40 Winks
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🙂 6.9/10
(Playstation - PAL, Action & Adventure)
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Developed by:
Eurocom Developments Ltd
Published by:
GT Interactive Software Corp.
Released On:
01 Jan 1999
40 Winks , released for the PlayStation in 1999, is an action-platformer where you control Ruff or Tumble as they battle ghosts, goblins, and other creatures in their dream-world. Their goal is to collect 40 winks scattered across the globe to stop Nitekap's evil plan. Nitekap aims to turn the winks into hood-winks, responsible for nightmares. The game also requires finding the 12 dream keys to unlock the final boss level.
The gameplay features a unique twist: players can temporarily transform into different costumes with special abilities. These include Prehistoric Man, Jester, Super Hero, and Ninja. This transformation allows players to access new areas and overcome obstacles in creative ways.
EAN-13:
5029988007684 (United Kingdom)
EAN-13:
5029988007783 (Spain)
EAN-13:
5029988007813 (Denmark)
Sony PN:
SLES-01937 (United Kingdom)
Sony PN:
SLES-01941 (Spain)
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Save Game Methods:
External Storage
Number of Players Supported:
1 Player
Input Device Features Supported:
Vibration
Controller Types Supported:
Analog Controller
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Manual
Game Guide
Extracted from the original game manual
This is a fantasy adventure game where players enter dreams to rescue benevolent creatures called Winks. Your mission is to save the remaining Winks from the villainous NiteKap, who turns them into nightmare-inducing Hood-Winks, to ensure humanity can continue to have good dreams.
Story
WAKEY! WAKEY!
Ever wondered why you dream? Not many people know this, but when we go to sleep we are looked after!
There are creatures who exist with this sole purpose. They are known as Winks, and it's their job to make sure that when we are asleep we only have good dreams.
Nightmares
Ever wondered why you have nightmares? There's a chap called NiteKap, and he's not very happy. He's tired, so tired he can't sleep.
The more exhausted he gets, the angrier he becomes. NiteKap feels that if he can't get a good night's sleep, why should the rest of us?
He kidnaps Winks for fun and turns them into Hood-Winks. Hood-Winks are nasty little creatures who, once inside your dreams, quickly go about turning them into nightmares. They enjoy scaring people.
Your Mission
Only forty Winks remain in existence. It's up to you to rescue them, or else nobody will ever have a nice dream again.
Can you foil NiteKap's dastardly plans in time? You must enter into your dreams and save all the Winks before NiteKap has a chance to get his hands on them.
How to Play
SET UP
1. Set up your PlayStation® game console according to the instructions in its Instruction Manual.
2. Make sure the power is off before inserting or removing a compact disc.
3. Insert the 40 Winks™ disc and close the disc cover.
4. Insert game Controllers and turn on the PlayStation® game console. Follow on-screen instructions to start a game.
Console Top View
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RESET BUTTON
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POWER INDICATOR
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POWER BUTTON
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CONTROLLER PORT
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SONY
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OPEN BUTTON
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DISC COVER
MAIN MENU
After inserting the CD and closing the disc cover, 40 Winks will begin and you'll see the introduction sequence. You may skip this at any time by pressing the START button.
Title Screen
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Press the START button to access the Main Menu.
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Press any button during the demo to return to the Title Screen.
Main Menu
From here you have 3 choices:
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New Game - This begins a new game. You can choose to play as either Ruff or Tumble. See Getting Started later in this manual for more help if this is your first time.
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Load Game - This allows you to load a previously saved game from a MEMORY CARD. See the section Saving and Loading your game in this manual for more information.
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Options - Allows you to customize game features as follows:
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Difficulty - choose from easy, medium or hard
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SFX Volume - you may alter the volume of the game sound effects
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Music Volume - you may alter the volume of the in-game music
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Sound - you may choose either Stereo or Mono sound
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Vibration - if you have a DUAL SHOCK™ Analog Controller, you can turn its vibrating action on or off here
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Controller Setup - this allows you to select from several pre-defined key configurations
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Exit - returns you to the Main Menu
GETTING STARTED
You begin on your bed in the bedroom. Have a look around the bedroom, and then walk out of the door, turn left, and find the playroom. Here you will find your friend Wakey Wakey. He'll show you some of the moves you can use, and how to get around in the DreamWorlds.
