Thanks that must have been it, I got it to play with lr-fbneo. Buttons are all now mapped a little differently but looks like I can override that.

Thanks for the help.

@sirhenrythe5th said in How to disable 'continue' game - 1942, 1944, 19xx:

i itried it yesterday and it seems to work.
I deleted the entry in "Insert Coin Player2".
So if i want to play with a friend i just insert 2 coins with my Player-1 Pad or Arcade-Stick.

On the Display the following message appears: "Press 1 or 2 Player Start".
If you press the 2nd Player-Start-Button both players are in the game.
But as only Player1 can insert coins the 2nd Player cannot continue ;)

@sirhenrythe5th I like the way you think. I am going to try this.