DeviantArt: Newest Atari 2600

Top Ten Atari 2600 Games Template

Mon, 06 Apr 2026 10:29:11 PDT

Use to add your top ten favorite Atari 2600 video games.

Inspired by edogg8181804's top 10 memes.

Atari 2600

Sun, 05 Apr 2026 21:02:46 PDT

Atari 2600

Sun, 05 Apr 2026 21:02:33 PDT

Atari 2600

Sun, 05 Apr 2026 21:02:13 PDT

If You Feel My Love | Onpu Segawa Single Cover

Wed, 01 Apr 2026 21:02:10 PDT

This song in my Ojamajo Doremi universe is one of the reasons why Oyajide will no longer be a fan of Onpu Segawa. Hana-chan encouraged Onpu Segawa to get out of her comfort zone and break boundaries with her J-pop career. She began to collaborate with other artists such as DMX, will.i.am, Lethal Interjection Crew, Pitbull, Daft Punk, and Gorillaz.

The song is a mashup of "If You Feel My Love" by Blaxy Girls, "Everybody to the Limit" by Strong Bad, "X Gon Give It To Ya" by DMX, and contains samples of the Strong Bad Email "Sibbie" and The Simpsons.

To make it more edgy I replaced the letter S in "Fhqwhgads" with a Z to make it more edgy, "Fhqwhgadz".

Genre: Dance-rock, hip-hop, rap rock, funk

Rights belonging to respectful owners.

Niko Bellic Plays Space Invaders on His Atari 2600

Sat, 28 Mar 2026 11:42:32 PDT

Niko Bellic is Playing "Space Invaders" on His Atari 2600 While Deadpool and Pibby are Watching Him Play, Meanwhile, Mr. Game and Watch is Sleeping as Spy Walks into The Living Room With a Cooked Chicken in His Hands, Only to See Niko Playing The Game and He is Very Surprised.

Joke show 1910 the Game on the Atari 2600

Sat, 28 Mar 2026 11:15:02 PDT

Matari (Atari 2600)

Fri, 27 Mar 2026 21:22:02 PDT

Matari is a robotic Atari 2600 controller who moves around like a spider and can wag his tail (being a wired plug). He can also plug into the console his system is based on, so he can control the games he's playing using his stick and single button on his head.

It was known that he single-handedly got a hold of the SwordQuest game series, scoured other pieces of related media, and solved the mysteries leading up to this point where the fourth game and contest was put on ice due to the Videogame Crash of 1983. (For those who don't know, SwordQuest is a series of adventures games tied to a contest where the winner was supposed to have actual treasure and such, like the Philosopher's Stone)

He's a companion to Plumber Boy Jerry, in which he helps out on his plumbing duties and such. He also partnered up with the Swordmeisters (Rev, Ginny, Tomoko, Scrax) from the RPG Academy.

the Atari 2600 belongs to the company itself, Atari.

Matari and Plumber Boy Jerry both belong to me, JSKTPR.

RPG High, the Swordmeisters, Rev, Ginny, Tomoko, and Scrax are supposed to be by Scrawl Studios and Decode Entertainment.

Plumber Boy Jerry

Fri, 27 Mar 2026 20:22:49 PDT

Plumber Boy Jerry is an alter-ego of Jerry that can fix pipes using advanced technology (hence the glasses and two wrenches) and can fight enemies using said tech. He also has a backpack to carry other things, a utility belt, and a hard hat for good measure. (So, he's like a construction worker on top of being a semi-futuristic plumber then?)

This is might be inspired by either Super Mario Bros. or Wrecking Crew.

He has a companion calling Matari, who's an Atari 2600 controller that has spider legs and a wired plug for a tail. (Which I'll post what he looks like later)

Plumber Boy Jerry and Matari both belong to me, JSKTPR.

Ah... Just where I left it...

Wed, 25 Mar 2026 16:15:08 PDT

Nature is healing...

Source Images:

Blinking guy meme template: https://www.meme-arsenal.com/en/create/template/2180205

Atari Dragster: https://www.onallcylinders.com/2022/08/26/activisions-dragster-for-the-atari-2600-brought-drag-racing-action-into-your-home-for-the-first-time/

Horsey Game screenshot from:

"Artist's" Note:

Not even close to art. This was just a dumb meme I came up with after seeing Joel play this & finally got around to posting it. Atari 2600 didn't come out until '77, but this was so close to an even 50-year split that I had to twist the numbers a bit. The Fairchild Channel F did come out in '76, but that never went anywhere so nobody would recognize it.

So that this isn't a waste, here are some other great YouTube videos to bide your time:

Oh, & thank you for reading!

Donkey Kong (Atari 2600 version)

Tue, 10 Mar 2026 15:52:16 PDT

Box art: Donkey Kong
Artist(s): Unknown
Platform: Atari 2600

Monkey

Activision (1998-2001) Logo DRAWING

Fri, 06 Mar 2026 11:55:50 PST

Please Note: This production, like all others I posted all over the years, was uploaded and shared for non-commercial purposes.

Activision Publishing (simply known as Activision) was founded on October 1, 1979 by Atari programmers David Crane, Alan Miller, and Bob Whitehead. It was the world's first independent developer and distributor for video game consoles. Their first titles were games for the Atari 2600 video computer system and they were the first third-party developer for it. In 1988, their name was changed to "Mediagenic" when it began involvement on video game systems. However, in December 1992 after emerging from bankruptcy, it was officially renamed back to Activision. In 2000, the company gained its current name after Activision became a holding company.

In December 2007, it was announced that Activision would merge with Vivendi Games, the owners of Blizzard Entertainment and Sierra Entertainment; the merger was completed in July 2008 and formed Activision Blizzard, which Activision became a subsidiary of. The company is known for publishing and distributing the Tony Hawk, Call of Duty and Crash Bandicoot franchises, and was also known for publishing the Vigilante 8, Spider-Man, Tenchu, True Crime, Guitar Hero and Skylanders franchises.

On July 20, 2021, holding company Activision Blizzard was sued by the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing due to widespread allegations of sexual harassment. As a result, on January 18, 2022, it was announced that Microsoft would be acquiring Activision Blizzard, but due to rising fears that it would drastically impact distribution of games for non-Microsoft consoles, several organizations filed suits to block the acquisition starting in late 2022. Regardless, the deal was closed on October 13, 2023.

The sequence starts on a black background. After some time, a piece of the background is broken while flying away, revealing a beam of light. More pieces break out, and more light emits through the holes. The light begins to change color as more pieces are breaking out. As all the pieces fly off-screen, the Activision logo is shown. It glows purple-blue for a few seconds, and then vanishes via a TV power off-like effect by zooming in blurring, and later disappears.

My drawing of the Activision logo.

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=dZZ2o8CLsRw&pp=ygUUYWN0aXZpc2lvbiBsb2dvIDE5OTg%3D

Super Mario Bros 1 Atari 2600 Mockups

Thu, 05 Mar 2026 12:28:36 PST

This was based on a dream i had playing a homebrew port of suoer mario bros 1 and i want to make something of it ;)

New OC (Read Description)

Fri, 20 Feb 2026 07:28:10 PST

This is a character I made not too long ago. Just thought I finally share him. He is done in pixel art. I’m new to Pixel art so I’m doing it in Atari 2600 style right now, but that will change in the future.

He lives in a Decopunk world. Where the U.S was a bit more German cultured (Still on the allies side. Just slightly more hesitant but not enough to matter) The parentheses should help you tell what I’m basing the style off of. That is whenever I do pixel art.

Should be posting more often from here on out.

Warner Bros. Video Games

Sun, 08 Feb 2026 18:35:38 PST

Here's my ranking for all of the video games i've played that are based on the films and TV shows from Warner Bros. as well as some other aspects they own such as New Line Cinema and HBO.

