SteadyP
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Hi all, any ideas how my high scores have disappeared/ been reset- apart from my GC score which is still there? I’ve not been playing with the menu options btw. Seems to have happened by itself
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Stern SAM- all high scores gone except GC???
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There’s a setting in the menu that resets high scores after a certain number of games, sometimes default at 2000. You can turn it off. Not at a machine right now but I think it’s called HSTD reset
Whenever I get a new Pin in I do a factory reset, and that high score reset is one of the settings I always disable.
I looked into Automatic High Score Reset while I owned an F-14, where the default setting was 3,000 plays. I found that it couldn't take effect while the machine was in use, only when it booted up with the counter run down to zero. For those early System 11 games, the adjustment was in increments of 1,000, later on this went to 250. Once the Wpc board-set came in, since it had a real time clock I used to suggest (when attending tech seminars from Williams) having a timer option for reset, e.g. each Friday at mid-day, to encourage play over the weekend.
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Silly question, have you replaced your battery in the last few years?
Some people seem to forget on games with coin cell batteries.
On SAM games they will store the high scores for days after the battery has run out and just turning the machine on once a week can be enough to keep the capacitor charged enough for you to not know the battery is dead
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I change all working batteries with the power on! Usually run down batteries have leaked everywhere and you need to stick in a remote box.
Now as a rule I stick in a CR2032 cell in most games that come thru the workshop and recommend changing them every christmas. Put a reminder on your christmas card list.