On Feb 28, 2005, at 3:29 PM, Lee Fastenau wrote:
>
>> Well, Space Invaders would allow you to have two missiles on the
>> screen
>> at the same time if you held down one of those (both? Can't recall
>> offhand) when powering on. Does that count? I don't recall hearing
>> why that happens on the list, but suppose I could search the
>> archives... :^)
>
> Yep, that counts. Just found a couple references to it on Google.
> It's the Reset switch.
>
> I'm able to test the switches during startup on my Supercharger, but
> so far I haven't been able to successfully test them in an emulator.
> Are emulator users out-of-luck when it comes to this type of
> feature/easter egg?
>
I was able to do it with an early version of Stella (v0.7, IIRC) for
Classic Mac OS. I rapidly tapped 'r' (Reset) while the ROM loaded up.
If the timing was right: voila! Two missiles! I suppose it works for
later versions as well.
- Jason (Emehr @ Atari Age Forums)
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