Trying to find out more about these. The only game I remember having them was Sente's Mini Golf. The first version of the game code has 2 digitized photos of 2 girls (pic #1). The dip switch settings in MAME (pic #2) show whether or not to show the photos, or to note whether either have been located.
The second version of the game code has 2 digitized photos of 2 boys (pic #3) but there's no dip switch setting info about them (pic #4). Doesn't seem to be a way to turn it off or mark them as 'located'. Not sure why the Hide-And-Seek Foundation local isn't included on the photo page.
I heard other Sente games might have included similar photos, with Gimme A Break being one. The entry on KLOV for the game (https://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=7946) mentions something about it in the trivia section:
"In the demo mode the screen can show pictures of missing children. This is controlled by dip switch settings."
However, there's no dip switch info about it in MAME (pic #5) and no photos in the game.
I have emails out to some former Sente folks to try and find out more about them. The Missing Kids photos predate the more well-known FBI "Winners Don't Use Drugs" PSA screens that started to appear in games in 1989 until 2000 - https://www.inverse.com/article/519...s-don-t-use-drugs-the-arcade-motto-of-the-90s
.. or the less-popular "Recycle It, Don't Trash It PSA - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recycle_It,_Don't_Trash_It!
The second version of the game code has 2 digitized photos of 2 boys (pic #3) but there's no dip switch setting info about them (pic #4). Doesn't seem to be a way to turn it off or mark them as 'located'. Not sure why the Hide-And-Seek Foundation local isn't included on the photo page.
I heard other Sente games might have included similar photos, with Gimme A Break being one. The entry on KLOV for the game (https://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=7946) mentions something about it in the trivia section:
"In the demo mode the screen can show pictures of missing children. This is controlled by dip switch settings."
However, there's no dip switch info about it in MAME (pic #5) and no photos in the game.
I have emails out to some former Sente folks to try and find out more about them. The Missing Kids photos predate the more well-known FBI "Winners Don't Use Drugs" PSA screens that started to appear in games in 1989 until 2000 - https://www.inverse.com/article/519...s-don-t-use-drugs-the-arcade-motto-of-the-90s
.. or the less-popular "Recycle It, Don't Trash It PSA - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recycle_It,_Don't_Trash_It!
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