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→One or Two Players?
Press the '''1''' key if you want to play against the machine. You can play against a friend by pressing the '''2''' key. For this example, press the '''1''' key.
=====Maze?=====
After selecting the number of players, you are asked which type of maze you want. The maze is a series of obstacles that the spiders cannot cross. Press the key corresponding to the type of maze you want. For your first game, press '''1''' for no maze.
=====Border?=====
A new display now asks if you want a "fixed border" or an "open border." A fixed border means that your spider cannot go off the edge of the screen. If you hit the border, you lose. An open border means that if your spider goes off the edge of the screen it reappears on the opposite side of the screen! In other words, it ''wraps around" the screen. This feature can lead to some interesting tactical battles. Press '''2''' to choose an open border so that you can see how this works.
=====Speed?=====
Next, decide at what speed you want to play. Let's choose low speed for this game so that you can easily see what happens.
=====Level?=====
When you play against the computer, you get to select the level of difficulty for the game. (If you had selected Two Players earlier, you would not be asked this question.) The Home Computer is pretty tough to beat at its most difficult level, so let's start off with the easy level by pressing '''1'''.
=====Start=====
As soon as you've answered the last question, the game begins, so be prepared! With the options we've just selected the screen goes blank, the spiders appear, and the computer's blue spider starts to move. You should start moving your green spider immediately. If you don't move within a short time, you will lose the game by default. The default time gets shorter as you select faster speeds.
If you're playing the computer, use one Wired Remote Controller unit or the directional keys on the left side of the keyboard:
↖ ('''W'''), ↑ ('''E'''), ↗ ('''R'''), ← ('''S'''), → ('''D'''), ↙ ('''Z'''). ↓ ('''X'''), and ↘ ('''C'''). For two players, the second player needs to use the other handheld unit or the directional keys on the right side of the keyboard:
↖ ('''U'''), ↑ ('''I'''), ↗ ('''O'''), ← ('''J'''), → ('''K'''), ↙ ('''N'''), ↓ ('''M'''), and ↘ ('''.'''). If you hold down any of these keys, the spider continues to move in the same direction. If you have the handheld units connected, just push
the lever in the direction you want to move.
As soon as one of the spiders wins, you hear the "dum-dum-dum" music, and the score flashes onto the screen for a few seconds. Then the next round of the game begins. The game continues in this way until one of the spiders scores 10 victories. The computer then congratulates the winner (or tells you that it has won). You are then asked if you want to play again. If you answer no, the game returns to the game selection list. If you answer yes, you are then asked if you want to use the same options as before. Press '''Y''' again and the game starts over with the same options. Press '''N''' to return to the Doodle option selection lists and set up a new Doodle game.
As your skill increases you can choose different options to keep the game challenging. With a complex maze, fixed border, high speed, and the most difficult level selected, you have to be very quick to beat the computer!
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