Atari Lynx

Tips and Tricks

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A.P.B.

Fast refuel > Find gas pumps located directly next to each other. Park in between the two pumps and you will be refueled twice as fast.

Basketbrawl

Password > At the password screen, enter the following codes to jump ahead in the game:

LevelPassword
1-1AAAA
1-2BBBB
1-3CCCC
2-1DDDD
2-2EEEE
2-3FFFF
3-1GGGG
3-2HHHH
LevelPassword
3-3IIII
4-1JJJJ
4-2KKKK
4-3LLLL
5-1MMMM
5-2NNNN
5-3OOOO

Batman Returns

Bonus items > After the motorcycles burst out of the huge gift-wrapped package in Level One, move into the opening on the right-hand side of the box. You will find a power-up and ten batarangs inside.

Options select > At the title screen, press up 8 times, down 12 times, left 15 times, right 19 times, Option 1 to skip to the next level. Press Option 2 while the game is paused for invincibility.

Blue Lightning

Land upside-down > In Mission 6 you are required to fly to airstrips and land. Invert the plane by doing a barrel roll (press Option 2 and left or right) and hold the plane level; you can land upside-down by pressing the joypad up while over an airstrip.

Passwords > During the password screen, enter these codes to jump to the level of your choice:

Mission Password
2PLAN
3ALFA
4BELL
5NINE
6LOCK
7HAND
8FIEA
9LIFE

Secret bonus > During Mission 4, where there is a low ceiling and surrounding canyons, you can get a 45,000 point bonus if you kick in your afterburners just after you enter the canyon.

California Games

Jump on the pelican > In the surfing event, on your third attempt on the wave, wait until the timer counts down to three seconds then nosedive into the whitewash (at the bottom of the screen). You'll fall off your board and the message "ARE WE HAVING FUN YET?" will appear. The pelican will fly by just as you fall on it from the top of the screen.

Checkered Flag

Cruise control > Select a 7-speed manual transmission. While holding down Button A (gas), do the follwoing: get up into 6th gear and 179 mph., quickly shift into 7th gear then back into 6th gear (you should now be at 180 mph, if not, shift gears again), release Button A. You will now cruise at maximum speed without sliding off the track.

Chip's Challenge

Passwords > During the password screen, enter these codes to jump to the level of your choice. Levels 145 through 149 normally don't appear in the game.

LevelPassword
1BDHP
2JXMJ
3ECBQ
4YMCJ
5TQKB
6WNLP
7FXQO
8NHAG
9KCRE
10VUWS
11CNPE
12WVHI
13OCKS
14BTDY
15COZQ
16SKKK
17AJMG
18MHJL
19MRHR
20KGFP
21UGRW
22WZIN
23HUVE
24UNIZ
25PQGV
26YVYJ
27IGGZ
28UJDD
29QGOL
30BQZP
LevelPassword
31RYMS
32PEFS
33BQSN
34NQFI
35VDTM
36NXIS
37VQNK
38BIFA
39ICXY
40YWFH
41GKWZ
42LMFU
43UJDP
44TXHL
45OVPZ
46HDQJ
47LXPP
48JYSF
49PPXI
50QBDH
51IGGJ
52PPHT
53CGNX
54ZMGC
55SJES
56FXJE
57UBXU
58YBLT
59BLDM
60ZYVI
LevelPassword
61RMOW
62TIGW
63GOHX
64IJPQ
65UPUN
66ZIKZ
67GGJA
68RTDI
69NLLY
70GCCG
71LAJM
72EKFT
73QCCR
74MKNH
75MJDV
76NMRH
77FHIC
78GRMO
79JINU
80EVUG
81SCWF
82LLOIO
83OVPJ
84UVEO
85LEBX
86FLHH
87YJYS
88WZYV
89VCZO
90OLLM
LevelPassword
91JPQG

