Atari CX-2600 manual Skill And Action Zone, 3D TIC-TAC-TOE1 or 2 Players, Play In a New Dimension

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Skill And Action Zone

3D TIC-TAC-TOE®(1 OR 2 PLAYERS)

You have to think in 3-D for this one. Examine the board. Plan your strategy. Then move your move. Place four X’s or four O’s in one horizontal, vertical or diagonal row, or through all the planes. Play against an opponent or against the computer. To win, complete your row first.

Play In A New Dimension

In this game there is a perspective drawing of four square boards or planes displayed on the screen, which is intended to create a three-dimensional effect. Each board is a 4 x 4 grid. The object of the game is to place four X's or four O's in one horizontal, vertical, or diagonal row. To do this you may use one plane or all four planes.

You must place four markers in a row before your opponent does, or before the computer does, to win. There are nine games in all. The first eight games for one player competing against the computer. Each game number (1-8) is a progressively harder skill level. Game 9 is for two players.

In total, there are 76 possible ways to win. It is not possible to win by using two or three planes, you must use one or all four.

Controls

To move your "cursor" (the blinking X or O) right or left, move the Joystick right or left. Your cursor will wrap around (disappear on one side of the level or plane and appear on the other side). Move the Joystick forward to move your cursor up from square to square or to a new level as it reaches the top of a plane. To move the cursor down in the same manner, move the Joystick back or toward yourself. Put the Joystick in a diagonal position and the cursor moves diagonally on the screen, and also moves from level to level.

To place an X or an O on the screen, press the controller button when the cursor is in the square you wish to occupy. The last move made is indicated by a blinking X or in the appropriate square.

The computer will not allow a move to an occupied square. It will sound an error message when a player presses the controller button in an attempt to move into a square which is already occupied.

Strategy

To beat the computer or another player, you must place two three-in-a-rows so that the opponent cannot block both of them. Occasionally, you may win when an opponent fails to see that you have three- in-a-row, but that method involves more luck than strategy.

At higher skill levels, placing three-in-a-row becomes difficult. One of the secrets to playing winning TIC-TAC-TOE is to play in the 16 "strong" squares at the beginning of a game. The 16 strong squares are the eight outside corner squares, and the eight inside center square.

Try to take over or dominate planes. The four TIC-TAC-TOE boards represent horizontal, vertical, and diagonal planes. When you place three or four markers in one plane and your opponent has none, you

