It would help a lot if could have shown the PCB, Dip switch in any, and game menu setting for Ms Pac-Man that would help Twin Galaxies members in the adjudicating and voting process.

The more evidence the better leave no doubt.


A few hours to do a few
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Originally Posted by sciutok

Ms. Pac-Man Fast Speed High Score Challenge! (Factory Default Settings - start 3 men)
Score Track	https://www.twingalaxies.com/scores.php?scores=207064
Rules	Ms. Pac-Man Fast Speed High Score Challenge This is the ORIGINAL Ms. Pac-Man game with the ROM that replaces the existing ROM in location 6F on the main logic board that speeds up the game. Dip Switch Bank: 1 = OFF 2-3 = ON 4 = OFF 5-6 = ON 7-8 = OFF Note: The above Dip Switches, are not only the FACTORY DEFAULT settings, but are also the correct Twin Galaxies Tournament Settings for this title and will provide the following settings; 3 Ms. Pac-Man 1 Bonus Ms. Pac-Man @ 10,000 Points
Submission Message	The audio was cut out because I was playing music and the sound got copyrighted by twitch

This looks like another one of those xxx-1 tracks where the rules were taken directly from the original arcade track instead of using the on-board settings on a 60-1. However, because it's xxx-1 and not specificly 60-1 we can assume the start lives of 3, extra life that happens at 10,000 points, and speed that pacamn moves is all correct for this 60-1 PCB which is easily identified by the title screen.

It would have been nice to see the settings in the settings menu by restarting the machine with the 4th dip on the PCB set to test mode.

But I really think the assumptions game be made on this one.

Voting yes.

All these need updating with generic lives/difficulty/mode rules sets that would cover all the 60-1/Pandopra etc. multigame boards.

The track was created especially to cater for the more common many variations of multiple arcade 1 in "XX" type PCBs.

Intently the rule was written PCB not shown because quite often one cannot record the inside of cabinets situated
in shopping malls. Also because PCB used here is not original Arcade PCB from the 1980s the PCB model/make does
not matter due to many clones out there.

Click on the track rules will show the following:
"PCB need not be shown. Game settings as defined in the track description or rules must be able to be verified visually, either by info on the game play screen or by showing the game settings screen in system mode, setup mode, etc. If a game setting is not specified by the track description or rules, that setting is to be left at the factory/default game setting by using the system option on the multi PCB to restore factory/default game settings. If the multi PCB does not have a system option to restore factory/default game settings, the game setting(s) to be left at default should best reflect the factory/default game settings on the original dedicated arcade PCB whenever possible."


from Francois du Toit (Creator of the XXX tracks)

Voting Yes.

Attract screen do show name of the game afterwards, 3 + 1 default settings.

Some tips:
Watching your game, one do get the impression you just run for it.
If you stand back and think about the game like IF playing a game
of chess you would first before just run off in a direction have a plan
or a semi-plan or strategy.

Unfortunate 1st man death runs into the red Ghost coming from below.

Second death is a good example of just running to the corner with out
take into consideration:
- Speed
- Distance
- Timing

Now, for the aspect of "speed", you have to get the feel of the speed of each ghosts and the speed of Ms. Pac-Man relative to each ghost.

Distance:
What relative distances are between Ms. Pac-Man, ghosts and pills to be eaten and what will a "SAFE" strategy be to eat those pills
without getting caught take into consideration "speed" and "timing"

Timing:
Timing is the response/reaction/pro-active direction in a certain distance of the ghosts and Ms. Pac-Man will travel at the same time.
It is a continual comparison between the speed Ms. Pac-man can eat certain pills quickly without getting caught while the ghost protect a certain area of the board or when ghosts are just around the corner coming for Ms. Pac-Man, then how to "escape" when the last mentioned situation occur.

Originally Posted by francoisadt

The track was created especially to cater for the more common many variations of multiple arcade 1 in "XX" type PCBs.

Intently the rule was written PCB not shown because quite often one cannot record the inside of cabinets situated
in shopping malls. Also because PCB used here is not original Arcade PCB from the 1980s the PCB model/make does
not matter due to many clones out there.

Click on the track rules will show the following:
"PCB need not be shown. Game settings as defined in the track description or rules must be able to be verified visually, either by info on the game play screen or by showing the game settings screen in system mode, setup mode, etc. If a game setting is not specified by the track description or rules, that setting is to be left at the factory/default game setting by using the system option on the multi PCB to restore factory/default game settings. If the multi PCB does not have a system option to restore factory/default game settings, the game setting(s) to be left at default should best reflect the factory/default game settings on the original dedicated arcade PCB whenever possible."

from Francois du Toit (Creator of the XXX tracks)

Yeah all of these should have *not have had the arcade PCB setting copied across* but instead had more generic wording. However, if there is a specific difficulty setting in the track it would be hard for most people to confirm it's correct without either intimate knowledge of the game or the submission to show dips or a UI screen with difficulty settings. In this case you can assume is on 'fast' due to the speed of pacman. Most other games will need difficulty settings shown in some form.

Voting Yes...