macdlsa Posted April 24, 2016 Share Posted April 24, 2016 ... and I could not avoid to take full advantage of it !SPECIAL points and EXTRA lives as if they "rained"... [ Lady Bug "1st press" NTSC cartridge, PAL setup ] I have to thank the little daughter (who is about only 2 years old) of a good friend of mine, Marco Miccoli (Ocram here in AA... who also is the best italian collector of VCS/2600 related things !!!), and her "innocent" way to play Lady Bug on daddy's modded NTSC Heavy Sixer ! Maybe someone already knows of this "bug", which firstly appears as a kind of "Easter-Egg".I would not say how it could be activated, yet... I could not tag John (johnnywc) , but if anyone could, then we would all know if he wanted this from the start or it is really a bug... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco Miccoli Posted April 24, 2016 Share Posted April 24, 2016 Alice! my daughter has 10 months but already a veteran of videigiochi 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macdlsa Posted April 24, 2016 Author Share Posted April 24, 2016 Yep, that "about 2 years old" was my fault...she's only 10 months "old" !!!But she's really GREAT ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macdlsa Posted April 25, 2016 Author Share Posted April 25, 2016 Ok, Marco, who owns both versions of Lady Bug, discovered that in the "Collector's Edition" there still is that "Bug", but he said it could be "activated" only once !Then, again, could it be a "real" Bug or an "easy" Easter-Egg ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sprazzi Posted April 28, 2016 Share Posted April 28, 2016 I'd like to know what the bug is.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andromeda Stardust Posted April 28, 2016 Share Posted April 28, 2016 I bought Ladybug in 2013 or so. Am I affected? Video of said bug in action or it didn't happen! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+johnnywc Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 ... and I could not avoid to take full advantage of it ! SPECIAL points and EXTRA lives as if they "rained"... [ Lady Bug "1st press" NTSC cartridge, PAL setup ] Maybe someone already knows of this "bug", which firstly appears as a kind of "Easter-Egg". I would not say how it could be activated, yet... I could not tag John (johnnywc) , but if anyone could, then we would all know if he wanted this from the start or it is really a bug... Hmmm... It's been about 10 years but I don't recall any Easter Egg that gives you a ton of points or lives! Can you PM me how you triggered it? Thanks! John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macdlsa Posted April 30, 2016 Author Share Posted April 30, 2016 (edited) Of course, John (pvtmsg already sent). But I don't want to take credits for this discover, 'cause it was ocram's little daughter who first found it out ! Hey Ale (sprazzi) ! Hehe... you could know it soon K.S. :I bought mine in XMas 2009 together with Juno First and Pac-Man Arcade. And, yes, you're affeceted . No clip, though... those things are too much modern for a "Methuselah" like me... pictures are pretty enough.As I already said, I would like to first hear the opinion of John. Edited April 30, 2016 by macdlsa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andromeda Stardust Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 Just say how you did it and a brief description as to how difficult it is to reproduce. Some bugs require immaculate timing to pull off, while others are pretty easy. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nukey Shay Posted May 1, 2016 Share Posted May 1, 2016 No confirmation from author = not an Easter egg. Funny...it sounds lie something I did in Hack'Em (but IS) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Innit Posted May 1, 2016 Share Posted May 1, 2016 Similar thing happened to me on my recently purchased copy of Stay Frosty 2. I had just finished the first level, and it started to add bonus points at the end of it. The thing is it carried on adding points while I was playing through the next few levels. Not sure what caused this to happen, anyway, after it got to about 120,000 points I switched it off. That was only on my second play of the game. It's a PAL60 copy and it hasn't happened again. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted May 1, 2016 Share Posted May 1, 2016 A homebrew bugs collecting thread might become interesting. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+johnnywc Posted May 1, 2016 Share Posted May 1, 2016 No confirmation from author = not an Easter egg. Funny...it sounds lie something I did in Hack'Em (but IS) I chatted with Marco and it's actually an Easter Egg that it took almost 10 years for someone to find! Spoiler below for those who want to give it a try. Have fun! This Easter Egg was originally put in for testing, but I kept it around to see if anyone would be able to find it. It doesn't automatically give you points or lives, but it does make it easy to rack up both. If you eat a HEART when it's YELLOW while holding down the fire button, you will automatically get an EXTRA lady bug. If you eat a HEART when it's RED while holding down the fire button, you will automatically advance to the SPECIAL maze. