SETTING UP
1. Set up your Sega Saturn system and plug the Control Pad into CONTROL PORT #1. 2. With the power switch OFF, insert the SPOT Goes to Hollywood disc into the disc tray.
3. Turn on your TV or monitor, and then turn on the Sega Saturn system. 4. The Sega logo, the Virgin Interactive Entertainment logo and a short introduction will appear. 5. Press the START button to go to the START/OPTIONS screen. If you do nothing, a short preview/demo mode will run for you.
If nothing happens on screen when you start up, turn the power switch to OFF. Check your Sega Saturn system. Make sure the disc is properly inserted in the console. Turn the power switch ON again. Always turn the power switch OFF when you are inserting or removing the disc.
WHAT YOU'LL SEE ON THE BIG SCREEN
SPOT Goes to Hollywood is no short flick featurette. This is one of those marathon big screen epics. There is no time limit. So take your time and explore every scene for as long as you like. There is also no score to keep track of.
When you look at the screen, you will see SPOT's lifemeter, represented by hearts. You'll only have a few chances before your hearts run out, so be cautious. There are plenty of items throughout the various scenes that you can pick up to replenish your health. Directly left of these hearts is SPOT's face. He will show expressions when he collects something cool, or when something happens that is decidedly unhip.
Pausing the game will allow you to see all of your vitals-Lives, SpotDots collected, Special Weapons, and the number and order of the stars that you have collected. Anytime you collect an item, the appropriate display will scroll on-screen for quick reference.
LIGHTS! CAMERA! LET'S GET ROLLING!
In the great big cinematic adventure of SPOT Goes to Hollywood, you'll travel through three distinct film worlds, plus three bonus areas (if you can unlock the secret to access these!). Each film world has several sub-plots or levels. Be sure to explore and discover everything that you can in each world.
Your ultimate goal is to discover every level in every world. The more you discover, the more options and bonuses will open themselves up to you. Your main goal is to collect all 5 Golden Stars in each level.
You'll want to aim to finish the game with a perfect percentage, if you're REALLY good!
THE WORLD MAP
As you progress through the game, new titles for scenes from the current world will appear at the bottom of the screen behind the image of that world. Pressing left or right allows SPOT to enter any of these areas that he has previously visited, or the area that is next to conquer.
Also shown is the current amount of stars found in that level directly below the level name. You can replay any of these levels at any time, in any order.
SPOT Goes to Hollywood is an exploration game as well as a cool shoot'em up. Be curious and take the time to discover everything there is to see in each level. The more you look, the more you'll find.
Plus, the more surprises and bonuses that are revealed, the more paths and options will become available to you!
THE PIRATE PERILS
Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate's life for me! There's much more hidden in this Davey Jones' locker than sixteen dead men and a bottle of rum. You're starting out your high seas adventure at the tail-end of the swinging-est, swashbuckling-est pirate ship ever rigged for the high seas!
It's your job to push forward to the front and battle the eight-legged sea monster. But be careful you land lubber, there's a high seas battle going on as you push your way forward.
Watch out for the backfiring cannons. And keep your little red head from getting bonked by avoiding the in-coming cannon balls (you can tell they're coming by the shadows on the deck and the incoming whistling sound)!
Be sure to push and pull around the various cargo items that are stowed on board. They may help you reach items that are out of reach or reveal secret rooms, areas or levels! And remember to try all of those warp columns!
THE ADVENTURE
Deep in the ruins of a lost continent lies a forbidden temple. Long forgotten by man, yet recently discovered by YOU. It's your expedition's mission to make it through the various unexplored areas, including the deep mineshafts and the roaring rapids to the forbidden temple.
When you've made it into the temple, avoid the various nasties laying in wait. Find the queen spider, but be careful.
Raise and lower the deadly spikes to defeat the spider as it drops from high above. Dodge its crawling spider offspring and steer clear of the poisonous shots!
HAUNTING HORRORS
In this land of late-night spookies and nail-biting horrors, you need to guide SPOT from the depths of the haunted graveyard to the very top of a bell tower in the mad scientist's castle. But look out! There are more things that go bump in the night in this haunted level than you can shake a skeleton at!
Watch out for the moving tombstones! Also, poltergeists are hovering everywhere-and you never know what might reach out and grab you! Just because it's buried, doesn't mean it's stopped moving!
Shoot the light switch to turn the ghosts running, that's the only way to permanently stop them! As in every level, EXPLORE EVERYTHING