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severdhed:
hey guys, a few friends and i recently really got into donkey kong...right now i have the high score on my cabinet, at 57,000 even, and my friend has the high score on his cabinet at 56,400.  we have been really playing it alot...on both cabinets, we play the US set 1.  upon looking around at DK stuff online, i discovered that the us version plays the levels out of order, compared to the japanese version.  i also noticed that in the jap set 1, the elevators and springs are slower in that stage, and that the barrels do not come down a ladder that you are on.  this, in theory makes the japanese version a little easier. (also it lets you enter your full name instead of just 3 initials) 

 i was watching the king of kong a few months ago and i know that the world record high score is ridiculous... I am assuming that the US sets are what would be found on real cabinets in the US..so is it safe to assume that the US version of the mame rom is the same as the  version that they were playing?  (i am not fortunate enough to have ever run across a real DK cabinet in the wild)

so..which version do you guys play, and what is your high score?  are there any other differences that i missed?

 
javeryh:
I play the US Set 1 version.  It is tough for me even though it is one of my favorite games.  My high score is only around 75,000.
Bender:
I play the us set 2

The twin galaixies standard is the us 2 board set (there is a us 4 board set as well)

you now have me curious as to which rom dump that is

anybody know?
javeryh:

--- Quote from: Bender on April 13, 2009, 02:10:17 pm ---I play the us set 2

The twin galaixies standard is the us 2 board set (there is a us 4 board set as well)

you now have me curious as to which rom dump that is

anybody know?

--- End quote ---

Looks like I have to switch to this and check out the differences! 
Bender:
I just checked Twin Galaxies, you can use either "US set 1" or "Japan set 1" for mame high scores (two differnt high score lists)

I'd assumed that "US set 2" was the the Two board rom dump and That "US set 1" was the 4 board dump

Know I just want to know

Someone out there must know
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