Motorola 009 User Manual

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Accompli 009 User’s Guide

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Game play

A new game begins with five different types of items (for example, spheres or colored blocks
in five different colors) randomly populating the whole grid. Play is as follows:

In the grid, look for two or more of the same type of item in a cluster. A cluster is any
number of matching items that touch each other horizontally or vertically.

Use the N

ISK

to move the highlight to any item in the cluster.

Press Enter once to select the whole cluster. The status bar shows the point value for
the cluster.

Press Enter a second time to eliminate the highlighted cluster (To cancel your selection
without eliminating the cluster, move the highlight to a different spot on the grid.)

When a cluster is highlighted, the status bar displays the point value of that cluster; with no
cluster highlighted, the status bar displays your point total for this game.

If you clear the grid, or when there are no more clusters in the grid, the game automatically
ends. The status bar displays “Game Over” and your score.

If your score falls within the top five, a New High Score slide-over screen appears for you to
enter your name.

To set SameGame preferences:

Press the

key to display the menu options.

Press the N

ISK

down and select Settings.

Press the N

ISK

left or right to select a game style.

Select the Save button from the toolbar to save your changes.

Resume play as described above.

Hint: Eliminating clusters from rows toward the bottom (as well as eliminating whole col-

umns) causes the most rearrangement of items, and thus has the greatest potential for
creating new clusters.

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