World records for hyper sports and track and field

[wcndave]

Anyone know why the world records for running and swimming never save?

[EssexMame]

Check out the Mamedev.org FAQ http://wiki.mamedev.org/index.php/FAQ:Games for Hyper Sports and Track & Field. Under Game specific settings and information. Plenty of other games in there with specific setup needed also so worth checking the full FAQ.

The solutions the same for both - I believe some records can't save as they are zero and therefore impossible to beat and it won't ever show your best. In your case, I don't expect you can run 100m in under zero seconds however fast you bash the buttons :-)

It tells you how to set/reset them on first running of each ROM. It only needs to be done once on the startup first time and then the default (or your records, if better) will be saved ongoing.

Hyper Sports
To have the high score table properly initialized, the first time you run the game you should go into the dip switch menu, set World Records to 'Erase on Reset', reset the game F3 and then set the dip switch back to 'Don't Erase'.

Track & Field
To have the high score table properly initialized, the first time you run the game you should go into the dip switch menu, set World Records to 'Erase on Reset', reset the game F3 and then set the dip switch back to 'Don't Erase'.

[wcndave]

Thanks,  that worked great. Next thing, anyway to reset to something achievable? When I play with friends world records are the big prize.  However although we had records for all events bar the running, the new record that have been inserted are not achievable. Even on easy mode none of us have ever made it past the second round of running,  the hurdles are always within 0,5s on the first round with no mistakes...

Can I set them to zero somehow?

[wweumina]

I posted a solution to this some time ago. I'm not sure if it still works but if not I may be able to update it.


http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,90014.msg997545.html#msg997545