Terrible games with very few redeeming qualities that are best left in the gutter:

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (GBA)

Elf

Bad games not worth recommending despite it's few saving graces:

Gremlins Gizmo (DS)

Gremlins Gizmo (Wii)

Legend of the Guardians (DS)

Beetlejuice (NES)

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (PS2)

Friday the 13th (NES)

Pretty weak games that does have a handful of good elements to them, but not enough to recommend them:

Bugs Bunny's Crazy Castle

Dirty Harry

Where the Wild Things Are (PS3)

Mucha Lucha: Mascaricas of the Lost Code

Gremlins (Atari 2600)

Gremlins (Atari 5200)

Looney Tunes: Acme Arsenal

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (Atari 2600)

Mad Max (NES)

Clash of the Titans

Terminator 3: War of the Machines

Happy Feet (PS2)

Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (GBA)

The Polar Express (PS2)

50/50 games that have just about an equal amount of good and bad qualities that result in mid products:

Happy Feet (DS)

Dennis the Menace (Game Boy)

Lethal Weapon (Game Boy)

Game of Thrones

Pacific Rim (Mobile)

The Goonies II

Dennis the Menace (SNES)

Beetlejuice (Game Boy)

The Ant Bully (GBA)

Terminator Salvation (PS3)

Lethal Weapon (NES)

A Nightmare on Elm Street

Quest for Camelot

Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (PC)

The LEGO Movie 2 Video Game

Demolition Man (3DO)

Pacific Rim (PS3)

Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (PS2)

The Ant Bully (PS2)

The Polar Express (GBA)

Fairly to pretty decent games, but do have some major flaws:

Happy Feet (GBA)

Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (Game Boy)

Happy Feet Two (DS)

Happy Feet Two (3DS)

Where the Wild Things Are (DS)

Bugs Bunny's Birthday Blowout

Gremlins Unleashed

Demolition Man (Genesis)

Scooby-Doo

TMNT (DS)

Happy Feet Two (PS3)

Looney Tunes Racing (GBC)

Demolition Man (Sega CD)

300: March to Glory

Xiaolin Showdown (DS)

Lethal Weapon (SNES)

Legend of the Guardians (PS3)

Space Jam: A New Legacy

Xiaolin Showdown (PS2)

Demolition Man (SNES)

Gremlins: Stripe vs. Gizmo

TMNT (PSP)

Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (GBA)

Space Jam

Pretty solid games that are worth playing despite their issues:

Gremlins 2: The New Batch (Game Boy)

The Matrix Awakens

Animaniacs: Game Boy)

The Neverending Story (NES Hack)

Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (NES)

Game of Thrones: The Telltale Series

Tiny Toon Adventures 2: Trouble in Wackyland

Animaniacs: The Great Edgar Hunt

The Matrix Online

The LEGO Ninjago Movie Video Game

Terminator 3: The Redemption

Friday the 13th: The Game

TMNT (PS2)

The Goonies

Enter the Matrix

Looney Tunes: Back in Action

The Matrix: Path of Neo

Terminator Salvation (Arcade)

MultiVersus

Pinky and the Brain: The Master Plan

Bugs and Lola Bunny

Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (PS5)

Looney Tunes Racing (PS1)

The Mask

Mad Max (PS4)

Great games that may not be total gems, but are still really worth playing:

The LEGO Movie Video Game (PSV)

Animaniacs (SNES)

Looney Tunes Space Race

Bugs Bunny's Rabbit Rampage

The LEGO Movie Video Game (3DS)

Ecks vs. Sever

Gremlins 2: The New Batch (NES)

Blade Runner

TMNT (GBA)

Tiny Toon Adventures: Buster Breaks Loose

Tiny Toon Adventures: Buster's Hidden Treasure

Tiny Toon Adventures

Animaniacs (Genesis)

The LEGO Movie Video Game (PS3/4)

LEGO Dimensions

Atari Charlie

Sat, 07 Feb 2026 18:24:46 PST

Charlie in Atari 2600 style.

Afaik, Atari Sprites can only have 1 color per line despite you get 128 colors. So sacrifices had to be made.

Four 'Poppy' Mes

Wed, 28 Jan 2026 14:24:54 PST

Thought about making myself two Critter-sonas, one for Smiling, and another for Nightmare, while having two Player OCs that infiltrates the Poppy Playtime factory, but it's not gonna be just the Grabpack to grab and push. The Ninja Player will have his Punch Pack along with hsi Ninja Tools, while the Alchemist will have potions and Alchemy Spells.

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TOOL USED: Aseprite

PALETTE: Atari 2600 NTSC

ANY Sprites I didn't make are ripped from Spriters-resource.

And before you say anything, I chose the Specific Palettes available in the Aseprite for my Limiting Challenge.

Any Feedback or Comments are Welcomed, as long as they are not Hateful or Racist.

You are free to use those OCs of mine in any of your Pieces, but don't forget to give credit to who made this OC.

Jason Mraz's Lucky Fedora in LOTHT

Tue, 27 Jan 2026 16:28:51 PST

Previous entries:

Original template: Unknown Artifact in LOHT Meme Template

Credit goes to Disneyponyfan.

Ikemen GO ~ Battle Of The Best Screenpack

Mon, 26 Jan 2026 16:05:50 PST

With Playable Characters:

Axel Stone - Streets Of Rage

Ryu - Street Fighter

Shaggy & Scooby - Scooby-Doo: Where Are You?

T-800 - The Terminator

Jotaro Kujo - JoJo's Bizarre Adventures

Ken - Street Fighter

Kirby - Kirby's Dream Land

With Extra Stages:

Michael Myer's Stage - Halloween 1978 Film - Atari 2600

Download Link Here: https://www.mediafire.com/file/3hfra02iey7mwwi/Battle_of_the_Best_2K26_1.4.rar/file

Credits To

@Popgamer06

Etc.

Atari 2600 Controller

Sun, 25 Jan 2026 15:22:10 PST

Atari 2600 Console

Sun, 25 Jan 2026 15:21:48 PST

LADY for ATARI 2600 BIN

Wed, 21 Jan 2026 15:56:43 PST

2600 ATARI FROSTBIT

Wed, 21 Jan 2026 08:05:15 PST

Color change com cheat

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Stella 2.0 contains support for Bob Colbert's Cheetah cheat codes, as well as an extended Stella-specific type of cheat code that works on bankswitched ROMs.

To enter a cheat code, press Ctrl-C during emulation to bring up the Cheat dialog, and enter your code there. Press Enter when done, or Escape to abort if you change your mind.

Cheetah codes are explained in detail on Bob Colbert's web page, along with a list of codes for various games:

http://members.cox.net/rcolbert/

Briefly:

6-digit (cheetah) code: aaaddc

aaa = address - $f000

dd = data

c = count - 1

Cheetah codes don't support bankswitched ROMs, so they only work for 2K or 4K ROMs.

Stella's extended cheats are similar to Cheetah codes, except that they can be 7 or 8 digits long, with the extra digits used for the bank number:

7-digit (stella) code: baaaddc

b = bank (0 to $f)

aaa = address - $f000

dd = data

c = count - 1

8-digit (stella) code: bbaaaddc

bb = bank (0 to $ff)

aaa = address - $f000

dd = data

c = count - 1

Here are a few cheat codes I've found:

Pitfall (standard Cheetah codes):

5b0ea1 - infinite lives

723ea1 - infinite time

aa5??0 - set starting level, ?? = 01 to ff (d0 is kinda neat)

Battlezone (Stella extended codes):

1236ea1 - infinite lives

Ms Pac-Man (Stella extended codes):

108fea1 - infinite lives

The next release of Stella (2.1 or 3.0) will contain a much nicer user interface for managing cheat codes, along with a database of cheats. If you've found any new cheats, please send them to me (atari@hardcoders.org), so I can include them in the database. Ideally, I'd like to collect at least infinite lives/time cheats for every game listed in stella.pro.

Enjoy!

B. Watson

Atari 2600 Cheat List

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___________________________________Update 95.9.2______________________

Below is a list of Easter Eggs, Cheats, Bugs, Tricks, and

whatnots in classic Atari 2600 videogames. This is an

informal list, so if you don't understand something I'll try to help. I

didn't actually write this list, so I may not be able to help except on

the games I actually own!

