Activision Atari Video Game Patches for Sale

The minimum score required in Pitfall! by Activision for the Atari 2600 to earn a patch was: 20,000 points. The best advice in Pitfall! is to read the manual, so that you know all of the nuances of the game. Your mission is to guide Pitfall Harry through a perilous jungle and find treasures in a limited amount of time. The excitement and fun begins as soon as you start the game. The controls are quite easy. Use the joystick by pressing left or right to make Harry run in that direction. Press the button to jump. There are also ladders which you can climb by pressing up or down. To release from a swinging vine, press down. Your game begins with two men in reserve and a score of 2000 points. The timer is set at a 20 minute countdown. That is the maximum time allowed to complete the game. A perfect game is collecting all 32 treasures without losing any lives or points (114,000) and still having time on the clock when complete. Trying to get a perfect game can be tedious, as there are so many dangers in this game. If you do happen to pull off a perfect game, consider yourself one of the elite! There are 32 hidden treasures that you must find, such as 8 diamond rings, 8 gold bars, 8 silver bars, and 8 money bags. There are a total of 255 screens in the entire jungle map. Each screen traveled below ground is the equivalent of three screens on the surface. This is where map making comes into play. Learning what ladders to take and which direction to run, and how many screens that you will have to count will make you more efficient in finishing this game more quickly. There is not nearly enough time to complete the game entirely above ground. You must utilize certain valuable underground passages. This is another game where you will not receive any extra lives. The lives that you begin with are all that you have to work with, so make them count. If you do happen to lose a life, Harry will always reappear on the left side of the screen. This can work to your advantage sometimes. Nicking rolling logs or stationary logs, or falling down into holes will cause Harry to lose points from his total. If you're observant you will notice that all the rolling logs roll in the same direction from the right to the left. If you run into a campfire, a cobra, a scorpion, or fall into a swamp or quicksand you will lose a life. Timing is everything when it comes to survival in this game. Sometimes there are swinging vines that can come in handy when encountering these perils. ** TIPS For the quicksand or the tar pit you can use a "jump toward it" as it closes technique to make your completion time just that much faster and or "jump away from it" right before it opens as to make your distance further rather than trying to outrun them. Also you do not have to wait until the Croc's mouth is closed to jump across them. Just jump on the backs of their heads and continue your jumping across all 3 of them. When you are ready to submit a world record score for Pitfall! by Activision, check the scoreboard here: http://www.twingalaxies.com/game_detail.php?gameid=1479&platformid=5&scores=3832 And when you've earned your patch, just visit http://www.ActivisionPatches.com

The minimum score required in Oink! by Activision for the Atari 2600 to earn a patch was: 25,000 points. The best advice in Oink! is to read the manual, so that you know all of the nuances of the game. The manual gives some really good tips. Make sure both difficulty switches are set to B. Have you ever heard of the old story, "The Three Little Pigs"? This is Activision's rendition of that exact story. There are three styles of game play. One is you vs the computer. The second is two players taking turns vs the computer. And the third is two players - one controlling the pig and the other player controlling the wolf. The difficulty switches in this game make a huge difference in how it's played. When selecting difficulty A, the player must drop each block by walking toward where it will be dropped. In selecting difficulty B, your player can just pick up a block and press the button. The block will automatically be placed in the opening that is available. There are three colors of houses to defend. One house is for each of the three little pigs. The first being yellow since it's made of straw, the second being brown since it's made of sticks, and finally the third being red because it's made of bricks. All are actually made of bricks in the game. The color is the only noticeable difference. Your objective is to drop blocks where the wolf has blown openings in your structure. Each time the wolf huffs and puffs, his breath makes another opening appear in the base of your house. You have a row of 13 blocks stored in the upper part of your house. Use these blocks to fill in each of the openings that the wolf has created in your structure. As you use these blocks, you'll notice that there will be gaps in the area where you can grab them. These blocks will not be replaced until you have used all of the blocks that are currently shown. If you collide with the wolf's breath stream you will be temporarily frozen and then regain your movement again when you reach the base of the structure. If you are struck by his breath and pulled out of the structure through a hole created by the wolf, you will lose a life and begin again defending the next house. You earn points by