Pat, I have played, and seen many games played with multiple seconds and the game doesn't end. The game is OVER when it says it's over (by asking for a coin) Simply not beating everyone doesn't end the game. Examples, Track 'n Field, Konami 88, Konami GT, F1 Racer (If your not first, game over would kill a lot of games here)(posted 9199 days ago)Just like, I would assume you wouldn't consider games of PacMan to be over when the pacmeister is killed once. (Billy would, world record man, but not the rest of us)
I would assume Walter Day, the big bopper, would be on the machine side of the issue, as it doesn't consider the game to be over, ala Extra life or whatever you want to call it, the game isn't over.