Here's my slant on this matter...(posted 9580 days ago)As for the "easy" games, i.e. comotion, dominos, lazer command, etc.,leave them in. The 100 points are available to everyone that wants to "come and get it". It will make our newcomers a bit more informed on MARP as they will have to hunt down the "easy" ones just like the rest of us did at one time or another.
Now for the broken games, I am only concerned with games whose broken condition allows players virtually unlimited points. This includes fitter and also would include mach3 (of which I submitted a score...and a ridiculous one at that...to point out the absurdity of letting leaderboard points being awarded for this one...and btw, I don't mind if all scores, including mine, are wiped out for this one). My gosh, I could go back and record mtrap from the days before they resolved the collision detection issue and rack up something monstrous for this, too! Obviously a no-brainer here for the broken/ unlimited points games of which there are, fortunately, very few of as far as I know. The other broken games are not a real issue either. Each one has an extremely low score (dare I say the word "lame"? :p) posted. Meaning that once the game gets its fix, then the real players of these games will come forward and wipe the rest of us mortals back where we came from! In other words, these types of broken games are essentially "self-correcting".
For the "improper control advantage" games, which means the bowling games that are mentioned and schuuz, leave 'em in. I really don't understand the "improper control advantage" here as all I used was a mouse and a keyboard for these games and I figure that virtually everyone on the planet, with very few exceptions, has access to those. So keep these.
In the "doesn't playback" category, I vote to wipe any and all scores involving a game that can't be witnessed. Yep, this will cost me, but with the discussion lately on the subject I figure this is only fair. If someone does find a MAME version that supports a game with no playback support otherwise, that version should be noted along with the game name when viewing high scores for said game. Most famous example of this would be the vic-dual games that seem to only work with m33b4.
Fax...hmmmm. I really have a problem with this one. Yes, it's easy to memorize all of the questions that are in this one because there are simply not that many to memorize! But the issue here is that your score is also timer-based. I would really like to know how the top 3 scores are all mysteriously the same...I've wondered this ever since I lost my top spot on these fax games. All top games require that you have the correct answer at the VERY INSTANT the question comes up...sorry, but if you were to play this game, you would find it extremely unlikely for this to occur for all 32 questions(or whatever it is). Someone enlighten me as to how this can be...my vote, put this one in the "wipe out" chamber along with the "broken/ unlimited points" games.
OK, so I've written another small novel...thank you for your attention.
JoustGod