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Continue Game: Choose this to keep

playing the game you started. Your old

game settings will be kept.

introduction

Thomas & Friends™ are Really Useful Engines. Today will be a busy day for

the engines on the Island of Sodor and they will need your help to show

how useful they are. Learn important school skills by working together

with Thomas, Percy, James, Harold, Bertie, and more!

GEttinG StArtEd

STEP 1: Choose Your Play Mode

Move the joystick up and down to choose the play mode you want. Press

the ENTER button when you have ﬁnished.

1. Learning Adventure

In this play mode, you can help Thomas & FriendsTM to do their jobs.

2. Learning Zone

In this play mode, you can play one of three fun games that each focuses

on a speciﬁc learning skill. To change the level between Easy/Difﬁcult,

move the joystick up or down to highlight Easy or Difﬁcult. Press ENTER to

conﬁrm. Move the joystick to highlight the Learning Zone Game you wish

to play, then press ENTER to start. You can also use the pen to make your

choose and press the Enter button on the pen when you’re ﬁnished.

Learning Adventure

Sing Along

Options

Learning Zone

Engine Depot

New Game: Choose this to start a new

game from the beginning.

GEttinG StArtEd

3. Sing Along

In this play mode, you can sing one of two songs for Thomas and his

friends. Move the joystick to choose the song, characters and the settings

for volume and voice. Move the joystick to highlight the ENTER icon, then

press ENTER to start.

4. Engine Depot

In this mode, you can visit and read the proﬁles of ten Thomas & FriendsTM

characters. Move the joystick to highlight the character you want to visit,

press ENTER to start.

5. Music On/Off Selection

The Options menu can be accessed to change settings for music and

the V.LinkTM functions. To turn the background music On or Off, move the

joystick left or right to highlight “Music On” or “Music Off”.

6. V.LinkTM Connection

Select this to update your game record to the V.LinkTM.

STEP 2: Choose Your Game Settings

1. Follow the voice instructions to choose your game settings.

2. Move the joystick up or down and press ENTER to conﬁrm. Press the

EXIT button to cancel the settings and begin again.

Note: Two-player mode is not available when played on the V.Smile®

PocketTM or V.Smile®Cyber PocketTM.

STEP 3: Start Your Game

.For Learning Adventure, please go to the “Activities – Learning

Adventure” section.

.For Learning Zone, please go to the “Activities – Learning Zone”

section.

FEAturES

Color Buttons

In the Learning Adventure game - Bertie Beats the Clock, help Bertie to

answer the questions by using the colored buttons.

Help Button

When you press the HELP button, you will hear the help instruction or

helpful hints for that game.

Exit Button

When you press the EXIT button, the game will pause. Use the joystick to

select YES to quit the game or NO to keep on playing the game. Press

ENTER to conﬁrm.

Learning Zone Button

The LEARNING ZONE button is a shortcut

that takes you to the Learning Zone Menu

screen. When you press the LEARNING ZONE

button, the game will pause. An Exit box will

pop up to make sure you want to quit. Use

the joystick to select “Yes” to quit the game or

“No” to keep playing the game. Press ENTER

to conﬁrm.

V.LinkTM Connection

When you plug the V.Link

into the

console*,

a new selection - “V.Link

Connection” will

be activated under the Options menu. You

can select it to update your game record

to the V.Link

. After the update process is

completed, you can plug the V.Link

into you

computer and unlock some fun web games on

the V.Smile

Web Site. Please don’t unplug

the V.Link

during the updating process.

FEAturES / ActiVitiES

Bonus Games on the V.SmileTM Web Site

When your total score reaches a certain level

in Learning Adventure, you will be rewarded

with special gold coins. You can save your

record to the V.LinkTM and then plug the

V.LinkTM into a PC. You will then be able to

use the gold coins to unlock special bonus

games from the V.SmileTM Web Site.

How to Earn Gold Coins:

Gold Coin Score

1st gold coin

Get a total score of more than 0 in Learning Adventure.

2nd gold coin Get a total score of 260 in Learning Adventure.

3rd gold coin Get a total score of 400 in Learning Adventure.

4th gold coin Get a total score of 450 in Learning Adventure.

