PLAY MODE
The 10 games are divided into the 4 Brain Areas of LOGIC,
RECALL, SPATIAL and CREATIVE. Practice them in Play Mode
for as long as you want before testing yourself. To play a
game, select PLAY from the OPTIONS Screen. Choose a Brain
Area, then press
to access the Game Menu. Press
to
choose a game. When the HELP screen appears, press
to
start the game. After Brainy’s 3-2-1 countdown, the game
begins. There are 3 games in each Brain Area except for
CREATIVE, which has one.
At the end of each game, you can choose either to play again
or to quit. Quitting takes you to the Game Menu for that Brain
Area. To back up to the Brain Area Screens, press MENU.
LOGIC
GAMES
SUDOKU
PYRAMATH
HANGMAN
RECALL
GAMES
DIAL-A-
PHONE
BRAIN
MOVES
OPTIX
SPATIAL
GAMES
TILT-A-MAZE
SHAPE
MATCH
AVOIDING
CREATIVE
GAME
BRAIN DUMP
LOGIC GAMES
SUDOKU
THE GOAL:
Place the correct numbers from 1 to 6
in each 6-space grid. There can be no more than
one of each number in every column, row and grid.
THE TIME & POINTS:
It’s a 4-minute game. Points
are awarded for each properly-placed number.
THE PLAY:
The flashing cursor indicates your position. Use the
ARROW buttons to move around the screen.
CLUE
numbers are fixed and appear in the shaded blocks.
Enter numbers in the unshaded blocks. To do this, move the
cursor to the block you wish to fill, press
, then press the
NUMBER button of your choice. Press the ARROW buttons to
move to a new target block and continue to enter numbers.
To delete a number, move the cursor to its block and press
X. Then press
and the NUMBER button of your choice to
replace it.
Solving a puzzle:
If you complete a whole screen correctly,
a big check mark appears. Then a new puzzle starts. When
time’s up, see the END OF GAME screen with your scores.
PYRAMATH
THE GOAL:
Use mental math to calculate and
input the (?) at the top of the pyramid from the
symbols and numbers below it.
THE TIME & POINTS:
It’s a 2 -minute game.
Points are awarded for how many correct answers
you make.
THE PLAY:
There are 2 important points to remember:
1)
The math symbol (
x, +, -
) above a pair of numbers tells
you which math process (add, subtract, multiply) you should
use to answer a “?”.
2)
Check the top of the pyramid first. If the “?” at the top is
the only “?”, you only need to calculate the answer in the
pyramid. If there are more “?”s below the top one, you’ll
need to start your calculations in the bottom bar. See the
examples below.
Press the NUMBER buttons on the keypad to input the
answers. Make a mistake? No problem! Press X to delete it.
Enter a new number, then press
to lock it in.
Solving a puzzle:
A big check mark appears for correct
answers; a flashing screen for incorrect ones. In either case
a new puzzle comes up. When time’s up, see the END OF
GAME screen with your scores.
HANGMAN
THE GOAL:
Guess as many words as you can
correctly before the entire Hangman appears on
the screen.
THE TIME & POINTS:
It’s a 2-minute game. Points
are awarded for each word guessed properly.
THE PLAY:
The word to be guessed is missing letters, shown
by a dash or dashes. The correct letters must be placed in the
dashes.
Choose a letter to guess by pressing the up or down ARROW
buttons to scroll through the alphabet. Press
to select
your letter. Correctly guessed letters appear in the word to
complete it. Incorrect guesses build a part of the Hangman.
The list of incorrectly guessed letters is tracked in the gray
panel. If you guess a letter that already appears in the word,
it will also appear in the gray panel, but in a white square.
And it won’t count against you.
Solving a puzzle:
A big check mark appears when you
correctly guess a word. Then a new Hangman puzzle starts.
If the word is not guessed within 2 minutes, a new puzzle will
begin. When time’s up, see the END OF GAME screen with
your scores.
RECALL GAMES
DIAL-A-PHONE
THE GOAL:
To remember the missing numbers in
a 7-digit phone number.
THE TIME & POINTS:
It’s a 2
1
/
2
-minute game.
Points are awarded for each phone number you
remember correctly.
THE PLAY:
A 7-digit phone number appears on the screen,
as shown to the left. Memorize it, then press
. A second
screen appears with some digits missing. Fill them in by
pressing the number buttons. Made an error? Easy fix! Just
press X to delete it and press another number button to
replace it.
IMPORTANT: Once the last number is entered, no
changes can be made.
If you complete a phone number correctly, you’ll see a big
check mark and hear a ring tone; if you made an error, you’ll
get a busy tone. In either case, a new number will appear on
the screen. When time’s up, see the END OF GAME screen
with your scores.
BRAIN MOVES
THE GOAL:
Repeat a sequence of numbers
and moves.
THE TIME & POINTS:
It’s a 1-minute game
(excluding Brainy’s moves). Points are awarded for
correctly repeating each sequence.
THE PLAY:
After Brainy moves around the screen, try to repeat
his sequence of moves by pressing the ARROW buttons. Also
remember and repeat in sequence any numbers he’s think-
ing of as he moves, by pressing the NUMBER buttons.