each block that is dropped that fills in the openings that the wolf has made. Your reserve pigs are displayed at the top of your house in window panes. You earn points as you drop blocks into where the wolf has blown openings into your structure. Each time you use up a group of 13 blocks, the point value for each block increases, up to a maximum of 400. The speed of the wolf also increases with each consecutive block group completed. Your score is shown at the top center of the screen. ** TIPS ** This game is unforgiving and does not give you any extra lives during game play. You will have to learn how to survive by dropping the blocks almost as fast as the wolf is blowing holes in your structure. Keeping all of that in mind and having to contend with his constant streams of breath that poke through your house's openings. Notice that the wolf follows a specific pattern that you can predict and use that knowledge to avoid his stream of breath. All you need is a couple of blocks under you to prevent from being pulled out of the house if you should be hit by the wolf's breath stream. You'll notice that eventually he spends most of his time blowing his breath through the empty space that he has created. So rather than hurry recklessly, try to time your movements when he is facing in the opposite direction or is a step away from the hole that you need to cross to get the last remaining blocks to finish the round. When you are ready to submit a world record score for Oink! by Activision, check the scoreboard here: http://www.twingalaxies.com/game_detail.php?gameid=2781&platformid=5&scores=3824&page=1 And when you've earned your patch, just visit http://www.ActivisionPatches.com

The minimum score required in Megamania by Activision for the Atari 2600 to earn a patch was: 45,000 points. The best advice in Megamania is to read the manual, so that you know all of the nuances of the game. The manual gives some really good tips. Make sure both difficulty switches are set to B. Megamania by Activision for the Atari 2600 is one of those fast paced shooters that keeps you in the game. There are two styles of game play. One with guided missiles (B) and one with straight lined missiles (A). You also have the option to have one player or two player on each of these difficulty settings. If you choose the guided missile option it is much easier to hit the oncoming targets as you can glide from left to right and shoot them more easily. Meanwhile with straight lined missiles, a bit more timing and skill is involved with hitting the enemies. There are eight different waves of enemies that bombard you. Including radial tires, bow ties, steam irons, diamonds, hamburgers, cookies, bugs, and space dice. Each consecutive wave has its own style of attack. With this in mind you must adapt to the style of the specific enemy because it will mean the difference between losing a life or not getting hit at all. Each attacking wave scrolls off the screen. So keep in mind where you think they will reappear. This tactic will enable you to shoot them more quickly. As your game play progresses, so will the skills of each enemy. So learning how they attack or their attack pattern style is imperative in scoring higher. When you've completed an entire wave you can take a short breath before the next wave begins as your energy bar counts up your bonus score for the remaining amount of energy that you had left in reserve. Your energy bar is at the bottom middle of the screen. As you exhaust your energy it will turn from yellow to red, indicating how much energy you have left before you lose a life. You can have a maximum of up to six lives in reserve and you will gain an extra life every 10,000 points. Your extra ships appear right below your energy meter, and below your reserve ships are your point totals. **Tips Maxing the score in the game will take just over 1 hour. The max points that you can achieve is 999,999. By learning how to shoot and evade more efficiently you will survive much longer in the game. When you are ready to submit a world record score for Megamania by Activision, check the scoreboard here: http://www.twingalaxies.com/game_detail.php?gameid=3060&platformid=5&scores=2356&page=1 And when you've earned your patch, just visit http://www.ActivisionPatches.com

The minimum score required in Laser Blast by Activision for the Atari 2600 to earn a patch was: 100,000 points. There was also a special award patch for the max score of 1,000,000. The best advice in Laser Blast is to read the manual, so that you know all of the nuances of the game. The manual gives some really good tips. Make sure both difficulty switches are set to B. Get used to the repetitiveness of this game. Although modernistic for its time, with the glow of the Laser Blast itself, and the sound of the laser coming your way, this game was a wonder to see, watch and play. Laser Blast was possibly the first home video game shooter where the enemy was on the ground and the player was in the air. Laser Blast by Activision is pretty straight forward -- shoot the enemy or be shot. The targets are in multiples of three. You can form your own style or pattern of shooting. But it all depends on which is easier, as it is the endurance that will do you in. That and the cramping of your hand from holding your controller rigidly as the seemingly endless line of targets reappear. You move the controller left