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andromeda Stardust Posted May 1, 2016 Share Posted May 1, 2016 I chatted with Marco and it's actually an Easter Egg that it took almost 10 years for someone to find! Spoiler below for those who want to give it a try. Have fun! This Easter Egg was originally put in for testing, but I kept it around to see if anyone would be able to find it. It doesn't automatically give you points or lives, but it does make it easy to rack up both. If you eat a HEART when it's YELLOW while holding down the fire button, you will automatically get an EXTRA lady bug. If you eat a HEART when it's RED while holding down the fire button, you will automatically advance to the SPECIAL maze. I gotta try this sometime! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arenafoot Posted May 1, 2016 Share Posted May 1, 2016 (edited) I chatted with Marco and it's actually an Easter Egg that it took almost 10 years for someone to find! Spoiler below for those who want to give it a try. Have fun! This Easter Egg was originally put in for testing, but I kept it around to see if anyone would be able to find it. It doesn't automatically give you points or lives, but it does make it easy to rack up both. If you eat a HEART when it's YELLOW while holding down the fire button, you will automatically get an EXTRA lady bug. If you eat a HEART when it's RED while holding down the fire button, you will automatically advance to the SPECIAL maze. does it work on the newer Lady Bug LE carts too? Edited May 1, 2016 by Arenafoot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sramirez2008 Posted May 1, 2016 Share Posted May 1, 2016 does it work on the newer Lady Bug LE carts too? Yeah...how about the Collectors Edition? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco Miccoli Posted May 1, 2016 Share Posted May 1, 2016 for the collector edition, only works for the first time 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arenafoot Posted May 1, 2016 Share Posted May 1, 2016 i flipped a mil doing this easter egg........... it adds a dot inside the zero once flipped (at least on the ROM thru Stella). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macdlsa Posted May 2, 2016 Author Share Posted May 2, 2016 Yep, it also does it with the original "Standard" cartridge. That "dot inside the zero" when the counter rolls reminds me of another Johnny game, much more "recent"... But that time I "made the roll" without easter-eggs or bugs ... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris++ Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 Who's Marco? 2600 Lady Bug was programmed by John W. Champeau. Maybe I lost the thread at some point (literally and figuratively). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macdlsa Posted May 2, 2016 Author Share Posted May 2, 2016 Marco here :-) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 Who's Marco? 2600 Lady Bug was programmed by John W. Champeau. Maybe I lost the thread at some point (literally and figuratively). The spoiler text information is from John, not from Marco (I misunderstood this too). 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco Miccoli Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 This is Alice, my daughter of 10 months. Playing Lady Bug for atari 2600 found the easter-egg! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+johnnywc Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 (edited) The spoiler text information is from John, not from Marco (I misunderstood this too). Apologies for my confusing post... I meant to say I had chatted with Marco via IM to get details on what the 'bug' was and confirmed that it was indeed an Easter Egg. BTW there are 4 Easter Eggs in LB, looks like 2 have been found (button+RED/YELLOW heart and dot in the 0 for > 1,000,000). The other two are 'triggered' by accomplishing something in the game. Hint #1: I recommend you relax with a Rolling Rock beer and think about it for while... Hint #2: Listen to your mom and eat ALL your veggies! Good luck! Edited May 2, 2016 by johnnywc 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+johnnywc Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 This is Alice, my daughter of 10 months. Playing Lady Bug for atari 2600 found the easter-egg! Congratulations to Alice - great job! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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