diff -Nru oldsrc/emu/hiscore.cpp src/emu/hiscore.cpp
--- oldsrc/emu/hiscore.cpp	2016-04-30 11:17:26.475300900 +1000
+++ src/emu/hiscore.cpp	2016-04-30 11:17:56.023590011 +1000
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@
 	}
 
 	state.mem_range = NULL;
-	emu_file f(OPEN_FLAG_READ);
+	emu_file f(machine.options().hiscore_directory(), OPEN_FLAG_READ);
   	filerr = f.open("hiscore", ".dat");
 
 	if(filerr == osd_file::error::NONE)