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Contents Model CX-2600 Contents Getting Started Health Warnings and PrecautionsHardware Precautions and Maintenance Connecting the Joystick Controllers Game Console SpecificationsTroubleshooting Main Menu ExplanationArcade Favorites Arcade Asteroidstm 1 or 2 PlayersSky’s The Limit Controls/Game PlaySpecial Features Game VariationsDifficulty Switches Helpful HintsFlip Young Children’s VersionsScoring Special Note Arcade Pong 1 or 2 PlayersControls Zylor Ships Asteroids Deluxetm 1 or 2 PlayersSpace Just Got a Bit Deadlier Killer Satellites You’re Combat Ready TanksSuper Tanks FightersYour Radar Screen Game Number Skill LevelTank Centipede 1 or 2 Players Sparking the Evil InsectsCentipede SpiderFlea ScorpionLunar Lander 1 Player Can You Land Safely?Survival Tips Millipedetm 1 or 2 PlayersRid Your Garden of those Bothersome Bugs Bonus Life BeetleMissile Command 1 or 2 Players Defend your CitiesSlow/Fast Target Control Smart Enemy Cruise Missile/Dumb Enemy Cruise MissileStarting Wave Childrens GamesEnemy Cruise Missiles Points Space Dueltm 1 or 2 Players How Good a Shot Are You?Space Objects/Scoring Space StationsAdventure Territory Adventuretm 1 PlayerKeys to the Kingdom Good MagicLevel Bad MagicGood Or Bad Magic Adventure Iitm 1 Player Keys to the Kingdoms Good Or Bad Magic Haunted House 1 Player It’s Enough To Scare You To DeathObjects UrnCreatures SoundsGame Game Retrun to Haunted Housetm 1 Player Barely escaped with my life... The AdventurerPrepare To Be Scared to Death……Again Creatures Level 2 Floor Plan TV-Type SwitchLevel 1 Floor Plan Level Storage AreaReturn To Haunted House Homebrew Team Thanks to the following for additional assistanceSecret Questtm 1 Player Save The Human RaceWeapon Strength Value Energy Used Oxygen Bottles and Energy PodsSonic Keys Status Screen?Strategy WizardTM Variations Wizardtm 1 PlayerIt’s Hunting Time… 3D TIC-TAC-TOE1 or 2 Players Play In a New DimensionSkill And Action Zone Game Matrix Points Aquaventure TM 1 PlayerExplore The Ocean Depths Credits Atari Climbertm 1 PlayerPlay Ball The Umpire Cries Combat 1 or 2 Players Missile ActionDifficulty Tank GamesTank-Pong Games Invisible Tank GamesInvisible Tank-Pong Games Bi-Plane GamesGame No Planes vs Maze Type Missile Type Jet-Fighter GamesGame No Sky Type Missile Type Combat Iitm 2 Players All Out Tank WarfareGames Dodge ‘EMTM 1 or 2 PlayersDodge To Win Right difficulty switch Handicap Difficulty SwitchLeft difficulty switch Fatal RUN 1 or 2 Players Playing The GameStrategy Frog Pondtm 2 Players Ribbit, RibbitHangman 1 or 2 Players Guess Correctly To Avoid the Hangman’s NooseHangman 1-Player Games Hangman 2-Player Computer GamesHangman 2-Player Opponent Games Human Cannonballtm 1 or 2 Players Be a daredevilScoring Game Selection Maze Crazetm 1 or 2 PlayersYour beat is the mean streets of Atari Central… Variations Zig Zag Z OFF the Walltm 1 or 2 PlayersBlazing Brickbats and Blackbirds Level of Difficulty Playing TipsMagnetic Paddle M Nuke Ball bombOutlawtm 1 or 2 Players Got An Itchy Trigger Finger?Handicap Gunslinger’s CodeGunslinger Two-Player Games Game1Target Shoot One-Player Games Scoring PITFALL!TM 1 Player Pitfall!TM BasicsHazards Of Pitfall!TM Getting The Feel Of Pitfall!TMHow To Seek Your Fortune With Pitfall Harry Tips from David Crane, designer of Pitfall!TMRadar Locktm 1 or 2 PLAYERs Enemy Jet at 12 o’ clockInstrument Panel One-Player GamesTwo-Player Games WeaponsMachine Guns Proximity MissilesEnemy Fleet MissionsMission 2 Interceptors and Patrollers Mission 3 BombersMission 4 Stealth Fighters Mission 5 Super BombersPage River Raid Basics Special Features Of River RaidRiver RAID 1 or 2 Players Tips from Carol Shaw, designer of River Raid How To Become a River RaiderGame Select and Difficulty Save Marytm 1 Player Hurry, The Water Is RisingVideo Checkerstm 1 Player Sport Of KingsBeginning The Game Difficulty Switches Strategy Video Chesstm 1 Player CheckmatePage Skill Levels Page Martian Defense System Space StationCaverns of Marstm 1 or 2 Players Refueling Understanding The Screen And Your MissionCommander Selecting a Skill LevelPoints for Distance Traveled Hints Quadruntm 1 PlayerDefend the Quad Scoring Saboteurtm 1 Player Hotot To The RescueGame Variations Space WAR 1 or 2 Players Space GlossaryMay the force be with you GamePlayer Space Module Games Space WAR Strategy Tips Yars Revengetm 1 or 2 Players Game Games 6102 Yars Returntm 1 or 2 Players 104 105 Credits Help Via the Internet Help Via Telephone in the United States & CanadaTerms And Conditions CopyrightLimitation of Liability Choice of LAW and Venue