Main Menus, Saving And Passwords

### **Overview**

When you get to the main menu, you are presented with three treasure chests. Beneath these are instructions telling you what you can do on each screen. The three treasure chests are "1 Player", "Multiplayer" and "Options".

### **1 Player Chest**

The "1 Player" chest is what you use to gain you access to the main game. When you select it, you get a choice of three sub options. Start game which is represented by the red cross will start you at level one of the Caribbean Region. The password option is represented by the pirate's cave will take you to the password entry screen. This will allow you to enter a combination of symbols to gain access to any level in the game. Finally, the quill and paper will take you to the save game/memory card option. Saving works differently depending on if you are playing the PS1 or PC version. But details are all explained in this page.

#### **Password Screen**

Selecting the pirate cave on the "1 Player" menu, you are taken to the password screen. Each level in the game has a six icon combination that can be entered on this screen. The four symbols in each combination are: an anchor, a ship, a skull and a fish. In the password screen, you are presented with six barrels. You need to change the barrels to match a level's password to get you to the corresponding level. So let's say you want to get to level four of the Inca Region. The password is: Anchor, Fish, Ship, Skull, Skull, Fish. You need to enter this combination on the password screen in order to get yourself to that level. select each barrel and spin it round to change the symbol. If you get the combination wrong, the text will say "Incorrect Password". If you get the combination right, in the NTSC version, the text will say "Staring Region 2, Level 4" as an example. In the PAL version, it will say "Starting Level 8".

Starting a level using a password always starts you with two lives and weapons at certain upgrades. These stats will be in each individual level page.

#### **Save Game/Memory Card**

Selecting the quill and paper will bring you to the save game screen. Allow the memory card to load and you will find the game data. You can create it by selecting the save option. Quick Save is handy because when you finish a level, you can save without having to go to this screen. Erase will delete any game data you have. Selecting load will bring you to a level select. This will allow you to access all the levels you have played through. Note where level one of the Caribbean Region would be is a skull and crossbones. This is where you can load the configuration you set in the options menu. Saving in the PC version works in much the same way.

### **Multiplayer Chest**

The "Multiplayer" chest will give you access to the game's multiplayer. You can have up to five players at any time. Each ship is differentiated by colour. On the main multiplayer, you have three choices.

**Start:** Each player must push this option in order for the game to begin. Once everybody has, the game will begin.

**Control:** Much like the options menu in the main menu, each player can assign buttons to their own controller.

#### **Options**

This allows player one to configure the setup for multiplayer rounds. The options are as follows:

**Wins:** This determines how many times a player has to win to beat the game. You can choose between one and nine wins.

**Time:** Determines how long a round will last. You can choose between one - four minutes. You can also choose to turn the timer off.

**Survival:** When a round is over, the health bar won't reset and you stay with whatever health you have left.

**Overlays:** This will add a small caption above each player telling you which player is controlling which ship.

**Arena:** Select this option to change which of the ten arenas you want to start the game on. The sub menu will show you a small map of the arena you will be playing in.

**Weapons:** This will determine how the weapons will function. You select each weapon and configure it using the two options. The weapon option determines what upgrade level you will start at. You can choose between one and five or even switch that particular weapon off. The ammo option determines how much ammo you have to play with. You can select between 50 and 999.

### **Options Chest**

The options menu is of course where you select the different options you want to use in the game. Like the "1 Player" menu, you select each picture and adjust it to your own preference.

**Difficulty:** Represented by the ships in the port. One ship is easy difficulty, two is medium while three is hard. Difficulty can affect how many enemy ships appear in a section, the speed of certain obstacles and hazards, the number of collectables and the amount of air borne and underwater enemies you will have to go against.

**SFX Volume:** Represented by the cannon and cannon balls. This controls how loud the sound effects are. The less cannon balls there are, the quieter the sound effects will be.

**Music Volume:** Represented by the flag, drum and violin. This controls how loud the music is. The lower the flag, the quieter the music will be.

**SFX Mode:** Represented by the pirates in the crow's nest. This controls the surround sound for the SFX. One pirate for mono, two for stereo and three for Dolby.

**Controls:** Represented by the ship's wheel. This is where you can assign different buttons to different commands. You have to press the X button (or enter button for the PC version) to access the menu.

#### **Controls Menu**

To change controls, select a command pressing X (or enter button for the PC version). Then press which button you would like to assign that command to. For example, on the PS1 version, press X over the map command, then press the triangle button to assign it to that command. You can reset it at any point by pressing the square or tab button.