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CONTENTS
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Introduction
System Requirements
Installing Power Rangers
Time Force™ CD-ROM
Running Power Rangers
Time Force CD-ROM
Uninstalling Power Rangers
Time ForcE CD-ROM
Getting Started
Playing the Game (The HUB)
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TIME PERIODS
4 Cyclobot Round Up
6 Time Jet Rescue
7 Roman Tile Match
8 Miles of Nile
9 Laser Showdown
11 License Agreement
13 Technical support
14 Credits
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introduction
The Power Rangers have
been called upon to save the
universe again, but of course they will
need your help! In Power Rangers Time
Force, you will travel through time to five
different time periods, each with their
own challenges and villain to defeat. The
Power Rangers
Headquarters HUB is hidden inside
of an old clock tower in the year 2001.
When you are ready to start, go to the
Headquarters HUB and click on a Power
Ranger. Good Luck!
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
Before you install Power Rangers
Time Force, you should make sure that
your PC meets the following
hardware and software requirements.
You should have:
1 A Pentium II 233 Mhz PC or
higher Or AMD-K6®-2
2 An 8x CD-ROM drive or higher
3 40 megabytes of hard disk space
available
4 32 megabytes of RAM or higher
5 DirectX compatible video card capable
of 16 bit graphics with a min of 2MB
of RAM
6 16 bit DirectX and Windows
compatible sound card
7 A mouse and keyboard
8 Microsoft® Windows 95 or 98
INSTALLING
Power Rangers Time Force CD-ROM
1 Insert the Power Rangers Time Force
disc into your drive.
5 Follow the instructions that appear on
your screen.
2 If you have the Auto insert
notification feature enabled for your
CD-ROM, just left click on the install
button and skip the next two steps.
6 After installation is complete, you will
find an icon for Power Rangers Time
Force in the Power Rangers menu
item within Programs under the Start
Menu in the Windows Taskbar as well
as on the desktop.
3 Left click the Start Button on the
Windows Taskbar then select Run
from the Start Menu.
4 Type d:\setup (d refers to your
CD-ROM drive. If your CD-ROM drive
is not d, type the appropriate drive
letter.)
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Note: For best performance results, close
all unnecessary applications before
installing or running Power Rangers Time
Force
RUNNING
UNINSTALLING
Anytime you want to run the Power
Rangers Time Force game, you must
place the Power Rangers Time Force™
CD-ROM disc into the drive before you
start the program. Insert the Power
Rangers Time Force
CD-ROM into your drive and
perform the following:
You may also uninstall the program by
using the Add/Remove Programs Control
Panel or from the Start Menu – search
through the listed Programs for the
Power Rangers Time Force Uninstall.
Power Rangers Time
Force CD-ROM
Power Rangers Time
Force CD-ROM
1 If you have the Auto Insert notification
feature enabled, just left click on the
Run button.
2 You may also double click on the
desktop icon or left click on the Start
Button from the Windows Taskbar and
search through Programs for the
Power Rangers Time Force menu.
GETTING STARTED
Continue an existing game – click on
the name of the existing game you want
to continue (this would be the name you
entered when you started the game).
Now click the green “OK” button and you
will be taken to the HUB to continue
your game.
The Main Menu is where you can start a
new game, continue an existing game or
delete an existing game:
Start a new game – click on the
yellow “New Player” button and then
enter your name or whatever code name
you want to use! Click on the green “OK”
button and you will be taken to the HUB
(see page 4) to begin your game. You
can store up to 8 different games at a
time.
NOTE: Only challenges that you have
completed (defeated the villain) will be
saved. If you quit in the middle of a
challenge before the final villain is
defeated, you will have to start at the
beginning of that level).
Delete an existing game – click
on the name of the existing game you
want to delete and then on the red
“Delete Player” button. Be careful! You
will not be able to retrieve your game
once it has been deleted.
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PLAYING THE GAME (The HUB)
Each Power Ranger has been assigned a
different mission and villain to defeat.
Clicking on a Power Ranger will launch
you through time to a different time
period. It is up to you to help each of the
Power Rangers complete their missions,
defeat all the villains and save the
universe! Each time you successfully
defeat a villain, you will be sent back to
the HUB. A miniature, frozen version of
the villain you just defeated will now
appear in a canister on the shelf. Defeat
all 5 villains and you will be rewarded
with a very special surprise!
Check high scores – click on the
(insert name) to see the high scores for
each world.
Get help – if you are not sure what to
do next, click on Circuit for help.
THE WORLDS Cyclobot Round-up (Blue Ranger)
Counter displaying
# of “chances”
remaining
Cumulative Score
Display
Circuit (the owl)
Difficulty level
Back arrow to exit game
Note: The difficulty setting can be changed at any
time by simply clicking on easy, medium or hard.
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Note: Click on Circuit at any time if you need help
understanding what to do
Current level number
The Blue Ranger has been sent to Feudal
Japan to stop a bunch of Cyclobots and
mutant Samurai from running amok.
