2600 game quirks

[scogey]

I was just playing defender the other day and remembered that when I was a kid I figured out that if you fire rapidly, enemy fire will sometimes go right through your flashing starship. this got me thinking, there are several of these little quirks that add to the charm of the 2600 and its games.

 

My all time favorite is in M-network football. If your opponent breaks free and is running for a touchdown, you can simply run through the left side of the screen, come out on the right, and nail the guy head on. We used to call this play "superman", cause if this happened in real football, your guy would have to run around the world to make this happen.

 

Anybody have any fond memories of quirks like this in other games?