Frantic Flea
(U/SNS-AF8E-USA)FRANTIC FLEAGameTekInstruction BookletSuper Nintendo Entertainment SystemKids to Adults("K-A" ESRB logo)Ages 6+INSIDE COVER------------Warning: Please read the enclosed consumer information and precautions bookletcarefully before using your Nintendo hardware system or game pak.This product has been rated by the Entertainment Software Rating Board.  Forinformation about the ESRB rating, or to comment about the appropriateness ofthe rating, please contact the ESRB at 1-800-771-3772.Licensed by NintendoNintendo, Super Nintendo Entertainment System and the official seals areregistered trademarks of Nintendo of America Inc.(C) 1991 Nintendo of America Inc.(picture of the Official Nintendo Seal of Quality)This official seal is your assurance that Nintendo has approved the quality ofthis product.  Always look for this seal when buying games and accessories toensure complete compatibility.  All Nintendo products are licensed by sale foruse only with other authorized products bearing the official Nintendo seal ofquality.PAGE 1------STORY LINEIn the darkest depths of space many beings lurk... some are unimaginablecreatures of terror... & others just happen to be rather nice (despite beinggreen & spotty!).  The Insideos are, however, definitely the former... evil,twisted & purple - their one aim is to conquer all lifeforms who possess morethan one leg - for, by a curious twist of fate, the Insideo race have alwaysbeen monopods.  This is the root cause of their insane jealousy - they hateanyone - or anything that possess more than one limb (many planets in thegalaxy have been taken over by the snarling Insideo hordes!).The Insideos learn of the peaceful Fleaworld, where the inhabitants have notonly two legs - but four arms... & that, to an Insideo, is simply adding insultto injury!  So, on the Insideo home world, the massive DESTRUKTOKON starshipsare launched - with the Evil Baron Von Spitz at their helm, with a mission tocut the Fleaworld down to size!!The attack comes quickly - the citizens of Fleaworld are a peaceful bunch - sothe Insideo Troopers take very little time in herding the small & helplessfleas into the detention cells, deep in their Destruktokons... all, that is,save one little flea... a flea they happen to call Frantic!As darkness falls Frantic sneaks into the Insideo ship - the advantage of histiny size means he can easily avoid the Insideo detection devices.  Eventuallyhe reaches the holding pens & manages to set his brothers & sisters free.  Thenewly liberated Minifleas scatter everywhere in blind panic searching the shipin an attempt to reach the exit doors... & freedom!Meanwhile, inside the bowels of the ship, Frantic stumbles into an emptyelectronic lab (full of half finished Insideo devices) - as he searches aroundhe stumbles over a massive machine marked 'Enormotron' (the only good habitthe Insideos have is the clear labelling of their nefarious devices!).  Franticmakes a snap decision - activates the machine & jumps inside.  The machinemagically increases his size to that of the Insideos... now, not only can hehelp his friends & even the odds... but kick purple alien butt too!PAGE 2------HOW TO PLAY FRANTIC FLEAWhen the game begins you will be in control of Frantic Flea - your task is tocollect enough of your "Miniflea" buddies to escape the Level - to do this yousimply have to walk over the wandering Minifleas.  As soon as Frantic/You touchthem they will begin to follow you around - the more you touch & collect - thebigger your 'Fleatrail' will become.  Each Miniflea equals 2% - so if you need20% to escape you only have to collect 10 actual Minifleas.(picture of the pre-level screen.  It's written: "Zone 1-1  Whacky Labs Collect % to exit")Before each Level begins a screen appears informing you of which Level you areabout to play & how many Minifleas are required to make the exit door open (soFrantic can reach the next stage).(picture of the game screen)In-Game Information% of Minifleas Frantic has collected (first circle at the bottom of the screen)Number of lives remaining (Frantic's face at the bottom of the screen)Global/Level Timer - 15 seconds before the time is about to expire, a siren    will sound (replacing the music) - you must then try to get to the exit    door otherwise Frantic will lose a life (second circle at the bottom of    the screen)The more Minifleas that are in Frantic's trail the more powerful Frantic willbecome - because their moves will duplicate all of Frantic's major movements -if you go left, they'll follow - if you jump, they'll jump - & if you Spin-Attack, they'll Spin-Attack.  If you hit an enemy with a long trail, you'llfind them very easy to destroy!