Your goal is to “box in” the enemy
Cyclobots using your Vector Cycle. Your
Vector Cycle lays out a trail that begins to
disappear after a certain interval.
Completely surround an enemy Cyclobot
with your Vector’s Cycle trail and it will
disappear. A level is complete when all of
the Cyclobots have been surrounded.
Each level is progressively more difficult
with more obstacles to steer around and
faster Cyclobots to catch.
Controlling your Vector Cycle –
use the four arrow keys on the
keyboard to control the vector cycle.
Crash Obstacles - players lose a
“chance” when crashing into a crash
obstacle. Crash obstacles include:
Scoring & Bonus Items - gain points
by trapping Cyclobots and driving over
bonus items. Capture more than one
Cyclobot at a time for higher points.
Item Trapped/Picked Up
Extra Chance
Freezes Cyclobots for
a certain amount of time
Lengthens Ranger-Trail
Shield
Winning/Losing The Game you must successfully clear out all of the
Cyclobots without running out of
chances. Colliding with crash obstacles,
hitting walls and running into enemies
will cause you to lose a “chance”. When
you lose a “chance”, the game will
re-start from the current level with 1 less
“chance” on your chance counter. If the
chance counter reaches zero you have
lost this battle, but can try again if you
like.
Power-Ups & Power-Downs special items and power-ups (and the
power-down) will be available to you
simply by driving over them with your
Vector Cycle.
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THE WORLDS Time Jet Rescue (Green Ranger)
Counter displaying #
of “hits” remaining
that the player can
take before losing
the game
Cumulative Score
Display
Difficulty level
Circuit
Current level number
Back arrow to exit game
The Green Ranger has been sent to help
a futuristic city under attack by Nadira and
her cronies, the Cyclobots. Use your
Time Jet to rescue citizens left stranded
by floods, fires and disasters. Along the
way, collect items and bonuses, but be
sure to avoid the onslaught of villains.
Controlling your Time Jet – use the
four arrow keys on the keyboard to
control the Time Jet.
Item Trapped/Picked Up
Crash Obstacles - players lose a “hit”
when crashing into a crash obstacle.
Crash obstacles are displayed in the table
to the right.
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Extra Chance
Extra Chance
Extra Points
Scoring & Bonus Items - Players gain
points by picking up stranded citizens
and by flying through bonus point items.
These include:
Extra Points
Power-Ups & Power-Downs
- Players collect special items and
power-ups by flying over them with
the Time Jet. There are no power-downs
in this game.
Citizen
Shrink Power-Up
Shield Power-Up
Winning/Losing The Game – you
must save all of the stranded people
before running out of hits. You will lose a
“hit” by getting hit or by crashing into any
of the crash obstacles and hazards. When
you lose a “hit”, the game will re-start
from the current level with 1 less “hit” on
your hit counter. If the hit counter
reaches zero you have failed the rescue
mission, but can try again if you like. After
you are hit or when starting a game. The
Time Jet will flash for approximately 2
seconds, during which you are invincible,
to allow you to get ready.
THE WORLDS Roman Tile Match (Pink Ranger)
Tiles
Hidden Artifact
Back arrow showing
how to exit the game
Difficulty level
Current
level
In their attempt to loot the Roman
treasury, Gluto and his henchmen
have set off an earthquake that has
buried secret treasures under stacks
of strange tiles in the treasury. The
Pink Ranger, known for her
cleverness, must use her logic to
recover each lost item. Help the Pink
Ranger to clear away all of the tiles by
matching exposed and unlocked tile
pairs. Tiles are unlocked if at least one
of the tile’s four edges is not adjacent
to any other tile or object.
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How to match tiles – simply click on a
tile to select it (the tile will now be
highlighted). Now click on a matching tile.
If you have selected the correct match,
the tiles will fly over to the Pink Ranger
where she can destroy them. You can
deselect a title simply by clicking on it a
2nd time (it will not be highlighted now).
Roman treasures - there are ten
pieces of Roman treasure to be
uncovered (see table to the right).
Winning/Losing The Game – you
must successfully clear out the last set of
tiles on the playing field in order to get
the lost treasure. Collect all 10 treasures
to foil Gluto’s evil plan. The Pink Ranger
will retrieve the treasure item for you
after clearing each level. If you reach a
point at which no more tiles can be
removed, but tiles still remain on the
playing field, you were unable to locate
the treasure this time. You can of course
try to find the hidden treasure again.
THE WORLDS Miles of Nile (Yellow Ranger)
Counter displaying #
of “chances”
emaining
Time clock
Cumulative Score
Display
Current level number
Difficulty level
Circuit
Back arrow to
exit game
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A nasty bunch of villains are causing a
ruckus in Ancient Egypt. You must help the
Yellow Ranger make her way through a
pyramid maze in order to catch Frax and
stop his plan to pillage the Pyramids. Along
the way, Frax has left a number of Egyptian
workers tied up in the Pyramid walls that
you need to save! To thwart pursuers, Frax
has mutated a bunch of Cyclobots into
mummies and you must stay out of their
way in order to make it through intact!
