atari 2600

Putting Putting is very much like being on the fairway; the same backswing gives the same distance. However, it is possible to drain a putt from anywhere on the green on the easy difficulty, since the hole is rather large and sucks in anything that goes by it, unless it's going too fast...

Quick Shots Hold Reset and power on the Atari 2600. | [Sent by Stryker82]

Programmer Credits Select two player cooperative game and difficulty setting 1. Hit the fifteenth C.O.B.R.A. member eight times to display "JE". | [Sent by Stryker82]

Alternate Game Control The joystick keypad may also be used to control game play. Press 2 to move forward, 8 to move back, 4 to move left, and 6 to move right. | [Sent by Stryker82] Teleporting Frog Set the difficulty level to allow your frog to move off the screen while on a turtle or...

Extra Health Whenever you switch from the dolphin to the seagull or vice versa, you will get an additional 10 points of health. So keep switching back and forth to get as much health as needed. Imagic Address Release the mermaid seven times. The address for Imagic will appear at the...

Passwords To enter the passwords, select "Resume" from the title screen, then input the desired password. Password - Effect TC1LE - Fifth Checkpoint TC1LE9H - Final Checkpoint T - First Checkpoint TC1L - Fourth Checkpoint TC - Second Checkpoint TC1LE9 - Sixth Checkpoint TC1 -...

Pause Game Play Press the Color/BW switch to pause game play. | [Sent by Stryker82] Select Ladder Arrangement Hold Reset to select a ladder arrangement. | [Sent by Stryker82] Select Maze Color Pause game play to cycle the maze through a variety of colors. When the game is resumed, the...

Double Points Use a controller with a rapid-fire feature to destroy each Imperial Walker twice to collect double the points. A total of forty-eight shots is normally required to destroy a Walker. Try to achieve eight more hits after the forty-eighth hit to get the double point award. If the...

Mother Ship Crash Intentionally allow E.T. to die on the landing pad while waiting for the mother ship. The game will crash if Elliot arrives on the screen but not save E.T. | [Sent by Stryker82] Too Small Mother Ship Stretch E.T.'s neck just as the mother ship appears. E.T. will appear...

Harmless Traps Intentionally die near a castle during the first attempt at game play. Press Reset and run into one of the castle traps before the copyright information disappears from the screen. Your character may now leave the trap without any penalty, although "Trap" will still appear...

Bonus Points You can score bonus points for picking up vegetables that appear randomly in the center of the screen. Often, you will complete the level before a vegetable appears. However, if you make two rocks fall, a vegetable will appear a couple of seconds after the second rock falls. To...

Programmer Credits Get a power-up, such as invincibility (bird-cane-feather), and swim near the top of a lake before it expires. The programmer's initials should be displayed. | [Sent by Stryker82]

Last Wave The game will freeze after wave 84 is completed. Note: Game selections 5 through 8 start on wave 13, and will freeze after wave 72 has been completed. | [Sent by Stryker82] Stuck Demon Shoot the middle demon until only the top and bottom attackers remain. Then, shoot the bottom...

Easy Running Substitute the joystick with paddles during any running event. Then, alternately tap each paddle button rapidly for an easier way to run. | [Sent by Stryker82] Higher Pole Vaulting Repeatedly tap Fire as the pole is released. | [Sent by Stryker82]

Pause Game Play Press the Color/BW switch to the BW position.

Broken Eggs Press Select when the eagle drops eggs. | [Sent by Stryker82] Crash Opening Song Press Select before the opening song ends to stop it on the final note. Press Reset to resume. | [Sent by Stryker82] Cycle Sprite Data Press Select when a girder falls. Sprite data will cycle at...

Black Spider Pattern: The Black Spider is the first spider you will encounter in this classic, they are obviously the easiest spiders to beat in the game. They move in a straight forward pattern, meaning wherever they start climbing up, thats the direction they will move for the moment...

Programmer Credit Hold Fire and power on the Atari 2600. The "HI" on the high score screen will change to "SHL", the initials of programmer Steven H. Landrum. | [Sent by Stryker82]

View CPU Moves Select game 6 or 7 and being game play. The CPU will move its pieces while calculating its next move. | [Sent by Stryker82]

Quick Win Press Left + Fire, Right during game play for a quick win. | [Sent by Stryker82]