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Title: | Breakout
Cheat: | Unlimited balls: Choose any of the "catch" games and begin game play. Catch your last ball, press Select, then release the ball. Game play will continue in demonstration mode, with unlimited balls but no points scored.
Source: | http://www.gamegenie.com
Title: | Combat
Cheat: | Super shot: Hold Reset + Fire to shoot to the other side of the screen. Teleporting shot: Place your tank just to the right of the top left corner and fire into that corner. The shot will leave the screen and re-appear from the top right corner. Turbo tank: Plug in paddle controllers and press both buttons to speed up your tank. Spinning tanks: Place both tanks in a position where one tank's turret is flat against the other tank. Turn the first tank so that its turret runs into the stationary tank. Both tanks will begin to spin in circles. Flying tanks: Select game 9 and begin game play. Rotate the tank on the left 180 degrees and fire. If done correctly, the shot will bounce around the screen and hit the right tank. Both tanks should fly approximately three screens to the left before stopping. Switch tanks: Select game 9 and begin game play. Rotate the tank on the right 180 degrees and fire. If done correctly, both tanks will switch positions. Bizarre game play: Note: The following tricks require a disassembled Atari joystick in order to activate two opposite directions at the same time. The jet tricks can be used to hide inside a cloud and shoot short distance bullets that return. White tank moves quicker and silently Hold Left + Right + Down. White jet switches directions Press Up + Down + Right. Shoot while holding those buttons to have the bullets leave the jets and return. White jet turns around Press Left + Right + Down or Left + Right + Up. White jet turns around and switches directions Press Left + Right + Up + Down.
Source: | http://www.gamegenie.com
Title: | The emprire strikers back
Cheat: | 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 last shot hits the bomb hatch, over 250 points will be awarded. Temporary invincibility: Begin game play, then immediately move your Snowspeeder to the very top of the screen. Remain at this position until the Snowspeeder begins to flash and the Star Wars battle music begins to play. The Snowspeeder will be indestructible for approximately one minute.
Source: | http://www.gamegenie.com
Title: | Frogger
Cheat: | Teleporting frog: Set the difficulty level to allow your frog to move off the screen while on a turtle or log. Begin game play and jump on a log that moves to the right, and ride off the screen. Jump left immediately after your frog appears on the left side of the screen to re-appear in the center.
Source: | http://www.gamegenie.com
Title: | Superman
Cheat: | Easy mode: Hold Fire and power on the Atari 2600. Release the button after approximately two seconds. In this mode, Superman will not transform into Clark Kent, and the bridge will not explode, although its pieces will still appear in the subway. Simply capture Lex Luthor and his men and return to the Daily Planet to complete the game. Note: This trick will not work on later versions of the cartridge. On later versions of the cartridge, when you drop to the phone booth press Fire when you are at the same level of elevation as a subway entrance and press Select. Wait for the screens to cycle to a subway entrance and move the Joystick to put you in the subway. Note: If you press Up it will look like Superman is trying to fly but keeps getting yanked down by gravity. In this state you can walk left or right or fly downward until you get to the bridge screen where you will automatically regain your powers without the bridge exploding. Quick win: Begin game play and move to the center of the screen to the approximate location of the Daily Planet entrance. Press Select and wait until the Daily Planet. If your character is aligned correctly, move to enter the Daily Planet and win the game.
Source: | http://www.gamegenie.com
LYNX
Title: | Batman Returns
Cheat: | Cheat mode: Press Up(8), Down(12), Left(15), Right(19), Option 1(27), A at the title screen when the Batman logo appears. The following cheat functions are now available. Level skip: Pause game play and press Option 1. Invincibility Pause game play and press Option 2. Note: You may still lose a life by falling. Bonus energy and batarangs: Locate the large red box with a bow on level one. Stand on the right edge of the top of the box. Motorcycles will break of the right side of the box. Jump down and enter the box to receive ten batarangs and extra energy.
Source: | http://www.gamegenie.com
Title: | Bill And Ted's Excellent Adventure
Cheat: | Level Password Egypt 1700 B.C. C68K BD02 W1T1 0G0D Egypt 1500 B.C. B87C RXDF X1EY 0ERE Rome 60 B.C. 4000 0002 ZF6P 0H1S Europe 1700 A.D. Y1YS FJDG 8GBX OMKP Rome 70 B.C. 4A33 7L03 I4C5 6WZ1 Texas 1880 A.D. 4000 00DD Z43L 6WNA San Dimas 2691 A.D. C8S9 AG07 7HH9 71D2
Source: | http://www.gamegenie.com
Title: | Blue Lightning
Cheat: | Landing upside down: Upside down landings are allowed on level 6. Pressing Option 2 + Left or Right to perform a barrel-roll. Keep the plane upside-down and press Up while over an airstrip to land. After landing, the cockpit will open from the fuel tank and you may take off again by flying backwards. Bonus points: Activate the afterburners as you enter the canyons on level 4 to receive a "Gutsy" bonus of 30,000 points. Activate the afterburners again immediately before entering the second set of canyons to receive a "Lunatic" bonus of 65,000 points. The bonus points are added to your score after landing. Level Password: 1 AAAA 2 PLAN 3 ALFA 4 BELL 5 NINE 6 LOCK 7 HAND 8 FLEA 9 LIFE
Source: | http://www.gamegenie.com
Title: | California Games
Cheat: | Four player mode: Use the Comlynx connection to link up to four Lynx systems together. Several attempts may be needed for a successful connection, and game play will be slow. Clear BMX path: Position your bike approximately one pixel above the location where the grass meets the dirt to avoid all obstacles including the hay bales. Pelican ride: Run your last surfer towards the bottom of the screen during the final few seconds of the surfing event. Your surfer will land on the pelican that flies across the screen until time expires. Faster footbag spins: Jump, hit the footbag with your head, then immediately spin to spin faster than normal. Rescale screen: Press Option 2 while skating in the Half-pipe event to rescale the screen.
