Radica Games SKANNERZ RACERZ 75036 Instruction Manual

PRACTICE –

Drive your vehicles on all three cours-

es (STREET, OFF-ROAD and DRAG STRIP).

LINK –

Link your unit with a friend to either RACE

head-to-head or to TRADE vehicles and parts.

SOUND –

Selecting this menu feature will allow you

to turn the sound ON and OFF.  

SCANNING:

Pick up any household product that has a printed bar-

code.  From the MAIN MENU, scroll and highlight the

SCAN option and press the SELECT BUTTON.  SCAN

mode will begin and last for 10 seconds. 

Once activated, you will see a red light shinning out

from the SCANNING PORT.  Place the SCANNING

PORT directly onto the surface of the product.  As

straight as possible, slide the unit over the barcode

from left to right or right to left.  When the barcode

is read, the controller will indicate a SUCCESSFUL

scan by displaying an image of a traffic light with the

bottom light or circle flashing which represents a

GREEN LIGHT.  If the scan is a PARTIAL SCAN, the

center circle on the traffic light image will flash rep-

resenting a YELLOW LIGHT telling you to try again.

An UNSUCCESSFUL SCAN will be shown by having

the top circle of the traffic light flash representing a

RED LIGHT.  

NOTE:

Always try to re-scan a barcode if you get a

PARTIAL or UNSUCCESSFUL SCAN.  You will have

three chances.

NOTE:

If no scanning activity is recorded, for 10

seconds, the screen will return to the MAIN MENU.  

HINT:

Flat surfaces are the easiest to scan.  It takes

more practice and skill to scan round or odd-shaped

surfaces.  Just remember to always keep the SCAN-

NING PORT flat against the surface when scanning.

Skannerz works best with full sized bar codes and

you may have difficulty scanning smaller bar codes.

See the UPC barcode example below.

STATUS:

As you scan, there are 3 status levels:

ROOKIE, AMATEUR, and PRO.  You will begin as a

ROOKIE and advance your status to AMATEUR and

then PRO.  STATUS is achieved by the number of

races you’ve won.

As you scan, you may not be able to download all

the items you scan. If your status (ROOKIE, AMA-

TEUR, PRO) is less than the item you’ve scanned, a

warning will flash on the screen.

For example, if you’re a ROOKIE and you’ve

scanned an AMATEUR vehicle you will not be able

to access that vehicle until you have personally

reached that circuit level status.

Vehicle Access Denied:

Parts Access Denied:

Tracks Access Denied:

When scanning a barcode, you can download a

DEALERSHIP (collect vehicles), GARAGE (collect

parts), RACE or BAD NEWS.  After scanning, a

graphic will display the object or action you have

downloaded. 

BECOME THE ULTIMATE RACE CHAMPION!   

You’ll have to scan, collect, trade and customize

your way to the top.  With 120 hot rods, trucks and

64 car parts, it's going to take all you can give.

Head-to-head competition and 21 virtual competi-

tors will challenge you across 3 different course

types (STREET, OFF-ROAD and DRAG STRIP) and

at three skill levels (ROOKIE, AMATEUR and PRO).

So, race to win! 

BEFORE YOU BEGIN:

The object is to collect as many vehicles and car parts

as possible.  SKANNERZ technology allows you to

download and collect by scanning UPC bar codes

from any package.  Each bar code contains vehicles

and car parts that will help you race your way to the

top.  You can also customize each vehicle with your

scanned parts to improve your chance of defeating

each competitor.  So, let’s gear-up!

FEATURES AND BUTTONS:

ON / ACCELERATE / SELECT –

Press the ON but-

ton to turn the game on.  Press the ACCELERATOR

button to make your car move.  The SELECT button

allows you to choose items as you toggle through

the MENU.

SHIFT / BACK –

As you accelerate, the SHIFT but-

ton allows you to shift your vehicle into any of the 5

gears.  The BACK button allows you to back out of

selected menus.

TIRE WHEEL –

Rotate or turn this up and down to

steer your car. Rotating the wheel up will move your

vehicle to the right or down will move your vehicle to

the left.  You can also use this wheel to scroll

through the MAIN MENU, SUB MENUS and VEHI-

CLE or PART inventory.

RESET –

Insert a blunt point into the RESET BUT-

TON to reset the game settings.  

NOTE:

When you press RESET all your vehicles,

parts, tracks, and player data will be cleared.

