I got Outrunners to run fine, and I figured out the screen size issue.My problem is when the game starts up I get stereo, but when I begin to play, the right channel just disappears, and I only get sound out the left channel.I've tried all the sliders for sound, and all the sound options, but I still have the sound problem.Any input would be appreciated.Thanks in advanced.

AS it was a dual screen game, I think left channel delivers sound for Player one and Right channel for Player 2.

Is it like this for everyone?

Just tried it myself, and it happens like you said. When the announcer says "this is brought to you by Sega" is when it starts.

No idea if this is correct or a bug...



oh btw if during the actual race, you press X and C together, it will play jingle bells.

OK thanks for the heads up, is it possible for me to set mame to use monaural instead of stereo, and thanks for the jingle bells secret, I didn't know that.

No, unless the game itself has a Mono option in either its DIPs or the Test/Service Menu.

This is entirely by design, and how the real hardware works. Coin up the 2nd player and listen, play as 2nd player and listen.
Nothing you can do about it, it's how the real game works.