What game bug or cheat do you know now that you wish you did back in the day?

[Torin]

Did anyone mention the straw through the coin door hinge on Donkey Kong? That one was cool and got me and a friend of mine a bunch of free Pizza's!

We used to go to this pizza place that help weekly high score contests. If the game was DK it was up to Dan to get the high score for the week. My game was Defender. We liked the DK weeks because we could coin the game up with a straw and end up with a free large pizza!! LOL

Yep, the straw trick was used many times at our local Round Table. No free pizza but plenty of free credits.

 

[jawhn]

Pushing the gas petal lever on Spy Hunter for that extra boost of speed. I know play it with my right foot bare to pull my big toe into the action.

I don't understand a word of this, but I want to.

 

[gmontag]

Asteroids Deluxe:

If you completely destroy a single asteroid AND shoot nothing else before the first UFO appears then the ramship immediately appears. Then you can destroy 2-3 ramships per round for extra points.

 

[dm73]

Was clearing out the family house and stumbled across an old copy of videogamesplayer magazine....

Leafing through it came across these hints...

 

[gamefixer]

I don't understand a word of this, but I want to.

Your car goes REALLY fast if you can get to the rod thats connected to the gear and push the pot down a little past its calibration.

Your car really hauls ass!

 

[modessitt]

Not a bug or cheat, but I wish I knew as a kid that you could open and close doors in Mappy without even being close to them. I'd always thought you walked up to a door and pushed the button to open or close it. It wasn't until playing it on a 60-in-1 that I learned you could open or close a door from afar.