JumpStart Phonics

JumpStart Phonics is a game in the JumpStart series released in 1999. It is not to be confused with the other game sometimes referred to as JumpStart Phonics.

Cheats Files#

Within the topmost PHONICS folder is a file titled CHEATS.INX, which starts out like this:

; Note: this file will NOT be shipped.
;       Program correctness should not be dependent on this file.

[Global]
StartUpScene=VRScene
RandomOn=0
CheatsOn=1
PracticeOn=0

VoiceRecDebugTrace=0
VoiceRecDebugLog=0
VoiceRecDebugVerbose=0

UserName=Snookie    
UseBigPalette=1
Warping=1


[CheatBar]
Mac_FontName=Helvetica
Mac_FontSize=12
Mac_FontBold=0
FontName=Arial
FontSize=14
FontBold=1


[StatusBar]
Position=320,380
Mac_FontName=Helvetica
Mac_FontSize=12
Mac_FontBold=0
FontName=Haettenschweiler
FontSize=14
FontBold=0


[IdleManager]
; if TraceOnXyz is set to 1, TRACE will be called at the start of Xyz(). default is 0 (no TRACE).
TraceOnStart=0
TraceOnStop=0
TraceOnContinue=0
TraceOnTimer=0


[VR]
; voice recognition test scene.
; language and non-language specific entries are both here so they won't clutter the shipped version of ini files
wordSetCount=170
wordFontName=Arial
wordFontBold=0
wordFontSize=20
normalTextColor=2,150,150,150
hiliteTextColor=3,250,250,250
dimmedTextColor=4,50,50,50

What follows is an extremely long list of ordinary words intended to be detected with the game's voice recognition feature, with the exception of this bit of text here:

[PE]

; PE relies heavily on run-time script. The following helps to see what's in the scripts during debugging.
;ScriptDebugTrace=1 ; if set to 1, script will be TRACEd. default is 0 (no TRACE).
;ScriptDebugLog=1   ; if set to 1, script will be logged to bw.log. default is 0 (no log).

DebugOn=0               ; if set to 1, Plaque entries below will be used instead of those in modulel.ini. default is 0.
PlaquePerLetter=1
Plaque1=PE310
Plaque2=PE311
Plaque3=PE312
Plaque4=PE313
Plaque5=PE314
Plaque6=PE315
Plaque7=PE316
Plaque8=PE317
Plaque9=PE318
Plaque10=PE319
Plaque11=PE320
Plaque12=PE321
Plaque13=PE322
Plaque14=PE323
Plaque15=PE324
Plaque16=PE325
Plaque17=PE326
Plaque18=PE327
Plaque19=PE328
Plaque20=PE329
Plaque21=PE330
Plaque22=PE331
Plaque23=PE332
Plaque24=PE333
Plaque25=PE334
Plaque26=PE335


[RG]
;DebugOn=1
;CurrentLevelNumber=2   ; 1..3 (development/testing only)
;PracticeSkillNumber=1

; RG relies heavily on run-time script. The following helps to see what's in the scripts during debugging.
;ScriptDebugTrace=1 ; if set to 1, script will be TRACEd. default is 0 (no TRACE).
;ScriptDebugLog=1   ; if set to 1, script will be logged to bw.log. default is 0 (no log).


[SG]
;CurrentLevelNumber=2   ; 1..3 (development/testing only)

Another cheats.inx file is located under SUPPORT/CMN/PHONICS, which simply says:

No cheating this time. Sorry!