Gaming companies that allowed this extra memory space to continue after 255 was more then just Namco. Williams also allowed a game to continue after this stage of 255. For instance, in Robotron, even know you had to keep track of the stages because they rolled over at 99, if you did that twice and then got to stage 55 (255) the next stage after that so called last stage (happens to be a brain board) it resets to stage 1 and the game is exactly the same as if you just put a quarter in it from the beginning. This will cont. as long as you stay alive and play. One question I do have is why doesn't Ms Pacman end at stage 255 when Pac man does? There both Namco? Ms Pacman only has 136 stages! what happened to the rest?(posted 9679 days ago)Regards, Steve Krogman