(picture of a game screen where Frantic, with his long trail of Minifleas, Spin-Attack in an Insideo)PAGE 3------INTERACTIVE ENEMIESThe Insideo enemies within the game (listed below) are a fearsome bunch - theirone aim is to round-up & re-capture the wandering Minifleas in each Level &prevent you from rescuing them.  Their prime objective is always to captureMinifleas - Frantic, to them, is only their secondary objective.(all the pictures shows how each insideo captures the Minifleas)Grabber (2 pictures showing a flying robot)Hover Keeper (2 pictures showing a flying vacuum robot)Hopper (2 pictures showing an one-legged walking robot)Hoverdog (2 pictures showing a vaccuum-like wheeled robot)Sparker (2 pictures showing a round flying robot)Trooper (2 pictures showing an one-legged walking robot with a laser gun)Insideos are dangerous to touch - if you walk into one, without Spin-Attackingor having any Minifleas in your trail, Frantic will lose a life - if you Spin-Attack you will safely bounce off the Insideo (Insideos take a number of hitsbefore bouncing off the screen, or exploding).  If you walk into an Insideowith a trail of Minifleas (without Spin-Attacking) Frantic will collide withthe enemy - having the trail offers a certain amount of protection - theMinifleas will then tumble away from you & the trail will be lost - but Franticwill be temporarily invulnerable (allowing you to escape from the Insideo).Insideos are always seeking Minifleas - some Insideo types pick up Minifleas &try to carry them away - if you allow one of these captured Minifleas to leaveto screen it is removed from the game (& can no longer be rescued).  To rescuea captured Miniflea, Frantic has to Spin-Attack the enemy - on first contactwith the Spin-Attacking Frantic, the Insideo will drop the captured Miniflea(who will then either run away or wait for Frantic to collect him).  Insideodevices that spark are very dangerous - not only must you avoid contact withthe robot itself - but also the spark it generates (both can harm Frantic!).PAGE 4------ACTIVE OBJECTSAround the Levels there are a number of mechanical devices - some of thesedevices are dangerous to Frantic & any Minifleas in his trail.  'Active'objects spark with yellow electrical energy - these objects must be avoided -if Frantic touches them with a Fleatrail the Minifleaswill be dispersed(Frantic will lose the entire trail) & Frantic is given a few secondsinvincibility, to move away from the spark.  If Frantic touches a sparkingdevice without a Fleatrail he will be 'Frazzled' & you will lose a life.Objects that do not spark - or spark with a blue energy bolt - are safe & donot need to be avoided.(5 pictures of game screens showing Frantic being frazzled by an active object)BOUNCERSThroughout the game you will find a number of bouncy springboards attached tovarious platforms.  Use these to spring Frantic to higher platforms by holdingdown the jump button - Frantic will then jump slightly higher - if the jumpbutton is held down continuously & Frantic has bounced on the springboard 3times he will be at this maximum jump height.(picture of a game screen showing Frantic jumping on a springboard)PAGE 5------PAINPODSFrom Zone 2 onwards Minifleas not only wander around the Level waiting forFrantic to save them... but are also trapped inside devices called 'Painpods'.Minifleas caught inside Painpods are in danger... if you leave them inside toolong they will be Frazzled, Popped or Squished - to save them Frantic simplyhas to walk passed to pod itself - this will activate the escape mechanism &the player will hear a pop as the Miniflea escapes... this Miniflea will thenbecome part of the trail - the Painpod itself will remain on the map, but willbe empty.  When a Miniflea shouts, "Help Me!" its Painpod is about toactivate - a counter then appears above the pod - when this counter reaches 0something nasty will happen to the captures Miniflea - & Frantic will be unableto save the his little friend.(2 pictures showing Frantic rescuing a trapped Miniflea inside a Painpod)(2 pictures showing a Miniflea being Frazzled inside a Painpod)PAGE 6------STIKKOStikko Suction Pads allow Frantic to climb walls & hang from ceilings...Stikko attracts Frantic to it (having a magnetic field around it).  WhenFrantic & the Minifleas are attracted to Stikko, Turbo-Run & Spin-Attack aredisabled, only 'jump' is still active.  To get off Stikko you must walktowards the end of the pad &, in one continuous movement, jump & walk.  Ifthere is no other Stikko pad nearby Frantic will drop to the floor - if thereis a pad nearby Frantic will be attracted to the new pad by its magnetic field.To walk on Stikko, the joypad commands Left & Right (Frantic walking Left &Right) should function as if walking on a platform.  