One one credit, Arch Rivals will stop after predetermined amount of time, no matter what the score. So the scoreboard is currently measured by 'how many points you can get in 2 1/4 minutes' which is rather silly. I make a motion to change the board for that game so it is measured by(posted 9356 days ago)1) using a full game [not sure the number of quarters off the top of my head, I just dump a bunch in if I want to play this way] 2) Using the point difference between teams rather than an absolute score [otherwise, letting the other team score can be a strategy because you can sometimes get the ball back faster]
I currently hold the high score for both romsets, until of course Bubble notices I beat his score again. :)
Some other sports games have similar problems.
A different kind of problem occurs in golf. Unless there is a standard score actually in the game golf should be measured by 'amount under par' and be in *reverse* (so a -5 score is better than a 2). If extra coding is not desired, the same effect could be had by subtracting the score from 100 (so -5 would be 105, and 2 would be 98.)