DRAGON'S LAIR - USA - CINEMATRONICS

• On some versions of Dragon's Lair the programmers left a secret Easter Egg that allows you to have unlimited lives.  To access it, wait for the Attract Mode to begin, then hold the joystick UP + LEFT and press the SWORD button while inserting your quarters.  Release the joystick and then select 1 player.  You will now have unlimited lives until you complete the game.
• If you lose your last life on the "Wizard's Kitchen" scene, when Dirk's skeleton crumbles down, the bottle with the "Drink Me" sign is missing and replaced with prototype artwork of a loaf of bread and a sign that says "EAT ME".
• If you lose your last life on the "Wizard's Chamber" (cauldron) scene, when Dirk's skeleton crumbles down, the prototype artwork of the ladder in the floor appears on the left side of the room.
• If you lose your last life on the "Catwalk" scene, when Dirk's skeleton crumbles down, the prototype artwork of the stairs in the hole in the wall appears on the left side.

DRAGON'S LAIR - EUROPE - ATARI

• This is the description of how you could get unlimited lives in Dragon's Lair Euro, probably due to a bug in the program.  This cheat has been tested and confirmed to work on Dragon's Lair Euro Rev.D1, with attract mode sound enabled in DIP switch settings.
  • Start a 2 player game.
  • Player 1 must lose a life.
  • Player 2 must complete the game (defeat the dragon).
  • Now Player 1 has unlimited lives.  He will lose all of his lives, but continue to play with the last life over and over.
  The trick works even if Player 2 completes the game with the second or another life, as long as Player 1 still has a life to play.  After the trick is enabled, every time Player 1 loses a life, the game resumes always from the same room, even if it has been succesfully completed already.  The room sequencer routine "crashes" so there's the chance a previously completed room returns to be played.
• When you play the game with attract sound disabled, only the very first attract sequence is played correctly.  After that, all attract sequences will play longer than expected and show you a part of the drawbridge scene footage.

DRAGON'S LAIR II: TIME WARP - DVD VIDEO

• On the Menu Screen, highlight the option 'Coming Soon'.  Then press down 5 times.  You can now pick your level by pressing right the number of the level minus one.  For example, press enter to play level 1.  To play level 5, press right 4 times, then press enter.
  
  To play a selected level using 'slow moves', start a regular game with 'slow moves', then go to the Main Menu and do your level select.
  
  Note: With Level Select, you can directly go to Level 7 (The final showdown with Mordroc) without collecting any treasure, but if you start on Levels 2 through 6 and make it all the way up to Level 7, the game will put you back to Level 1 due to your not collecting enough treasure.

SPACE ACE - USA - CINEMATRONICS

• The programmers left a secret Easter Egg that allows you to have unlimited lives.  To access it, wait for the Attract Mode to begin, then hold the joystick DOWN + LEFT and press the FIRE/ENERGIZE button while inserting your quarters.  Release the joystick and then select 1 player.  You will now have unlimited lives until you complete the game.
• On frame number 32163, during the final battle between Borf and Ace, Borf is standing there without his pants.  (animation cel painting error)

THAYER'S QUEST - USA - RDI VIDEO SYSTEMS

There are a few secret warps in Thayer's Quest (gameplay spoilers follow):