Joypad Right will alwaysmake Frantic walk Right/Up, while Joypad Left will always make Frantic walkLeft/Down.Jump (picture of Frantic jumping on 2 vertical Stikko pads, one left, one right)D-pad Right (picture of Frantic going up on the Stikko pad to the left)D-pad Left (picture of Frantic going down on the Stikko pad to the left)D-pad Left (picture of Frantic going down on the Stikko pad to the right)D-pad Right (picture of Frantic going up on the Stikko pad to the right)Jump (picture of Frantic jumping from the Stikko pad left to the right one)D-pad Right & Jump (picture of Frantic going up on the Stikko pad right and                    jumping up)D-pad Right (picture of Frantic going right on an upside down Stikko pad)D-pad Left (picture of Frantic going left on an upside down Stikko pad)PAGE 7------SUCTION TUBESSuction Tubes can be used to quickly zip around Levels - to use them you simplyhave to guide Frantic into the open doorway - or pipe bottom - then you'll besucked up the tube & deposited in another area.  If you want to avoid beingsucked into a tube jump over the open tube entry.  In later Levels Frantic hasto jump up into tubes - to avoid being sucked inside these, walk underneaththem - do not jump.(picture of Frantic being sucked by a tube on the floor)(picture of Frantic jumping over a tube on the floor to avoid being sucked)(picture of Frantic jumping to be sucked by a tube in the air)(picture of Frantic walking beneath the tube in the air to avoid being sucked)PAGE 8------THE HOVERPODIncluded in Zones 3 & 5 is a special device called a Hoverpod - this enablesFrantic to fly around the screen.  To activate the device you simply have tomake Frantic jump inside it & then you'll be able to fly around & through theplatforms themselves.  While using the Hoverpod Frantic can still Turbo &Spin-Attack - the Minifleas that are in your trail will automatically appearin flying saucers (so they, too, can fly around the Levels).To collect Minifleas from the Level or rescue Minifleas from Painpods you mustjump out of the pod... Frantic can't rescue any Minifleas whilst in the Hover-pod - be careful where you leave the pod... Frantic must be able to jump backinto it to carry on using its functions.(6 pictures showing Frantic using the hoverpod in different ways)PAGE 9------BONUS PICK-UPSScattered throughout the Zones are a number of pick-up bonus objects - tocollect these objects you simply have to guide Frantic over the particular item(you'll hear a popping noise when you've picked it up).  Items to pick up includeextra lives, invincibility & the ability to fly... there is also, hiddensomewhere in one Level of each Zone, a special token to make finishing a Levelvery easy...!Life (picture of a Frantic head without eyes & mouth)Invincibility (picture of a Frantic fist)Ability to Fly (picture of a wing)PRACTICE MODEWithin the option menu there is the facility to play a practice game.  Thepractice game allows you to play 9 of the 18 Levels - these Levels have lessInsideos patrolling them - so use them to get accustomed to the way the gameplays.  You will not see the final Level or the game credits if you finishin practice mode - you must play Frantic Flea for real to see these screens!!PAGE 10-------PASSWORDS & METERSThere is a password option available within the game - this will allow you toskip to different Zones (not Levels) - if you successfully complete Level 3 ofany Zone a password will be displayed on screen - write this down & use it toskip through the Zones.(picture of the password entering screen)Before beginning to play a Level a meter will appear & register the requiredamount of Minifleas needed to exit that particular Level.  This screen appearsonly at the start of each game.(picture of a pre-Level screen showing: the Zone number and the name of the Level and the % of Minifleas to collect)After successfully completing a Level another screen appears - this willconfirm how many Minifleas you actually rescued.(picture of a completed Zone screen showing the number of the Zone and the % of rescued Minifleas)Another screen may appear after this if special bonus criteria are met (butwe don't want to give too many clues about that!)PAGE 11-------LEVEL TIMER & EXITThere is a global time limit for each Level within Frantic Flea.  You mustcomplete the Level within the time limit - if not Frantic (& the Fleatrail)will fall from the screen & you'll have to try the Level again.  To completethe Level you must guide the correct number (or more) of Minifleas to the exitdoor - which will then automatically (& allow you to exit).  When there areonly 15 seconds remaining on your Level Time Clock (the pointer on the clockis in the red) the music will fade & be replaced by a siren - this is yourfinal time warning to escape the Level (if you have enough fleas!).