User manual ATARI CX-2600

OWNER'S MANUAL MODEL CX-2600 1 Contents Getting Started ............................. 3 Main Menu Explanation ............................. 5 Game Listing Credits Technical Support Terms And Conditions ............................. 6 ............................. 106 ............................. 107 ............................. 108 2 Getting Started Health Warnings and Precautions · Video games may cause a small percentage of individuals to experience seizures or have momentary loss of consciousness when viewing certain kinds of flashing lights or patterns on a television screen. Certain conditions may include epileptic symptoms even in persons with no prior history or seizures or epilepsy. · If you or anyone in your family has an epileptic condition, consult your physician prior to game play. · It is recommended that parents observe their children when their children play video games. · If you or your child experiences any of the following symptoms: dizziness, altered vision, eye or muscle twitching, involuntary movements, loss of awareness, disorientation, or convulsions, discontinue use immediately. · Some people may experience fatigue or discomfort after playing for a long time. If your hands or arms become tired or uncomfortable during game play, stop playing immediately. · If you continue to experience soreness or discomfort during or after play, stop playing and consult your physician. · If your hands, wrists or arms have been injured or strained in other activities, use of your system could aggravate the condition. As necessary consult your physician before playing video games. · Do not sit or stand too close to the television. · Do not play if you are tired or need sleep. · Always play in a well-lit room. · Be sure to take a 10- to 15- minute break, at least every hour, while playing. Hardware Precautions and Maintenance · Do not disassemble or try to repair your console or any of its components. · Always switch Off the console before connecting it to your TV/VCR. · Do not store your console in humid place, on the floor or in any location where it may collect dirt, dust and lint. · Do not drop, hit or otherwise abuse your console or its components. · Make sure all connections to the console are inserted in the correct locations. · When disconnecting any plugs from the console, first turn the console Off, and then carefully pull out the plugs, rather than the cables, so as not to damage the cables. · Do not step on, sharply pull or bend and cables connected to the console. · Do not expose the console or any of the components to extreme heat or cold. Take care not to expose your console to direct sunlight for extended periods of time. · Do not spill liquids on your console or its components. · Do not rapidly turn the Power Button On and Off. Warning To Projection Television Owners To prevent potential permanent damage to your projection TV, do not connect your console to a projection TV without first reviewing your projection TV instruction manual. Your game console packaging should contain the following components: 3 · ATARI® Flashback 2(TM) Classic Game Console unit with Instruction Manual · Two Plug-in Joystick Controllers · Power Supply The ATARI® Flashback 2(TM) Classic Game Console comes with 40 built-in classic games. No game cartridges are required. The game console does not utilize a cartridge slot. 1. Locate the A/V IN connectors on your TV, VCR, or DVD and then connect the plugs on the supplied A/V cable to the corresponding (same color) connectors on your TV, VCR, or DVD. 2. Plug the power connector from the included Power Supply into the back of the console and then carefully plug the Power Supply into a wall outlet. 3. Consult your TV , VCR, or DVD manufacturer's instruction manual for details on how to select INPUT or SOURCE to display the signal to your TV from the A/V cable you have connected to the console. NOTE: Connecting your console via a VCR or DVD may also require the additional step of pressing the TV/VCR or TV/DVD button on your remote control to select the proper output to the TV screen. Connecting the Joystick Controllers For 1-Player Games: Connect a joystick controller to the left controller port. For 2-Player Games: Connect a joystick controller to the left controller port for player one, and connect another joystick controller to the right controller port for player two. Game Console Specifications: Power Input: 120v AC, 60 Hz,7W Power Output: 9v DC, 200mA Dimensions: 4.5"l x 2"w x 3"h Controller Ports: 2 Hours Of Fun: Unlimited 4 Troubleshooting PROBLEM No picture on the screen SOLUTION Connect the AC adapter Connect the A/V cable Turn the console unit On Turn the TV On Set the TV to A/V input Adjust TV color controls Increase or turn on the TV volume Connect the A/V cable Adjust the vertical and horizontal hold controls on your TV until the picture becomes steady Connect the A/V cable Power Off the console and then power On the console Screen flickers or no color No game sound Picture on TV screen is unsteady Picture is blinking or distorted Main Menu Explanation The ATARI® Flashback 2(TM) Classic Game Console comes with 40 virtual game cartridges to choose from! To select and start a game, use the joystick controller to navigate the Main Menu and highlight one of 4 categories (Adventure Territory, Arcade Favorites, Space Station, Skill and Action Zone). Then, press the fire button to select the desired Category and list the available game titles. 