92

DTMI
93REKF
94EWCS
95BIFQ
96WVHY
97IOCS
98TKWD
99XUVU
100QJXR
101RPIR
102VDDU
103PTAC
104KUNL
105YNEG
106NXYB
107ECRE
108LIOC
109KZQR
110XBAO
111KRQJ
112NJLA
113PTAS
114JWNL
115EGRW
116HXMF
117FPZT
118OSCW
119PHTY
120FLXP
LevelPassword
121BPYS
122SJUM
123YKZE
124TASX
125MYRT
126QRLD
127JMWZ
128FTLA
129HEAN
130XHIZ
131FIRD
132ZYFA
133TIGG
134XPPH
135LYWO
136LUZL
137HPPX
138LUJT
139VLHH
140SJUK
141MCJE
142UCRY
143OKOR
144GVXQ
145MAND
146JHEN
147OKOR
148RGSK
149DIGW

Mandelbrot / Julia Set Explorer > At the password screen, enter the code MAND. The following options control the operation of the Explorer. Slashes separate button functions on consecutive presses. The zoom window will disappear if no buttons are pressed for three seconds. If the zoom window is on, Buttons A and B will zoom on the first press. The screen will be rebuilt 1:1 immediately after a zoom out.

ButtonOptions Menu Command
Button Acount up
Button Bcount down
Option 1exit options menu
Pauseoptions menu
Option 2Mandelbrot Explorer / Julia Set Explorer
Restartselect next Mandelbrot Set / reset x, y to FE
Flipselect next Julia Set / reset xjul, yjul to FE
Joypadmove cursor
ButtonMain Screen Command
Button Azoom frame on / zoom in
Button Bzoom frame on / zoom out
Option 1zoom frame on / zoom frame off
Option 2zoom frame on / strobe in / strobe out / strobe stop
Joypadzoom frame on / move zoom frame

Crystal Mines II

Passwords > At the password screen, enter KIMI, then instead of pressing Button A, press and hold Option 1 and Option 2, then press B. Press Button A to move one level ahead, or Button B to move one level back. Alternatively, use the following passwords to jump ahead in the game:

LevelPassword
1TSLA
2UEPT
3MTFQ
4IRTR
5ZCXP
6DPRX
7OIGT
8YHYR
9VYHK
10ITCU
11QCFK
12BXNG
13MOXA
14IDWJ
15RFVC
16GHSI
17SKHU
18TRFN
19LQRE
20AURV
21TYGU
22FUIX
23QFXU
24XVXU
25KYPO
LevelPassword
26HBTR
27SFEB
28HXRE
29TRVJ
30FQCS
31ZOIH
32LHJV
33GVYU
34EMTV
35OHXY
36GSTB
37UXRC
38PWYH
39XQCE
40PNGU
41DZDI
42PIPH
43PKAV
44TBUM
45CXRI
46QIPZ
47HBJP
48NXKU
49IGPY
50INUK
LevelPassword
51LHPD
52NEBX
53JVNL
54CAQS
55KEHL
56EMSE
57ZLAE
58MSXV
59JXTD
60SOVS
61GHGV
62QVOZ
63ZCEL
64COYH
65HJHT
66DONQ
67VBHF
68JSMJ
69HTRA
70WBHD
71MVJX
72ANZI
73EDLA
74PCMN
75YJKJ
LevelPassword
76RAIQ
77ZRWH
78ECMO
79AOTP
80SVWK
81VRBD
82SVYA
83KRFH
84CNQR
85YNXR
86CWQU
87YXFJ
88SRDW
89PDSQ
90QKOA
91CKLQ
92KHBA
93MZKM
94DYDO
95IDIC
96WVOM
97NJCU
98WUQR
99BSZB
100RERF

Special stage > At the password screen, enter ZERO.

Electrocop

Door codes > The following are the door codes for all twelve levels of the game. Level 12 takes you to Level 8 without having to go through a door.

