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Folks,
I've scoured the Internet for the definitve answer on this subject and I have to say I don't know yet really know the answer.

I've checked KLOV and there really is no mention of different arcade versions of T&F that required an alternating pattern of hitting the run buttons to achieve maximum speed versus hitting just one or both run buttons simultaneously.

I'm wondering if there is a MAME limitation to the ABABABABA pattern of using the run buttons so as to mimic the strategies I've seen all over YouTube using the arcade version.

It seems I get just as much (if not better) response just hitting one run button or both run buttons simultaneously. But even that doesn't seem to get me close to world record pace. I'm not trying to compete with Hector, but the speed I'm able to achieve on MAME is vastly slower than any pace I've seen managed online by others.

I installed GGG micro-leaf switches and the improvement has been negligible.

So is there a limitation within MAME a so as not to be able to reproduce the scores as on the arcade version or is there another version of MAME that yields more accurate emulation of the arcade. Is it really a limitation of my PC's key refresh ability or what?