I bought a loose US copy of Neo Turf Masters for the Neo Geo Pocket Color. When the game arrived I noticed that it had everything obtained and completed - full collection of all 55 clubs and all trophies won. The game also defaults to "Very Hard" as its default difficulty. Using the "Initialize" option to reset the data works as expected until the power is cycled - then it's back to everything being unlocked and Very Hard being the default difficulty selection. I've played a few full games on a fresh initialization to see if a new data write would clear out the data but upon next power cycle - back to everything unlocked.

Stats in the records are also really odd and are the same for every golfer. Some records of interest...

Best Score:
-- -- --

Average Score:
384.24

Handicap:
+1

Triple Crowns
35

Total Number of Rounds:
532

Course With Most Rounds:
--

Battle Results:
510 Wins, 510 Losses
26 Draws (100.00%)

Hole In One:
65532

Albatross:
65532

Rate of Under-Par:
0.00%

Rate of Par:
0.00%

Rate of Over-Par:
0.00%

(previous three stats are in agreement with a fresh format)

Driving Accuracy:
170.01%

Rate on Green at Par:
0.00%

Putting Average:
1.00


All character stats show them as being used 65535 times each, with the same Battle Results as above.

So what does Digital Press say? Most glitched copy of Neo Turf Masters ever? Some secret unlock in place I don't know of? Development copy? The label is the standard US release (ESRB rating).