This list if far from complete, if you know something is missing,

(or discover something new) write an explanation of the trick and it's

effect, and I'll see if I can get it included it in the list.

Controller Tricks

Some tricks involve using the "wrong" controller for a game, some

involve opening up your controller (the joystick in all cases I know

of) to perform "impossible" movements (i.e. up and down at the same

time.) Also, certain ones won't work on the 2600jr. or 7800.

Frying the 2600

"Frying" refers to drawing out weird effects in 2600 games by

rapidly switching the power on and off. An easy way to do this is to

attempt to set the power switch "exactly" between on and off, this is

rather impossible, but the power will go on & off in your attempts.

(The older style 2600 is also reccomended, I haven't had much luck

with the newer 2600jr.)

NOTE the author of this file and it's contributors will not be

held responsible for any damage caused to your system. And I won't either!

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Activision games [2600]

Many games will turn the score into !!!!!! (or some other message in

some games) when you max it out.

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Activision Decathlon [2600] Activision

Fry until running guy is split by the screen.. Then run, run, run.

It's a never ending race. The numbers even go up to 1900 but then

they go back to 1000..

On the Pole Vault, quickly tap the button as you release the pole,

you'll go soaring. Put Bruce Jenner to shame!

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Adventure [2600] Atari

Start a game then press SELECT to get the game selection screen

(with the number in the center). Pull down and Hero will appear.

(You can't do anything but move around the screen however.)

Hit SELECT as soon as you finish and you'll hear the ending

fanfare play really slow.

Placing the bridge at the bottom of the screen and crossing it (off

the screen) will sometimes get you "stuck" on top of a castle.

On game two or three, go to the maze in the Black Castle. One screen

left of the first maze screen will flicker if you carry an object in

there meaning one thing, there's ANOTHER object in there. At the

bottom center of this room is a closed off cubicle, use the bridge

to get in there and you should pick up a "dot". Carry this to the

screen just above the catacombs (one screen down and to the right of

the Gold Castle) and be careful not to lose it as it's the same color

as the outside ground. Drop it there and bring two other items onto

the screen, run right through the line on the right side of the

screen and witness the first ever Easter Egg.

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Asteriods [2600] Atari

Fry the machine until the opening log is all messed up. All games

will have white Asteriods and be positioned on the right side of the

screen. Also, UFO's and Saucers will emerge from the same place and

consistently fire in the same direction.

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Astroblast [2600] M-Network

If you force the system to track the maximum number of objects with

seperate velocities that it can (about five) and then shoot a large

rock, it will disappear without fragmenting into smaller rocks.

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Atlantis [2600] Imagic

Fry until the game starts automatically, all ships will be of the same

type and fly right to left.

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Barnstorming [2600] Atari

Fry until you see the plan drop from the top of the screen and land

on the bottom. You can play game one by hitting reset, but several

objects will look distorted, going into the barns doesn't decrease the

counter. The game runs forever and you play until you drop.

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BASIC Programming [2600] Atari

Turn off all the windows except "program", and keep pressing "new

line" (effectivly entering NO-OP lines). After line 9 of this empty

program, you will get "line 10" and "line 11", except that the line

numbers will be random blobs instead of "10" and "11". Apparently,

they didn't think people would write more than 9 lines of code.

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Basketball [2600] Atari

Plugging in the second joystick lets you get some control over the

computer player (and bring it down to a level humans can handle. =^)

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Battlezone [2600] Atari

Frying may cause the mountains to be flattened, or on rare occasions,

infinite lives.

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Berzerk [2600] Atari

Horizontal robot fire will travel harmlessly through your neck (or

lack of one.)

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Bump 'N Jump [2600] M-Network

Don't destroy anyone and you'll get 50,000 points plus an extra car

at the end of each course.

SELECT lets you continue from where you last finished your game.

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Burgertime [2600] M-Network

Fry until your chef appears on the top ledge on the left, you won't be

able to move and you'll die, but you'll have 100 lives (minus that

first one). However you won't be able to make any burgers.

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Breakout [2600] Atari

Select a "catch" game and catch your last ball. Press SELECT and

release the ball. You'll play in the attract mode (complete with

color shift!) score no points, but you'll keep getting new balls when

you miss.

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Carnival [2600] Coleco

Holding down the fire button as you power the system on causes a dot

to appear in the top row of targets. Shooting the dot before it

leaves the screen (it then turns into a duck) will reveal the

programmer's name. ("Programmed by S. Kitchen" S=Steve)

Fry the game until the screen is blank but for one duck may produce

the following results: pipes stay the same color, invisible pipes,

high game speed, and the dot (see above)

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Canyon Bomber [2600] Atari

The game calls for paddles, but the Land Bomber games can be played

with a joystick. Pushing right and left causes teh red and yellow

planes to fire, respectively.

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Centipede [2600] Atari

Frying results in a white background instead of a black one. Gameplay

is otherwise normal.

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Chess [2600] Atari

Select game 6 or 7, while thinking it's next move, the computer will

move pieces! [well, these are the hard levels. =^) ed.]

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Combat [2600] Atari

Holding down RESET and the fire button lets your shot travel all the

way across the screen.

Positioning your tank just right and firing into the upper left corner

causes your shot to "warp" and come out from the top right corner.

Open up your joystick and push down on all the contacts to let your

tank do warp speed. Similiar can also be done by plugging in paddle

controllers and pressing both buttons.

"Dancing Tanks" Get the tanks together and set things up so one's

turret is flat against the other tank, thrn the tank so the turret

runs into the other tank and both tanks will sometimes go spinning

in circles.

Flying Tanks - Pick game 9. Rotate left player's tank 180 degrees,

and fire. The shot will ricochet around and hit the opposing tank,

causing both tanks start flying to the left, scrolling the screen

3-4 times, then stopping. Using the right player's tank in the

procedure will cause the two tanks to switch sides.

Move your tank into one of the corners along the edges of the screen,

flush up against the clockwise wall (the one to your right if you

point into the corner), and face the counterclockwise wall (such that

you have one wall to your right and the other in front of you). Now

push your stick up, and you'll start bumping into the wall in front of

you. Then move your stick to the up-left diagonal. Your tank will

turn left slightly, bump into the wall in front of you, and get moved

back through the wall to your right a little bit, and deposited in the

next corner counterclockwise from you (which can be at the far side of

the screen). This can be used strategically.

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Communist Mutants from Space [2600] Arcadia/Starpath

Hold down the joystick button while loading and the "HI" on the score

screen will change to "SHL", the author's initials. (Steven H.

Landrum)

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Cosmic Ark [2600] Imagic

Some carts lets you turn the star field to be turned on and off

with the TV-Type switch. (These have smaller & lighter type on their

labels.)

Frying causes all meteors to come from the left. Various sprites in

the game will be scrambled however. (your score for one)

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Crazy Climber [2600] Atari

Pressing SELECT at certain will produce various effects:

--before the opening tune ends, the game will freeze on the last

note, RESET unfreezes the game.

--when a girder falls, the game will pause momentarily as all sprite

data is cycled through the girder's location.

--when the evil doctor drops things will pause things momentarily,

as sprite data is cycled through the dropping item. He will not

drop anything else after and the last sound for him will play for

a bit longer.

--when the eagle is dropinn eggs, breaks them!

--while you're climbing or hanging on, freezes things. RESET resumes.

--while you're falling, produces a momentary pause.

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Crystal Castles [2600] Atari

Frying gives unlimited lives until 20,000 points.

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Crossbow [2600] Atari

Frying until a lot of dots appear on the map produces a generally

easier game.

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Defender [2600] Atari

Get to the 25th wave, and capture a humanoid. Fly to the 25th line

of resolution (the height your ship starts from) and any remaining

enemies will change to "BP", Bob Polaro.

Fry until the game stars (automatically) with only bombers on the

screen. You get killed, but don't lose lives (you may just have a

lot of guys.. I haven't tried dying that much yet.)

