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3.1 Starting a new game
If you want to start a new
game, simply push the NEW
GAME button when it’s not
King Arthur’s move. King
Arthur will sound the “charge”
for a new game.
3.2 Playing the Black
pieces from the start of
a game
Since White always moves
first, you’ll want to practice
playing Black as well as White.
To play the Black pieces, start a
new game by pushing the NEW
GAME button. Then press the
MOVE button. King Arthur will
now automatically make the
first move. You’ll see that the
LCD shows Black at the bot-
tom. If you’re using the playing
board with the three dimension-
al pieces, set the Black pieces
up at your end—close to the
LCD.
Of course, the labels on the
squares can’t change. So when
playing White, if King Arthur
wants to play what normally
would be “E2-E4” for White,
he’ll do this by communicating
“E7-E5,” which accurately cor-
responds to your board.
Make all moves and choose
all options in the normal fash-
ion.
3.3 Switching sides
during a game
After the first move, whenev-
er it’s your move you can switch
sides, taking over King Arthur’s
game and color and giving him
yours, by pushing the MOVE
button. The pieces will remain
as they are, meaning you will be
playing from the top of the
board. You can switch sides
back and forth as often as you
like.
3.4 Adjusting
the display contrast
To compensate for differences
in lighting and battery strength,
press the CONTRAST key
repeatedly to adjust the display
contrast to one of sixteen set-
tings.
3.5 Playing without the
physical pieces
You can play without the
three-dimensional pieces, view-
ing only the display. Press the
OPTION key until the display
shows “TOUCH.” Then press
the > key. “ON” will be dis-
played. Now when you play, the
display will show you King
Arthur’s move, signaling the TO
and FROM squares several
times to make it clear, but you
will not have to register his
move. In this mode, the large
playing board acts as a touch
screen so that you can input
your moves by pressing TO and
FROM squares with your fin-
ger.
3.6 Change your mind?
Take your move back!
If you’ve made a move and
then changed your mind, simply
press the TAKE BACK key. In
fact, by repeatedly pressing the
TAKE BACK key, you can take
back a whole series of moves.
For each move you wish to take
back, the display will show the
TO and FROM squares neces-
sary to move the piece back to
its previous square. You must
follow the standard procedure
of pushing on each of these
squares (when a move was a
capture, King Arthur will then
signal the capture square, and
the LCD will display the proper
piece to restore) to get each
piece back in its previous posi-
tion.
If you change your mind back
to the original move, you can
press the MOVE key to replay
the taken-back move or moves.
KING ARTHUR
CHAPTER3:
SPECIAL KEYS & FEATURES