Atari CX-2600 manual Variations

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1 – Straight forward action with all the maze visible throughout the game. 2 – A small portion of the maze is invisible.

3 – Danger increases with a large portion of the maze invisible.

4 – The ultimate in suspense with all of the maze invisible.

When a cop exits any of the invisible mazes, the maze appears on the screen. To select a game number, speed and visibility, press the Game Select switch. All of the available game numbers and visibility numbers will appear for each speed beginning with speed number one. Continue to press the switch until the combination of speed, game and visibility you desire appears at the top of the screen.

Variations

Capture. You must become a hero and capture three robbers before you win the game. To do this, move your cop toward the robber and make contact. During games that feature Capture, color encoded bars appear for each player at the top of the screen. Each time you capture a robber, the appropriate bar disappears.

Robbers. Two to five robbers lurk in your path. If one touches you, you’re out of play.

Wounds. If a robber touches you, you’re briefly paralyzed while your opponent proceeds through the maze. Only after a few moments will you regain strength, and then you can gradually move at your normal speed.

Terror. Your cop cannot exit the maze until your opponent is knocked out by robbers.

Blockade. Confuse your opponent by blockading his route and leaving a blockade resembling a dead end in the maze. He can go through it, of course, but blockades can be useful strategy. When you set up a new blockade, the previous one disappears.

Automatic Peek. This is your way out of the darkness! During invisible mazes or blackouts, the

computer flashes the complete maze on the screen every few seconds. Try to recognize the way out before your opponent.

Player Peek. During invisible games, a player can peek at the complete maze by pressing the red controller button. The maze remains on the screen momentarily.

Scouts. During invisible mazes, your cop has a partner or scout who moves ahead of him. The scout randomly leads the way, but you are free to ignore his suggestions.

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Contents Model CX-2600 Contents Health Warnings and Precautions Hardware Precautions and MaintenanceGetting Started Game Console Specifications Connecting the Joystick ControllersMain Menu Explanation TroubleshootingControls/Game Play Arcade FavoritesArcade Asteroidstm 1 or 2 Players Sky’s The LimitGame Variations Special FeaturesYoung Children’s Versions Difficulty SwitchesHelpful Hints FlipScoring Arcade Pong 1 or 2 Players ControlsSpecial Note Asteroids Deluxetm 1 or 2 Players Space Just Got a Bit DeadlierZylor Ships Killer Satellites Fighters You’re Combat ReadyTanks Super TanksGame Number Skill Level Your Radar ScreenTank Sparking the Evil Insects Centipede 1 or 2 PlayersScorpion CentipedeSpider FleaCan You Land Safely? Lunar Lander 1 PlayerMillipedetm 1 or 2 Players Rid Your Garden of those Bothersome BugsSurvival Tips Beetle Bonus LifeDefend your Cities Missile Command 1 or 2 PlayersChildrens Games Slow/Fast Target ControlSmart Enemy Cruise Missile/Dumb Enemy Cruise Missile Starting WaveEnemy Cruise Missiles Points Space Stations Space Dueltm 1 or 2 PlayersHow Good a Shot Are You? Space Objects/ScoringGood Magic Adventure TerritoryAdventuretm 1 Player Keys to the KingdomBad Magic Good Or Bad MagicLevel Adventure Iitm 1 Player Keys to the Kingdoms Good Or Bad Magic Urn Haunted House 1 PlayerIt’s Enough To Scare You To Death ObjectsSounds CreaturesGame Game Barely escaped with my life... The Adventurer Retrun to Haunted Housetm 1 PlayerPrepare To Be Scared to Death……Again Creatures TV-Type Switch Level 1 Floor PlanLevel 2 Floor Plan Storage Area LevelThanks to the following for additional assistance Return To Haunted House Homebrew TeamSave The Human Race Secret Questtm 1 PlayerStatus Screen? Weapon Strength Value Energy UsedOxygen Bottles and Energy Pods Sonic KeysStrategy Wizardtm 1 Player It’s Hunting Time…WizardTM Variations Play In a New Dimension Skill And Action Zone3D TIC-TAC-TOE1 or 2 Players Game Matrix Aquaventure TM 1 Player Explore The Ocean DepthsPoints Atari Climbertm 1 Player Play Ball The Umpire CriesCredits Tank Games Combat 1 or 2 PlayersMissile Action DifficultyBi-Plane Games Tank-Pong GamesInvisible Tank Games Invisible Tank-Pong GamesJet-Fighter Games Game No Sky Type Missile TypeGame No Planes vs Maze Type Missile Type All Out Tank Warfare Combat Iitm 2 PlayersDodge ‘EMTM 1 or 2 Players Dodge To WinGames Handicap Difficulty Switch Left difficulty switchRight difficulty switch Playing The Game Fatal RUN 1 or 2 PlayersStrategy Ribbit, Ribbit Frog Pondtm 2 PlayersGuess Correctly To Avoid the Hangman’s Noose Hangman 1 or 2 PlayersHangman 2-Player Computer Games Hangman 1-Player GamesHangman 2-Player Opponent Games Be a daredevil Human Cannonballtm 1 or 2 PlayersScoring Maze Crazetm 1 or 2 Players Your beat is the mean streets of Atari Central…Game Selection Variations OFF the Walltm 1 or 2 Players Blazing Brickbats and BlackbirdsZig Zag Z Nuke Ball bomb Level of DifficultyPlaying Tips Magnetic Paddle MGunslinger’s Code Outlawtm 1 or 2 PlayersGot An Itchy Trigger Finger? HandicapGame1 Gunslinger Two-Player GamesTarget Shoot One-Player Games Scoring Getting The Feel Of Pitfall!TM PITFALL!TM 1 PlayerPitfall!TM Basics Hazards Of Pitfall!TMTips from David Crane, designer of Pitfall!TM How To Seek Your Fortune With Pitfall HarryEnemy Jet at 12 o’ clock Radar Locktm 1 or 2 PLAYERsWeapons Instrument PanelOne-Player Games Two-Player GamesMissions Machine GunsProximity Missiles Enemy FleetMission 5 Super Bombers Mission 2 Interceptors and PatrollersMission 3 Bombers Mission 4 Stealth FightersPage Special Features Of River Raid River RAID 1 or 2 PlayersRiver Raid Basics How To Become a River Raider Game Select and DifficultyTips from Carol Shaw, designer of River Raid Hurry, The Water Is Rising Save Marytm 1 PlayerSport Of Kings Video Checkerstm 1 PlayerBeginning The Game Difficulty Switches Strategy Checkmate Video Chesstm 1 PlayerPage Skill Levels Page Space Station Caverns of Marstm 1 or 2 PlayersMartian Defense System Understanding The Screen And Your Mission RefuelingSelecting a Skill Level CommanderPoints for Distance Traveled Quadruntm 1 Player Defend the QuadHints Scoring Hotot To The Rescue Saboteurtm 1 PlayerGame Variations Space Glossary Space WAR 1 or 2 PlayersGame May the force be with youPlayer Space Module Games Space WAR Strategy Tips Yars Revengetm 1 or 2 Players Games 6 Game102 Yars Returntm 1 or 2 Players 104 105 Credits Help Via Telephone in the United States & Canada Help Via the InternetCopyright Terms And ConditionsLimitation of Liability Choice of LAW and Venue