Excalibur electronic ET454 Games User Manual


 
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The score for the round will always be
your current round score that is zeroed
when a Bonus Round is started. The high
score achieved thus far, and the score
from the last time you played will also be
shown. The round score will always be
updated during play, but the timer must
be on in order to update the last and high
score.
KEY
Press the key to clear the letters from
the Spelled Word area and return them to
the grid.
NEW KEY
Press the NEW key to stop playing
Connect and return to the Home Menu.
You will normally be asked to confirm
this choice by pressing the NEW key
once more. Otherwise press the key.
Game Over Screen
When all the possible words have been
entered or time runs out, if the timer is
used, the Score Screen will be shown
along with a reminder to press the
ENTER key.
SCORES
HIGH 0000
LAST 0000
ROUND 0000
--PRESS--
--ENTER--
Press the ENTER key to return to the
Home Menu.
CROSSWORD
Crosswords
Selecting CROSSWORD from the Home
Menu will start the generation of a
Crossword Puzzle. When finished, the
unsolved crossword grid will be dis-
played and shows empty cells into
which letters are placed. Cells that have
no letter are marked with a .
Crosswords are described as Across or
Down words. A flashing cursor will show
on the first letter of the first found word.
If the word is a Down word a vertical
bar will be flashing. If the word is an
Across word a horizontal bar will
flash. The remaining unsolved letters of
the word will have the same type bar.
If the flashing cursor is on a cell that can
be either an Across or Down word, then
pressing on that cell will change the
direction of the selected word from
Across to Down or vice-versa. A cell with
a does not have any letter in it, so it
will show an invalid ? indicator on the
screen if it is pressed.
PAGE KEY
Press the PAGE key to see the clue for
the word on which the cursor is flashing.
Don’t forget, a flashing horizontal bar
means the clue is for an Across word. A
flashing vertical bar means the clue is
for a Down word. Press PAGE again or
the key to return to the puzzle screen.
ALPHA KEY
Press the ALPHA key to see an alphabet
keyboard appear over part of the cross-
word puzzle. Use the alphabet keyboard
to enter your solution letters into the
crossword grid. You may leave this
alphabet keyboard on the screen and
press valid cells on the crossword grid.
The alphabet keyboard position will
change depending on the crossword cell
pressed. Press the ALPHA key again to
remove the alphabet keyboard and see the