ah, they kinda gave away the secret of getting 9,999,999 points!!!! The article says "The secret final zone in Super Pitfall II also maxes out your lives and gives you every power-up in the game." which is kinda true- the only consistent way I've gotten all the powerups is to suicide out of the 4million head room's door. Then work yr way BACK to level 1, and get EVERY treasure chest. there's a million chest somewhere in 40-44, and keeping that 2x puts you over, and wins last year's contest. whew. been holding that in for 10 months!
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