or right to aim at the targets on the ground before they hit you. To raise and lower your ship you push the joystick forward or pull it back. In later rounds of the game, you cannot lower your ship. It becomes restricted to the highest level on the screen. Although there are four different levels of game play, the game plays essentially the same. Game variation 1 is the slowest. Game variation 4 is the fastest. When you are good enough, select game 4 to score a quick million points in approximately 1.5 hours. Your score is represented in the upper left side of your screen. You gain points for shooting all the targets below and as your levels increase so does the point value of the targets. You gain an extra ship at each 1000 points you score, with a maximum number of six in reserve. Don't stay in one place too long as your chances of being hit increase drastically. And if you do get hit, fly your damaged ship into one of the bases below as you still can get points and destroy it. ** TIPS If you survive long enough you will be rewarded with six exclamation marks "!!!!!!" indicating that you've maxed that game at 1 million points. At one million points your game is done and you can no longer continue...You've beaten the Laser Blast game. When you are ready to submit a world record score for Laser Blast by Activision, check the scoreboard here: http://www.twingalaxies.com/game_detail.php?gameid=2523&platformid=5 And when you've earned your patch(es), just visit http://www.ActivisionPatches.com

The minimum score required in Keystone Kapers by Activision for the Atari 2600 to earn a patch was: 35,000 points. The best advice in Keystone Kapers is to read the manual, so that you know all of the nuances of the game. The manual gives some really good tips. Make sure both difficulty switches are set to B. Keystone Kapers offers so much for the Atari 2600. The colors, the game play, and the feel, all uniquely blended together to make you think that you are an actual keystone cop. And in this case "Officer Keystone Kelly", apprehending the bad guy "Harry Hooligan". Harry starts the game in the center of the second floor. He immediately starts running to the right to reach the escalator to the third floor for his escape to the roof where he rides the escalator on the far left side. Your task is to figure out which would be the fastest way to capture Harry Hooligan by using the escalators and/or the elevators to your advantage. Once you've captured Harry, the timer will give you bonus points for each second that is remaining and the next wave begins as soon as you move. There will be only 50 seconds do what you need to do. Running out of time, allowing the crook to escape from the roof, or colliding with an airplane causes a loss of one life. The game is over once all of your lives are exhausted. Extra lives are awarded for every 10,000 points. You control Officer Kelly by pressing to the left or to the right as he runs. If you want to enter an elevator you push up once the doors are open on your floor and then press down to exit the elevator when the doors re-open on the desired floor. But be aware that once you are in the elevator you are invincible until you step out. When you exit the elevator, if Harry is to your right on the same floor, he will run back to the lower floor to evade being caught. So timing is everything in keeping him close to your location. In stage 16 and beyond, this method won't be easy, since there will be other fast moving obstacles that you must evade when exiting the elevator. To jump over obstacles press the button. The items are comprised of beach balls, radios, and shopping carts. There are also airplanes which you have to duck under by pressing your controller down. If you collide with an airplane, you will lose a life. But wait, don't hit any of the other obstacles because nine seconds will be deducted from your remaining time. There are also items to grab that will add 50 points each to your score, such as money bags and suitcases. As your levels increase, so does the speed of the obstacles. It's a good idea to learn their predictable patterns, so you can better prepare yourself to evade them. Your score appears on top right side in white and your remaining seconds to capture Harry Hooligan appear below in black. Your remaining lives are also in black in the form of Keystone Cop hats. At the bottom middle of your screen is a map of the entire store area that you must patrol. And on this map you can see your location represented by the black square. There is a white square, which is Harry's location. And the grey block in the center is where the elevator is located. * Tips Jumping onto the escalator will gain you half the slow ride up. Also learning how to jump and duck with precise timing will make it easier when the obstacles get faster. Once you've reached 1 million points the game ends and you will be rewarded with six glowing cop hats in place of your score. When you are ready to submit a world record score for Keystone Kapers by Activision, check the scoreboard here: http://www.twingalaxies.com/game_detail.php?gameid=4076&platformid=5&scores=3789 And when you've earned your patch, just visit http://www.ActivisionPatches.com