5 Arcade Favorites ARCADE ASTEROIDS(TM) (1 OR 2 PLAYERS) Now for the first time, play a brand new spin on the old Atari 2600® classic! This version of Asteroids(TM) has been changed to look closer to the original arcade version. Same exciting action you remember, but now with a realistic new look! Asteroids crash towards you from all directions! Trapped in a gigantic cloud of asteroids, your struggling spaceship hurls towards its doom. You'll have to pulverize all the asteroids with your photon cannon to save your ship and your life! The Sky's The Limit! On a quiet serene evening the Cosmic Space Patrol sets out for the usual night cruise through the boulevards of space. This beat was always the same; calm, no action and no excitement. For some reason this night feels different. Shortly before 0200 hours some form of intergalactic material is sighted through the visual particle counter. The material is too large a mass to measure. It's drifting closer. Lookout, it's a giant asteroid boulder and it's headed straight for the Cosmic Spacecraft. The only chance for survival is to dodge the boulder or destroy it. Destroying it doesn't mean just breaking it up, it means vaporizing it. Small asteroid boulders are equally as fatal as large ones. Whew, the boulder just missed colliding with the Cosmic Spacecraft, but suddenly the Cosmic Space Patrol find themselves surrounded by thousands of the deadly asteroids. The Cosmic Space Patrol must act quickly to save their spacecraft and spare their lives. The spacecraft is equipped with photon torpedoes, hyperspace, shields, and flip control. The Cosmic Space Patrol is highly trained to handle this situation. Could you do as good a job as the Cosmic Space Patrol? How would you protect yourself if you were caught in a deadly asteroid belt? This is your big chance to fly throughout the dimensions of space and fend against asteroid boulders. The longer you survive, the more space hazards you'll encounter. With your space ship trapped in a deadly asteroid belt, your only chance is to destroy the drifting asteroid boulders before your spaceship is done in. Fire your photon torpedoes to blast them but be careful when an asteroid is hit, it may just break up into smaller boulders! And watch out for other space hazards, like satellites and UFO's. If it gets to heavy for you, you can always engage your Hyperspace drive and Hyper through space in all directions. Controls/Game Play Use the Joystick Controller to aim the spaceship and to fire photon torpedoes at the asteroids. Move the Joystick right to rotate the ship clockwise; move it left to rotate the ship counterclockwise. Push the Joystick forward to thrust (propel) the ship through space. (The ship moves only in the direction it's pointed.) Pulling the Joystick down causes the ship to perform different functions such as hyperspace, shields, or flip. After aiming the spaceship with your Joystick, press the fire button to shoot photon torpedoes at the asteroid boulders. Continue to press and release the fire button as fast as possible to quickly destroy all the asteroids. 6 If the game variation you're playing includes satellites and UFOs, use your Joystick to aim and press the fire button to shoot torpedoes at them just as you would for the asteroid boulders. When hit, small asteroids disintegrate, medium asteroids split into two asteroids, and large asteroids break into two medium asteroids. You have more than enough photon power to destroy all of the asteroids, but you can fire only four shots into the asteroid field at a time. Asteroids come at your ship in waves from all corners of the screen. Once you empty the screen of asteroids, a new wave begins, and each wave you face is more difficult to destroy than the last. In some game variations, you'll face enemy UFOs, which fire photon lasers back at you. Both small and large UFOs explode when hit. A reserve fleet of the ships stands ready in hyperspace. Each time an asteroid hits you, destroying your ship, a reserve ship appears in the starting position in the center of the screen. This continues until all of your ships are destroyed. The high score of the game appears at the end of the game and is updated as higher scores are tallied in later games. The high score remains on the screen until you turn off your Atari®Flashback 2(TM) Classic Game Console. Game Variations Standard Play This variation is for one player, or two players alternating. Competition Asteroids Two players appear on screen at the same time. Your ship is vulnerable to shots fired by the other player. You benefit by helping the other player stay alive. Team Asteroids Two players appear on screen at the same time and share reserve ships.Your