Note:
Brainy floats up after making his moves. Do not count this as
a move!
To change an input, press X to delete it.
IMPORTANT:
The
last move or number you input cannot be changed.
If you correctly repeat a sequence, a big check mark appears;
if you’re not correct, the screen flashes. In either case, a new
sequence appears. When time’s up, see the END OF GAME
screen with your scores.
OPTIX
THE GOAL:
Identify each new symbol that appears
on the screen.
THE LIVES & POINTS:
There’s no ticking clock in
this game. You have 3 Lives (shown in the bottom
bar), and the game ends after you’ve lost them
all. Points are awarded for the largest number of
correct responses in a row.
THE PLAY:
Watch the screen carefully as each new symbol
appears. It starts out easy with just one, but correctly
identified symbols remain on the screen, so the pattern
builds steadily with each correct response.
Move the square around the screen by pressing the ARROW
buttons. Once the cursor is on top of the new symbol, select
it by pressing
. If your response is correct, the screen
changes and adds a new symbol for you to identify; if you’re
incorrect, the screen flashes, a new sequence begins, and you
lose a Life. The bar at the bottom tracks your Lives with
+
signs. When you make 3 incorrect responses, your 3rd Life is
over and the END OF GAME screen appears with your scores.
SPATIAL GAMES
TILT-A-MAZE
THE GOAL:
Guide a ball through as many mazes
as you can by using Tilt Sensors.
THE TIME & POINTS:
It’s a 2-minute game. Points
are awarded for the distance your ball travels
through the mazes.
THE PLAY:
No buttons to press in this game because of the
TILT SENSOR technology. Tilt the game up, down, left and
right to guide your ball through the maze and to an exit.
In the tilt sensor games you may use the ARROW buttons
rather than tilting the game if you prefer; but they’re all
meant to be played by tilting.
Reverse tilt:
After you complete the first maze, the game will
enter a challenging
reverse
tilt. In this alternate universe, black
is white, up is down and left is right, so you must tilt the unit
in the opposite direction you want the ball to move in. The
screens alternate between regular play and reverse play.
Scoring:
Try to complete as many mazes as you can before
time runs out. Remember, you are awarded points for the
distance your ball travels. Finishing more mazes means
winning more points. When time’s up, the END OF GAME
screen appears with your scores.
SHAPE MATCH
THE GOAL:
Direct the falling shapes to their
matching shapes below.
THE TIME & POINTS:
It’s a 2-minute game. Points
are awarded for the number of correct matches.
THE PLAY:
No buttons to push because of the
innovative TILT SENSOR technology. Just tilt the
game left or right to line up each shape as it falls. Then tilt
down (but not too far) to speed the shape to its match.
Keep guiding the falling shapes to meet their matches. A big
check mark appears each time you get a match; if you make
an error, the screen will flash. Keep playing until time runs
out and the END OF GAME screen appears with your scores.
AVOIDING
THE GOAL:
Avoid falling bars that come at you
from all sides by using the Tilt Sensors.
THE LIVES & POINTS:
You have 3 Lives in this
game of dodge’em. The longer you avoid getting
hit, the more points you’ll score. No ticking clock.
The game is over when you lose your third Life.
THE PLAY:
No buttons to press in this game because of the
TILT SENSOR technology. Tilt the game up, down, left and
right to keep your ball from getting hit by the bars.
Reverse play:
The longer you avoid the bars, the more bars
will appear. If you survive long enough, the game will enter
a challenging reverse play skill level for a limited time, where
you must tilt the game in the opposite direction from the
one you want to move in.
Scoring:
When you lose a Life, the screen will flash. Play
continues as above, as you dodge the bars to stay alive. The
longer you survive, the more points you’ll score. After you
lose your 3rd Life the game is over, and the END OF GAME
screen appears with your scores.
CREATIVITY ACTIVITY
BRAIN DUMP
THE GOAL:
Try to think up as many creative uses
for an object as you can.
THE TIME:
It’s a 2-minute activity. The purpose of
this exercise is to train your brain to think creatively
rather than logically. No points are awarded, so
BRAIN DUMP does not affect your score. Judge your
own output, then try to beat your count each time you play.
THE PLAY:
When the question “How many uses can you
think of for a…” appears on the screen, get ready to “text
in” your answers using the letter keys on the keypad. It’s like
entering a text message on a cell phone. Don’t worry about
spelling, but your entries should have 3 letters or more.
For example, if the object is STONE, you may think of a
statue, a doorstop, a paper weight, a hopscotch marker, and
more. Enter each answer by pressing the LETTER buttons. To
leave a space, press “0.” To delete a letter, press X. Be sure
to lock in your answer by pressing the
button after every
entry. When you do this, MYQ will automatically keep track
of your “uses.”
GOOD ANSWER/BAD ANSWER:
You’re the judge, but try to
give as many valid answers as you can.
In this example there’s
only one “?”, so just
calculate the 42
+
4
mentally in the pyramid.
In this example there are
two “?”s, so you must
mentally calculate from
the bottom up!
2
x
7
=
14
14
-
3
=
11
42
+
4
=
46