The minimum score required in Kaboom! by Activision for the Atari 2600 to earn a patch was: 3,000 points. The best advice in Kaboom! is to read the manual so that you know all of the nuances of the game. The manual gives some really good tips. Make sure both difficulty switches are set to B. You better hold on to your seats, as Kaboom! by Activision will test your reflexes for sure. There are two gaming selections to choose from, you vs the computer or you vs another player. There is also a difficulty in the buckets sizes that you will be using, one being larger (B = normal size) and another being much smaller (A = half the normal size). You use your paddles by turning to the left or to the right to make this gliding effect in your movement of the buckets. Getting the feel for this smoothness is a must. Having a good non-jittery set of paddles is an absolute must. To start your game you press your button on the paddle and begin to collect each bomb that is dropped by the mad-bomber with your buckets of water. There are eight levels of bombs that are dropped and depending on which level you reach, the patterns are different, as well as the speed of the falling bombs. The bombs are spaced closely on even numbered levels and further apart on odd numbered levels. The score for each bomb caught is the same as the level number you are on - 1 point for level 1, 8 points for level 8, etc. Level 8 being the highest level of game play and the fastest level of game play. At this level the pattern is the same, so get used to the repetition of the dropping of the bombs and pray for a good paddle controller and an easy pattern to catch as this game is quite unforgiving. When you do miss a bomb "and everyone does", all of the bombs on the screen will explode and you will lose one bucket from the bottom. But do not worry as you can always earn another bucket, as it is replaced at each 1000 points that you score. There is a max of three buckets that you can use while playing. And none are kept in reserve ever. When you lose a bucket your difficulty level is reduced by one level. You must catch 1/2 as many bombs from the previous difficulty level and then return to the current level again. If you lose all three of your buckets, the game ends and the score that is displayed is the score that you achieved. As a gaming feature, when scoring 10,000 points, the mad-bomber's face changes. At 999,999 points your score maxes and the game ends. * TIPS Trying the slalom method of movement while playing will give you better accuracy in collecting the falling bombs. I usually stare at the center of the screen as to not be hypnotized by the pattern of the falling bombs, this method helps in seeing the entire screen vs just following the bomb drops. Try not to blink or to move your eyes horizontally following the bomb path, because you will lose sight of the bombs just long enough to lose a bucket. You can also use the sides of your buckets to catch bombs. It is not necessary for the bombs to fall into the top of the buckets. When you are ready to submit a world record score for Kaboom! by Activision, check the scoreboard here: http://www.twingalaxies.com/game_detail.php?gameid=2676&platformid=5&scores=3787 And when you've earned your patch, just visit http://www.ActivisionPatches.com

The minimum score required in Ice Hockey by Activision for the Atari 2600 to earn a patch was: Beat the Computer. The best advice in Ice Hockey is to read the manual so that you know all of the nuances of the game. The manual gives some really good tips. Make sure both difficulty switches are set to B. Rather colorful for its time in usual Activions style, Ice Hockey by Activision offers a ramped-up version on a pong style of game play. Much as in regular real ice hockey, foosball, or air hockey the logic is the same, score as many goals as you can before the time runs out. There are four gaming selections to choose from. In the first you play vs the computer. The second you play vs another player, both at a regular gaming speed. There is also a faster speed variation of game play for both, where it is you against the computer or another player. To start your game play, press the reset button. After a few moments your puck will drop onto the ice and it's ShowTime. You'll have three minutes of action to score as many points or goals as you can. Your points will show up on either the upper left or right depending on which team you've selected. You take swipes at the puck by pressing the joystick button. You move left or right to swerve your puck with your stick past your opponent. You'll hear a blip sound once you've gained control of the puck. It will jiggle back and forth on your stick as you move. Depending on which side of your stick the puck is on, that is the direction the puck will travel when you release it. You can also bank shots off the rink wall to better angle your shots for scoring a goal against your opponent. There is an offensive style of game play and a defensive style of game play. This all depends on who has the puck at that time of control. You can knock your opponent off his skates by swiping your stick when you're next to him. This action will make him fall on the ice, gaining you an advantage in making a goal. You have control of the forward skater as each game starts, and as the puck gets closer to the goalie, you'll will gain control of your goalie to protect the net. You can also pass the puck between your forward and your goalie. This too will make things easier for you and more difficult for your opponent in gaining control of the puck. It is the job of the goalie to protect the net and deflect any pucks that come in his direction. Each time you score a goal you will hear a sound indicating that you've scored, and a point will be added to your gaming total. When you are ready to submit a world record score for Ice Hockey by Activision, check the scoreboard here: http://www.twingalaxies.com And when you've earned your patch, just visit http://www.ActivisionPatches.com

