Pressing HINT during a Timed game will add a
In a Timed game, The No Match option is only available at the Advanced or Expert level.
Puzzle Game
In a Puzzle game, you are shown only one screen of cards and must find all the SETs possible on the screen. You must reuse the cards on the screen to find all the different SETs. A lower time is a better score, with the clock starting to count up from zero.
The number of SETs available and the number of SETs found are displayed at the top of
the screen. There are four total SETs for the
Press VIEW to toggle between the game and a list of the SETs already found. To return to the game, press VIEW again.
Pressing HINT during a Puzzle game will add a 30 second penalty to your score.
The No Match option is not available in the Puzzle game.
Arcade Game
In an Arcade game, you are given a time limit to find as many SETs as you can. The clock counts down from the initial time limit. The initial time limit is is based on the skill level setting for the game: 10 minutes for Beginner, 6 minutes for Intermediate, 4 minutes for Advanced, or 2 minutes for Expert. Within each game, there are levels. After each level is passed, time is added to the time limit. The amount of time added is based on the skill level setting. For every two SETs found, the game moves to the next level, with less and less time added to the time limit as you increase in game levels.
The Arcade game is scored by the number of SETs found. The higher the number of SETs, the better your score. No points are deducted for incorrect SETs. 5, 10, 15, or 20 seconds is subtracted from your play time each time you use HINT in this game. The number of seconds subtracted increases according to the skill level chosen.
The No Match option is only available in an Arcade game at the Advanced or Expert level.
HINT Button
If you are stuck and cannot find a SET, you can press HINT and the computer will find a SET for you. The SET will flash three times and the cards will be replaced. Or, you can continue to look for a SET yourself without help from the computer, but then you risk having a higher time or taking more time to complete the game in Timed or Arcade games.
Using the HINT button will deduct the following penalty from your score:
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“No Match” Condition
At the Advanced and Expert levels of the Classic, Puzzle, and Arcade games, there is one chance in 50 that the 9 or 12 cards displayed cannot form a SET. If you correctly choose NO MATCH (press ▲ and ▼ at the same time), the computer reacts as if you had correctly selected a valid SET of three cards. If a SET does exist on the screen, then the computer reacts as if you had selected an invalid SET.
Customizing Your Game
You can change the skill level and make other changes using the OPTIONS menu.
1.Press MENU.
2.Select OPTIONS from the menu.
Features Option
You can select the number of features (color, shape, shading, number) that will show on the cards, either 3 or 4. For example, you can reduce the number to 3 so that only three of the four features will be part of the game play and the fourth feature will be the same or constant across all the cards. The feature to be the same on all the cards will be randomly chosen by the computer when you start a game. This reduces the number of playable cards in a game from 81 to 27.
Skill Level Option
You can change the skill level for all the games. In Classic, changing the skill level varies the amount of time before the computer takes its turn. In Arcade, it varies the amount of time originally given and also the amount of time added after a SET is found.
Choosing Advanced or Expert adds the No Match possibility to your game in Classic, Timed, and Arcade.
The skill level setting also adjusts the amount of time before the
Auto-hint Option
You can choose whether to let the computer give you an automatic hint if you don’t select a card within a specified length of time. The time depends on skill level chosen. When the
There are no penalties if you use
The amount of time before the
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Auto-shutoff Option
You can choose 5, 10, or 15 minutes or you can choose to disable
Caution! If you disable
1.To waken from sleep mode, press
PAUSE.
As long as the power switch remains in the ON position, the game will resume where you left off when awakened from sleep mode.
If you slide the ON/OFF switch to OFF during a sleep mode, your current game will be lost. When you turn the game back on, you will have to start over.
High Score Option
The High Score function displays the highest (or best) score for each game. The Timed and Puzzle games display the lowest or fastest time rather than a high score. If a high (or best) score hasn’t been recorded for a game, zero will be displayed.
1.To clear the scores, press and hold the right arrow for 3 seconds.
2. | Use or to select whether to clear the |
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3. | Press SELECT. |
Game Instructions Option
This option displays instructions on how to play the games.
1. Use or to select general instructions
or instructions for a particular game.
2.Press SELECT.
3.If instructions are too long to fit on the
screen, use or to move down or up a page.
4. To return to the menu, press SELECT.
End of Game
In Classic, Timed, and Arcade games, play continues until all the cards in the deck have been displayed and played. At the end of play, there will be 9 or 12 cards remaining on the screen.
In the Puzzle game, play continues until all possible SETs are found.
Exiting the Game
1.To exit a game or start a new one, press MENU.
2.Select one of the following:
•Exit to Main Menu
•Start a New Game
•Cancel (resume game)
The Cancel option appears only if MENU is pressed during game play before the end of the game is reached.