LevelDoor CodeComment
112473exit to L2
29874exit to L2
38743weapons
21R3287exit to L7
1L3287exit to L3
25409empty
319284exit to L4
27210exit to L4
33936Smart Bomb
47395Plasma Cannon
58294nothing
410394weapons
518658weapons
25462to Door 7
39973endgame
47642to Door 1
50912to Door 2
6974to Door 3
77865to Door 4
84285to Door 5
Sting.N/Aexit to L10
DoorsN/Aexit to L1
LevelDoor CodeComment
619722exit to L5
28765exit to L12
716021exit to L4
25824exit to L9
817698exit to L6
910170Plasma Cannon
21092nothing
37102Tri-laser
44726nothing
51375exit to L11
62857Bi-laser
76998Tri-laser
81798Tri-laser
94321exit to L1
10LN/Aexit to L11
MN/Aexit to L9
RN/Aexit to L2
1110293Bi-laser
LN/Aexit to L3
RN/Aexit to L12
1212987Plasma Cannon
26473Plasma Cannon

Music off > You can turn off the background music by pausing the game, pressing Option 2, and then unpausing.

Gates of Zendocon

Passwords > At the password screen, enter these codes to jump to the level of your choice. The codes are in alphabetical order, rather than order by level because of the complex branching of multiple gates in each level.

LevelConnecting Levels
ANEXBARE, NEAT
BARESTAX, XRAY
BASEZYBX, RAZE
BETATRAX, NEST
BOTZSNAX
BOXXSEBB, TENT
BRANBROT
BREXSEBB, ZEST, STAB
BROTSTOB
BYTEBETA
EBYXBREX
EYESNYXX, BARE
NEARZETA
NEATYARR
NERBTREY
NESTRAZE
NEXANEST, BREX
NYETRAZE
NYXXZYRB
RATTNYET
RAZEROXX, TRYX, TRAX, TERA
ROXXNERB
ROXYNEXA
SEBBSNEX
SNAXZETA, NEAR
SNEXZAXX
LevelConnecting Levels
SRYXBARE
SSSSBREX
STABBOXX
STARBYTE, SSSS
STAXSZZZ
STOBXTNT
STYXYARB
SZZZRAZE
TENTBROT
TERABYTE
TRAXZEBA
TREYSTAR
TRYX(bonus level), STYX
XRAYRATT
XRXSANEX
XTNTBOTZ
YARBBREX
YARREYES
ZAXXBROT
ZEBATRYX, ROXY
ZESTBRAN ZORT
ZETA(endgame)
ZORTSTAB
ZYBXNYXX, XRXS, NEAT
ZYRBSRYX
(bonus level)NERB

Secret bonus stage > At the password screen, enter the code TRYX. When the stage begins, activate your Destructor shield and ram through the floor in between the pylons sticking down from the floor. There is only one section where you can do this near the beginning of the level, if you try to force the ship through the floor anywhere else it will self-destruct. Instead, let the shield guide the ship through the floor. Fly thorough the narrow sections and enter the first gate you come upon and you'll be in an unnamed bonus stage where digitized photos of the programmers and developers attack you and you can get all of the weapon options.

Gauntlet: The Third Encounter

Level select > At the beginning of the game, choose a character and stay still. Press Option 1 and you will jump to Level 5; each press of Option 1 will jump you ahead five levels up to Level 20.

Potions > The following is the list of potions and their effects:

Color Effect
BlueStrength +1
BrownLife -1,000
Goldrandom
Dark GreenMissiles +1
Light Green???
GreyLife +1,000
RedSpeed +8

Ms. Pac-Man

Extra lives > To gain five extra lives, first start a normal game and press Pause, Buttons B, B, B, A, A, A, Option 1, Buttons B, B, B, A, A, A, Option 1, and Pause. To gain six extra lives, pause the game, press Option 1, Button B twice, Button A twice, and then unpause the game.

Lightning speed > To speed up your character's movement, pause the game and press Button A twice, Button B, Option 1, Button A twice, Button B, Option 1. A lightning bolt will appear at the top of the screen next to the score. Press Button B for a burst of speed.