The minimum score required in Happy Trails by Activision for Mattel Intellivision to earn a patch was: 40,000 points. The best advice in Happy Trails is to read the manual so that you know all of the nuances of the game. The manual gives some really good tips. In the true tradition of a slider puzzle game, or a connect the tracks style game, Happy Trails offers all of that, but with a twist that will keep you playing for hours. Like another Intellivision game, "Locomotion" Activision's Happy Trails is similar but with a wild west theme, and instead of rails to move on to continue it is trails. The four way directional control of the disc makes your squares go in the direction that you want to guide them. The use of the side buttons, while holding the upper button makes your character move rapidly. By pressing the lower buttons it makes you change your direction of travel. You must slide the squares to enable your character to continue walking as the squares connect for the continual path to collect all the items. You are rewarded with a special money bag at the end of each level when completed, and it gets added with another special money bag for each consecutive level. There will be eight money bags shown in total, and they change color for every nine levels that you achieve. Starting with two by two squares on game one, this first challenge is quite simple. But at the third level you are now four squares wide and two squares high. This also marks the start of having the red sheriff's badge and the appearance of Black Bart. Once you've collected the sheriff's badge, it makes you invincible for a short period of time. While in this invincible mode you are able to capture Black Bart. Doing this gets you a 2x multiplier (double points) of what is remaining on your bonus counter. Your bonus counter starts from 500 and decreases as you play. Once the counter reaches below 100 you will hear a whooping or warning sound that alerts you to hurry up or you will lose a life. Keep in mind that the 500 bonus counter is equal to one minute and ten seconds, so you don't have much time to complete your task. There are 8 game levels with a one player and two player mode, each alternating levels in two player mode. There are money bags to collect along the way. These money bags add to your total points. The level is completed once you've collected all money bags and completed your path without losing a life. Looking at the set of trail blocks for each level, it is clear to see how you have to manipulate your trail blocks to make a continual path of travel. But be careful because as you change the position of the trail blocks, you could end up giving yourself a dead-end in which you will have to rapidly reverse your direction while changing your direction of travel paths. **Tips: You can trap Black Bart into a corner by moving your trail blocks around so that he is either going in a circle or on a dead end path. You can also keep reversing your direction as you are standing on the trail blocks to arrange your path so that you can continue walking again rather than waiting until you've made that perfect path. Meanwhile, always keep in mind that the timer is running down. When you are ready to submit a world record score for Happy Trails by Activision, check the scoreboard here: http://www.twingalaxies.com/game_detail.php?gameid=1462&platformid=19&scores=3248&page=1 And when you've earned your patch, just visit http://www.ActivisionPatches.com

The minimum score required in H.E.R.O. by Activision for the Atari 2600 to earn a patch was: 75,000 points. The best advice in H.E.R.O. is to read the manual so that you know all of the nuances of the game. The manual gives some really good tips. Make sure both difficulty switches are set to B. H.E.R.O is another nicely created game by Activision to challenge your memory and reflexes. The controls are pretty easy to learn. Pressing your controller forward makes you fly upward and or float depending on how long you press forward. Moving your controller left or right makes H.E.R.O run/fly in that direction. You press the fire button to shoot a laser beam to kill your enemies and shoot through walls. You start your game with 3 lives in reserve, but beware of the power meter that decreases as soon as you start each level. If you do lose a life you will reappear right where you lost it. This makes the game much easier, as so many other games make you start from the beginning of the whole level or some other check point. You have a set number of sticks of dynamite that you can use to blow up obstacles that are in your way, so you can continue your journey through the game. There are also a number of enemies that block your path, which you must shoot, such as bats, snakes, and spiders. As the game progresses, so does the speed of your enemies. You can also use your sticks of dynamite to blow up walls that block you, but be careful because if you do not move away after you've set