by Bart » Wed Sep 28, 2011 8:33 pm
This happens when credits are still logged in the machine. Maybe you got impatient and put multiple coins in (I've done that during the country warning screen, which cannot be skipped by inserting coins). I just tested it out again. If you put in one coin, it goes to the selection screen and consumes that credit. When you quit or restart, you'll go back to attract mode. But now, try putting in two coins, then quit or reset at the selection screen. You'll have consumed one but one is still logged, and the game will go straight to course select. You have to clear NVRAM or just use up the credits. I imagine that this behavior was intentional, although I'm surprised they don't just go to the attract mode and flash 'Press Start'. Maybe this was intended as a safeguard against unexpected (and very temporary) power cycles, assuming that the user would hang around until the machine rebooted?