If a Baiter is chasing you, position yourself so it is above you,

screech to a halt and it will "land" on you.

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Demon Attack [2600] Imagic

On some/most/all? copies of the game, the game will "shut off" after

wave 84 is completed. (games 5-8 begin on wave 13 so it "appears" to

stop after 72)

Fry until game starts. The guys won't fire at you (well, they CAN'T)

you can move normally except after moving for about 10 seconds you

have to take a 10 second break. (your ship changes colors) also

guided missile is on.. [I haven't tried it yet but I think it's in

the "alternating-player" selection (the last game option) ed.]

Keep shooting the middle demon until only the top & bottom ones

remain. Now shoot the bottom one and go get something to drink,

the remaining demon (at the top) won't drop down.

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Desert Falcon [2600] Atari

Get a superpower and swim near the top of a lake (before you lose it)

to make the programmer's initials to appear. Easiest way is to get

invincibility (bird-cane-feather).

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Dragonfire [2600] Imagic

Let a fireball catch your legs just as you leave the treasure room,

this seems to hurt the next player more than it does you.

Jump, then immediately pull opposite the direction you're facing

(keeping the button down), you'll seemingly run "backwards" for a bit

before turning around. (nothing useful really.)

Frying may cause all prizes to be of one type and in a column. If

you fry until the game starts with a black and white castle, all

prizes will be in a row and look like the word "in". The dragon will

spout few, if any, fireballs. Touch one of the prizes without

running it over and you just keep collecting points, nonstop!

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Dragonstomper [2600] Starpath

Enter "use shield" command while the image of the axe is on the screen

and "SHL" will appear. (SHL = programmer's initials, same as

Communist Mutants. On a side note, the Supercharger version of

Frogger, SHL's 3rd game, does not contain a "name" egg.)

During the first load, arrange to die near a castle. Then press reset

and run into a castle trap before the copyright at the start of the

game clears the screen, and you may leave it without any loss of

strength or use of normal escape trap procedure, though the trap will

appear and the screen will say "Trap". The trick only seems to work

1-3 times, though.

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The Empire Strikes Back [2600] Parker Bros.

If you have a rapid fire controller (or very fast fingers) you can

destroy the Walkers twice each and be awarded double points. Every 8

shots weakens it one color, and 48 shots destroys it. Blast a yellow

Walker to hell and if you can hit it 8 more times after the 48th hit

before it disintegrates you'll destroy it again. Saving the last shot

for the bomb hatch will give over 250 points.

Frying produces various effects with the walkers such as fast walkers,

backward walking ones, or walker-free planets.

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E.T. The Extra Terrestrial [2600] Atari

Fry until E.T. walls in a well, hit SELECT and game "0" will

appear. The only power zone available are a few "Call Elliot" zones,

who btw, is not present in game 0.

Extend E.T.'s head just as the mother ship arrives. E.T. will be too

tall and his "butt" will stick out the bottom of the ship.

"Kill" E.T. on the landing pad while waiting for the ship. If Elliot

is able to make it to the screen, but not save you when the ship

arrives, the ship will crash down and so will the game.

E.T. can be turned purple, which is the first step for revealing the

author's signature, "HSW3". Procedure?

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Fast Eddie [2600] Sirius-Fox

TV-Type pauses game. When paused, the maze cycles through a rainbow

of colors. Flip it up and it stays on that color. With good timing,

you can choose the mazes color! Holding down Reset lets you choose a

ladder arrangement.

Frying once in a while procudes Rainbow Eddie. In this game, the bodies

of the enemy critters disappears, leaving only their feet and making

them much easier to jump over.

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Fatal Run [2600PAL] Atari

Frying will sometimes cause the ending victory music to play.

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Fathom [2600] Imagic

After releasing the mermaid the seventh time, Imagic's address will

appear at the bottom of the screen.

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Frogger [2600] Parker Bros.

Set the difficulty so that your frog may travel off the screen (on the

back of a turtle or log), jump on a right moving log and go off the

edge of the screen. The instant you see your frog reappear on the

left side, jump left and you'll be warped to the middle of the screen.

(and perhaps die if nothing is there.)

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Ghostbusters [2600] Activision

(see 2600Connection #10)

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G.I.Joe [2600] Parker Bros.

In the two player cooperative game (difficulty 1), the eighth hit on

the fifteenth cobra causes "JE" to appear. [what's "JE"? ed.]

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Gorf [2600] CBS Games

Rolling the score produces weird digits. Moreso every time you roll

it over. Secret message at some point?

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Halloween [2600] Wizard

As you're about the leave the left or right edge of the screen, gently

edge up to the exit (without leaving) and a dash will appear on your

head. Most likely just a glitch in the software.

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Haunted House [2600] Atari

Fry until there are no walls and possibly an enemy walks by the

screen. Reset the game and there are no objects in any of the rooms.

Useless but interesting.

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H.E.R.O. [2600] Activision

Fry until all you see is a miner and spider (but no hero), let the

power run out. The game will start with about 250 lives.

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Human cannonball [2600] Atari

Frying can cause the "window" to invert itself. In other words, you

have mostly open space and a small rotating wall.

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Indy 500 [2600] Atari

In the race variations, an invisible line down the center of the

screen is used to count laps. You can fool the computer by driving

small circles in the center.

If you don't have the driving controllers but have a keypad controller

(the touch pad with Star Raiders and children's controllers will work

too) you can still play. Pressing 0 and # simultaneously gives you

gas. To turn 90 degrees clockwise, press and hold 5, press and hold

2, release 5, release 2. Do the reverse to turn counter-clockwise.

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Joust [2600] Atari

Fry until the game starts automatically, the game will begin on level

0, with one life.

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Laser Blast [2600] Activision

Fire quickly so you don't leave aim mode, this will prevent you from

being pushed up after shooting the three tanks.

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Kaboom! [2600] Activision

Score 10,000 points and "surprise" the Mad Bomber. =^o

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Krull [2600] Atari

A rapid fire controller will make grabbing objects much easier.

If you're touched by the spider in the web, keep jumping and you'll

hear the sound effect even after you've been killed.

On the web screen, just over and below the Cocoon are spots where

your score will increase if you keep jumping there. It only works

when web strands are moving away (on the easy levels).

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Maze Craze [2600] Atari

Fry until you see rows of alternating blocks and spaces. For all the

games the red player will appear to be "shifted" one place to the

right. He can move around the maze normally, but to see where he

really is you need to look at the block on his left.

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Missile Command [2600] Atari

SELECT game 13(?). Let missiles rain on all your cities and waste

your missiles so you'll score under 100 points. The rubble of the

rightmost city will change to "RF", the programmer's initials

(Rob Fulop)

When the game first begins, fire three missiles at the top part of

the screen (the highest the cursor will go). Then, RESET the game

before the missiles explode. You'll still see the missiles, and

when they explode you may get some free points. Sometimes it takes

a few tries, but once in a great while you get a jackpot of points

(I think my highest cheat was around 1200 points on a Level 1 game).

(This one is rather useless) Frying Missile Command can give you a

variation of the game where you can move the little targeting dot VERY

VERY fast, but your shots are all fired continuously at wherever the

pointer is, so they get used up really fast. Your score starts at

roughly 400000, but once you start playing kinda' flikers around

between various scores and garbled messes...

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Moon Patrol [2600] Atari

Frying can start you with anywhere from 10,000 to 900,000+ points.

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Mountain King [2600] CBS Electronics

[the following two etries are in the words of their contributors, I

haven't tried them (haven't gotten to playing the game yet) so don't

ask me questions on them...I also have a feeling they both describe

the same trick... ed]

This one is really hard to do. There are two jumps you can make in

Mountain King. One is a short jump and the other is a long jump that

can only be done immediately after a short one. Do a long jump from

the top of the highest peak (the one with the campfire on it) and let

the guy go as high as he can. On the way down you will notice a

couple of platforms a few ladder spontaneously appear in midair. If

you can make this same jump from as far right on the mountain peak as

possible, you can catch one of the ladders in midair as you are coming

down. If you catch it, you can climb up it an there is whole lot of

weird stuff up there you can explore. Nothing that gives you points

are even helps in the game, but its an interesting bug. NOTE: Things

tend to spontaneously appear and disappear up there. While exploring

in this region take a lot of time and very carefully watch what you

do. I have had platforms dissapear from underneath me and send me

crashing back down to the regular mountain.

