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Arcade Collecting => Miscellaneous Arcade Talk => Topic started by: ZORK2 on August 13, 2009, 11:48:06 pm

Title: How to keep Pac-man high score??
Post by: ZORK2 on August 13, 2009, 11:48:06 pm: What mod can I do to an original Pac-man in order to keep the high score from being erased when the machine is shut off??
THANKS!
Title: Re: How to keep Pac-man high score??
Post by: smalltownguy on August 14, 2009, 12:28:58 am: The easiest way to accomplish this is to compile your own version of MAME. It's actually pretty easy, and you'll be glad you did it once it's done.

Check out this thread to get started....

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=83569.0
Title: Re: How to keep Pac-man high score??
Post by: Kevin Mullins on August 14, 2009, 12:43:39 am: Quote from: ZORK2 on August 13, 2009, 11:48:06 pm
What mod can I do to an original Pac-man in order to keep the high score from being erased when the machine is shut off??

There's not a high score save kit that I'm aware of.
Title: Re: How to keep Pac-man high score??
Post by: Beretta on August 14, 2009, 02:57:26 am: dont turn the machine off ;D
Title: Re: How to keep Pac-man high score??
Post by: SirPeale on August 14, 2009, 10:19:29 am: I did a bit of digging, and couldn't find one outside of a multi-game kit. Not surprising, because IIRC it only retains the highest score, and not a table of them.
Title: Re: How to keep Pac-man high score??
Post by: ZORK2 on August 14, 2009, 01:17:08 pm: Ah bummer, I thought it would be as easy as swapping out a chip or something. Oh well looks like I'll just have to leave it on FOREVER! :) J/K!
Title: Re: How to keep Pac-man high score??
Post by: Pac-Fan on August 14, 2009, 01:53:05 pm: Quote from: Kevin Mullins on August 14, 2009, 12:43:39 am
There's not a high score save kit that I'm aware of.
There is not a HS kit perse, but there is the Mike/Dave 96-in-1 kit that adds a complete name and score table to every game and saves them in NV ram. Only drawback is that it doesn't change the color prom so PacPlus and a couple other games aren't quite right with colors. But it does have Pengo on the kit :)