Now the trick is how to control it via a keyboard or gamepad. And no, neither is going up you know where. ;-) The service mode is glitchy control-wise (there are two service mode key definitions in MAME 0.145U0) where I can move the selection but it will immediately kick back to the main menu in a nanosecond like something isn't staying in place (heh heh). Given the type of controls at play (heh heh) that's to be expected. I wasn't expecting a whole (heh heh) lot of initial support. Eventually this blockade will be penetrated (I'm done now).
Of all the games there are to preserve and to experience I had to choose this one. Then again it isn't like there are many games like it featuring such a unique premise.
I'll check out MAMEtesters to see if anyone else dealt with these sensitive matters before I post further.
--Bekki
Combating functional illiteracy with latex-clad drama since the '80s, because old video games rule!