• Right after Thayer receives the Hunting Horn, don't choose a place to go; just press the Hunting Horn key and Thayer will be transported to the Black Keep in Iscar as he uses the Hunting Horn on the Evil Shades.
• This warp has a slight glitch with it, but it still works.  After Thayer receives the Bow from the Amazons, press the Bow key.  Thayer will be transported to the Hedge Maze in Iscar as he uses the Bow on it, however here is where the glitch happens.  You will not see the Hedge Maze scene.  Instead, you will see the next scene recorded on the disc, which is Thayer trying to steal the Bow from the Amazons and getting stoned to death, and then you will also see part of the next scene of Thayer walking towards the Amazons again.  At this point the screen freezes.  The game thinks that it was playing the scene of Thayer using the Bow on the Hedge Maze, but the LD player never searched to that point.  Simply press the "Replay" key, and the game will then show the Hedge Maze video, and also your next options, and your game will continue from there.
• After Thayer harvests the Silver Wheat, press the Crystal key.  Thayer will be transported back to the three elementals in Illes as he uses the Crystal to destroy them.
• This warp is only found in the alternate ROM set for the game.  After Druce gives Thayer his last three spells and tells Thayer to choose a location in Weigard, choose number 1, which is not listed.  Thayer will be transported to the Last Battlefield in Iscar with the Silver Wheat present.  You can still finish the game from here, but you will need to travel all the way back to Weigard to do so (after completing Feldon's quest first).  This warp allows you to hear the never-before-heard (while playing the game) 2nd audio track for the scene of Thayer walking up to the Silver Wheat, since Thayer will have to come here again at the end of the game.  During a normal game, this scene cannot be reached twice.

TIME TRAVELER - USA - SEGA

• Time Traveler has an interesting Easter Egg where you can see both Rick Dyer and his son dancing around.  To access this, you must press and hold down both player 1 and player 2 buttons while pulling down on the joystick.  If you press both player 1 and player 2 buttons while pushing up on the joystick, you will see the game's designers. 

TIME TRAVELER - DVD VIDEO

Here are the very obscure hidden easter eggs in the Hologram Time Traveler DVD from Digital Leisure.
A few tips:

• This exercise is not for the impatient!
• Be deliberate when you press the buttons on the DVD remote.
• In most cases you'll have to wait for the yellow diamond symbol to appear and then be quick enough to press the button combo before it goes away.
• For easter eggs found while playing the game, the DVD will resume gameplay as soon as the easter egg is finished playing.

Attract Mode Easter Egg

Wait at the main menu for 30 seconds until the attract mode starts playing.  Whenever you see a clip that begins with Kyi-La, press UP, LEFT, LEFT, then ENTER.  This will trigger actress LeAnn McVicker's audition video.  If the wrong attract clip plays, return to the main menu (press ENTER on the remote) and wait again until the correct clip plays on your TV.

Green Screen Easter Egg  

Start a game normally.  Wait for the scene with the "Play" and "Learn" signs.  As soon as the yellow diamond symbol appears in the lower right corner of the screen press UP, DOWN, UP.  This will trigger the behind the scenes video clip of the crew painting a huge green screen.

Marshal Gram Easter Egg   

Start a game normally.  Wait for the first scene of the very first level (1850).  As soon as the yellow diamond symbol appears in the lower right corner of the screen press DOWN, DOWN, RIGHT.  If done correctly you will see a video interview with actor Steve Wilbur.

Amazon Queen Easter Egg  

At the 50,000 B.C. stage, wait until you get the scene with the Amazon Queen chasing Marshal Gram (that ends the level with Gram entering into a transport disc).  Now instead of pressing right like you normally would, press UP, UP, LEFT.  This will trigger a video interview with actor Kevin Mann.

Trader Easter Egg

At the trader clip, press UP, DOWN, UP.  This will trigger a video clip showing the development team as originally shown in the arcade version's easter egg.

Hellgate Easter Egg  

At the hellgate introductory clip press LEFT, RIGHT, LEFT.  This will trigger a video clip with Ryck Dyer and his son on his shoulders as originally seen in the arcade version's easter egg.

Vulcor Easter Egg  

Wait for the scene with Vulcor holding Kyi-La as a human shield.  Instead of ducking the laser fire press LEFT then UP.  Like in previous cases, you'll have to wait for the input rectangle to appear before you can input this move.  This will trigger a video interview with actor Robert Nanninga.

Kyi-La Easter Egg  

Beat the game.  Wait for the scene with Kyi-La running to Marshal Gram's arms.  When the yellow diamond symbol shows up press DOWN, RIGHT, DOWN, RIGHT.  If done correctly it will trigger a video interview with actress LeAnn McVicker.

US vs. THEM - USA - MYLSTAR

• In Us vs. Them, the Easter Egg allows you to watch the whole disc from start to finish.  To do this you must hold the trigger button in while inserting your coins.

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