what little 'tricks' or doodads do you do between game levels?

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what little 'tricks' or doodads do you do between game levels?

Whenever I play Tempest, I find myself spinning the knob at the end of each level to make the yellow character circle the original design before starting the new level. I don't know why I started doing it, probably just bc it looks cool as the game is warping into the next one.

In between levels on Lucky and Wild, my daughter and I snap like the Addams Family because the music sounds kind of like the theme song. On the game, it goes bah-dah-dah-DA! *snap* da-da *snap* da-da *snap* da-da-dum.. Cheezy, yes. But we do it every time we play.

What little unique moves-character bops-etc do you do in between game levels on your different games?
 
I try to crack my knuckles and I shake my hands around between Waves on Star Wars and Empire Strikes Back.
 
In Swimmer, once you complete 4 stages, your guy swims up to a little island and strikes a little victory pose. I sometimes do the pose as well when I reach that point. It's dorky, but also fun! :D
 
Donkey Kong - My hands get a little sweaty when I'm playing (I think it's the nerve racking elements of the game that do it). So I usually have a cloth handy to wipe down the joystick ball and CPO between stages. I'm also sort of a neat freak, so I like keeping the CPO as clean as possible at all times. :)

Street Fighter II - Between rounds, I usually cycle through the punch buttons continuously until the next fight starts up again.
 
At the every 2nd level long intermission in Pengo, I run to the 'fridge, grab a Sierra Nevada, open it, take a big swig and get back in time for the next level. :)
 
Pour and drink a shot of Wild Turkey. I love that I wired up a pause switch on my Neo 2 slot, it allows me to do this anytime I want.
 
Man what a bunch of drunks. I'll dance w Stanley. Wouldn't be the first time I made an ass of myself LOL
 
Like you do in Tempest - in Gyruss, as I go into the planet, I try to rotate as far around the planet as possible (to the left) and usually land somewhere around 2 o'clock...
 
I usually just try and mention "Lucky and Wild" as many times as I can before the level changes... :D

A more serious answer, though... I usually shake out my hands to loosen them up / distract the carpal tunnel...
 
At the every 2nd level long intermission in Pengo, I run to the 'fridge, grab a Sierra Nevada, open it, take a big swig and get back in time for the next level. :)

Yep. Take a drink of beer.

Not really a trick, but it is what I do. Have to wait till I hit 100,000 on Battlezone before I can do that. :)


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