http://www.primenet.com/~greggg/marp/inp-prob.html(posted 9451 days ago)shows that the old sega games(the ones which I DQed) only play back in m33b4 - last I remember, if it plays back in one version, the players are responsible for recording in that version or they're recordings were disqualified - which is why I did this.
The problem is this gives complete windows version players a disadvantage - because MAME32 started it's recording features starting at MAME v.33 final I think.
I'll also defend my GNG cleanup - anyone who leached for more than one session(session = a life of 2 1/2 minutes) were DQed. Alex Weir leached for one session, and before the time ran out moved on to the next part of stage 3 - which resets the clock. He could not leach again - which is why I let that go.
With this in mind, let me give you a hint to get a decent score - leach until there's 15 - 20 seconds on the clock, and then move on. You should be able to reset the clock. If you die, don't leach again... or else! :)