i always had a pretty good cheat for elite. it was the take the disk out-scream at it- then play tetris manuver. it always worked pretty well but it never got me very far in the game.
ive used the very same cheat on quite a few games ive played. there is a variation on it that i used on timestalker for the sega genasis, its the take it out- throw it at the wall- then scream cause it dont work no more trick. that one isnt as fun because you can only do it once for real. after that its pretty redundant, plus i didnt have tetris for the sega