Emulator

Glad you discovered the trick. It was common knowledge back in 1981 when everyone had this game.

I have quite a list of games here with bgm. Here goes: Big Bird's Egg Catch, Cookie Monster Munch, Oscar's Trash Race (quality tunes for Atari's Sesame Street lineup) Bump n Jump, Pengo, Phoenix (all three utilize difficulty or color/bw switches to turn off or on) Congo Bongo, Crossbow (jungle level), Holey Moley, Jungle Hunt (Cannibal Camp level), Mr. Do's Castle, Omega Race, Pleiades (1st level), River Patrol, Roc n Rope, Xevious - latest prototype (arcade conversions Cabbage Patch Kids Adventures in the Park, Peek-a-Boo, Secret Agent, Shooting Arcade, Telepathy (fish level), Pursuit of the Pink Panther (prototypes) Bugs, Fire Fly, Gauntlet, Krull (1st level), Piece o' Cake, Sorcerer (weird and questionable) King Kong, Raiders of the Lost Ark (when holding flute), Sentinel, Sneak n Peek (interesting as there is only music, no sound effects), Tunnel Runner (when monsters are close) Challenge, Farmyard Fun, Forest, Lilly Adventure, MegaBoy, Mr. Postman, Panda Chase, Parachute, Peter Penguin, Pizza Chef, Ski Hunt, Ski Run, Stone Age, Treasure Island, Walker, Zoo Fun (foreign releases)

I found a few more games to add: Atom Smasher - VideoSoft (also one of the view games you can watch 2 computer opponents play each other) Confrontation - Answer Software Cubicolor - Rob Fulop Extra Terrestrials - Skill Screen Games (2 player only) Frog Pond - Atari Heart Like a Wheel - 20th Century Fox prototype Lost Luggage - Apollo Games (2 player with suitcase control variation) Miss Piggy's Wedding - Atari Racer - Atari (Roklan prototype) RealSports Basketball - Atari Rescue Terra I - Venture Vision (2 player modes offer simultaneous 2 joystick control scheme of one ship, left player moving left and right, right player moving up and down) Super Football - Atari

Or is it Bonze Adventure?

I owned Shark Attack, Infiltrate, Final Approach and Wabbit back in the day. Out of those four, my favorite was Shark Attack. It has the tricky maze maneuvering that was frustrating sometimes but I liked the unpredictability of the shark and Nessie. Infiltrate was ok for short bursts. I really wanted to like Wabbit but found it kind of dull. Graphics were good though. I bought Final Approach for my dad since it was a more relaxed title that I thought he would enjoy, much like Bowling and Bridge, that he only played. We ended up both hating it.

Just consoles only? Because there are many ports to the 2600 from arcade games to computer systems. Almost all of the M-Network games are ports of Intellivision games, but many of them are renamed i.e. Super Challenge Baseball instead of Major League Baseball.

A Misterious Thief (play as "Fingers" according to the manual)

Also the arcade version of Tron was ported to the Game Boy Advance with the title Tron 2.0: Killer App.

Got this game titled Dishaster at the Northridge mall in California that was in a large bin of games, along with Tanks But No Tanks. I should have gotten Tanks instead. Dishaster is appropriately named. Pretty yawn-inducing and I can easily roll the score.

My top 5 games that I would like to see dumped for emulation playing: Anteater Loco-Motion Pursuit of the Pink Panther Birthday Mania Seal to Whales

Man, I even tried rolling the score on the children's version where the speed doesn't go that fast but it was taking so long I was falling asleep. Takes about 3 walls (20 minutes) just to score over 1000 pts. I'm good.

I used to have this game after I bought it at a Kaybee's store in the Northridge mall. I thought it was pretty fun, except for the annoying music. Here is a link for many Atari 2600 game manuals, including Stuntman: http://www.thevgatv.com/styled-3/ That third screen is difficult, but doable. You have to grab the string of every balloon to change them into demon faces. Once they are all changed, you go to the helicopter to complete the level. Regards, Emulator

I believe the game you are looking for is Twerps by Sirius Software. It also came out for the Atari 8 bit computer.