your dynamite down you will lose a life. Beginning with level five in the game, certain walls won't be stone any longer. They will be made of glowing magma. Do not touch them as you will lose a life. You can also use a stick of dynamite to blow up the magma. Certain magma walls on the higher levels will open and close, so timing is of great importance when trying to fly between them. There are specially placed lanterns that illuminate your way down the mineshafts, but do not shoot them or bump into them, as your visibility will go dark and you cannot relight them. In some situations colliding with them is unavoidable. Your level is completed by saving the lost miners on each level. If you do not do this by the time your power meter runs out, you will lose a life. Every 20,000 points you earn an extra life. You can only have 6 extra lives in reserve so use them wisely. Your game comes to an end once you have depleted all of your lives. There are five game numbers to choose from in the beginning. Each game number is more difficult than the one before it. At level seven it has the dreaded flow of lava that you never want to fall into or you'll be burnt to a crisp. The color of the lava will change sometimes, but don't let that fool you. It's still lava. There are things that you can utilize to your advantage such as the raft, for floating over the lava flow. HINTS*** In some areas you don't have to stand right next to a wall to detonate it. By using your dynamite you can be a slight distance away and it will blow up your target. **at level 17 there is a surprise. Enemy tentacles await you in the lava flow just to make your journey a little more difficult. ** After Level 20 your continued levels are registered as PRO. This will be around the 250k point mark. The word PRO does not appear in game selection five, nor do the level numbers, since all levels on this game selection are random. The score on H.E.R.O. by Activision maxes at 1 million points, and is rewarded by six exclamation marks. The game just stops. This happens around an hour of game play. When you are ready to submit a world record score for H.E.R.O. by Activision, check the scoreboard here: http://www.twingalaxies.com/game_detail.php?gameid=3054&platformid=5&scores=2117 And when you've earned your patch, just visit http://www.ActivisionPatches.com

The minimum score required in Grand Prix by Activision for the Atari 2600 to earn an Activision patch was: under 35 seconds (game 1), under 1:00 (game 2), under 1:30 (game 3), under 2:30 (game 4). The best advice in Grand Prix by Activision is to read the manual so that you know all of the nuances of the game. The manual gives some really good tips. Make sure both difficulty switches are set to B. Grand Prix by Activison for the Atari 2600 is a nicely challenging racing game that keeps you focused on one thing, finishing your race in the fastest possible time. Getting acquainted on how to play Grand Prix by Activision is mostly by trial and error. You press and hold the button down to gain speed for acceleration and tap your joystick to the left to apply the brakes. You steer your car by pointing your controller up or down to maneuver past the slower race cars and other hazards in the game. It is a good idea to remember the car patterns as you progress through each race from start to finish. You could even try mapping out a diagram of how the cars appear in each lane, so that you can navigate the course more easily. You'll then have a better idea of when each car will appear, so that you can avoid a crash, and know just were to squeeze between them. You also need to know the position of each oil slick as they are hazards in skidding into things and result in slowing the pace of your speed and over all time at the end of the course. This way of practicing will ensure that your finish time will be better and better with each run. Once you get the hang of the race car patterns, if you do collide with a slower race car, it will slow your speed down dramatically. Rather than continuing to finish the race, just reset the game and start over if this is a short race like on game 1. Grand Prix by Activision for the Atari 2600 has several courses to choose from, and each successive course offers another level of difficulty. Your game selection will be indicated by the level with the numbers 1-4 at the bottom of the screen below your game timer. 1 is the easiest and 4 is the most difficult. The first course being the easiest, with the shortest amount of time to complete. The next three game numbers have bridges that you must cross as a part of the race track difficulty, and are also longer in distance. There is no warning on when these bridges will appear, other than the precursor of a grouping of more than one oil slick together. So it's in your best interest to be prepared to be in the center of the track just in case a bridge appears. There is another way to know if you are about to encounter another bridge. If you have collided with any cars through your race close to that bridge, those cars will suddenly slow down. You then know that a bridge is coming shortly after. When you are ready to submit a world record score for Grand Prix by Activision, check the scoreboard here: http://www.twingalaxies.com/game_detail.php?gameid=3238&platformid=5&scores=2113&page=1 And when you've earned your patch, just visit http://www.ActivisionPatches.com