There is a whole secret level(room). It is very hard to get to, but

with pratice I can reach it within 10-15 minutes. If you go to the

very top of the mountain where the fire is, and go one ledge below

standing just to the left directly under the flame. Then jump to the

left, if you do it right the character will sortof hop skip and take

a very high flying leap. As you are flying upward, just when you are

about to start descending, there will be a patern of 4 dashes

- -

If you hit the upper right (or lower right, cant remember) dash

correctly and hop, you will go even higher to a ladder. Grab the

ladder and welcome to the secret level. There are all kinds of weird

stuff, usually your character will turn very large and the game will

freeze, but sometimes you can go pretty far. As you move ladders will

disappear and objects will move on the screen. There was a pattern,

and every time I made it up there I would get a little farther without

locking the game. There may very well be something up there if you

keep trying. The location of the dashes and ladder leads me to

beleive that they wanted someone to find it and it was just not by

accident!!

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Ms. Pac-Man [2600] Atari

Press up & down at the same time. Ms. Pac-Man will go left and get

stuck in a wall.

Let the game enter the demo mode, then play with Game Select. The

monsters will appear and disappear as they move around, depending on

the difficulty that's currently selected. Useless, but amusing.

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Omega Race [2600] CBS

If you don't have the booster grip, you can use a Colecovision

joystick to play, using the left and right buttons. or...

You can "play" with paddles. The buttons turn your ship, and turning

the paddles clockwise will fire and thrust, but you must turn them

back counter-clockwise to keep firing or stop thrusting.

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Pac-Man [2600] Atari

Enter escape-tunnel, quickly go up & down in tunnel a few times

without coming out. Go down as your last move and Pac-Man will "wipe"

into the screen. He can now move up & down in this vertical plane

through the walls, but not sideways. Hey may eat vitamins and get

killed by ghosts. (Not particularly useful, but interesting.)

Frying can cause the walls to starting "glowing" at irregular

intervals during the game. Game play is otherwise the same, but its

pretty annoying (consider it another level of difficulty

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Pete Rose Baseball [2600] Absolute Entertainment

When your team is coming off the field after the third out, hold down

the button. As soon as you come up to bat the opponent's pitcher will

automatically throw a strike over the place for an easy hit (for two

player game)

Fry until the screen is garbled and RESET. The computer will always

bunt. Your batting options too will be limited.

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Phoenix [2600] Atari

Frying will fairly consistently give you a garbled mess for the number

of lives, which appears to be infinite. It changes everytime you die,

though so if not infinite, it might be some large number.

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Pitfall! [2600] Activision

(See 2600 Connection #9 for map.)

Frying can sometimes produce "ninja" Harry, dressed in black.

Pressing the button makes him drop from trees. There's only one

screen however.

Use the stock Atari joystick, climb to the top of a ladder and pound

straight down on the joystick (I usually slap down flat down like I'm

trying to "impale" my palm.) Harry will jump straight up...and fall

back down. Nothing useful, just interesting.

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Pitfall II: Lost Caverns [2600] Activision

(See 2600 Connection #10 for map.)

Frying the game may let you start from one of three locations.

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Planet Patrol [2600] Spectravision

Pull down to the bottom of the screen immediately after rescuing the

stranded pilot, and the "randomly located" enemy bases will always be

in their three lowest postions.

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Popeye [2600] Parker Bros.

Fry until the screen rolls. Wait until it stops (rolling) and the

game will start automatically with 255 lives.

Get nine or more hearts, and then purposely die. Once you start your

next life, you go to the right off of the ledge, immediately get the

spinach and hit Bluto/Brutus. If you do it quickly, your score will

become 155,120 (or thereabouts), and if you have died twice already,

your score will be 144,120 (or something like that).

Start playing and then hold down the reset button--the music will

play about an octave lower. Seems only to work on the older 2600

console, and not on the 2600jr and 7800.

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Q*Bert [2600] Parker Bros.

Jump to the top of the pyramid. When Coily's on one of the cubes

below you and ready to pounce, jump up-right off the pyramid. Coily

will follow you, you'll get the points for killing him, and you won't

lose your life!!! With this trick you could potentially reset the

score counter without ever leaving the first pyramid.

If you time it carefully, you can jump right through coily or a red

ball; jump toward the square something is on just as it's about to

move toward you (this is easiest just as coily coils to spring). Once

you get the timing down, it becomes difficult to actually die.

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Quick Step [2600] Activision

Fry the game untilit begins automatically. The squirrel won't jump as

much, and the waves will be either 3 or 4 trampolines across. The Exit

will always be the third row from the left, the fourth row will always

be gold mats, but there won't be any magic mats.

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Raiders of the Lost Ark [2600] Atari

(See 2600 Connection #7.)

Go to the flying saucer mesa with the Chai and parachute (latter

optional.) Walk off the mesa and drop the Chai when you start

falling. The Yar will appear at the top of the screen.

With a sufficiently high score (which will include the above) puts

"HSW2" in your inventory when you finish the game. ("HSW" = Howard

Scott Warshaw, the game's author "2" indicates his second game.)

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Realsports Boxing [2600] Atari

Fry until there are no fighters in the ring. Press the button to

begin the game. This results in a two player game with Jabbin

Jack v. Jabbin Jack. Once you hit select you lose this.

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Return of the Jedi [2600] Parker Bros.

If you lose your last ship while avoiding the Death Star explosion

and you are about 200 points from earning an extra ship, you'll get

the extra ship, but the game will still end, with the extra ship

being displayed!

The game can be fried until it begins with the Death Star blowing up.

Other effects may happen but with less frequency.

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Reactor [2600] Parker Bros.

While in "attract mode" you can move your ship around. After the game

ends, if you move your ship to the top of the screen and get as close

to the top corner as you can, your ship will bump some sort of

invisible thing and you will get points.

top wall

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the represents the "magic corner" / \

By bumping into this "magic corner" after the game is over, you can

earn enough points to get a free guy and continue the game where you

left off. It's ok if you hit the wall while you are trying to do

this, but it may slow your progress down a bit.

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Road Runner [2600] Atari

(see 2600 Connection #19)

There are rumors of the programmer's initials in the game.

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Robot Tank [2600] Activision

Fry until you get to a night scene. The game will already be in play

mode. Tank shots are less accurate and the only damage you can take

your turning capability. You basically have an invincible tank that

turns slow, but you can work with it well enough to play sucessfully.

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Skiing [2600] Activision

To make the game easier, flick the left difficulty B A B to reenter

your skiier.

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Sky Jinks [2600] Activision

Frying produces a row of trees on the left side of the screen.

Starting a game from this creates a course spanning one-third of the

screen width.

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Solar Fox [2600] CBS Games

The layouts on the first six screens spell out H-E-L-I-O-S.

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Solaris [2600] Atari

(See 2600 Connection #8.)

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Sorcerer's Apprentice [2600] Atari

Frying will sometimes create a "super" expert level. Fry until you

see the mountain screen.

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Space Invaders [2600] Atari

Fry the game until the UFO flies by. Start the game, and you'll have

double shots. This will only work for game #1. A much easier way to

get this is by holding RESET when you power on the system.

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Space Jockey [2600] U.S. Games

Frying can result in games in which everything is backwards (including

the numbers in the score.) Play really isn't all that different.

Sometimes without any enemies and without any terrain below you, and

with odd garbled little dots for enemies...

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Spider Fighter [2600] Activision

The left difficulty switch sets the game easy or hard. The hard (A)

setting gives you more points, but if you switch it back to the easy

setting, you'll get the "hard difficulty" points while the game is

at easy difficulty.

