Well, I'm sorry to bring this news to MARP, but it's only a matter of time before you all know about it. Ever since MAME 35 it has been possible to [CENSORED]. It works in all the versions of MAME 36 I've tried as well.(posted 9557 days ago)In a nutshell:
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etc, etc... a very bleak picture for INPs for all the high score boards emerges :-(
The MAME programmers should be told that this "feature" is no damned good. It's up to the programmers here who truly care about high scores to make a true tournament version of mame. I would suggest starting with MAME 34. People are starting to openingly question all the best INP files, a situation I find distressing. I would also suggest that for Williams games, and most games that a TG settings option be programmed as an option in this new tournament edition.
Chris Moore is probably the best suited for the job. I'll help any way I can. I've been fighting against fake scores since the Guinness Book of World Records published 1,500,000+ for Joust with 5 men, a score most of us think is now false (this was in the 1986 edition). I would HATE to see another wave of fake scores.
Mark