SELECT
ON/OFF
START
SOUND
HELP
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LIGHTS OUT has 3 different GAME MODES of play. The goal in all 3 MODES is the same, but each one provides a different challenge, and beginning players will probably want to start with MODE 1.
MODE 1- 50 pre-programmed puzzles, each progressively more difficult.
MODE 2- Over 1000 randomly selected puzzles. Can you solve them all?
MODE 3- Create your own puzzles, and try them out on a friend!
ON/OFF: Turns the game ON or OFF. Your LIGHTS OUT game will shut off automatically after 3 minutes of non-play.
START :
SELECT:
SOUND : Toggles the sound ON and OFF.
HELP : Receive “hints” from the computer (MODES 1 and 2). The HELP button will give you the first two moves of a puzzle, one move with each press. However, once a player has pressed a button, this feature is disabled until the puzzle is solved or re-started.
PRESS THE "ON" BUTTON to turn on the unit. You will now see a pattern of lights chasing around the board. This is followed by the appearance of the cross pattern.This pattern is a representation of what would happen if you pressed the center button while all of the lights were off on the game. As you can see, the center button is lit, as are the 4 surrounding buttons.
PRESS THE "START" BUTTON If this is your first time playing LIGHTS OUT, three buttons in row three will light.... This is Puzzle 1 (Mode 1). To understand the solution to a puzzle, think of the LIGHTS OUT puzzle display in terms of numbers. Each button (or light) on the puzzle can be assigned a number from 1 to 25 (see adjacent illustration) For Puzzle 1 (Mode 1), you should see button numbers 11, 13, and 15 lit up on your display. Since your goal is to shut off the lights in the fewest moves possible, you will need to decide which buttons to press. Remember, each button press effects the surrounding buttons, so plan your moves carefully.
For example, if button 12 is pressed, the lights on buttons 11 and 13 will be shut off, but now buttons 7, 12, and 17 will be turned on. Follow the illustrations on the next page, and try it out on the actual game to understand how to recognize certain patterns.
After a puzzle has been solved in MODE 1, you can try to improve your solution by accessing that puzzle again in MODE 1 by using the SELECT button. Simply press SELECT at any time during a puzzle (this turns all the lights out), then press the button number of the puzzle you want to choose, followed by the START button.
Note - You cannot select a puzzle number higher than the last puzzle you were working on. For example, if the last puzzle you complete is number 12 in MODE 1, you cannot select puzzle 14 until you solve 13 first!
Remember, if necessary, you can always shut off the game and it will return you to the beginning of the last puzzle you were working on when you’re ready to play again! Your Lights Out game will shut-off automatically after 3 minutes of non-play.
If you seem to be stuck on a puzzle, this is a good way to get you back on the right track. The Help feature can be used in MODES 1 and 2 on puzzles requiring 10 moves or less (in MODE 1, these are puzzles 1-25). When you start a puzzle, you can either jump right in, or press the HELP button for advice. The computer will show you the best possible move to make, and then automatically make that move for you. Press it again to see the most logical second step. The computer will only show you the first two moves, and then you’ll need to proceed on you’re own. Remember, this help feature can only be used at the beginning of a puzzle, and can’t be used at all in the more advanced (11 steps or higher) puzzles!
As we mentioned, you can shut off the game and return to the “current” puzzle at any point. There are a few exceptions, however. This save feature will not work in MODE 3 with the player-created puzzles, and the game will be re-set when the batteries are removed for replacement.
Now that you have solved Puzzle 1 in Mode 1, it is time to learn how to access each of the three different Puzzle Modes in Lights Out.
After turning Lights Out on, pressing the start button automatically defaults you to the last puzzle you tried to solve in Mode 1. Mode 1 enables you to solve 50 pre-programmed puzzles, each one more difficult from the last. Solving a beginning puzzle can be as few as 6 steps, while the more advanced puzzles could require up to 15 steps! For the first 25 pre-programmed puzzles, only one blinking light will appear.
| PUZZLE | MINIMUM STEPS | ROW |
|---|---|---|
| Puzzles 1-5 | 6 | 1 |
| Puzzles 6-10 | 7 | 2 |
| Puzzles 11-15 | 8 | 3 |
| Puzzles 16-20 | 9 | 5 |
| Puzzles 21-25 | 10 | 6 |
Once you have mastered the first 25 puzzles in Mode 1, only then can you proceed to puzzles 26- 50. These puzzles will be indicated by two lights, a blinking light and a light in the lower right corner of the game board that always stays lit.
| PUZZLE | MINIMUM STEPS | ROW |
|---|---|---|
| Puzzles 26-30 | 11 | 1 |
| Puzzles 31-35 | 12 | 2 |
| Puzzles 36-40 | 13 | 3 |
| Puzzles 41-45 | 14 | 4 |
| Puzzles 46-50 | 15 | 5 |
Similar to the method for the first 25 puzzles, you can tell how many moves are required for the more advanced puzzles 26-50.
The challenge of Lights Out is to solve a puzzle in the minimum number of moves required. When you solve a puzzle in the minimum number of moves, you will be rewarded with a blinking light show chasing around the entire display. Lights Out will then automatically display the next puzzle! If you go over the minimum number of moves, the number of moves you exceed by will flash on your display, but you can still proceed to the next puzzle as long as you do not exceed 10 moves! For example, solving a 6 step puzzle in 8 steps will display two blinking lights! If you solve a puzzle in more than 10 steps over the minimum number of moves, a lighted “X” will appear on screen and you will have to try again before advancing to the next puzzle!
MODE 2 is similar to MODE 1, except that all the puzzles are randomly generated by the computer. You will be able to tell how many moves are required to solve a puzzle right before the puzzle appears as you did in MODE 1 (see previous charts). NOTE: when you access MODE 2, the default game, or first game in MODE 2, will be the same puzzle level you achieved in MODE 1. So, if the last puzzle you are working on in MODE 1 is an eight step puzzle, you will start off with eight step puzzles in MODE 2. In Mode 2, you can go back to any puzzle level up to the last puzzle level you achieved in Mode 1, by simply pressing the select button at any time, then pressing the button number of the puzzle you want to choose, followed by the start button.
You could call this “Lights In”, since you are now given the chance to input your own puzzles to challenge yourself and your friends! Of course, you have to figure out how to solve them too, so don’t try to get too tricky! When you select MODE 3 with the SELECT button and push "Start", you are able to press as many of the buttons on the keypad as you like. Each time a button is pressed once, it will light up. When you have finished creating, press start again to begin your puzzle. Note: it is possible to create a puzzle that is so difficult, it may not have an answer! That is why we have provided 1,000 puzzles for you to program and try to solve. The following pages will list these puzzles by the minimum number of moves it takes to solve them, starting with 6 step puzzles. Simply push the buttons listed for each puzzle and then press the Start button to challenge yourself and your friends!
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Lights Left on the fifth Row |
Tiles to Click on the First Row |
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1, 2, 3 |
2 |
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1, 2, 4, 5 |
3 |
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1, 3, 4 |
5 |
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1, 5 |
1, 2 |
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2, 3, 5 |
1 |
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2, 4 |
1, 4 |
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3, 4, 5 |
4 |