* Note: V.Link™ connection only available in these or later models:

ActiVitiES

Educational Curriculum

Learning Adventure Curriculum

Game 1: Calling All Engines Letters

Bonus Game: Find an Exit Logic

Game 2: Flying to the Rescue Directions & Picture Matching

Game 3: Cargo Catch-up Colors

Game 4: Bertie Beats the Clock Counting

Mini Game: Take a Break Counting & Numbers

ActiVitiES

Learning Zone Curriculum

Zone 1: Recycle Challenge Sorting

Zone 2: Count the Engines Counting

Zone 3: Fix the Tracks Puzzle

Learning Adventure

Learning Adventure Game Menu Screen

The Learning Adventure play mode has four

different adventure games, one bonus game

and one mini game. Use the joystick to select

the games and press ENTER to start the

adventure game.

How to Play

At the beginning of each Learning Adventure

and Learning Zone game, a “How to Play”

screen displays the game settings. This

screen also lists the buttons and controls

that will be used in the game, detailing their

speciﬁc function.

Learning Adventure Game Status Bar

In each adventure game, the status bar stays

on the top of the screen to show the player’s

respective icons, lives and score.

Game 1: Calling All Engines

Game Play

Thomas wants to gather the engines to

discuss how to build an airport on the

Island of Sodor. Find the engines by moving

the joystick to collect the missing letters to

complete their names. Watch out for the

obstacles that might roll into your path. In the

difﬁcult level, you must select the track section

with the correct letter at the trafﬁc branch, then

press ENTER to conﬁrm.

ActiVitiES

Curriculum: Letters

Easy level: Find 3 engines and collect 2-4 missing letters.

Difﬁcult level: Find 3 engines and collect 3-5 missing letters.

Operation in Game1 :

Joystick Description

Joystick up Control Thomas; move up or select the up branch

Joystick down

Control Thomas; move down or select the down branch

Joystick left

Control Thomas; move left or select the left branch

Joystick right

Control Thomas; move right or select the right branch

Enter Stop moving or conﬁrm the selected branch

Bonus Game: Find an Exit

Thomas puffs into a dark cave. Find an exit

within the time limit and collect as many

bonuses as you can.

Operation in Bonus Game:

Joystick Description

Joystick up Control Thomas; move up

Joystick down

Control Thomas; move down

Joystick left

Control Thomas; move left

Joystick right

Control Thomas; move right

Game 2: Flying to the Rescue

Game Play

Harold is a good-hearted helicopter. Complete

the missions assigned by Sir Topham Hatt by

ﬂying to the objects shown in the left corner.

Press ENTER to carry out the rescue. When

Harold ﬂies over the airﬁeld, press ENTER

to ﬁll up his energy. Watch out for the dark

clouds!

ActiVitiES

Curriculum: Directions & Picture Matching

Easy level: Complete 3 missions with simple building shapes.

Difﬁcult level: Complete 3 missions with more difﬁcult building

shapes.

Operation in Game 2:

Joystick Description

Joystick up Control Harold; ﬂy up

Joystick down Control Harold; ﬂy down

Joystick left Control Harold; ﬂy left

Joystick right Control Harold; ﬂy right

Joystick left up Control Harold; ﬂy left up

Joystick right up Control Harold; ﬂy right up

Joystick left down Control Harold; ﬂy left down

Joystick right down Control Harold; ﬂy right down

Enter Land on the ground

Game 3: Cargo Catch-up

Game Play

Thomas forgot to collect the cargo. Help

Harold catch-up to Thomas and load the

color coordinated cargo that he left behind.

Press ENTER to load the cargo. Move Harold

up to avoid the buildings. Load the cargo

before Thomas arrives at each station and

you will get a higher score. Watch out for the

ﬂying objects!

Curriculum: Colors

Easy level: Cargo in 5 colors.

Difﬁcult level: Cargo in 9 colors.

ActiVitiES

Operation in Game 3:

Joystick Description

Joystick up Control Harold; ﬂy up

Joystick down Control Harold; ﬂy down

Joystick left Control Harold; ﬂy left

Joystick right Control Harold; ﬂy right

Enter Load the cargo

Game 4: Bertie Beats the Clock

Game Play

Thomas’ boiler is grumbling. Bertie must help

to transport the school children to 3 stations

on time. Avoid all the obstacles along the

way to keep the children safe. Drop off the

correct amount of school children at each

station by following the number at the top of

screen and press ENTER to stop. Keep an

eye on the time, otherwise the children will

miss the train!

Curriculum: Colors

Easy level: Drop off 3-7 students at each station.

Difﬁcult level: Drop off 4-9 students at each station.

Operation in Game 4:

Joystick Description

Joystick up Control Bertie; speed up

Joystick down Control Bertie; stop

Joystick left Move Bertie; left

Joystick right Move Bertie; right

Enter Conﬁrm the number of school

children; stop

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