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Stampede [2600] Activision

Frying the game until your horse moves slowly produces a slow version

of the game. The game will eventually return to normal speed after a

few minutes.

Rolling over the score causes steer heads to appear.

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Star Raiders [2600] Atari

After finishing the game you can sometimes change your rank & rating

by pressing the Hyperwarp Key (3):

Scout 3 --> Cook 5

Pilot 1 --> Atari 3

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Star Wars: Death Star Battle [2600] Parker Bros.

Hitting SELECT pauses the game (blanks out the screen) touching the

joystick resumes play.

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Steeplechase [2600] Sears

Play with joystick instead of paddles to control two horses (push left

and right)

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Street Racer [2600] Atari

In number cruncher, "wiggling" paddle will sometime cause you to get

"jammed" on a number. Usually you'll rack up points to 99 quickly.

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Sub-Scan [2600] Sega

Fry until no zeros appear in the score counters, your ship in pieces,

and the lower right counter under the sonar garbled. Hit the first

command sub (gold) and you'll jump to the eigth level. Sometimes the

game may begin with the subs moving fast.

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Super Challange Baseball [2600] M-Network

Normally the player at bat can only run clockwise or counter clockwise

around the bases. However, if you move the joystick back and forth

fairly quickly, your man will "walk" out into the outfield. You can

make him go off the top of the screen and appear back at the bottom!

Many strange effects can happen when the man is far from his normal

place, such as an invisible batter, the pitcher will be in the wrong

place, etc.

Use the 2600 trackball (in trackball mode) while pitching.

Unpredictable results!

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Supercharger Games [2600] Arcadia/Starpath

On all multi-load games (Dragonstomper, Escape from the Mind Master,

possibly others), the Supercharger may "feint" if you play the wrong

load when it says "Press Play". In a feint the Superchager will go

through the loading sequence with the screen filling with purple, but

after loading the "Stop Tape" message does not appear and the screen

turns black again. I believe this qualifies as a majorly annoying

bug, and is not mentioned in any of the Starpath game manuals I have

(I don't have a manual for the Supercharger unit itself, however).

It is worst in Escape from the Mindmaster, where if you lose all you

lives on the first or second level the unit will feint twice before

reaching the load that tells you your score.

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Super Football [2600] Atari

When a team jucjs a good field goal or extra point as the time

expires, both teams wave in victory. Also happens if the winning team

score rolls over, giving a seemingly lower score.

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Superman [2600] Atari

Hold down the button down as you power on the game. Wait for two

seconds to pass and release. Superman won't change into Clark Kent,

and the bridge won't explode. You'll find the bridge pieces in the

subway, but don't worry about it. All you need to do is capture Lex

Luthor and his men (and return to the Daily Planet). This big may

only work on text-label copies.

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Swordquest Earthworld [2600] Atari

Fry until only a sword appears on the title screen, start the game and

you'll have six keys.

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Tape Worm [2600] Spectravision

Good timing and a gentle touch on reset will allow you to choose where

the first prize dot appears.

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Tax Avoiders [2600] American Videogame

If you pick up ALL the objects on the first screen (including the Red

Tape which you normally want to avoid) the screen will begin to

flicker, like the vertical hold on your TV was mis-adjusted!

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Tunnel Runner [2600] CBS

Instant Transport - Anytime during a Run, if you are in need of a

quick escape, HOLD the button down and rotate the joystick in a circle

(either left or right) and it will perform an emergency transport.

Can be used only ONCE per Run.

The game will go completely crazy after you complete 127 levels.

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Turmoil [2600] CBS

TV-Type pauses game. When paused, the maze cycles through a rainbow

of colors. Flip it up and it stays on that color.

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Tutankham [2600] Parker Bros.

Hold down RESET while turning the system on, release after the intro

music begins to play. The game will begin with no key, gun, special

weapon or meters. When you die, two of your meters will reappear, and

you'll get your special weapon. You can't exit this level.

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Vanguard [2600] Atari

Fry until your ship is black instead of pink (it will either start

playing automatically, or on the map screen, where you won't be visible

because the background is black too). The number of lives will be

random, and not change accordingly to when you die, just sort of on its

own whim. Eventually, your ship will revert to pink, and you'll have

to use the other controller, but you'll still have unlimited lives.

If you fly long enough on the board where you have to kill all the

enemies on the screen, you will automatically veer into a wall and the

board will be finished. So you can play more or less forever. Its been

running on its own for several hours now and should be up to at least

500,000... When you get the little E-boxes, you can extend the duration

of the invincibility a long time, because every time you run into an

enemy while the music plays, it plays that bit of the music over again,

so if the enemies are spaced out right, it can last for a really long

time...

In the Stripe Zone, you can choose to go either right or left. If

you go right, then only the enemies which reside on that side will

show up, and the same goes for the left side. The trick: stay on

the right side until the Energy Pod appears. Then take the left

path. The Energy Pod will rhythmically switch between a forward E

and a backward E.

On Vanguard, toggle select and you can see what appears to be .531

(the one is underlined) or .53L (the L is backwards) in a vertical

column flash on the screen. Freeze framing it on a VCR reveals that

there are two variations: one a brief flash, the other a picture of

the first level with the number and an unusually colored background.

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Video Pinball [2600] Atari

When you hit the bonus-points rollover a few times, RESET the game.

When you lose the first ball on the next game, the bonus points will

count down!! Depending on how many times it counted, it'll stop on

some number other than 1, and that will be the base number for the

rest of the game.

When you shoot the ball, hit the SELECT button and enjoy the

2600's first true Demo Mode. Complete with the color-cycling!

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Xenophobe [2600] Atari

Flip the TV-Type switch back & forth once to pause the game. For 7800

users, this means just pressing the Pause button once.

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Wizard of Wor [2600] CBS Electronics

Two different things can happen on frying. The first produces really

strange looking mazes, ones where you can walk through walls but can't

shoot through and other weird stuff. The second thing is harder to

produce, and starts with the two players standing at the bottom of the

field as if someone had reset the game, only there are no aliens on the

screen. The left player appears to have infinite lives (or at least

a lot of lives) but the right player only had 3. Resetting returns the

game to normal.

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Yar's Revenge [2600] Atari

Kill Swirl in mid-air. Position Yar so that spot on it's back is in

the same vertical plane as the black "streak". Programmer's initials

will appear after explosion (HSWWSH = Howard Scott Warshaw)

16:58 17/10/2016 Márcio Adriano Aka Duckmite

http://www4.ncsu.edu/~awwatkin/ATARI/2600/2600cheat.html

Atari 2600 E.T.

Tue, 20 Jan 2026 10:18:24 PST

The Mrs. Doubtfire Disguise in LOTHT

Sun, 18 Jan 2026 16:06:15 PST

Previous entries:

Original template: Unknown Artifact in LOHT Meme Template

Credit goes to Disneyponyfan.

Cardboard Box Under the Freeway - Atari 2600 Inspi

Fri, 16 Jan 2026 18:03:19 PST

My attempt at making a new banner but sadly, it was rejected for being LAME.

C-Emi Kimura

Thu, 08 Jan 2026 07:08:26 PST

PayPal Commission for @PlantedWave5190

He wants me to make a drawing of Emi Kimura (from the WayForward-developed Yars Rising) playing Yars' Revenge on an Atari 2600 connected to a CRT TV.

Atari Pac Man vs BBA Mega Man

Sun, 04 Jan 2026 09:05:03 PST

Bandai Namco vs Capcom

For as long as video games have been around there have always been box art, it's part of what helps the game sell, to get the buyer interested and maybe want to give the game a try. But for every good artwork, there are some that are memorable for all the wrong reasons.

Atari 2600 Box Art Pac Man, the lanky, bucktoothed, abomination, faces Bad USA Box Art Mega Man, the overweight, middle aged guy with a gun and a crooked helmet.

Betting Mega Man, rooting for neither.

I don't own the characters.

