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Pinta Quest is a mini-game you can play with your VMU. Pinta the Item
Collector travels the world with his ship, and gathers various items. You
can dispatch him (download mini-game) from the Status Menu screen
(P.xx). Please note that 83 blocks of free memory is required.

✽ Pinta Quest is a VMU executable file. You can only download one game per

VMU. If your VMU already contains VMU executable file, you cannot download
Pinta Quest.

As the area Vyse can travel widens, so will Pinta’s. Also, good items tend to be found near the
rim of the map. At times Pinta may find items that can only be found in Pinta Quest, but the
enemies become stronger as well. You can use the items found in Pinta Quest in the main game.

During his voyage, press 

A

to display the Menu Screen. Use 

$^

to select

menu item, and press 

A

to enter. Press 

B

to return to previous screen.

Status: Verify level/experience

points/AT/DF/HP.

Item:

Number of items Pinta Collected.
Level of items become higher in the
following order: A>B>C.

Gold:

Amount of Gold Pinta has.

Map:

Select the area to explore. You can
select only the areas where Vyse
has explored.

Sound: Toggle VMU sound ON/OFF.

At title screen, simultaneously press 

A

and 

B

to start the game. To quit game, press the SLEEP

Button to turn the VMU OFF.

During his voyage, if an obstacle is encountered, a mini-game starts. If you make success with the
mini-game, you will be awarded some gold and experience points, according to your performance.
If you fail and make HP of Pinta’s ship drop to zero, the amount of gold decreases as repair fee.

Press 

A

and 

B

continuously to advance against the wind. The game will be

over if you reach the goal or when a given time has passed. Depending on how
far you have reached, you will be awarded experience points and gold.

Press 

A

when the sight matches the enemy ship to fire cannon, and drop

enemy HP to zero. The enemy ship will fire at you periodically or when you
miss.

Use 

$^

to dodge flying rocks and advance for a given distance. If the rock hits

you, the HP, the accumulated experience points, and the gold decrease.

During his voyage, an item may be found randomly. In Pinta Quest, the items will only be displayed
as the rank from A to C. If you return to main game, items that correspond to the rank will be
obtained.

★ When Pinta’s level becomes higher, the chance of finding rare, effective items become better.

To bring the items collected into main game, you must give order to Pinta
to return. Insert the VMU with Pinta Quest to the Expansion Socket of the
Dreamcast Controller you are using. From the Status Menu screen, select
“Pinta Quest,” then select the memory card with Pinta Quest. a menu item
“Return” will be displayed. (If there is no Pinta Quest file, “Dispatch” will be
displayed.) To return Pinta, press 

A

. (For details after returning Pinta, see

P.xx.)

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