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Galaxian Cheats

Quick shots:

Hold Reset and power on the Atari 2600.

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Frogger Cheats

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 […]

Fathom Cheats

Imagic address:

Release the mermaid seven times. The address for Imagic will appear at the bottom of the screen.
Programmers’ initials:

Release the mermaid on level two, but swim up and leave before her cage fully opens. Transform into a seagull and fly to the left or right to a volcano. The initials of each programmer […]

Fast Eddie Cheats

Select maze color:

Pause game play to cycle the maze through a variety of colors. When the game is resumed, the last color displayed will become the current color.
Select ladder arrangement:

Hold Reset to select a ladder arrangement.
Pause game play:

Press the Color/BW switch to pause game play.

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ET The Extra Terrestrial Cheats

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.
Too small mother ship:

Stretch E.T.’s neck just as the mother ship appears. E.T. will appear to be too tall, allowing […]

Empire Strikes Back, The Cheats

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 […]

Dragonstomper Cheats

Programmer credits:

Execute the “Use Shield” command while the image of the axe is displayed. “SHL”, the initials of programmer Steven H. Landrum, 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 […]

Dragonfire Cheats

Give damage to next player:

Allow a fireball to hit your character’s legs just when exiting the treasure room. Most of the damage will end up on the next player.
Run backwards:

Hold Fire to jump, then immediately press the Joystick in the opposite direction your character is facing while continuing to hold Fire. Your character […]

Desert Falcon Cheats

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.

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Dig Dug Cheats

Hint: 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 score more […]