Fnaf para atari 2600

Wed, 31 Dec 2025 23:25:47 PST

un demake de fnaf para la atari 2600

Israel Kamakawiwo'ole's Ukulele in LOTHT

Wed, 31 Dec 2025 02:33:56 PST

Previous entries:

Original template: Unknown Artifact in LOHT Meme Template

Credit goes to Disneyponyfan.

Tails Skypatrol 2 - THEM DOGFIGHTING!!!

Sat, 20 Dec 2025 10:58:07 PST

Dogfighting?

eh, what about foxfighting?

Edit.: pic fully done! Complete with all platforms it'll be available on! no Atari 2600 unfortunately....

ET Wall-e Crossover Sketch

Wed, 17 Dec 2025 16:18:41 PST

Sketch for r/sketchdaily prompt Wall-e x ET crossover. Inspired by the dumping of the ET Atari 2600 game.

Defender (Atari 2600) (1981) (Gameplay)

Mon, 15 Dec 2025 16:00:19 PST

Defender is a horizontally scrolling shooter video game developed by Williams Electronics in 1980 and released for arcades in 1981. A side-scrolling shooter, the game is set on either an unnamed planet or city (depending on platform) where the player must defeat waves of invading aliens while protecting astronauts. Development was led by Eugene Jarvis, a pinball programmer at Williams; Defender was Jarvis' first video game project and drew inspiration from Space Invaders and Asteroids. Defender was demonstrated in late 1980, before entering production in early 1981. It was distributed in Japan by Taito.

Defender was one of the most important titles of the golden age of arcade video games, selling over 55,000 units to become the company's best-selling game and one of the highest-grossing arcade games ever. Praise among critics focused on the game's audio-visuals and gameplay. It is frequently listed as one of Jarvis' best contributions to the video game industry and one of the most difficult video games. Though not the first game to scroll horizontally, it created the genre of purely horizontal scrolling shoot 'em ups. It inspired the development of other games and was followed by sequels and many imitations.

Several ports were developed for contemporary game systems, most of them by either Atari, Inc. or its software label for non-Atari platforms, Atarisoft.

#atari #atari2600 #defender #retrogaming #shooter #sidescroller #oldvideogames #games #videogames #recordedgameplay #atarivcs #1981 #youtube #youtubegaming #youtubegamingchannel #gaming #gaminngcontent #contentcreator #classicgames #atarigames

Pac-Man Reskin Requests

Sat, 13 Dec 2025 04:08:47 PST

This is rather unusual as I often send only one at a time, but the last time's comment from @HARDcorporation had a request regarding these reskins. It could basically explain some of the parts here.

The comment also had a bootleg Super Famicom game Hong Kong 97, but however, character sprites are far too big to fit in with regular scaling (unlike 99 which had enlarged mazes in it's sheets), so I had to leave it out.

NOTE: Pac-Man's owned by Bandai Namco Entertainment, while the others are:

- Pong by Atari SA.

- Space Invaders by Taito Corporation and Square Enix. (Part II luckily has other ships and aliens to use for bonus fruits; Core Cannon also stays position-wise much like Atari 2600 Pac-Man)

- Heiankyo Alien by Denki Onkyō and Hyperware Co., Ltd.

- Flappy Bird by Dong Nguyen. (modern pick compared to others)

Genesis Pitfallthemayanadventure

Mon, 08 Dec 2025 06:48:07 PST

Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure is a 1994 action-platform video game developed by Activision in conjunction with Kroyer Films. The fourth installment in the Pitfall! franchise, players assume the role of Pitfall Harry Jr. as he embarks on a journey through the Mayan jungles of Central America in an attempt to rescue Pitfall Harry, his father and the protagonist of previous entries in the series, from the evil Mayan warrior spirit Zakelua. Its gameplay mainly consists of action and platforming mixed with stage-based exploration using a main six-button configuration.

Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure began its development on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System and formed part in a string of planned franchise revivals by Activision along with other games from the Atari 2600 such as Kaboom! and River Raid. It featured sprite-based visuals before Kroyer Films was brought to assist in its creation by providing hand-drawn animations and graphics instead, while the lead platform transitioned from the Super NES to Sega Genesis. The Genesis and Super NES versions were both released during the 1994 holiday shopping season, and ports for the 32X, Atari Jaguar, PC, and Sega CD followed in 1995, with each one being developed by third-party developers and featuring several changes and additions compared to the original version. Years later it was re-released through download services such as Virtual Console and given a portable release on the Game Boy Advance.

Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure was met with mostly positive responses from critics who praised the presentation, visuals, and sound design, but criticized the inability to control the character during certain animations.

32x Pitfall

Mon, 08 Dec 2025 06:47:57 PST

My First Atari Game Played

Fri, 05 Dec 2025 21:23:48 PST

Since today is "GameFrame Saturday", I'm sure you are asking, "Hey ToddTorpor, what was the first-ever game you ever played on a home game console?"

I was at my friend Mark P's house, and he had an Atari 2600! The only game he had was "Hangman", so we played that! He got me with the word "Sphinx", haha!

So yeah, that was the first game I remember playing!

What is the gameplay like for this? Here --

Atari E.T vs NES Marty McFly | DEATH BATTLE

Fri, 05 Dec 2025 17:26:46 PST

(Atari's E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial vs LJN's Back to The Future NES Game)

[Track name: - "Phoning the Future" - "Future Wasteland" - "Time Pit"]

Connections:

Both characters are the protagonists of notorious, often ridiculed, video game adaptations released on their respective flagship consoles (the Atari 2600; the NES), Both of their games are often cited in discussions about the worst or hardest games of all time, representing a low point for the quality of licensed titles on their platforms, Despite coming from highly successful and critically acclaimed science-fiction/fantasy films (E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial; Back to the Future), Both of their primary video game appearances are considered to be confusing, frustrating, and unfaithful interpretations of the source material's plot and atmosphere, Both characters are protagonists on a difficult, timer-based quest to achieve a single, vital objective (E.T. must gather pieces of an interplanetary telephone and "Phone Home" before time runs out; Marty must gather the misplaced clock parts for the tower and collect specific money/items to travel back to his own time and save his family's future).

A core mechanic in both games involves the player character running around a small area while constantly being pursued or obstructed by antagonists (FBI Agent/Scientist; Biff and various thugs/obstacles), Both games feature irritating hit-detection, especially when it comes to the obstacles (E.T.'s pits/wells; Marty's constantly spawning thugs/wrestling opponents), Both characters were at the absolute forefront of 1980s pop culture, Both are central figures in family-friendly science-fiction stories involving travel or displacement (E.T. is an Extra-Terrestrial stranded on Earth; Marty is a Time Traveler displaced in the past), In their original film narratives, both characters rely heavily on a non-family human connection for help (Elliott; Doc Brown) Their video game counterparts, however, are forced to face many dangers on their own (though E.T. can call Elliott for a phone piece or a revive; Marty's mission is largely solo), Both are heroes of a beloved and influential 1980s science fiction films dealing with intergalactic travel and time travel, respectively, making their terrible game incarnations a significant letdown for fans, Both represent a specific, notoriously poorly-received tie-in game from a major console's lifecycle (E.T. is forever linked to the Atari 2600 crash; NES BTTF is known as one of the most frustrating and low-quality games on the Nintendo Entertainment System), They are protagonists of games that, despite being based on hugely successful movies, became punchlines and cautionary tales in video game history.

List of video games I hate/dislike

Wed, 03 Dec 2025 09:52:44 PST

For @Locopoton1 and @SmashGamer16

My current CRT/Retro gaming setup

Tue, 02 Dec 2025 16:45:42 PST

Today I redid my retro gaming setup and this is the result. Hooked up to this CRT is a: NES,SNES, N64, Nintendo Wii, Nintendo Gamecube, PS2, Atari 2600, Sega Genesis, and Sega Saturn. Everything is on a metal cart on wheels.

I also took a picture with Battletoads Double Dragon for SNES on the screen, I may start this soon.

