http://protipoftheday.com/taxonomy/term/302/0 en http://protipoftheday.com/node/320 <p>In the middle-to-late 80's the 'Spot' in the 7-Up logo became a kind-of popular mascot. </p> <div align="center"> <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/gACJ0DCAR7Y&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/gACJ0DCAR7Y&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></div> <p>Which, naturally, spawned a couple of video games. A couple of kind-of-tough video games.</p> <p>But you have a way to tip the scales to your favor, and make one of the slightly less tough.</p> <p>In the Super NES version, you get a couple of title screens, including this one with the Virgin logo</p> <div align="center"><img src="http://protipoftheday.com/sites/default/files/cool_spot_menu1.png" /></div> <p>From here, if you hold down the L and R buttons and press the Select button 30 times (!), you get taken to a Secret Menu</p> <div align="center"><img src="http://protipoftheday.com/sites/default/files/cool_spot_menu2.png" /></div> <p>Where you get to try out any of the levels that you want.</p> <div align="center"><img src="http://protipoftheday.com/sites/default/files/cool_spot_menu3.png" /></div> <p>Just be aware of 2 things, the option 'Lives' gives you unlimited life, so you can take all the hits you want in a level, and the 'Press Start to Begin' message means that you'll leave the screen and start the game proper. You'll want to press Select to try out the stages.</p> button codes cool spot pro tip SNES Mon, 07 Dec 2009 13:33:30 +0000 Will 320 at http://protipoftheday.com