From: jdeitch@umiami.ir.miami.edu
Newsgroups: rec.games.video.arcade
Subject: The Arcade Games Cheat Sheet - April 92
Date: 11 Apr 92 01:28:09 EDT
Organization: Univ of Miami IR

The definitive arcade video game cheat sheet.
Last update: 11 Apr 1992.


This list was started by Jeremy Radlow.  Due to the fact that he's lost his
net access (horrors), I'm now the administrator of this list.

To get an up-to-date copy of the video game cheat sheet, just send a
message to jdeitch@umiami.miami.edu.  There is not now, nor will there ever be, 
a 'mailing list'.  Nor will I post the sheet to USENET due to its excessive 
size.  This is mainly to keep my mailbox from getting flooded with the large
number of resulting responses.

If you have already made a contribution to the cheat sheet and wish a new
copy, just let me know and I'll mail you an up-to-date version.

Please note : due to the high traffic involving this list, it might take me
              up to a week or so to actually mail you a copy of the list.

There are three sections to the cheat sheet:

  * Beginners section.  This contains either cheats that don't get
    you much, or cheats that are only helpful to advanced players.

  * Intermediate section.  This contains cheats that can get you
    a big edge.  They are usually not any harder than playing the
    game honestly.

  * Advanced section.  This contains extremely low-effort high-pay
    cheats; secret back doors;  and in the next revision will contain
    advanced general-purpose game beating strategies, if someone sends
    me some.

When you send in a cheat, it'll be put in one of these sections and you 
will get a copy of the cheat sheet in return.  Basically, you get out what 
you put in ...

   Some of these cheats may be inaccurate; don't trust anything attributed
to someone else.  If it turns out that some information is wrong - don't get
mad, get even!  Tell me what's wrong.  Please note, though, that different ROM
versions on machines may eliminate some cheats ...

Games in this version (all sheets):

Game                   High score[1p/2p]        [mp]    level
-----------------      -----------------        ----    -----
Road blasters          3,900,000                n/a     50
Cabal                  1,950,000                No      ALL (5 lives left)
Cabal                  1,525,000                Yes     ALL (9 lives left)
Galaga                 3,600,000                n/a     255
Tempest                999,997                  n/a     (> 80)
Bubble Bobble          2,800,000                n/a     57
APB                    597,000                  n/a     74
Zookeeper              583,000,000              n/a     (> 100)
Smash-TV               22,500,000               n/a     end
Bump 'n' Jump          1,850,000                n/a     (> 40)
Major Havoc            3,000,000                n/a     ?
Race Driving           465,000                  n/a     ?
Teenage Mutant NT      3400                     n/a     end
Gauntlet               6,666,666                n/a     458
Gauntlet II            485,000                  n/a     58
Mercs                  900,000                  n/a     ?
Columns                99,999                   n/a     ?
Rygar                  2,830,000                n/a     27

The following games don't have any high scores ... send me some ?

Pac-man                Paperboy        Toobin'          1941
Crystal Castles        Magic sword     Trog             1943
Super Mario Brothers   Defender        Alien Syndrome   Sinistar
Return of the Jedi     Rolling Thunder XyBots           Star Wars
Hard Driving           Double Dragon   Joust            Joust 2
Ghosts 'n' Goblins     Slap Fight      Alcon            Centipede
Space Dungeon          Darius          Narc             Gunsmoke
Street Fighter II      Commando        Assault          Heavy Barrel
Raiden                 Tiger Road      Mercs            Columns
Golden Axe             Afterburner     I, Robot         Dig Dug
Dragons Lair II        Galaxian        Splatterhouse    Alpine Ski
Cap. & the Avengers    Mat Mania       Krull            Tron
Track & Field          Xevious         Robocop          Robotron
Donkey Kong Jr.        Marble Madness  Punch Out

(When you send in your cheat, please send in your high score.  Don't
send in a high score unless it's better than one already listed or it'll 
be ignored.  And multi-credit games don't count ... but multi-player games do. 
That's what the [mp] slot is for.  The idea behind this high score sheet is
that if you have a high score higher than one listed here, you must know 
something useful ...)

Cheats in this revision:
   * All the Crystal Castle warps.
   * Big point bugs on Road Blasters, Star Wars, Super Mario Brothers,
     Paperboy, Robocop.
   * The standard back doors in Galaga.
   * Extra lives in Sinistar, Narc.
   * Etc.

Needed:
   * All sorts of hints/backdoors for doing/causing strange things of all
     types.

Contributors:
Joshua Abbey, Ken Arromdee, Casey Barton, Barry Brumitt, Anthony D. Chen, Craig
Coffin, Lee Crawford, David D'Auria, Jonathan Deitch, George Dolbier, Kerry
B. Durham, Vivian Ford, John Joseph Gallagher Jr., Keith Goolsbey, Frank Gomez,
James Hague, David Hawk, Josh Hayes, Otto Heuer, Dave Hollinsworth, Ting Hsu,
Steve Jacobs, Kyle Jones, Benoy Koshy, Jonathan Kruger, Bob Kupiec, Felix Lee,
Kwan-Yong Lee, Chris Long, Bert Loper, Bryan Martin, Tony Mason, David McGrath,
Carl Mei, Mario Moeller*, Dave Morrison, Tony Nardo, Ian Novack, Fred Ochs, Tad
Perry*, Robert Potter, Eric Thomas Pronko, Jeremy Radlow, Hedley Rainnie, Nate
Renwick, Seth Scott, Tim Shay, Eric Sheets, Colin Smiley, Eric Smith, Eric 
Thompson, Richard Uyeyama, Ryan Vurlicer, William Wesner, Gregg Woodcock,
Julius Yang, Bill ?

* special thanks!

 
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