09303: newpuc2, newpuc2b: "Scandal" word and "0" missing in the start screen

ID	Category [?]	Severity [?]	Reproducibility	Date Submitted	Last Update
09303	Graphics	Minor	Always	Nov 15, 2025, 15:32	Nov 27, 2025, 07:06

Tester	UnclePetros	View Status	Public	Platform	MAME (Official Binary)
Assigned To		Resolution	Bugs That Aren't Bugs	OS	Windows (x64)
Status [?]	Resolved			Driver	pacman/pacman.cpp
Version	0.282	Fixed in Version		Build	x64
		Fixed in Git Commit		Github Pull Request #

Summary	09303: newpuc2, newpuc2b: "Scandal" word and "0" missing in the start screen
Description	On the first screen that appears right after inserting a coin, the word "scandal" is missing after "Bonus" word, and there is a zero missing in the bonus value on the right. See attachment for correct screen.
Steps To Reproduce	Insert a coin Observe the screen displayed
Additional Information
Github Commit

Flags	Verified with Original
Regression Version
Affected Sets / Systems	newpuc2, newpuc2b

Attached Files	pacman_screen.png (71,957 bytes) Nov 15, 2025, 15:32 Uploaded by UnclePetros
Attached Files	newpuc2 compare.png (471,200 bytes) Nov 16, 2025, 01:13 Uploaded by chaneman

No.23834 chaneman Tester Nov 16, 2025, 01:12	Not a bug. Viewing the rom files in a hex editor as seen above, shows that the word "SCANDAL" and the word "FOR" have been removed from newpuc2. Not surprising, afterall it is a bootleg of a bootleg.
No.23835 UnclePetros Tester Nov 16, 2025, 05:48	OK, but the missing "0" in the bonus value?
No.23836 chaneman Tester Nov 16, 2025, 06:38	The missing "0" is at the end of the same line as the SCANDAL text. If the bottom highlighted line is copied and pasted onto the upper highlitghted line in a hex editor or that line typed in over the rom and then saved, then along with the other files needed to run newpuc2 are loaded into mame and credit the game the screen you posted originally is what will be displayed.
No.23837 UnclePetros Tester Nov 16, 2025, 09:06	OK, then it was probably like that in the original game as well. By the way, newpuc2b doesn’t show the problem. Thanks for the clear explanation.