Pac-Land

Extra lives > Play until you get the high score and register as 330 NE. For as long as that is the high score the game will start with ten extra lives.

Rampage

Level select > To select any level in the game first press pause twice at the character selection screen. At the newspaper, press and hold Option 1 and press the joypad right or left to select a level.

Secret screen > Press pause twice at the character selection screen and make a selection. Press and hold Option 1 and press the joypad right to select the sixth day, then press pause twice. Hold Option 1 and press the joypad right to select the fifteenth day, then press pause twice. Press and hold Option 1 and Option 2, then press button B to end the game. After the high scores a graphic of the programmer will appear.

Road Blasters

Level select > Select Bubble City. Accelerate slowly and steer to the far left or right. Crash into the first tree while holding Button B. Press Option 1 and select your level. Press and hold Button B, then press A. Finish the level and you will skip to the stage you selected.

Secret screen > In Bubble City drive into the first tree on either side of the road while holding Button B to display digitized photos of the programmers. Press Button A to resume.

Rygar

Floating shield > At any time in the game, throw the shield, and while it is moving press Option 1 and Pause simultaneously to restart the game. When the next game begins, the shield will be positioned just in front of you. It will return to normal the next time the shield is thrown. The shield cannot be used as a method of attack, it is merely an interesting glitch.

Scrapyard Dog

Warp > Go to the toilet near the blue office in the second scrapyard. Press the joypad down and a door will appear. Knock on the door to warp to the Forest World.

Super Skweek

Bonus > Find the Skweek in the large body of water in the "PAGALAGOS ISLAND" and position yourself over it. Press Option 1 for 3,000 bonus coins.

Extra lives > Find the island directly to the right of the "WELCOME ISLAND" in the upper right corner of the dark blue block and look for the Skweek. Position yourself over it and press Option 1 for two extra lives.

Forbidden islands > Choose a normal game from the option menu, then at the map screen, position Skweek (or Skrutch) over the O in "GARGOUIL LAND" and go down as far as possible. You should see a furball. Position yourself over the furball and press Option 1. You will now be able to go to the forbidden islands.

Todd in Slime World

Passwords > Entering the password 4EB43535 will lock the Lynx up, and nothing else. The exit code for the arcade adventure is 002A64, the alternate exit is 75E9D5 (50E9C8 is the end of the alternate exit).

Level Password
Exploration20D988
SuspenseA48278
Easy8F0BC8

Secret level > Select the summary and wait for the picture of Todd completely green, then press Option 1. Press Button A and Button B alternately to pop the "zit." This can be played as a multiplayer game.

Toki

"Scramble" mode > Before the title screen appears, press and hold up and Option 1 through the entire demo sequence. After the names of the designers fall down, the demo will cycle through colors, a catchy tune will begin, and the pad will allow you to sample digitized Toki sounds. Pressing the pad down and left repeatedly will cause the samples to descend in pitch; conversely, pressing up and right repeatedly will cause the samples to ascend in pitch.

Secret screen > Just before the screen fades to black to display the "CONTINUE" screen, press and hold up and Option 1 for the entire sequence. A white speck will appear at the center of the screen. Repeatedly pressing Buttons A or B will enlarge the speck into a photo of the game's designers.

Viking Child

Passwords > Use the following passwords to start at the level of your choice:

Level Password
Village CastleOMEGAMAN
Forest MountainPATRICIA
Land Bridge LakeREDDWARF
Labyrinth Mud Flat VolcanoDEWSBURY
Desert PyramidISLAND

Zarlor Mercenary

Extra power > At the beginning of the game select XQ49. On the second boss of the third level, let him kill you once, then finish the level. At the shop buy one of these items: power shot, side shooters, back shooters, auto fire, super shields, or lasers. Everything will be maxed out except mega bombs and lives.




Friends of the Felines

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