Jumpman (loved the Randomizer option) Gateway to Apshai (on cartridge - played it a lot to see if there was an ending - never found it) Spelunker (actually beat it - very satisfying) Rick Dangerous (couldn't beat the third scenario - very fun) and the number-one time killer back in the day: Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar - the first and only game that I stayed up all night playing Regards, Emulator

Never saw the TV commercial for this game until now Best regards, Emulator

I was looking at the Atarimania website and the entry for Scavenger Hunt - http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-2600-vcs-scavenger-hunt_22403.html The ad, with the exception of Scavenger Hunt, show all U.S. Games carts, Name This Game being retitled Galleon's Gold. This makes me wonder if Scavenger Hunt was going to be a reworked Sneak 'n Peek game. The pic shows outside the house which could be a modified picture of the Sneak 'n Peek opening screen. Probably would have made it better than the original. Any thoughts? Best regards, Emulator

Here are the max scores that appear in game manuals that I could find online: Air-Sea Battle - 99 pts maximum Assault - 999,999 pts maximum (game ends) Asterix - 999,950 pts rollover Basic Math - 10 pts maximum (perfect score) Blackjack - 1000 pts (break the bank game over) Bowling - 300 pts (perfect score) Breakout - 864 pts maximum (game ends) Burgertime - 999,950 pts maximum Casino - 10,000 pts maximum (break the bank game over) Centipede - 999,999 pts rollover normal game 99,999 pts rollover easy game Circus Atari - 9,999 pts rollover Dig Dug - 999,990 pts rollover Dolphin - 300,000 pts (game ends - Amazing! appears) Gravitar - 999,950 pts rollover Great Escape - 999,999 pts maximum (game over) H.E.R.O. - 1,000,000 pts (game ends) !!!!!! Human Cannonball - 7 pts (perfect score) Kaboom! - 999,999 pts maximum (game ends) Laser Blast - 999,999 pts maximum (game ends) !!!!!! Mangia - 9,999 pts maximum Marine Wars - 999,999 pts maximum Masters of the Universe: The Power of He-Man - 999,900 pts rollover Mission Survive - 9,995 pts rollover Nexar - 999,995 pts maximum Pengo - 999,999 pts rollover Pitfall! - 114,000 pts (perfect score) Pitfall II: Lost Caverns - 199,000 pts (perfect score) Planet Patrol - 999,999 pts maximum Pooyan - 999,995 pts maximum River Raid - 1,000,000 pts maximum (game ends) !!!!!! Robot Tank - 144 tanks (game ends) Save the Whales - 9,900 pts rollover Sea Hawk - 999,999 pts maximum Sea Monster - 999,990 pts rollover Sky Diver - 99 pts (perfect score) Snoopy and the Red Baron - 999,990 pts rollover (adds exclamation point) Sorcerer - 9,999 pts maximum Space Invaders - 9,999 pts rollover Space Tunnel - 99,990 pts maximum Sssnake - 99 pts rollover Stampede - 9,999 pts rollover (small brand appears) Strategy X - 99,990 pts maximum Street Racer - 99 pts maximum (game over) Super Breakout - 9,999 pts rollover Tape Worm - 9,995 pts maximum Tax Avoiders - $1,000,000 maximum Taz - 999,999 pts rollover Treasure Below - 9,999 pts rollover Trick Shot - 37 pts (perfect score) Video Pinball - 999,999 pts rollover Wall Defender - 999,999 pts maximum Warplock - 99 pts rollover Z-Tack - 999,999 pts maximum I know there were quite a few Activision titles that ended gameplay (around 1,000,000 pts) but it seems most were not documented in the manuals. Best regards, Emulator

Oh yeah, and Congo Bongo (not really a fight as you always win) But pretty cool third screen. Best regards, Emulator

Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom (mothership) Front Line (fort) Ghost Manor (Dracula) Ghostbusters (Stapuff Marshmallow Man) Laser Gates? Sentinel Sir Lancelot (dragon) Star Trek (N.O.M.A.D.) Star Wars Return of the Jedi: Death Star Battle (Death Star) Star Wars: The Arcade Game (Death Star - Trench) Survival Run (Alien Command Ship) Time Pilot (boss at end of each level) Xevious (Andor Genesis) Best regards, Emulator

Laura Nikolich - Care Bears (prototype) Suki Lee - Miss Piggy's Wedding Carol Shaw - Othello Dawn Stockbridge - Strawberry Shortcake Musical Match-Ups and Tutankham

Maybe that's what is meant on the back of the box by "many hidden surprises".