Do I need a game pad to win in the bicycle/video game room?

[RS]

I've gotten my trusty robot all the way to the video ride the bicycle game room. I activate the first machine but cannot for the life of me ever get 1,000 points on machine #1 to progress to machine #2.  No matter what I try I get continue to get blown up. Anyone got any ideas? 

[Lamkin]

I activate the first machine but cannot for the life of me ever get 1,000 points on machine #1 to progress to machine #2.

Are you using the mouse to play the game on that machine? 'Cause you can use the arrow keys and the space bar on your keyboard to play that game without touching the mouse at all, which makes it much, much easier to play.