Prop Cycle/Novice Mode

Level 1: Cliff Rock
Time: 80 seconds (1:20)

After the Starter has flown away and the camera has panned around to behind the Raperopter, the numbers 3, 2 and 1 shall be displayed on the screen, followed by the text GO; once you have started pedalling the exercycle, the text "NOVICE" will appear in the bottom-left corner of the screen, but you will have to turn to the left and dive (as you are doing so, the text "WRONG WAY" will flash at the top of the screen as a left- or right-pointing red arrow on a white background flashes on its left or right side, and a notice saying "FOLLOW THE ARROWS." appears at its bottom, but you should just ignore them) as you come to a flashing balloon with + 20 sec on it. Once you have burst this balloon for a maximum of twenty additional seconds (as the timer cannot go higher than 89), you'll have to turn back to the right and climb (once you have passed that starting point, the text "REC" shall flash in the bottom-right corner of the screen), then turn to the left and dive as you come to a group of five more (non-flashing) balloons (all with 50 on them) - and after you have burst all five of these balloons for a total of 250 points, you shall have to turn to the right as you come to a group of four more non-flashing balloons (one with 200 on it, one with 50 on it, and two with 100 on them). Once you've burst all four of these balloons for a total of 450 more points, you'll have to dive and turn to the left, as you come to a group of three more non-flashing balloons (two with 100 on them and one with 50 on it); once you've burst all three of these balloons for a total of 250 more points, you will have to climb and turn to the right as you come up to a group of four more non-flashing balloons (three with 200 on them, and one with 100 on it). Once you have burst the first three of these balloons for a total of 600 more points, an animation of the Start Button being pushed with a red downward-pointing arrow above it and the text "MAP" to its right will appear on the left side of the screen (meaning that if you push the Start Button at this point, an overhead map showing the locations of the remaining balloons will be displayed on the screen) and the text "PERFECT! 9 BALLOONS REMAIN" (this number will also decrease by one every time you burst another non-flashing balloon) appears on its right side - and you shall then have to burst the fourth balloon in the current group for 100 more points. You will then have to dive and turn to the right as you come to a group of three more balloons (one of which is flashing, and has + 10 sec on it, while the other two are non-flashing and have 100 and 200 on them respectively); once you have burst all three of these balloons for ten additional seconds and a total of 300 more points, you will have to turn to the right and dive as you come to a group of three more non-flashing balloons (two with 100 on them and one with 200 on it). Once you've burst all three of these balloons for a total of 400 more points, you'll have to turn left and dive as you come to a group of two more balloons (one of which is flashing and has + 10 sec on it, whilst the other is non-flashing, and has 300 on it) - and once you've burst both of these balloons for ten additional seconds and 300 more points you will have to turn to the left and climb as you pedal the Raperopter into a mountainside cave, then turn to the right and turn to the left as you come to a twenty-sixth (flashing) balloon with + 10 sec on it. Once you have burst this balloon for ten additional seconds you will have to turn to the left and climb, then turn to the right and dive, and turn to the left as you come to a twenty-seventh (flashing) balloon, with + 10 sec on it; once you burst this balloon for ten additional seconds, you will have to turn to the left as you pedal the Raperopter out of that mountainside cave's exit, then turn to the right and dive, as you pedal it under an outdoor market's covering and come to a twenty-eighth (non-flashing) balloon with 200 on it. Once you've burst this balloon for 200 more points, you will have to turn to the left and climb as you come to a twenty-ninth and final (non-flashing) balloon with 200 on it - and once you have burst this balloon for 200 more points, the text "PERFECT!" will appear on the screen to show you got them all as it fades to white.

The level's results screen shall then appear as a left-pointing arrow and your score (which will be 3050 points) fly into view from its top-right corner, and the route you took through the course will be shown on the overhead map of it at its left side as your points are tabulated; the ranking arrow on the right side of the screen will then raise itself from "Adventurer in the Making" up to "Young Hatchling", "Early Bird" and "Wing Leader" in turn. The left-pointing arrow and score will then disappear off the top-right corner of the screen as a right-pointing arrow and the timer fly into view from its top-left corner, and you receive a bonus of 5 points for each tenth of a second you have remaining (although the game allows scores ending in "5" at this point it only gives the illusion of allowing ones ending in other numbers that aren't "0") - and that ranking arrow will now raise itself to "Perfect Ace" and "The Art of Flying" in turn. The right-pointing arrow and timer shall now disappear off the screen's top-left corner as a downward-pointing arrow with the text of "PERFECT POINTS 1000" on it folds down into view from its top, and you receive a bonus of 1000 points; once the arrow folds back up off the top of the screen, a gold plaque with the text "The Art of Flying", an animated crown with wings and a turning pedal and the text "FASTEST PERFECT SCORE" on it will fly down onto the overhead map if your perfect score was the fastest on the cabinet to date. The screen shall then fade to white, as the game goes into high-score mode - and your final score will most likely be the highest on the cabinet to date, so you will have 28 seconds to enter your initials at the top of this level's high score table with pride, by using the handlebars to select the letters, numbers, symbols (one of which is Namco's signature character, Pac-Man) and punctuation marks, then pushing the Start Button to confirm them. Once you have done so, the text "GAME OVER" shall appear on the screen and the game shall go back into attract mode; the next time you select this mode, you can take the challenge of its second level, Wind Woods.