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Title: Chainging rom difficulty setting??
Post by: lettuce on September 04, 2005, 04:42:11 pm

Is it possible to change a games difficulty to make it either harder or easier when there is no setting in the DIP switch menu of a game?? The main games im looking at are Mortal Kombat 1-3 (though i think 1 has a dip switch for difficulty?), and the Street fighter series??

Title: Re: Chainging rom difficulty setting??
Post by: Minwah on September 04, 2005, 04:44:47 pm

You need to go into 'test mode' - many Midway games have the same system.  I believe it is F2 by default, but you can check in the Tab menu under 'Input (this game)'.

Title: Re: Chainging rom difficulty setting??
Post by: lettuce on September 04, 2005, 06:50:16 pm

Would this be the same for street fighter games then?

Title: Re: Chainging rom difficulty setting??
Post by: Minwah on September 04, 2005, 07:06:44 pm

Quote from: lettuce on September 04, 2005, 06:50:16 pm

Would this be the same for street fighter games then?

SF2 has a dip switch for this...not sure about the others - load them and have a look ;)

Title: Re: Chainging rom difficulty setting??
Post by: elvis on September 05, 2005, 01:53:38 am

Quote from: lettuce on September 04, 2005, 06:50:16 pm

Would this be the same for street fighter games then?

Older CPS1 games Street Fighter II, SF2 Champion Edition, SF2 Turbo/Hyper Fighting, etc) were dipswitch driven.  After setting the difficulty you need to restart the game via the TAB menu, or exit MAME and restart it.

CPS2 games (Street Fighter Alpha and up) had the F2 test menu.  After setting the difficulty, exiting the test menu via the menu's own command reset the game and applied the new difficulty.

And I do hope you're using this information to make the games harder.  They are already far too easy. :)