Tips, Cheats, and Easter Eggs

Avoiding Evil Otto

Never run from Evil Otto along the bottom of the screen. Otto will take smaller bounces and outrun your character.

Evil Otto smashes through a wall

Use this trick on any level that has a top door. Approach the door until your character's head is just out of the door, but not enough to cause your character to exit the room. Wait for Evil Otto to appear and press Select (or move around so Otto does not get your character before getting to your left or right side). Otto will disappear out the door before a "laser beam" shoots to the bottom of the screen. Otto will "smash" through the wall below and float, not bounce, towards your character.

Harmless shot

When robots shoot horizontally, any shot the hits your character in the space just below the head will not cause damage.

Random number display

Press Select while a robot is exploding to display a random six-digit number at the bottom of the screen.

Shooting around the world

Note: This trick requires a maze with both a left and right exit. To fire a shot that goes around the world, move your character as close as you can to the exit on the right side. This should be so close that one more step will make the player exit to the next maze. Then, while facing the exit, press Fire button to shoot "around the world". The shot will seem to repeat itself at the edge several times. It will then come out the right side exit and continue to move for a short distance. This is a great way to safely destroy robots on the other side.

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