Smash TV Warp?

Kid Dynamite

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So I'm playin' Smash TV with a friend a couple nights ago, and we get through the first level. When the screen for level two showed up with the two contestant podiums on the stage I thought my pcb went bad because a glitched appearance occurred that I remember being darker than usual. Then a message came up with the word "warp" in it somewhere (I can't remember the exact message). When this odd screen clears, my friend and I are at the beginning of level 3. My only guess of the cause of the warp was the tied automobile bonus score that my friend and I achieved.

Has anyone else seen this warp and does anyone know how it is achieved?
 
I seem to recall what you speak of. I want to say there were hidden exits in the game, it's been so long since I played that game heavily though. I'd say my twilight years for Smash TV came back in '92 when my family unloaded it. :(

was a huge hit at my birthday parties, cause we'd always try to beat it.

you could try www.gamefaqs.com to see about hidden exits and see if you can't reproduce what you did through that.
 
I seem to recall what you speak of. I want to say there were hidden exits in the game, it's been so long since I played that game heavily though. I'd say my twilight years for Smash TV came back in '92 when my family unloaded it. :(

was a huge hit at my birthday parties, cause we'd always try to beat it.

you could try www.gamefaqs.com to see about hidden exits and see if you can't reproduce what you did through that.

Thanks for the advice, the room pattern was the same I always use in level 1. I'll check out gamefaqs though.
 
if you're playing on an actual arcade machine, I guess another potential reason for this glitch is that one of your roms might be going bad too. just a thought. :)
 
Ok I was playing min this am and I was battling Mutiod Man. I picked up a extra guy bonus then moved to the bottom center and was zapped by mutoid man's laser eyes. The screen then went black like the machine rebooted. Then the end of the level showed up and started counting my prizes. At the top of the screen was text that said "secret warp #3 = special key" and then it coninued off to the Orbs screen.

So I also have a game with warps. Though I'm not really sure what I did to get the warp and all it seemed to do was get me past mutoid man.
 
I have been playing STV for years and have not seen this behavior. Interesting. Makes me wonder about ROM revisions?
 
Necro bump - This happened to me today. I plugged in a board set to test, powered down & went back to screw the board in. I powered the game back on but the soundboard ribbon cable had become loose. I plugged it back in (with the game on) and went back around to find the warp screen. It took me to the start of level 2 (orbs). Would be nice to be able to warp ahead without a crash.

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