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[getbent]

Hi,

I recently bought a copy of Masters of the Universe, the Power of He-Man, only to find out that it does not work properly. The opening screen seems fine, and I get to witness He-Man's remarkable transformation into his tanned, buff self.

The "next" screen comes up, with He-Man sitting in a small hovercraft(?). However, I cannot get him to move at all. I tried each joystick port, left only, right only, paddles, etc. What would/could cause a game to work to this point and not allow movement?

Forgive me if such a question has been asked and answered in the past. Thanks, in advance, for your explanation!

[graywest]

Try the difficulty switches. If they're on "B", set them to "A" and vice versa. Some of the M-Network games implemented a pause feature with the difficulty switches. I think He-Man might be one of those.

[Lucky Man]

The right difficulty switch needs to be on "A" to play the game. "B" freezes the action.

[getbent]

Thank you both so much for your quick responses. I tried putting on the A difficulty switch on the right and it worked like a charm. Not my favorite game in my collection, but much better now that I can play it. My 8 year-old thanks you as well!

[save2600]

The Intellivision version is a much better game if you have a hankering to play some better Masters of the Universe.