Raiden Fighters (US) ROM

When I first got interested in retro arcade games, I downloaded every one of the iterations of Raiden. Then, I started trying to play them. That was when I thought something was very wrong. Once the games started loading, the last screen started a countdown timer starting at 900. This had to be a joke or a glitch, or it was just another rom that really wouldn't play on my system. Well, today I decided to see what happens when the countdown finally ends. A screen comes up saying something to the effect of please power down the game, and when you power it up again, make sure you remove the update flag. Well, I tried a few things, without much confidence that they'd actually work, and I eventually came up with a process that led to an operating game. Here's what you do... When the game is running, press that config menu button combo (coin/start). Go to the "dip switches" option. There you will see an option called "update". Press in the direction of the arrow to clear it. Go back to the config menu, and select "soft reset". That should get you to the main game screen and allow you to play the game.