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[atari2600land]

I posted this on the Videopac forums but nobody seems to read them, so I thought I'd post it here, too.
While playing the game, I noticed that if you are flashing and touch a rock but fall onto a rock dispenser, you still get to go down to the next level without dying, which makes me wonder what other bugs can be discovered, like, suppose you're flashing, jumping over a rock but still manage to get hit and get a key and land on a rock dispenser. Would you still get to go to the next level? Also, why did they make it impossible to dodge the bouncing rocks?

[BassGuitari]

I don't know if I'd call that a bug so much as simply a break that the game gives you. I've noticed a lot things you could probably call "bugs" in Odyssey games though, such:

Take The Money And Run: you can "hide" inside the other player (so it looks like there's only one man on screen), and you can't be caught.
Showdown in 2100 AD: you can shoot your enemy's corpse into smaller pieces.
Monkeyshines: when standing on top of the other player, if the top player jumps straight up and the bottom player jumps straight up while the top player is still in the air, you can "climb" up the screen if you keep holding Up/forward + Action Button...even if there are no platforms!
Basketball: you can shoot the ball through the bottom corner of the screen, under the hoop; the ball will fly out from the top of the screen and change color. The score also gets an "!" added to it.

These glitches and many others should be well-documented at the Odyssey 2 Homepage.

[SoulBlazer]

Bass, where's that O2 homepage at?

[thegoldenband]

BassGuitari, on Fri Jan 20, 2012 1:08 PM, said:

Showdown in 2100 AD: you can shoot your enemy's corpse into smaller pieces.

OK, that's kind of awesome.

I also seem to remember some maze game -- can't recall the title -- where you can abuse collision detection, go outside the maze, and make a beeline straight for the exit.

[Tempest]

thegoldenband, on Fri Jan 20, 2012 3:11 PM, said:

BassGuitari, on Fri Jan 20, 2012 1:08 PM, said:

Showdown in 2100 AD: you can shoot your enemy's corpse into smaller pieces.

OK, that's kind of awesome.

I also seem to remember some maze game -- can't recall the title -- where you can abuse collision detection, go outside the maze, and make a beeline straight for the exit.

I think that was Labyrinth for the VideoPac.

[BassGuitari]

SoulBlazer, on Fri Jan 20, 2012 2:52 PM, said:

Bass, where's that O2 homepage at?

http://www.the-nextlevel.com/odyssey2/

[Seob]

Most people are active at: http://www.videopac.nl/forum but i've noticed you already posted the same question over there.

[BassGuitari]

BassGuitari, on Fri Jan 20, 2012 1:08 PM, said:

Monkeyshines: when standing on top of the other player, if the top player jumps straight up and the bottom player jumps straight up while the top player is still in the air, you can "climb" up the screen if you keep holding Up/forward + Action Button...even if there are no platforms!

(Just in case anyone tries this, I forgot to mention to hold Up + Button on BOTH controllers. The two players kind of leap-frog up the screen. )