Monsters Inc
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(Playstation - US, Platformer)
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Developed_By:
Tecmo
Published_By:
Sony
Released On:
20 Oct 2000
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Monsters Inc is a platformer game where you control the character Sulley as he tries to get back to his home, Monstropolis. He was accidentally transported to the human world and needs to find a way back home.
The gameplay revolves around navigating through different levels, avoiding obstacles and enemies, and collecting items to progress. As Sulley, you can stomp on enemies, smash objects, and use your powerful roar to stun foes. You'll also need to solve puzzles and interact with other characters to overcome challenges.
UPC-A:
711719241928 (Italy)
Part #:
SCES-02872 (Italy)
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Extracted from the original game manual
This is a comedic simulation game where players train to become top scarers in the monster world. You'll help characters like Sulley and Mike overcome their fear of children by practicing scare tactics on robots to become elite members of the Scream Team.
Story
Learn to Boo!
Each night, elite Scream Team members hide in closets worldwide to frighten little kids. These monsters are the heroes of their world. They are the best, cool, ugly, and most of all, scary!
Sulley and Mike are sure they are Monsters, Inc. material. Sulley has an enormous horned head and body covered by blue and purple fur. Ferocious claws stick out from his massive paws, and he has sharp, huge teeth, delivering a deep, menacing growl.
Sulley's pal Mike is a tiny green ball of energy with one huge blinking eyeball for a head. He's a little sensitive about the eye thing. He can bounce around like a haunted basketball and cut loose with a terrifying yell.
In the Monster world, Sulley and Mike, with your help, will one day become the Top Scarers.
Monsters and Children
The scariest, most toxic thing to a monster is a child. The thought of being touched by a little kid leaves even the creepiest, most hideous monster trembling in terror. Monsters are convinced that if a kid's hands ever got on them, even for a second, they would instantly melt into a puddle of ooze.
Worse, monsters know that some kids even think they're cute. Nothing could wreck a career at Monsters, Inc. like being branded cuddly.
Scare Island Training
To help get over the kid dread, future Top Scarers created a special monster training program at Scare Island. Experts at scare-ology teach scare tactics to help trainees overcome toddler terror. This helps them become frightening Scream Team level monsters.
They use specially designed training robots called Nerves that scream in terror when frightened. Since they are not really children, the monsters feel safe.
If your growl gets giggles, if there's no bang in your BOO!, maybe you should join Sulley and Mike at Scare Island. We'll transform you into major league Monsters, Inc. material. You'll graduate with top honors as a shrieking, Nerve shattering superstar of scare.
How to Play
THE MAIN MENU
Starting a New Game
1. Press START to display the entrance door to Scare Island and press START again to open it.
2. Highlight NEW GAME and press the button.
3. Press the Directional button or Left stick LEFT/RIGHT to select Sulley or Mike and press the button to begin the game.
At the beginning of each new training region, you can choose to play as Sulley or Mike.
Load Game
See "Saving and Loading Game Data" on page 26.
Options
Press the Directional button or Left stick UP/DOWN to highlight an option and LEFT/RIGHT to change settings.
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Speaker Setup: Select the setting that is correct for your television.
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Music Volume: Adjust the music volume or turn music OFF.
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Sound Volume: Adjust the game sound effects and voice volumes or turn them OFF.
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Vibration: Turn the vibration function of the DUALSHOCK™ analog controller ON or OFF.
THE GAME SCREEN
Health Meter
The Health Meter shows one life divided into five pieces. Each time Sulley or Mike gets damaged, one piece is removed. Press the button to display the Health Meter.
Scare Island and Training Grounds
Scare Island is the center of operations. There are three training grounds: the Urban Training Grounds, the Desert Training Grounds, and the Arctic Training Grounds. Each training ground has four different regions.
Urban Training Grounds is your first training area, followed by the Desert Training Grounds and finally, the Arctic Training Grounds. Once you have earned access to an area, you can return by walking up to its door on Scare Island and pressing the button to open the gate.
Returning to Scare Island
At the beginning of each training ground there is a Region Select Screen. If you want to return to Scare Island from a Region Select Screen, press the button to CANCEL and Sulley or Mike will return to Scare Island.
Regions
Each of the three training grounds is divided into four regions. When you enter an area from Scare Island, the Region screen appears.
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Select any of the four regions to begin.
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Certain areas of a region are really tough to find, or are totally unreachable without the help of Monster Enhancements. Monster Enhancements give Sulley and Mike special powers to explore the far reaches and hidden areas of a region.
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You will have to return to regions once you unlock a Monster Enhancement to explore areas you were unable to reach before. See "Challenge Randall to Win Monster Enhancements" on page 20.
Play as Sulley or Mike
Once you have selected a region, the character select screen appears. Select Sulley or Mike and press the button to enter the region. You always have a choice of monsters before entering a region.
Searching
Keep your eyes (or eye) peeled for hidden treasures including Bags O' Calories, Extra Try Tokens, Monster Tokens and Primordial Ooze. Nerves hide too.
Sometimes you can flush them out by hitting boxes or other objects where they might be hiding. To get a close look at an area or search overhead, press and hold the L1 and R1 buttons while pressing the Directional button or Left stick.
Beware of Tough Toys
At Monsters, Inc. the children are fake but the toys are real. To graduate, every monster must learn to defend against tough toys. More than one tough monster has limped back from a Monsters, Inc. mission after being beaten up by some kid's toys.