photon torpedoes pass through the other player's ships without disabling them. Special Features Depending on the game variation you choose, you may be able to save your spacecraft from destruction by using one of your ship's special features. Hyperspace Hyperspace makes your spaceship disappear in space and reappear at some other location on the screen. This feature is helpful as a quick getaway, but it may also be a hindrance if your ship reappears in the path of an oncoming asteroid. Shields Shields protect your spacecraft from oncoming boulders and enemies. Don't use shields for more than two seconds though, or your ship will blow up! 7 Flip Flip enables you to instantly rotate your spacecraft around 180-degrees and aim in the opposite direction. Young Children's Versions Games 33 through 66 are easy versions for young children. These games feature slow asteroids, hyperspace, and an extra ship each 5000 points. Helpful Hints After playing Asteroids(TM) several times you'll discover which techniques work best for you. Here are some that the space cadets at ATARI found most helpful. 1. When the screen becomes clear of asteroids (just before a new group of large asteroids appears), try to avoid placing your spaceship close to the right or left edge of the screen. New asteroids almost always begin from these edges. 2. It is often helpful to remain in the center of the screen throughout the game, aiming your spaceship right or left in a circular motion. 3. If you're close to earning an extra ship, and your spaceship is about to crash, you may want to cause your spaceship to collide with a small asteroid, UFO, or satellite. You'll earn points even if you crash, and this may be just enough points to earn that extra ship. 4. Try to hit the faster and smaller asteroid boulders. This will give you more protection and more points. Difficulty Switches The Asteroids(TM) game has two difficulty levels, a and b. The b level is normal game play for beginning players. The a level offers a bigger challenge with the addition of UFOs(Unidentified Flying Objects) and satellites. UFOs are tough to hit, but each one is worth 1000 points. Satellites are larger and easier to destroy. UFOs and satellites may be firing back at you, so be on the lookout for their stray artillery. UFOs do not attack until you have reached over 15,000 points. When satellites and UFOs sneak up to attack you, you'll hear their engines. The satellites have a low pitched engine sound and the UFOs have a higher pitched sound. 8 Scoring Points are determined by the size of the asteroid boulders. Obviously, the smaller boulders are harder to hit and therefore worth more points. With each game or turn you have four spaceships. You can earn extra spaceships by scoring high. Points are scored as follows: Small Asteroids Medium Asteroids Large Asteroids Satellites Small UFO's Large UFO's Other Player's Ship 100 POINTS 50 POINTS 20 POINTS 200 POINTS 1000 POINTS 200 POINTS 500 POINTS 9 ARCADE PONG® (1 OR 2 PLAYERS) The original 1972 arcade version of Pong® from Atari, the video game that started it all! Controls Press Select to select 1 player or 2 player version, and press your Joystick's fire button to start the game. Move your Joystick up/down to control your bat. Scoring First player to reach 11 wins! Special Note Original Legacy Atari paddle controllers are compatible with Arcade Pong. 10 ASTEROIDS DELUXE(TM) (1 OR 2 PLAYERS) Now for the first time, play the smash follow-up to ATARI's hit Asteroids(TM), Asteroids Deluxe(TM)! Space Just Got A Bit Deadlier You're on patrol with the Cosmic Space Patrol again, in the midst of a war against the deadly Zylors. Strange alien robotic life forms, these cybernetic creatures are out to destroy human kind. Now promoted to commander of the squadron, your crew has been scrambled to a nearby asteroid belt where Zylor ships have been spotted. Suddenly, you find yourselves surrounded by thousands of the deadly asteroids. Something's not right, there's a lot more than there should be. Luckily, each of your ships is of course equipped with your trusty photon torpedoes, hyperspace, shields, and flip control. But wait ­ what's that over there coming out from behind that large asteroid over there? It's the Zylor saucer you were sent in after. Dodging and weaving, you suddenly realize they've gotten a lot smarter. And what's that strange looking asteroid that seems to be following you? Wait a minute, that's no asteroid! It's a giant ship! This is an ambush! Zylor Ships Saucer ­ Both large and small Zylor saucers shoot at your ship. The smaller saucers seem to do better at targeting you, so be careful! Killer Satellite ­ A new "death-star" type Killer Satellite that chases after you relentlessly. Try and blast it and it breaks in to smaller crafts, making for an even deadlier surprise! Controls/Game Play Use the Joystick Controller to aim the spaceship and to fire photon torpedoes at the asteroids. Move the Joystick right to rotate the ship clockwise; move it left to rotate the ship counterclockwise. Push the Joystick forward to thrust (propel) the