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ms. pacman problems
Nefesis:
not sure if this belongs here or in the Everything Else forum, but if not here could a mod please move it? i'm having a problem w/ ms. pacman. you're supposed to get an extra life every 10000 points, but on my MAME computer it's only giving me an extra life when i reach 10,000 points and not when i reach 20,000 etc. however, on my desktop computer (which has a bigger hd, better cpu, etc) it usuallly work fine, aka it gives me an extra life when i reach 10,000 and when i reach 20,000 etc. is this a problem of not having a big enough hard drive? any input is greatly appreciated.
thanks in advance,
Nefesis
Apollo:
HD size won't make any difference. Is it the exact same ROM on both PC's. Have you tried pausing and tabbing in the game to change the dip switch settings, I think that might work.
Nefesis:
hmmm... what exactly would i change in the dip switches section? i tried moving the cab mode from upright to cocktail, but that didn't help. does anyone know the differnce between cocktail and upright mode?
MonitorGuru:
There are dip switches for bonus life. Something like None, 10,000, 20,000, 30,000 or something. Two switches combined on the real game do this, in Mame it should be labeled something like "Bonus".
Cocktail mode simply rotates the screen 180 degrees (flips it upside down) so if running in a real cocktail it would display the screen correctly to the second player when it's their turn, then rotate back when it's player 1's turn again.
Nefesis:
i'm pretty sure the bonus says 10,000. i'd check but i just turned my MAME machine off. on my regular machine it says 10,000. i'll check tomorrow or monday about the mame machine. thanks for the info about the cockpit.