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~1 THE "MOVIES AVAILABLE" SCREEN
Browse through the list of movies by using the Up and Down
Arrow keys, or double click the title with your mouse. If
you have a specific title in mind, type the first few letters
of the title.

For example:
To read about the movie, ROBIN HOOD: PRINCE OF THIEVES
type the letters ROBI to highlight it.

Press the ENTER key to read the information stored about the
highlighted movie.

The upper right hand corner of the TV Screen shows how many
movies are available in this menu. To display only a
specific type of movie in this menu, press the F2 key to
perform a SEARCH.

This powerful function will help you to display only the
kinds of movies you like, such as Comedies, World War II
movies, John Wayne movies, PG movies, etc.


Press the ENTER key to continue . . .
~2 MAIN SEARCH SCREEN
Use the Arrow Keys to highlight the kind of search you want
to do, then press the ENTER key. To start the Search
Routine, press the F5 key.

For example, find all the COMEDIES starring JOHN WAYNE:

1. Press ENTER on the CATEGORY selection from this menu.
When the category menu appears, arrow over to the
COMEDY selection, then press ENTER.

2. Arrow over to the CAST selection on this menu, and
press ENTER. When the cast menu appears, type WAYNE,
JOHN then press ENTER.

3. Now that you have set up your search for JOHN WAYNE /
COMEDY movies, press the F5 Find It! key. A list of
movies will appear which star John Wayne in a Comedy.

There literally THOUSANDS of ways you can find the movies you
want with the ImagiMOVIE GUIDE's powerful searches!

Try using the KEY WORD search to look for "Academy Award",
"Top 10", "Best Picture", "True Love", "Highly Recommended",
"James Bond", "Stephen King", "Underwater Movies" or any
other group of words you can think of.


Press the ENTER key to continue . . .
~3 CATEGORY SEARCH SCREEN
The ImagiMOVIE GUIDE lets you search for movies
which qualify in up to three categories. Searching
for movies which qualify in only ONE category will
list more movies than a search which must qualify
in THREE categories.

FOR EXAMPLE:
Arrow over to COMEDY and press ENTER. You have
told the computer to search for ALL comedies
(LOTS of movies qualify).

2ND EXAMPLE:
Arrow over to COMEDY and press F7 Mark. Now
arrow over to FAMILY and press F7 Mark. You
have told the computer to search for all movies
which are BOTH comedies AND family movies (a
far fewer number will be found).

When you are done marking your selections, press
the ENTER key to begin your search.


Press the ENTER key to continue . . .
~4 REVIEW SEARCH SCREEN
Some movies in the ImagiMOVIE GUIDE have been
categorized in on of three categories:
Good
Average
Poor

Movies categorized as "Good" are those movies which
were in the Top 10 in box office sales, were
nominated for or earned "Best Picture" by the
Motion Picture Academy, or were enjoyed very much
by the reviewer.

"Average" movies are generally enjoyable to watch
but are weak in one way or another.

We have tried to keep as many "Poor" movies out of
the ImagiMOVIE Guide as possible. These movies
have major flaws and should be avoided.

Press the ENTER key to continue . . .
~5 ACTOR / ACTRESS SEARCH SCREEN
To highlight the name of the actress or actor you
want to search by, type the first few letters of
their last name. For example, to search for all
Mel Gibson movies, type GIBS and arrow down to Mel
Gibson's name and press the ENTER key. To see a
picture of Mel Gibson, press the F6 Photo key.

You can also search for movies which contain
several actors or actresses. For example, to review
all movies with have BOTH John Wayne AND Maureen
O'Hara, highlight John Wayne's name (as described
above) and press the F7 Mark key. Now highlight
Maureen O'Hara's name and press the F7 Mark key.
When you are done marking your selections, press
the ENTER key. After you press the F5 Find It!
key, all the movies where Maureen O'Hara and John
Wayne starred together will appear on the screen
(there were only three).


Press the ENTER key to continue . . .
~6 DIRECTOR SEARCH SCREEN
Highlight the name of the director you want to
search for typing the first few letters of their
last name. For example, to search for all Steven
Spielberg movies, type SPIEL and press the ENTER
key.

As a general rule, if you like a movie, you will
like other movies by the same director.


Press the ENTER key to continue . . .
~7 "YEAR" SEARCH SCREEN
The "Year" search is especially valuable for those
who like "old movies" or "recent releases".

EXAMPLE 1:
To search for movies from 1988 to present, enter
1988 and press the ENTER key (the automatic "TO"
year is the present year).

EXAMPLE 2:
To search for movies made in 1939 (which many say
was the best movie year ever), enter 1939 TO 1939
then press the ENTER key.

EXAMPLE 3:
To search for all the movies made in the 1950s,
enter 1950 TO 1959 then press the ENTER key.


Press the ENTER key to continue . . .
~8 MPAA RATING SEARCH SCREEN
The MPAA rating has undergone several changes since
it was established in the mid 1960s, but is still
useful as a general guide. Movies which were
formerly rated "GP" we have rated "PG" and movies
which received the "M" rating we rated "PG-13".
"X" rated movies and recent movies which were
released in the movie theaters as "R", but came out
in video as "Not rated" to allow more sex or
violence we have generally rated as "NC-17"

EXAMPLE 1:
To search for all "R" rated movies, highlight the
"R" icon and press the ENTER key.

EXAMPLE 2:
To search for all "G", "PG" or "Not Rated" movies
(the movies which contain the least amount of
objectionable material), highlight the "G" icon and
press the F7 Mark key. Mark the "PG" icon in the
same way. When you are on the "Not Rated" icon,
press the ENTER key.


Press the ENTER key to continue . . .
~9 KEY WORD SEARCH SCREEN
The key word search is perhaps the most flexible
and fun search to do because you can search for any
word, or consecutive group of words, which appears
in the synopsis or in any review. Each movie in
the ImagiMOVIE guide has several selections under
"Special Categories" to help you home in on your
specific interests such as "Disney Movies", "World
War II", "Creature Movies", "Dog Movies",
"Reincarnation", "Sequels", etc.

To display all the movies which sold more tickets
than all the others for each year, search for
"Number 1". Search for "Top 5" to display the five
top movies of each year.

It's fun to search for the name of your city or
state to see what movies were made in the area that
you live in. If you like the reviews of a
particular reviewer, search for that reviewer's
name. In short, you can search for just about
ANYTHING using the key word search.


Press the ENTER key to continue . . .
~10 THE "NOW SHOWING" SCREEN
Press the UP ARROW to move to the previous movie,
and the DOWN ARROW to move to the next movie.
Press the F4 key to read a review on this movie.

If you have a MOUSE you can also do the following
searches from this screen:

KEY WORD SEARCH: Click the mouse on any word, or
between any two words to start a key word search.

ACTOR SEARCH: Click the mouse on the name of any
actor or actress to search for all the movies which
star that person. If there is a photo stored for
this actor it will be displayed on the screen.

DIRECTOR SEARCH: Click the mouse on the director's
name to search all movies which star this director.

CATEGORY SEARCH: Click the mouse on any of the
categories displayed on this screen to search for
all movies which belong to this category.


Press the ENTER key to continue . . .
~11 THE PHOTO DISPLAY
Press the ENTER key to close actor's / actress's
photo window. If you are wondering why the
pictures aren't of a higher quality, it's because
the ImagiMOVIE Guide can currently display only 16
colors on the screen at one time. At sometime in
the future we will support Super VGA which can
display 256 colors at one time.


Press the ENTER key to continue . . .
~ end of help