Resetting the high score in NAMCO Collection Vol.1 & Vol.2

By Tormod Tjaberg

Last update: 2006-02-01

Background

In order to reset the high score on these wonderful games you have to clear the EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory). This procedure is not documented in the official NAMCO manuals, but with a little reasoning, I managed to discover the procedure. For some strange reason NAMCO changed the procedure between Vol.1 and Vol.2, credits go to kold666 for pointing out that the method for Vol.2 was different!

Vol.1 Procedure

Power up the game, wait until it starts up.
Push and hold the 1P & 2P START buttons.
While keeping the 1P & 2P START buttons pushed, push the TEST switch on your cabinet.
You should be rewarded with the following image:
When you see the image above, release all the buttons.

Vol.2 Procedure

Power up the game, wait until it starts up.
Push and hold the 1P START & SERVICE buttons.
While keeping the 1P START & SERVICE buttons pushed, push the TEST switch on your cabinet.
You should be rewarded with the following image:
When you see the image above, release all the buttons.

Note:
An alternate procedure is to power up the game while keeping the applicable pair of buttons pushed, in this case the TEST button is NOT used.

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