ship through space. (The ship moves only in the direction it's pointed.) Pulling the Joystick down causes the ship to engage its shields . After aiming the spaceship with your Joystick, press the fire button to shoot photon torpedoes at the asteroid boulders. Continue to press and release the fire button as fast as possible to quickly destroy all the asteroids. If the game variation you're playing includes satellites and UFOs, use your Joystick to aim and press the fire button to shoot torpedoes at them just as you would for the asteroid boulders. When hit, small asteroids disintegrate, medium asteroids split into two asteroids, and large asteroids break into two medium asteroids. You have more than enough photon power to destroy all of the asteroids, but you can fire only four shots into the asteroid field at a time. Asteroids come at your ship in waves from all corners of the screen. Once you empty the screen of asteroids, a new wave begins, and each wave you face is more difficult to destroy than the last. In some game variations, you'll face enemy UFOs, which fire photon lasers back at you. Both small and large UFOs explode when hit. 11 A reserve fleet of the ships stands ready in hyperspace. Each time an asteroid hits you, destroying your ship, a reserve ship appears in the starting position in the center of the screen. This continues until all of your ships are destroyed. The high score of the game appears at the end of the game and is updated as higher scores are tallied in later games. The high score remains on the screen until you turn off your ATARI ® Flashback II(TM) Classic Game Console. Difficulty Switches The Asteroids Deluxe(TM) game has two difficulty levels, a and b. The b level is normal game play for beginning players. The a level offers a bigger challenge with the addition of UFOs(Unidentified Flying Objects) and satellites. UFOs are tough to hit, but each one is worth 1000 points. Satellites are larger and easier to destroy. UFOs and satellites may be firing back at you, so be on the lookout for their stray artillery. UFOs do not attack until you have reached over 15,000 points. When satellites and UFOs sneak up to attack you, you'll hear their engines. The satellites have a low pitched engine sound and the UFOs have a higher pitched sound. Scoring Points are determined by the size of the asteroid boulders. Obviously, the smaller boulders are harder to hit and therefore worth more points. With each game or turn you have four spaceships. You can earn extra spaceships by scoring high. Points are scored as follows: Small Asteroids 100 POINTS Medium Asteroids 50 POINTS Large Asteroids 20 POINTS 1000 Small UFO's POINTS Large UFO's 200 POINTS Other Player's 500 POINTS Ship Killer Satellites 50 POINTS Shark Satellites 100 POINTS Wedge Satellites 200 POINTS 12 Battlezone(TM) (1 OR 2 PLAYERS) The original ATARI 2600 version of this 1980 arcade classic! The whole world is in trouble. From your combat tank, you must find and destroy the enemy tanks, aerial fighters, and flying saucers before they find you. Get ready for the futuristic fight to the finish. You're Combat Ready! The year is 1999, and the nations of the earth have declared a world-wide peace plan. But there is a problem with the proposed truce. A council of military commanders has unleashed battalions of automated weapons into the countryside. These aerial fighters, flying saucers, tanks, and super tanks will turn the world into a lifeless landscape unless you can stop them. Luckily, you've discovered an old military tank hidden inside the museum. Use your Joystick to steer the tank as you search for enemy automatons. Since your electronic periscope only gives you a front view from the tank, you'll have to rely heavily on your radar screen to detect the enemy. If you see a blip on the radar, you need to move fast! Use your Joystick to turn your tank until the enemy appears on the screen; press the red controller button to fire your turret gun. Controls/Game Play You have five tanks to complete your mission. Your tank will be destroyed each time it is hit by enemy fire. Use your Joystick to maneuver your tank. Push forward on your Joystick to move your tank forward; pull back on the Joystick to move your tank backward. To rotate your tank in position, push the Joystick directly right or left. Move the tank in an arc by pushing your Joystick diagonally in the desired direction. Fire your turret gun by pressing the red button on your controller. If you miss a target, you cannot fire again for approximately 2 seconds. The enemies you'll encounter are: Tanks Tanks are your most common enemy. They move a bit slower than your tank, and can be identified by their blue turrets. Super Tanks These look like regular tanks, but have yellow turrets and can move faster than your tank. Fighters Fighters always appear directly in front of you then zigzag toward your tank. When a fighter reaches point-blank range, it will veer to the side and fire an anti-tank shell directly at you. You can identify a fighter by the "buzz" sound it makes as it flies. Flying Saucers 13 