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Qubes, intro-          Q*Bert now spends his time
                               duced even      working for Hasbro, where, if you're
                                *more*         *really* unlucky, you may find him
                                 characters    putting the "cuss" into the customer
                                 that could    service line.
                                  have
                                  quickly
                                  turned
                                   the
                                   Q*Bert
                                   property
                                   into an
                               infinitely fran-
                                  chise-able
                                  commod-
                                  ity.  One
                                   need
                                   only look
                                 at the even
            newer batch of fresh characters in
            the recent PlayStation and PC re-
            makes of Q*Bert to consider the
            unachieved toy/collectible potential
            of the game.


                           Donkey Kong
                           (Apple II)                                              Arcade’s Greatest Hits: The Williams
                           During gameplay,                                        Collection 1 (PSX)
                           press '1' to give                                       Once you begin playing any game,
                           yourself up to 255                                      press L1 + L2.  When the option screen
                           Mario's (after 255 it                                   appears, press the “x” button to gain
                           will roll over to                                       access to the cheat menu.
                           zero).  Press '2' to
                           toggle invincibility                                    Bomberman 64 (N64)
                           On/Off.                                                 Want some secret levels?  When the
                                                                                   main menu appears, press the “Start”
            Centipede (Arcade/MAME)                                                button repeatedly until you hear a
            After loading Centipede In MAME,                                       chime sound.  Gotta be quick, though!
            press the F4 key.  Check out the pat-
            tern tables and you’ll see a grasshop-                                                War Room
            per.  A grasshopper was planned for                                                   (Colecovision)
            the original version but  was taken out                                               According to the
            for the final release.                                                                game’s designer,
                                                                                                  Bob Harris, “During
                                                                                                  gameplay, visit cit-
                                                                                                  ies, in order, with
                                                                                                  initial letters R-O-S-
                                                                                                  H-A (ROSHA is Bob
                                                                                                  Harris’ nickname).
            Donkey Kong 64 (N64)                                                   You are presented with a screen telling
            In the Frantic Factory stage,                                          you the author's name and some of his
            use Donkey Kong to buy the                                             opinions. Following this, all the city
            Gorilla Grab potion from                                               names change to jokes (e.g. LA be-
            Cranky Kong. Go to the                                                 comes SmogLand), and some addi-
            wooden pole with the                                                   tional play features are en-
            large Kremling wan-                                                    abled.”
            dering
            around it.
            Climb the                          Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure
            pole, then run                     (Jaguar)                            Have an Easter Egg or cheat code
            forward until you can turn         To play the 2600 version of Pitfall on   you want to share?  Send it on in
            left. You will now be in a room with   the JAGUAR Pitfall, go to the main   and we’ll print it here.
            boxes, and a Donkey Kong arcade ma-  menu, select "info", press the C button
            chine. Pull the lever and Go Mario, Go!   26 times, then down!         E-mail it to:
                                               Submitted by Randy Femrite          cav@classicgamer.com

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