HOW TO PLAY:

Press the ON button and the MAIN MENU will appear.

Use the TIRE WHEEL to scroll up and down the

MENU to highlight options.  Once an option is high-

lighted, choose that item by pressing the SELECT

button.  If you select the wrong option, you can press

the BACK button to return to the previous screen.

You can choose from the following MENU options:

SCAN –

Initiates a 10 second capture mode to scan

barcodes.  If no activity is recorded after 10 sec-

onds, the screen will return to the MAIN MENU.

VEHICLES –

Scroll and view your vehicle inventory. 

PARTS –

Scroll and view your parts inventory.

STATUS – 

Shows your racing stats and circuit level

status (ROOKIE, AMATEUR and PRO).  

Model  75036

For 1 player / Ages 8 and up

INSTRUCTION MANUAL

P/N 82393100   Rev.A

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DEALERSHIP (COLLECT VEHICLES)

There are 120 vehicles to collect.  They will be cate-

gorized by the status level and vehicle attributes.

Vehicles can be raced on any of the three courses

(OFF-ROAD, DRAG STRIP, STREET); however, vehi-

cles can run on some tracks better than others.  For

example, an OFF-ROAD vehicle would not perform

well on a STREET course.  

VEHICLE ATTRIBUTES:

To determine if a vehicle is a good fit for a track, each

vehicle has ratings across multiple attributes:

•

SPEED (SP) –

Top speed of the vehicle.

•

ACCELERATION (AC) –

How quickly a vehicle

reaches its top speed.

•

SUSPENSION (SU) –

How well it can keep its

speed up and over obstacles.

•

TRACTION (TR) –

How the vehicle responds to

steering left and right.

GARAGE (COLLECT PARTS)

There are 64 parts that can be collected from the

GARAGE to customize your vehicles. 

RACE:

When you scan a race, it will be an OFF-ROAD, DRAG

STRIP, or STREET race.  Each scanned race has a

competitor, vehicle and a pre-determined number of

parts associated with that race.  The screen will dis-

play the level, track and competitor.  If you choose to

race, push the SELECT button and then proceed to

select your vehicle by scrolling through the VEHICLE

MENU using the TIRE WHEEL and pressing SELECT

when the vehicle you want is highlighted.

BAD NEWS:

BAD NEWS can randomly happen during any barcode

scan.  You can be pulled over by a COP who will

automatically take a random vehicle.  If you’re down-

load indicates a CRASH, a random car part is

removed from your inventory. 

HINT:

Don’t be afraid to RE-SCAN a barcode that

resulted in BAD NEWS.  Your luck might change!

Now try and practice SCANNING the 3 UPC bar-

codes on the back of this instruction sheet marked

“PRACTICE SCANNING.”  This will allow you to

practice scanning and collect your first PART, VEHI-

CLE and RACE!

COMPETITORS:

You will encounter 9 ROOKIE, 6 AMATEUR, and 6

PRO competitors across the three tracks.

Competitors can be scanned in more than one race

with different vehicles. 

MODIFYING YOUR VEHICLE:

Use the TIRE WHEEL to scroll through the MAIN

MENU and highlight the VEHICLE option. Then press

the SELECT button and scroll through the vehicles

and choose the one you want.  Once selected, the

ATTRIBUTES will be displayed for that vehicle.  To

modify that vehicle, select MODIFY and then SELECT

ADD.  Now using the TIRE WHEEL, scroll through all

your available parts and pick the one you want to

install by pressing the SELECT button.  An

ATTRIBUTE comparison of the old versus the new

modified vehicle will be displayed.  Press the SELECT

button to confirm the modification. 

NOTE:

The parts that you want to add to a vehicle

must be compatible with that vehicle.  

RACING:

There are three different ways to race.  You can either

SCAN in new races, LINK with another player for

head-to-head racing or you can PRACTICE on the

three tracks. 

• SCANNING (VIRTUAL):

When scanning in a race, you will first see the status

level and track type of that race.  You will then see the

competitor you are going to race, his or her vehicle

and stats.  You will have the option to race or not to

race, by SELECTING YES or NO.  If you decide to

race, you will go to your inventory to choose your

vehicle.  After you press SELECT on the vehicle you

wish to RACE with, the RACE will begin. If you win,

you will be awarded the competitors VEHICLE.  The

SHIFT /

BACK

ON / 

ACCELERATE

/ SELECT

RESET

TIRE

WHEEL