In the old days, toys weren't so dangerous. But modern electronic toys love to attack monsters. Each attack costs one health point. Try smashing toys with a main attack and others with a pounce attack. Some toys are very tough. You have to figure out special ways of defeating them.
Look Out for Traps and Other Hazards
Be careful of traps or dangerous machinery that are usually placed close to items you really want to grab. Monsters can walk through water, but falling into water results in a loss of health. Each injury costs one health point so be careful.
Doors, Switches and Ladders
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To open some doors, press the button when prompted. Some doors will not open unless you have performed a certain task.
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Switches open doors. To activate a switch, jump on it. Sometimes a door will open some distance away from the switch. Watch closely when you jump on the switch. A close-up of the door opening appears to help you figure out its location.
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To climb a ladder, walk Sulley or Mike up to it and jump on. When asked if you want to climb, select YES and press the button.
THE SCARE MODE SCREEN
Get Enough Ooze
Scaring Nerves is the most important task on Monster Island. Nerves are different colors depending on how tough they are to scare. Blue Nerves are easy. Red ones are the hardest.
The Fright Meter color that matches the color of the Nerve you want to scare must be completely filled. If you don't have enough Ooze to scare a Nerve, he'll laugh at you just like a real kid. Don't feel bad. Go find some more Ooze and come back. The little Nerve won't be laughing next time.
If you have enough Primordial Ooze, the siren on top of the Nerve will flash when you get close.
Enter Scare Mode
Walk Sulley or Mike up to a Nerve with a blue flashing helmet and press the button to enter Scare Mode. Rapidly tap the button that corresponds to the button icon that appears above the Scare Canister.
Watch for the button icon
Tips & Maps
Tailspin
Sulley spins to whack his tail into crates or toys by pressing the button while moving.
Slap Attack
Sulley slaps things with a powerful right paw if the Directional button or Left stick is not pressed during his main attack.
Aerial Pounce
Sulley's aerial pounce attack (button + button) is a belly flop used to squash metal crates and toys.
Somersault Jump
Press the button twice for Sulley's somersault jump; hold the button on the second press for extra distance.
Spinning Ball Attack
Mike's main attack is a spin (button); he can roll like a ball to attack toys or smash wood crates by holding the button while moving.
The Bouncing Eyeball Aerial Pounce
Mike's aerial pounce attack (button + button) rolls him into a ball to bounce on toys or crates, attacking sturdy ones when the button is pressed in mid-air.
Double Jump and Hover Jump
Press the button twice for Mike's double jump; hold the button on the second press for extra hover time during leaps.
Jumping and Hanging
Both Mike and Sulley can jump to a ledge and hang by pressing the button twice and holding on the second press, then move left/right or pull up onto the ledge.
Saving Game Data
Save a game inside a training area by pausing and selecting SAVE GAME, or on Scare Island by talking to Flint at the academy entrance.
Loading a Saved Game
Load a saved game from the Main Menu by selecting LOAD GAME, then choosing a memory card slot and the desired saved file.
Items & Weapons
Bag O' Calories
Increases health lost from damage by one point.
Extra Try Token
Sulley and Mike start out with three lives. Find one of these and win another life.
Primordial Ooze
A Monster's scare power comes from Primordial Ooze. It comes in two different strengths to help fill your Scare Meter. Green ooze fills the meter a little. Red ooze fills it a lot.
Medals
Medals are treasured by our graduates. In every region of your scare training, you must win either a Bronze, Silver or Gold Medal to clear the region. Bronze - Scare a total of five Nerves. Silver - Collect all 10 Monster Tokens. Gold - Scare all 8 Nerves.
Monster Tokens
Collect 10 Monster Tokens to win a Silver Medal.
Mail Boxen
Hit these by pressing the O button for valuable tips and information.
Enemies & Characters
Randall
Randall is a veteran of the Scream Team on loan to Scare Island. He will challenge Sulley and Mike to races and is competitive and crabby.
Roz
Roz is in charge of orientation training and will teach Sulley and Mike the basics. She has trained about a million monsters so nothing really impresses her anymore.
Mr. Waternoose
Mr. Waternoose is the big boss at Monsters, Inc. and acting dean at Scare Island. He'll give Sulley and Mike gameplay tips and tell them what is expected.
Robots
These enemies are found in the Urban Training Grounds, specifically in the big city.
Remote Control Cars
These enemies are found in the Urban Training Grounds, specifically in the big city.
Wind-up Wharf Rats
These enemies are found in the Urban Training Grounds, specifically in the big city.
Nerves
Nerves are found in The Marketplace, Downtown, City Park, and on the Docks, and can fight back.
Sledgehammer Scorpions
These enemies are found in the Desert Training Grounds, in crumbling crypts.
Cobras
These enemies are found in the Desert Training Grounds, in crumbling crypts.
Spikey Lizards
These enemies are found in the Desert Training Grounds, in crumbling crypts.
Sneaky Snowmen
These enemies are found in the Arctic Training Grounds and nail Sulley or Mike with snowballs.
Starving Ice Piranha
These enemies are stocked in the frozen lake of the Arctic Training Grounds to keep it challenging.
Penguins
These creatures are found in the Arctic Training Grounds and can be hit when they aren't looking.
Icicles
These are environmental hazards to look out for in the Arctic Training Grounds.
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