Source: | http://www.gamegenie.com
Title: | Switchblade 2
Cheat: | Cheat mode: Continuously sweep the D-pad in a clockwise Full-Circle starting at the Up position until the screen flashes. Repeatedly tap Up until the flashing stops. The screen should have flashed a total of four times corresponding to four cheat functions. The first flash enabled level skip. Press Pause during game play and press B to jump to the next level. The second flash enabled unlimited energy. The third flash enabled unlimited ammunition. The fourth flash enabled unlimited money.
Source: | http://www.gamegenie.com
JAGUAR
Title: | Atari Karts
Cheat: | Skip to Miracle Race: The Beginner Challenge Miracle Race must be playable. Start this race, then reset (* + #) at any time. Start a new game and select any of the higher Challenges. The Miracle Race will still be highlighted and can be played. Spinout Bug: On any California Highway track, pause the game while driving through a puddle of water, then unpause. You will be spinning at a speed proportional to how fast you were going when you paused. You can speed up the spin by pressing the accelerator while spinning.
Source: | http://www.maxpages.com/jtcodeman/
Title: | Battlemorph
Cheat: | Cluster Codes: All codes entered as new player name. You will be given all weapons and magazines you would have earned up to that point (including secret weapons). Note that on the load-game screen it will say "Zephyr Cluster" even after successfully entering a code. Zephyr (none) Carmine ATDC2 Ferial ATDC3 Pan Alma ATDC4 Straussen ATDC5 Pyroxine ATDC6 Cygnus ATDC7 Pernish ATDC8 Quake: Destroy most of the trees (at least 400, of 476 trees total) on all the worlds of the first cluster. Comedy Mode: Enter "A NAME" as new player name. Sound confirms. Changes Skylar's voice, cockpit graphics, and between-level FMV voiceover. Extra Ships: If the last two digits of your score are "99" on completion of a world, you are awarded two extra ships. Bonus Points: If the last two digits of your score are "42" on completion of a world, you are awarded 99,958 bonus points ("Hitchhiker's Guide" bonus).
Source: | http://www.maxpages.com/jtcodeman/
Title: | Cypbermorph
Cheat: | Sector Codes: #1 1008 #2 1328 #3 9325 #4 9226 #5 3444 #? 6009 ("Unknown" sector) Unlimited Ammo: At the Control Options screen, hold 1+3+5+7+8+9. Sound confirms. Boss Rampage: Start a new game, then enter "1328" to skip to Sector 2. Finish Sectors 2 through 4. Enter "1008" to skip to Sector 1. Finish Sector 1. You will be forced to fight the Sector 1, 2, 3, and 4 bosses consecutively.
Source: | http://www.maxpages.com/jtcodeman/
Title: | Defender 2000
Cheat: | Cheat Codes: All codes entered on high score entry screen (any play mode). Codes remain enabled until the cartridge EEPROM is cleared. Plazma Pong NOLAN ("Perfect" confirms) Plazma Pong is added to the list of available games. Flossie Defender OVINE ("Baaa" confirms) Play Flossie Defender by pressing any button to choose a Defender Plus game, then pressing "A" to start. Level Skip: BEEST ("Baaa" confirms) Defender 2000 only. Anytime during play, press "3" to skip a level, "6" to go to the warp screen. Huge Bonus: In Defender 2000, catch a falling humanoid as the wave is ending.
Source: | http://www.maxpages.com/jtcodeman/
Title: | Fight For Life
Cheat: | Passwords: Enter on character select screen after pressing Option. Demo Mode (default) JAGUARTIME (or 1+5+9) All Special Moves IWANTPOWER (or 1+3+5+9) Play Junior vs Junior LOVEJUNIOR (or 1+3+5+7+9) (Morph as Junior: C+U,L,D) Shorter Junior Battle: Defeat Junior the second time with a ring-out. When the next fight begins, pause and rewind to before the electrocution.
Source: | http://www.maxpages.com/jtcodeman/
ST/FALCON
Title: | Jimmy White's Whirlwind Snooker
Cheat: | View 147 break: Enter the trick shot editor. Press [F7] [F4] [F1], exit, and select a one player game against Jimmy White or a demo game. Color selection: After there are only colors remaining on the table, press a key that corresponds to a color to select that color.
Source: | http://www.gamewinners.com
Title: | Afterburner
Cheat: | Level select: Press [Backspace] to pause game play, then type ages. Press < to return to the previous level or > to advance to the next level. Cheat mode: Press [Backspace] to pause game play, then type thunderblade. Press one of the following keys to activate the corresponding cheat function.
Effect | Key
More missiles | G
Less missiles | T
More lives | N
Previous level | <
Next level | >
Source: | http://www.gamewinners.com
Title: | Arkanoid
Cheat: | Level skip: Hold [Caps Lock] and type deathstar while the game is loading. Press S during game play to advance to a new level. Extra levels: Press [F3] to select a single player game or [F4] to select a two player game to access 33 extra levels.
Source: | http://www.gamewinners.com
Title: | Back to the Furture 2
Cheat: | Cheat mode: Pause game play and type the only neat thing to do. The game will restart with unlimited lives and energy. Press N or Z to advance to the next level.
Source: | http://www.gamewinners.com
Title: | Defender 2
Cheat: | Cheat mode: Type raven during game play. Then, press one of the following keys to activate the corresponding cheat function.
Effect | Key
Level skip | N
Toggle invincibility | I
Invincibility (alternate): Type goaty during game play.
Source: | http://www.gamewinners.com
MyAtari magazine - Feature #8, March 2001
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