Do you guys keep the CLONES? (Arcade)

[rastan]

I know mame is funny if you don't have certain roms somewhere in your actual mame rom folder(s) but is there really any reason to keep the CLONES in our hyperspin? Obviously bootlegs like crazy kong are one thing and games like Salamander and whatever the other version was called (ex: FLYING SHARK and SKY SHARK) when the games are the same but different names that's one thing but the CLONES just seem like they take too much space on wheels. How do you guys have your arcades setup?

 

I noticed an option in HyperHQ that said something like parents only but I haven't messed with it yet.. I assume it will only show the main roms and not the clones?

 

[griffin518]

Another way of thinking about clones is as "alternate versions," some legitimate, others not. I use a lot of legimate clones in my setup. For one, I'm in the US and prefer the US versions of many of the games. I'm also building a 2-player cab and so I'm using clone/alternate versions of games like The Simpsons and TMNT which work much better with 2-players.

[Retro Goonie]

I downloaded MameUIFX. If you didn't know, it's basically a GUI for MAME. The best thing about it is that it shows all the parent roms with their clones underneath. This way I was able to go through and test all the games one at a time and keep the ones I wanted and delete the unnecessary clones.

[SubZero]

Yep we keep the clones.....for instance PAC-Man is a clone of Puc-Man and there are a few other great ones that are clones. the 2 player versions of the 4 player games are clones as well if i am correct. so i would keep them if i were you