Atari CX-2600 manual Hangman 1-Player Games, Hangman 2-Player Computer Games

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Controls

Use the Controller to select the alphabet letter you wish to enter into the computer. Letters of the alphabet appear one at a time on the right of the screen. Push the Joystick forward to cycle through the alphabet letters from A to Z. Pull the Joystick towards you to cycle through the letters in reverse order from Z to A. When the letter you want appears on the screen, release the Joystick. Press the red Controller button to enter the letter you select into the computer.

Hangman 1-Player Games

Games 1, 2, 3 and 4 are one-player games. You compete against the computer. You score one point for every Hangman Word you complete; the computer scores one point for each Hangman Word you can't complete.

Game 1

One player competes against the computer that uses words from a first through third grade vocabulary.

Game 2

One player competes against the computer that uses words from a first through sixth grade vocabulary.

Game 3

Playing with words from a first through ninth grade level, one player competes against the computer.

Game 4

Words from a first through high school vocabulary are used for competition between one player and the computer.

Hangman 2-Player Computer Games

Games 5, 6, 7 and 8 are two-player games against the computer. After you select the game vocabulary you want to use, you and your opponent take turns selecting alphabet letters to find the word generated by the computer. Both players together are allowed 11 incorrect selections. When you make a correct letter guess, you receive a consecutive turn. The first player to complete the Hangman Word scores one point and starts the next word. The first player to score five points wins the game.

Game 5

Two players compete to complete the Hangman Word from a first through third grade vocabulary.

Game 6

Two players test their word skill with Hangman Words from a first through sixth grade vocabulary.

Game 7

Words from a first through ninth grade vocabulary are used for competition between two players.

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Contents Model CX-2600 Contents Hardware Precautions and Maintenance Health Warnings and PrecautionsGetting Started Connecting the Joystick Controllers Game Console SpecificationsTroubleshooting Main Menu ExplanationSky’s The Limit Arcade FavoritesArcade Asteroidstm 1 or 2 Players Controls/Game PlaySpecial Features Game VariationsFlip Difficulty SwitchesHelpful Hints Young Children’s VersionsScoring Controls Arcade Pong 1 or 2 PlayersSpecial Note Space Just Got a Bit Deadlier Asteroids Deluxetm 1 or 2 PlayersZylor Ships Killer Satellites Super Tanks You’re Combat ReadyTanks FightersYour Radar Screen Game Number Skill LevelTank Centipede 1 or 2 Players Sparking the Evil InsectsFlea CentipedeSpider ScorpionLunar Lander 1 Player Can You Land Safely?Rid Your Garden of those Bothersome Bugs Millipedetm 1 or 2 PlayersSurvival Tips Bonus Life BeetleMissile Command 1 or 2 Players Defend your CitiesStarting Wave Slow/Fast Target ControlSmart Enemy Cruise Missile/Dumb Enemy Cruise Missile Childrens GamesEnemy Cruise Missiles Points Space Objects/Scoring Space Dueltm 1 or 2 PlayersHow Good a Shot Are You? Space StationsKeys to the Kingdom Adventure TerritoryAdventuretm 1 Player Good MagicGood Or Bad Magic Bad MagicLevel Adventure Iitm 1 Player Keys to the Kingdoms Good Or Bad Magic Objects Haunted House 1 PlayerIt’s Enough To Scare You To Death UrnCreatures SoundsGame Game Retrun to Haunted Housetm 1 Player Barely escaped with my life... The AdventurerPrepare To Be Scared to Death……Again Creatures Level 1 Floor Plan TV-Type SwitchLevel 2 Floor Plan Level Storage AreaReturn To Haunted House Homebrew Team Thanks to the following for additional assistanceSecret Questtm 1 Player Save The Human RaceSonic Keys Weapon Strength Value Energy UsedOxygen Bottles and Energy Pods Status Screen?Strategy It’s Hunting Time… Wizardtm 1 PlayerWizardTM Variations Skill And Action Zone Play In a New Dimension3D TIC-TAC-TOE1 or 2 Players Game Matrix Explore The Ocean Depths Aquaventure TM 1 PlayerPoints Play Ball The Umpire Cries Atari Climbertm 1 PlayerCredits Difficulty Combat 1 or 2 PlayersMissile Action Tank GamesInvisible Tank-Pong Games Tank-Pong GamesInvisible Tank Games Bi-Plane GamesGame No Sky Type Missile Type Jet-Fighter GamesGame No Planes vs Maze Type Missile Type Combat Iitm 2 Players All Out Tank WarfareDodge To Win Dodge ‘EMTM 1 or 2 PlayersGames Left difficulty switch Handicap Difficulty SwitchRight 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 Your beat is the mean streets of Atari Central… Maze Crazetm 1 or 2 PlayersGame Selection Variations Blazing Brickbats and Blackbirds OFF the Walltm 1 or 2 PlayersZig Zag Z Magnetic Paddle M Level of DifficultyPlaying Tips Nuke Ball bombHandicap Outlawtm 1 or 2 PlayersGot An Itchy Trigger Finger? Gunslinger’s CodeGunslinger Two-Player Games Game1Target Shoot One-Player Games Scoring Hazards Of Pitfall!TM PITFALL!TM 1 PlayerPitfall!TM Basics 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’ clockTwo-Player Games Instrument PanelOne-Player Games WeaponsEnemy Fleet Machine GunsProximity Missiles MissionsMission 4 Stealth Fighters Mission 2 Interceptors and PatrollersMission 3 Bombers Mission 5 Super BombersPage River RAID 1 or 2 Players Special Features Of River RaidRiver Raid Basics Game Select and Difficulty How To Become a River RaiderTips from Carol Shaw, designer of River Raid 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 Caverns of Marstm 1 or 2 Players Space StationMartian Defense System Refueling Understanding The Screen And Your MissionCommander Selecting a Skill LevelPoints for Distance Traveled Defend the Quad Quadruntm 1 PlayerHints 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