Flying saucers do not fire at you, but are hard to hit and can distract you when a tank, a fighter, or a super tank is firing at you. Your Radar Screen Your radar is located at the top center of the screen. Enemy automatons appear on the screen as white "blips" of light, your tank is located in the middle of the radar circle. The two lines at the top of the radar screen indicate your field of view. When you move your tank so an enemy "blip" is between the lines, you should be able to see the enemy on the main screen. Be careful, though! An enemy can shoot and destroy your tank -- even if you can't see it on the main screen. A black sighting mark is located at the top of the main screen to help you aim at the target. When the enemy is directly in your line of fire, the sighting mark will change from black to white. Game Variations Press the GAME SELECT switch to choose one of three game levels. The game level is indicated by the number of tanks displayed at the bottom of the screen. GAME NUMBER Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Helpful Hints SKILL LEVEL Novice Intermediate Advanced After playing Battlezone(TM) several times you'll discover which techniques work best for you. Here are some that tank commanders at ATARI found most helpful. 1. A good way to evade enemy shells is to rotate your tank 45 degrees, then immediately move the tank forward or backward. 2. Listen for the sound of an enemy gun being fired. As soon as you hear a shot, take evasive action. Do not simply rotate in the same spot. 3. Keep moving after you fire a shot -- don't want to see if the shot hit its mark. 4. If a tank is close behind, you can bring it within sight by moving your tank in reverse until the enemy tank appears on the screen. You'll be able to shoot as the enemy tank turns to face you. 5. Try to lure one enemy into another enemy's line of fire. For example, by moving your tank to one side, you can move a flying saucer into a shot fired by an enemy tank. 6. Don't waste shots, since you can't shoot your turret gun again until the shell either hits an enemy, or disappears from your main screen. 14 Scoring TARGET POINTS Tank Fighter Super Tank Saucer 1000 POINTS 2000 POINTS 3000 POINTS 5000 POINTS A bonus tank is awared At 50,000 and 100,000 points. 15 CENTIPEDE® (1 OR 2 PLAYERS) You're trapped in the perilous Enchanted Forest. Dark, dangerous mushrooms push up through the forest floor, snaring you on every side. Threatening thumps and evil buzzings fill the air. Something slippery flashes through the mushrooms, moving in on you. Suddenly, glaring eyes and quivering antennae jump right out at you! It's the Centipede -- and it's attacking! Controls Move the joystick handle forward/back, or press Select to choose a game variation: One Player;Two Player Alternating; Dual Player Competition or Team Play. Move the joystick handle left/right to choose one of the four difficulty levels: Novice, Standard, Advanced, and Expert. Press either fire button to start the game. Use the joystick handle to move your magic wand around the screen and press either fire button to fire a powerful spark at the Centipede. Press and hold either fire button to rapid-fire and shoot continuous sparks. Sparking the Evil Insects You start the game with three magic wands. Use each wand to spark the enemy and score points. If the insect bites you, you become temporarily paralyzed and lose a wand. The Centipede attacks from the top of the screen and winds down toward you. When you spark any part of it with your wand, that segment becomes a mushroom, and the segment behind it becomes the head of a new insect. Mushrooms act like shields but can also speed the Centipede in its attack. It takes four hits to destroy a mushroom entirely. Trying to distract you from sparking the Centipede, the Spider jumps all over the Enchanted Forest, eliminating every mushroom in its path. The closer the Spider comes to you, the more points you score when you zap it. The Flea starts bugging you after you shoot away most of the mushrooms near you at the bottom of the screen. It drops straight down, creating mushrooms as it falls. You must hit the Flea twice to make it disappear. Beginning with the third wave, the Scorpion scurries across the middle of the Enchanted Forest, poisoning every mushroom it touches. Poison mushrooms are a different color than the other mushrooms. When the Centipede bumps into a poison mushroom, it goes crazy and plunges straight towards you. Game Variations Centipede® has 4 game variations: · · · · One Player Two Player Alternating Dual Player Competition: both players play at the same time, but score separately. Team Play: both players play at the same time and their scores are added together. Scoring 16 Centipede: Spider: Flea: Scorpion: Mushroom: Poison Mushroom: head....................................100 points body segment................... 10 points close range........................ 900 points medium range.................... 600 points distant range..................... 300 points 200 points 1000 Points shot 1 to 3 times............... 