Excalibur electronic MADLIBS 398 - Manual (Page 5)

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There is no set number of stories that
MadLibs can store in memory because
of the different lengths in the stories.
Once your MadLibs unit reaches its
maximum storage capacity, you must
delete one of the stories before saving a
new one.
You can do so by simply pressing the
DELETE key. The LCD will then
prompt you to confirm deletion by dis-
playing:
DELETE
STORY 1? (Y/N)
You can key in “ Y ” or press ENTER
and the story will be deleted.
H OW A BOUT THE
S ETUP M ENU ?
Select SETUP to set the sound
ON / OFF during your game. The
prompt “ SOUND ON ” will flash on the
screen. Press ENTER to choose
SOUND ON or SOUND OFF .
You can also adjust the contrast on
the LCD in the SETUP menu. Select
“ CONTRAST ” and then use the
UP / DOWN key to adjust to your prefer-
ence. Confirm your choice by pressing
ENTER .
TURNING OFF THE UNIT
Press the ON / OFF button whenever
you are ready to turn off the game. If no
button is pushed for two minutes,
MadLibs will switch off automatically
to save your batteries. Just push the
ON / OFF button whenever you are
ready to continue playing and MadLibs
will return to where you left off in the
story.
MADLIBS QUICK REVIEW
In case you have forgotten what adjectives, adverbs, nouns, and
verbs are, here is quick review:
An ADJECTIVE describes something or somebody. Lumpy, soft,
ugly, messy, and short are adjectives.
An ADVERB tells how something is done. It modifies a verb and
usually ends in “ly.” Modestly, stupidly, greedily, and carefully are
adverbs.
A NOUN is the name of a person, place or thing. Sidewalk,
umbrella, bridle, bathtub, and nose are nouns.
A VERB is an action word. Run, pitch, jump, and swim are verbs.
Put the verbs in past tense if the directions say PAST TENSE. Ran,
pitched, jumped, and swam are verbs in the past tense.
When we ask for a PLACE, we mean any sort of place: a country
or city (Spain, Cleveland) or a room (bathroom, kitchen.)
An EXCLAMATION or SILLY WORD is any sort of funny
sound, gasp, grunt, or outcry, like Wow!, Ouch!, Whomp!, Ick!, and
Gadzooks!
When we ask for specific words, like a NUMBER, a COLOR , an
ANIMAL, or a PART OF THE BODY, we mean a word that is one
of those things, like seven, blue, horse, or head.
When we ask for a PLURAL, it means more than one. For exam-
ple, cat pluralized is cats.