| Atari Video Computer System / 2600 |
ASTROBLAST
· Only (?) game to incorporate the use of either a joystick or paddle controller!
· 2 versions exist! The original version has the glitches described below.
· (Original version only) - If two joysticks are plugged in and both moved at the same time during the game, unexpected things can happen (the same effect will happen if you use either controller). UP+DOWN+RIGHT = “blast off” slow (picture #1); UP+DOWN+LEFT+RIGHT = “blast off” fast; DOWN+LEFT+RIGHT = “land/burrow” slow (picture #2); UP+LEFT+RIGHT = “land/burrow” fast; one joystick LEFT and the other RIGHT = turn invisible. Repeating this lowers your score. If your ship is not visible (from using any of these tricks) and a rock falls on where your ship actually is, the screen turns red and the base counter will constantly cycle from 99 down to zero (picture #3). The only way to get out of it is to RESET. {Dennis Jenkins} Later production runs removed these bugs/tricks.
· BUG: Sometimes when you shoot a large rock it will disappear instead of breaking apart. {Scott Stilphen}
· BUG: When your ship is on the left side of the screen, you’ll see a flickering line beneath it whenever you shoot or an object reaches the ground (picture #4).