5 points when restored totally eliminated.............. 1 point not shot at all.................... 5 points when restored shot 1 to 3 times............... 5 points when restored totally eliminated.............. 1 point 17 LUNAR LANDER® (1 PLAYER) Lunar Lander(TM) provides the thrills and realistic "feel" of controlled space flight! Players are challenged to control thrust and rotation of a lunar landing craft to counteract simulated gravitational pull, momentum and friction. Now for the first time, experience ATARI's 1979 arcade hit at home! Can You Land Safely? Lunar Lander(TM) is a one-player game that simulates landing a manned spaceship on the moon. Various video-display phrases indicate score, time elapsed during the mission, fuel units consumed, altitude above the moon, and horizontal and vertical speed. The fuel consumption and both speed readings are important for the player to determine how to land the craft. Realistic engine rumble and crash sounds accompany game play. Careful not to use up your fuel, or you'll crash! A high beep warns of an almostdepleted fuel supply. Depending on the quality of the landing or the crash, various messages are displayed on the screen. Controls Press the Joystick left or right to tilt the ship left or right respectively. Pushing forward on the Joystick ignites your engines. Hitting the fire button will cause your landing to abort if your spacecraft is hopelessly out of position or in danger of crashing. Remember, help is only 240,000 miles away. Scoring A crash awards 5 points, a "hard" landing 15. A "good" landing awards 50 points... plus 50 Fuel Units of game time! 18 MILLIPEDE(TM) (1 OR 2 PLAYERS) Now for the first time, play this previously unreleased alternate version of the ATARI 2600's original 1984 release of MillipedeTM! An army of menacing Millipedes have invaded your garden patch, and you must shoot arrows at them to rid your plot of these pesky pests. But wait! The Millipedes aren't the only insidious insects you have to destroy. Jumping Spiders, buzzing Bees, bouncing Beetles, Mosquitoes, Dragonflies, Inchworms and Earwigs all have unique and deadly powers of their own! Controls Use the joystick controller to move around the screen and press the fire button to fire at the Millipede. Press and hold the fire button to rapid-fire and shoot continuously. Rid Your Garden of those Bothersome Bugs! The Millipedes attack from the top of your garden. They march back and forth across your patch until they get to the bottom. When a Millipede bumps into a mushroom, it reverses direction. If any part of the Millipede touches you, you're finished! Jumping Spiders enter from either side of the screen. How many points you get for ridding the garden of a Spider depends on how close it is when you shoot it. Beetles crawl in when you least expect them. They also have a particular pattern they follow, so pay attention! The Inchworm can't move too quickly, but he is quite tricky just the same. When you shoot this little critter, the movement of all the insects on the screen is slowed down for about four seconds. Survival Tips · · · Make sure you keep your eye on the Millipede while you're getting rid of the other pests. It can sneak up on you if you're not careful, so keep it under control. If a millipede touches a poisonous mushroom -- poisonous mushrooms are colored differently from most -- watch out! The Millipede will charge directly at you! When the insects swarm, you could be in for big trouble. Only a Spider can enter the garden while the Mosquitoes, Bees or Dragonflies are swarming. You get 100 extra points (above the normal point value) for the second swarming bug you destroy, 200 for the third, and so forth -- up to 1000 extra points per bug. Beware! Swarming bugs fly fast and furious! Each insect has its own unique sound, so keep your ears open and you can anticipate what will be coming next. · 19 Scoring .........................................1 point Mushroom .........................................100 points Millipede Head Millipede Segment .........................................10 points 300, 600, 900 or 1200 ......................................... Spider points .........................................300 points Beetle .........................................400 points Mosquito .........................................200 points Bee .........................................100 Points Inchworm .........................................800 points DDT Bomb .........................................500 points Dragonfly .........................................1000 points Earwig Thank goodness for pesticides! Just pierce one of the DDT bombs in your garden and earn an automatic 800 points. Explode the DDT at the right time, and the vapor will wipe out any bug it touches! For each bug that's destroyed by DDT, you'll earn triple the points you'd normally get for it. Each time you lose a bug blaster, you receive 5 points for every flower and every three mushrooms left on the screen. Bonus Life You begin the game with three lives. For every 15,000 points you earn, you're awarded another life 20