Wierd Silver Label Centipede Glitch

[rheffera]

I was just playing Centipede and i notice a wierd glitch: Many infact.

1. the score counter was backwards, i.e the numbers were like i was looking at a reflection in a mirror

2. All the sprites were Reversed too..

3. Centipede was travelling the wrong way and some body segments were reversed in places..

 

Has this happend to anyone else?

If not then it appears i have a rare programming error!

 

The Cart is a silver label atari Centipede

[Tempest]

That is a known result of Frying a Centipede cartridge. It shouldn't happen every time though.

 

Tempest

[rheffera]

When you say "frying"..when would the damage have occured? It plays ok tho, and has been that way since ive had it...

[Tempest]

No, not really. Frying just means that the data in the cart wasn't initalized properly before the game started. Usually when you turn on the 2600, the data registers in the game are reset with some base values. However, sometimes when you rapidly turn the power off and on or something goes wacky with the 2600, the data doesn't get reset properly and strange things happen in the game. This will only last until you turn off the 2600 and turn it on again. There's no damage to the game, but purposely trying to do this by flicking the power off and on can damage the 2600 on rare occasions.

 

Tempest

[rheffera]

Nope thats not it..it still does it!!! Any ideas?

[mvigor]

I have an idea that your cartridge would play normally on a different machine.

[Shawn]

Might be a corrupt chip all together.

[rheffera]

All my other games work fine on the same machine though

[Dusk2600]

luckly its not a game that is hard to replace

[+Nathan Strum]

Could be a dirty cartridge connector causing intermittent contact.