No attract screen on King of the Monsters MVS???

Real Bout Maniac

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Hey all,

I just bought a King of the Monsters cart off eBay.

The cart looks fine, but when I start up the cab (I'm running a 2-slot), there's no start-up screen for this particular game. The normal "Neo Geo - 330 Mega Pro Gear Spec" is strangely absent. It just goes right to the title screen, and then stays there. There's no attract screen, or game demo... nothing.

In fact, the only way for me to get off this screen, is to either hit the start button, to begin a game, or to hit the selector switch to go to whatever's in the other slot.

I've tried running this with both the original Samurai Shodown, as well as Real Bout 2, and I get the same results with either, so I don't think it has anything to do with whatever the second game is. It also plays fine once I actually start up a game.

So, is this normal or do I have a problem?
 

RabbitTroop

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Originally posted by Real Bout Maniac:
<STRONG>Hey all,

I just bought a King of the Monsters cart off eBay.

The cart looks fine, but when I start up the cab (I'm running a 2-slot), there's no start-up screen for this particular game. The normal "Neo Geo - 330 Mega Pro Gear Spec" is strangely absent. It just goes right to the title screen, and then stays there. There's no attract screen, or game demo... nothing.

In fact, the only way for me to get off this screen, is to either hit the start button, to begin a game, or to hit the selector switch to go to whatever's in the other slot.

I've tried running this with both the original Samurai Shodown, as well as Real Bout 2, and I get the same results with either, so I don't think it has anything to do with whatever the second game is. It also plays fine once I actually start up a game.

So, is this normal or do I have a problem?</STRONG>

This is normal operation of KOM in Freeplay mode! Take your cab out of freeplay mode if you want it to display the attract and cycle through other games. It is basicly a bug, it thinks it is credited so it waits for you to press start and play. That one pissed me off too <IMG SRC="smilies/smile.gif" border="0">

-Nick
 

Real Bout Maniac

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Originally posted by nruva:
<STRONG>This is normal operation of KOM in Freeplay mode! Take your cab out of freeplay mode if you want it to display the attract and cycle through other games. It is basicly a bug, it thinks it is credited so it waits for you to press start and play. That one pissed me off too <IMG SRC="smilies/smile.gif" border="0">
-Nick</STRONG>


Whew, thanks Nick!!! <IMG SRC="smilies/smile.gif" border="0">

At least I know it's not something with the cart itself!
 
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