Hey, sorry if I'm late but I've been inactive for the past few months. First of all, congratulations to baldnate for the World Record! It's nice to see other people still playing this game. I apologize for my irregularities, but, as NESCardinality already pointed out, when I checked the rules it said nothing about extra lives so I assumed any setting was OK. Elevator Action can be pretty hard, so I figured I could use some help in that sense. As for the romset, I am not aware of any differences between the bootleg and non-bootleg version, I just played the one I happened to have. I'll make sure to switch to the other one if that's a concern.