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Originally posted by SlapBone
Funny...when I was 10 my pastor's son gave me my first ever game cheat.
Playing Space Invaders on the Atari 2600, if you hold down the "reset" button while powering the unit up, your gun will shoot double shots for the entire game.
I once "rolled" Asteroids 5 times in one day during the summer of 78 (or maybe 79). This was before saved games so I made my little brother fetch me sandwiches and kool-aid so I wouldn't lose my streak.
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Nice, this reminds me of my Immortal Game of Missle Command where I got 2.8 million but the screen wouldn't show the millions place. I played for about 2.5 hrs straight and my mother got me breakfast somewhere in the middle (she must've been a true bastion of patience). Adventure was a great game too, but I love the explanation I read of it on the Book of Ratings page: (excerpted)
You're a dot. You have an arrow, which is actually a sword, which you use to kill what appear to be giant ducks.
I actually played Missle Command at an ice cream parlor about two months ago. Granted it was always a lot faster in the arcade than on the 2600, but boy did I suck.