Save all the Egyptian workers in order to
reveal a secret staircase.
Controlling the Yellow Ranger – use
the four arrow keys on the keyboard to
control the Yellow Ranger.
Hazards - players lose a “chance” when
hitting a hazard.
Scoring & Bonus Items - gain points by
freeing Egyptians (just walk over them),
picking up bonus items and by beating
the time clock
Item Trapped/Picked Up
Extra Chance
Speed Up - Speeds Up Ranger
Sundial - Freezes Cyclobot
Mummies
Egyptian - Must Be Rescued
Gate Keys - Open gates of the
same color
Loot - Extra Points
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75
150
Power-Ups & Power-Downs – collect
special items and power-ups (and the
power-down) simply by walking over them
Winning/Losing The Game – free all
of the Egyptians and reach the exit
without running out of chances in order
to win the level. After winning a level, you
will continue down to the next level.
When you lose a “chance”, the game will
re-start from the current level with 1 less
“chance” on your chance counter. If the
chance counter reaches zero, you were
unable to save all of the Egyptian workers
and escape. You can try again though!
THE WORLDS Laser Showdown (Red Ranger)
Countdown Timer
Circuit
Counter displaying #
of “hits” remaining
that the player can
absorb before losing
the game
Current level number
Difficulty level
Back arrow to exit game
Cumulative Score
Display
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The Red Ranger has been sent back to
the Wild West for a showdown against
Ransik and his henchmen of Cyclobots.
You must help the Red Ranger use his
Vortex Blaster to shoot down the
Cyclobots. Destroy all the Cyclobots in
order to take on Ransik himself for the
ultimate battle!
Using your Vortex Blaster – the
mouse cursor turns into a sheriff’s
silver-star badge, which you can use to
target your blasts. Simply move the
mouse cursor over the intended target
and left click to fire.
Scoring - gain points by successfully
targeting and hitting enemies when they
pop out from behind cover, or by clearing
all of the enemies from the screen with
time still left on the countdown timer.
More points are given for nailing enemies
that are farther away. You can also earn
bonus points by hitting bonus point items
that pop out from behind cover in the
same manner of the enemies:
Hits - a “hit” will be lost on your hit
counter when hit by enemy fire. Enemy
fire includes:
Item Trapped/Picked Up
Extra Chance
Large Gold Bar
Small Gold Bar
100
50
Extra Chance
Large Riding Bag w/Gold
Small Riding Bag w/Gold
100
50
Large Safe
Small Safe
100
50
Large Gold Rock
Small Gold Rock
100
50
Large Silver Rock
Small Silver Rock
100
50
Large Bag
Small Bag
100
50
Extra Time - Extends Time
Limit to finish the level
Bonus Items and Power-Ups Collect special items and power-ups by
hitting them as they pop up on the
screen
Winning/Losing The Game – clear
out all of the enemies on the screen
without running out of hits or survive the
fight for the duration of the countdown
clock. When you lose a “hit”, the game
will re-start from the current level with 1
less “hit” on your hit counter. If the hit
counter reaches zero you were unable to
defeat Ransik this time, but can try again
if you like.
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Loot - Extra Points
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CREDITS
THQ
Producer
Petro Piaseckyj
Assistant Producer
Angel Sisson
Senior Producer
Carolina Beroza
VP of Product Development
Michael Rubinelli
QA Manager
Jeremy Barnes
Lead Tester
Josh Miller
Testers
Glenn Peters
Darren Boudreau
Ruslan Abaev
Evan Icenbice
Justin Drolet
Product Manager
Kevin Hooper
Associate Product Manager
Paul Naftalis
Group Product Manager
John Ardell
Associate Creative Services
Manager
Melissa Roth
VO Talent
Red Ranger - Jason Faunt
Blue Ranger - Michael Copon
Green Ranger - Kevin Kleinberg
Pink Ranger - Erin Cahill
Yellow Ranger - Deborah Estelle Philips
Quantum Ranger - Daniel Southworth
Circuit - Brianne Siddall
Saban
Sr. V.P. Licensing and
Merchandising
Sharon Markowitz-Bennett
Manager, Product Development
Dana Newbold
Director, Creative Services
Howard Liebeskind
Character Art Director
Robin Anderson
Manual Writer
Paul Naftalis
Creative Director
Donny Soeder
Packaging Design
Nidaul Uk
Michael Jacobs
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Special thanks to:
Brian Farrell
Jeffrey Lapin
Alison Locke
Germaine Gioia
Leslie Brown
Tiffany Ternan
Peter Dille
Ryan Camu
Cindy Davis
Jonathan Tzachor
Chip Lynn
Jackie Marchand
Scott Page-Pagter
David Walsh
Laura Orozco
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and/or registered trademarks of THQ Inc.
© 2001 THQ Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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