST LOCKDOWN ROBOT ASSEMBLY LINE COMPLETE THE ROBOTS TARGET PRACTICE HIT THE TARGET AVOID THE ROGUE ROBOTS AVOID WEB BLASTS Pg 15 Pg 16 Pg 17 Pg 18 10.