The DreamWorlds are accessed from various rooms in the house. After meeting Wakey Wakey you can explore the house, but the only DreamWorld you can enter at this stage is the Haunted Hi-jinks. Go upstairs to the attic and walk into the Wardrobe to enter the Haunted Hi-jinks.
Once you've entered the Haunted Hi-jinks DreamWorld you'll see a clock face, which is empty, and a platform in front of it. This clock face needs to be filled with 12 DreamKeys (0) in order for you to complete this DreamWorld and open up the next. DreamKeys are scattered across every level in each DreamWorld.
If you walk out of the first enclosure, turn left and walk a little bit further you'll see a small house. Walk up to the house and Wakey Wakey will tell you where you are. If you look closely you'll see images of two transparent Winks standing in front of the teleport.
Throughout the game the number of Winks placed at the entrance to each adventure indicates the number of Winks there are to be rescued in that DreamWorld. After Wakey Wakey has given you this information you may step into the teleport to be transported automatically to your first adventure.
When you save Winks they are returned to the DreamWorld via a teleport. DreamKeys are placed in the clock face by standing on the platform in front of it. Once you have recovered all twelve DreamKeys you may challenge Thread-Bear. If you can defeat him you'll be able to return to your house and move onto the next DreamWorld.
From time to time, Thread-Bear and his racing champion can be found in each DreamWorld hub. If you catch them, they'll challenge you to a race. The winner takes all, so make sure you pick up as many items as possible and beat the champion. You can race as much as you want, but be warned, it doesn't get any easier.
Now all you have to do is rescue the Winks, defeat Thread-Bear and Nitekap, and put a stop to their dastardly plans!
Costumes
In your dreams, you can change into different characters for a short time. Find a jack-in-the-box, open the lid and jump inside to become another character. You can tell what type of character you'll become by the symbol on the side of the box.
Each costume gives you a different special move, so experiment once you've got one on! When you see a token with your current costume's symbol on it, grab it to make the costume last longer!
Continue Point
Just walk right into the balloons you see in the dreams, and your continue point is set. If you lose all your Zzz's, and have at least one life left, you'll fall asleep again and return to this point to continue playing.
Winks
Walking right into a Wink will save him and automatically teleport him back to the DreamWorld hub.
Tokens
Collect 10 R Tokens (for Ruff) or 10 T Tokens (for Tumble) and you get an extra life!
MOVING AROUND
Teleports
Simply walk into a teleport to be transported to another area
Controls
Directional buttons
Walk
Triangle button
Switch to Ruff & Tumble's view
Circle button (while standing)
Long range attack
Circle button (while running)
Moving attack
Circle button (once in the air)
Butt bounce
X button
Jump
Square button
Swipe
Triple Press Square button
Triple attack
Circle button
Dive under water
Press and hold the X button
Swim
X button On Surface
Jump from surface out of water
START button
Pause
L1 button
Rotate camera left
R1 button
Rotate camera right
Left Stick
Walk
Right Stick
Rotate Camera
Items & Weapons
Zzz's
These represent how deep you are sleeping. If you let your Zzz's get down to zero then NiteKap has you beaten, and you'll wake up.
Moons
Every time the long-range attack is used, 1 moon is consumed. Collect as many moons as possible to make sure you can always fight your way out of trouble!
Dreamkeys
Each hub has a clock face that is empty when you first enter the hub. You must collect all the pieces that are scattered throughout the levels and return them to the clock face in order to open up new DreamWorlds.
Air
Air is in limited supply when you are swimming underwater. If you see a stream of bubbles floating upwards you can swim over the bubbles to breathe in some extra air.
Cogs
Many of the doors in the DreamWorlds are locked. You'll have to collect cogs in order to open the locked doors.
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