(picture of a game screen with the Status Panel at the bottom of the screen and the Exit Door highlighted)PAGE 12-------ZONE INFORMATIONZone 1 - The Whacky LabsThe game begins in the Whacky Labs (after Frantic has just enlarged himselfin the Enormotron)... in these Levels there are only loose/wandering Minifleas& basic electric devices to overcome.(3 game screen pictures of the Levels of Zone 1)Zone 2 - The Stikko HillsThese Levels introduce a number of new devices - Stikko, Tubes & Painpods -& a lot more active sparking devices!  Watch out for changes in the weather.(3 game screen pictures of the Levels of Zone 2)Zone 3 - Boing CentralThis Zone is the first to feature the Hoverpod - mastering how to fly the podwill make playing the higher Levels a lot simpler!(3 game screen pictures of the Levels of Zone 3)PAGE 13-------ZONE INFORMATION (cont.)Zone 4 - Manik MountainsSnow is very slippery so be careful controlling Frantic - make sure you playslowly or he'll slide off the end of the platform... careful play is rewardedin these Levels (look out for snowstorms too!)(3 game screen pictures of the Levels of Zone 4)Zone 5 - The First FortressThis Zone introduces a new style of gameplay & numerous 'nasty' devices.  Thedungeons are full of chains & rusty spikes that are embedded in the walls -the spikes are lethal to the touch for Frantic.  Rusty spikes on 5.2 & 5.3 alsopresent a problem for Frantic - especially on the Hoverpod!  Caution here isthe best way to fully complete these Levels.(3 game screen pictures of the Levels of Zone 5)Zone 6 - Inside The DestruktokonFinally Frantic's quest is nearing completion... time is tight here & all yourskills will be needed to escape the Destruktokon & free all your capturedMiniflea buddies!PAGE 14-------CONTROLS(picture of the Super NES control pad)D-PAD (+ on the left)               RUN (y button)NO USE (select button)              SPIN (x button)PAUSE/START (start button)          JUMP (a button)NO USE (b button)Frantic can be controlled using these D-pad functions:D-Pad Left.............................................makes Frantic walk leftD-Pad Right...........................................makes Frantic walk rightD-Pad Down..................................................makes Frantic duckD-Pad Down + Left/Right (Diagonal)...........makes Frantic crawl Left or RightButton-X.............makes Frantic Spin-Attack (hold it down & move to attack)Button-A.......makes Frantic jump & (with D-Pad) Frantic performs moving jumpsButton-Y............(if held down) makes Frantic prepare for a Turbo-Run - let                      go of the button & Frantic will go into Turbo-Run mode -                                                 press Button-Y again to brakeControlling Frantic while using the Hoverpod is the same except Up/Down - whichcauses the pod to move up & down the screen.There is a Redefine Joypad function available in the Options Menu.PAGE 15-------(picture of Frantic going left with an arrow pointing left)(picture of an arrow pointing right with Frantic going right)(picture of an arrow pointing down with Frantic ducking)(picture of the Y-Button with Frantic spinning 'a-la-Taz')(picture of the X-Button with Frantic running)(picture of the A-Button with Frantic jumping)(note from Steve: there's an error here in the manual where the X and Y buttons                  should be interchanged)HINTSThere are hidden ways of earning extra lives within each Level (there is thepossibility of earning up to 3 extra bonus lives per Level on 15 of the 18Levels!) - keep an eye on all the timers!Play the practice mode to get used to the gameplay of Frantic - then use thelayout of the game screens to play the more difficult actual game.On 6 of the 18 Levels (one per Zone) there is a hidden token that, if found,will enable you to exit the Level with a very, very high number of Minifleas!GOOD LUCK!FLEA-TASTIC!!PAGE 16-------COPYRIGHT INFORMATIONAll game design material is (C) 1994 Haus Teknikka, all characters and FranticFlea are (C) and TM 1993 Andy Whitehurst and are being used under licensedagreement.Booklet and Box design by Team Teknikka PRINNER BACK COVER----------------FREE INTRODUCTORY COMPUSERVE MEMBERSHIP - (not written)GAMETEK CUSTOMER RELATIONS* Phone: 1-800-439-3995                   * Fax: 1-305-935-9164* 9 AM to 5:00 PM, Eastern time           * 24 hours a day, 7 days a weekTO ORDER OTHER GAMETEK PRODUCTSCall toll-free 1-800-GAMETEK, (1-800-426-3835), 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.Visa and Master Card accepted.GAMETEK LIMITED WARRANTY - (not written)BACK COVER----------(GAMETEK logo)2999 N.E. 191st Street, Suite 500, North Miami Beach, FL 33180 U.S.APrinted in USA