Edit: I took a better picture, my retro gaming setup is actually in a closet.😁

KH Union Cross Game Station graffitis cameo

Sun, 30 Nov 2025 05:53:17 PST

Graffitis

Watch these Wreck-It Ralph! graffiti cameos:

Aerith from Final Fantasy VII and remake version is referenced in Game Central Station, with the graffiti "Aerith Lives!" This is also a cross-reference with the Tron: Legacy phrase "Flynn Lives!" (upcoming Square Enix and Final Fantasy with FFVII Rebirth confirmed).
The internet meme "All Your Base Are Belong To Us" from the Sega Mega Drive game Zero Wing is written as graffiti on a wall at the Game Central Station.
Sheng Long from the Street Fighter series (his name appears as a graffiti at the portal leading to Sugar Rush)
Leeroy Jenkins (Shown as graffiti on the Terminal Wall as "Jenkins")
Turbo's face
King Candy's initals
An Atari 2600 CX40 joystick controller
The Swizz
Sora's Crown Necklace from Kingdom Hearts (appears on a wall inside the Portal to Sugar Rush)
No Campers

Q*bert's unusued signs

The scene with Q*bert and company originally had more signs displaying their destitution; many of which featured video-game references. However, most signs were removed in the final scene.

Need help, will do a barrel roll (a popular catchphrase from Star Fox)
Used to be in Q*Bert, then took an arrow to the knee (a famous quote originating from The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim)
Will NPC in FPS for food. (NPC meaning Non-Player Character and FPS means First Person Shooter)
No home, no food, no combo, no supers. Please Help.
Family kidnapped by ninjas!! Please Help.

Phoenix (Atari 2600)

Sat, 29 Nov 2025 18:17:32 PST

A pixel brush painting of Phoenix on the Atari 2600. Source image from Google Images and watching YouTube videos of Phoenix in HiPaint

Louise Redknapp Smash Hits - Atari 2600 Cover

Tue, 18 Nov 2025 14:35:09 PST

Mega Phil

Sat, 15 Nov 2025 04:06:38 PST

Short Background: Phil was back home playing video games on more classic game consoles (NES, SNES, Sega Genesis, Playstation 1 and Atari 2600).

Until one day, some cosmic lightning altered his copies of the Mega Man games, after striking near his home, he then inserted the cartridge in his console, THEN GETS SUCKED IN.

He gained the powers and outfit of the blue bomber himself, he'll save humanity from any robot threat, video game or not, by any means necessary.

Powers, talents and abilities: is an experienced game, knows the Mega Man series (universe) like the back of his hand, has incredible strength. Incredible speed and incredible durability.

He's a skilled strategist and deceiver, gifted in weaponry and unarmed combat, can acquire weapons and abilities from defeated robot masters (just like Mega Man), is a technological and mechanical genius, skilled in piloting high tech vehicles.

Weapons: Mega Man armor (nearly indestructible), the Mega Buster, has every single weapon from the robot masters (like Mega Man), advanced anti-hacking software

Weapons (on hand): the E tanks from Mega Man, a Nintendo zapper that zaps and blasts, mechanical tools.

Ling with Pac-Man for Atari 2600

Sat, 15 Nov 2025 03:51:51 PST

Created with Sora (ChatGPT).

Secret Quest (Atari 2600)

Wed, 12 Nov 2025 22:45:47 PST

Pixel brush painting of Secret Quest for the Atari 2600 in HiPaint. I watched videos of Secret Quest on YouTube

Atari drawings

Sun, 09 Nov 2025 05:37:17 PST

Some drawings based on multiple Atari 2600 games.

Art made on November 8, 2025.

EC the Ragdoll in LOTHT

Tue, 04 Nov 2025 06:45:01 PST

Previous entries:

Original template: Unknown Artifact in LOHT Meme Template

Credit goes to Disneyponyfan.

Sportacus' Number 10 Crystal in LOTHT

Mon, 03 Nov 2025 16:57:49 PST

Previous entries:

Original template: Unknown Artifact in LOHT Meme Template

Credit goes to Disneyponyfan.

Nana enjoying a Atari 2600

Sun, 02 Nov 2025 07:27:20 PST

Created with Sora (ChatGPT).

Wabbit

Sat, 01 Nov 2025 22:24:51 PDT

It's Billie Sue from Wabbit (everyone's favourite Atari 2600 game)

Atari 2600+

Sat, 01 Nov 2025 18:25:12 PDT

This year at Retro Gaming Expo I finally pickup the Atari 2600+ unit plus some games as well as the games I help make box art for Bernie and the Tower of Doom, Mouse Trap and Tiger-Heli.

The 2600+ let you play both 2600 and 7800 games for both old and new carts.

The game Mouse Trap for the 7800 is a Exidy arcade port from 1981 comes with a free mini poster base from the box cover I help make. You can this game on both 2600+, 7800+ and the original Atari 7800 ProSystem.

80s Television Special Effect (Premiere Pro)

Sat, 01 Nov 2025 00:12:55 PDT

The Xenomorph knows all the lawyers

Thu, 30 Oct 2025 09:31:04 PDT

I'm honestly surprised Atari was making 2600 games well into 1992...

Classic Game Room - XENOPHOBE review for Atari 2600

Lip Enjoying a Atari 2600 games

Wed, 29 Oct 2025 04:29:32 PDT

Created with Sora (ChatGPT).

Atari 2600

Fri, 24 Oct 2025 13:56:25 PDT

An image of the classic video game system that started it all, the Atari 2600, originally known as Atari Video Computer System or Atari VCS for short, released way back in 1977. The model shown is the later 4-switch version rather than the initial 6-switch where the difficulty levers are moved to the back. Although not actually the first built home console, as the Magnavox Odyssey predates it by five years in '72, the Atari is indeed the first system to be a revolutionary success and setting the foundation of the video game industry since.

Looking back, the Atari is super, super basic compared to today's standards even more so than the NES (4KB game memory and 1.19MHz CPU), but it was advanced for its day. Anyone who grew up with it or at least played it would remember certain hit games like Space Invaders, Missile Command, Adventure, Haunted House, Pole Position, Berzerk, and more. But the wildest thing about this console in spite of its simplicity is that the Atari itself is far more expensive than you think...

Its original retail price back then was $199.99. Sure, that doesn't sound too much, but this is '77 money, keep in mind. When inflated to today in 2025, not including extra controllers or games, it would actually cost you $1071.89 -- way more than the already overpriced Nintendo Switch 2 ever could ($449.99)!! The likely reason is because video gaming was brand new in the 1970s and was such a different era in general, it was considered luxurious. So, if you're an owner of an Atari 2600, try to remember how historically important it is. If it wasn't for that vintage woodgrain console, we wouldn't have Nintendo and anything else after it.

SMBC Laurie Strode (Mario Skin)

Wed, 22 Oct 2025 22:14:58 PDT

Uses sprites from the "Halloween" game from Atari 2600.

Liminal Escape

Tue, 21 Oct 2025 18:01:25 PDT

I made this quick Art for a indiegame that is competing in the "Scream Jam 2025" the game is pretty cool, and has a "arcade","old","atari" kind of vibes

Plus someone gained red-phobia so thats nice!

"Here's the link to get red-phobia (is just a joke... i hope)!: https://itch.io/jam/scream-jam-2025/rate/3964910

Here's the game description

You explore rooms to find keys and escape the monster. Hiding in the pillars by holding z on your keyboard makes him go away for a short amount of time. You can control the character with the arrow keys.

An Atari like arcade experience, brought by MirageGames3021, where you need to SURVIVE, RUN, and HIDE! from this unknown creature, where the only escape will be the search for the pieces that will open the door to "delay" your ultimate DOOM, but don't be mistaken my friend..THERE IS NO WAY OUT

Review of 'Space Jockey' (Retrogame, Atari Joypad)

Mon, 20 Oct 2025 06:31:47 PDT

Patchy the Pirate's reaction to ET for Atari 2600

Sun, 19 Oct 2025 01:32:41 PDT