Parents Only issue

[supergameco]

Hi all,

I'm having an issue with a certain rom, Slap Fight (slapfigh.zip). When I tick the "Parent Only" option in Hyper HQ, Slap Fight disappears from my list in Hyperspin. There are 3 or 4 variations of Slap Fight but it seems as though it's not recognising any of them as parents.

Any ideas?

Thanks.

[Spawk]

All "Slap Fight" games are clones of "Alcon" so when you click parents only it only shows that one.

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[supergameco]

3 minutes ago, Spawk said:

All "Slap Fight" games are clones of "Alcon" so when you click parents only it only shows that one.

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Oh wow, after all these years I had no idea it was a clone of another game. Makes total sense now.

Thanks.

[Spawk]

Even PacMan will hide with the parents only selected since it is a clone of PuckMan. You can get around this and have the game you wish show on the wheel by manipulating the database.

This will hide Puckman from the wheel:

<game name="puckman" index="" image="" enabled="0">
    <description>PuckMan (Japan set 1)</description>
    <cloneof></cloneof>
    <crc></crc>
    <manufacturer>Namco</manufacturer>
    <year>1980</year>
    <genre>Maze</genre>
    <rating>AAMA - Green (Suitable For All Ages)</rating>
    <enabled>Yes</enabled>
</game>

Just add the enabled="0"

Then under the PacMan entry, remove the "puckman" from in between the cloneof tag:

	<game name="pacman" index="" image="">
		<description>Pac-Man (Midway)</description>
		<cloneof></cloneof>
		<crc></crc>
		<manufacturer>Namco (Midway license)</manufacturer>
		<year>1980</year>
		<genre>Maze</genre>
		<rating>AAMA - Green (Suitable For All Ages)</rating>
		<enabled>Yes</enabled>
	</game>

 

The only thing to remember is now you are using a "custom" database so these changes will have to be made over again whenever you update Mame or even update the db through hypersync.

[supergameco]

1 hour ago, Spawk said:

Even PacMan will hide with the parents only selected since it is a clone of PuckMan. You can get around this and have the game you wish show on the wheel by manipulating the database.

This will hide Puckman from the wheel:

<game name="puckman" index="" image="" enabled="0">
    <description>PuckMan (Japan set 1)</description>
    <cloneof></cloneof>
    <crc></crc>
    <manufacturer>Namco</manufacturer>
    <year>1980</year>
    <genre>Maze</genre>
    <rating>AAMA - Green (Suitable For All Ages)</rating>
    <enabled>Yes</enabled>
</game>

Just add the enabled="0"

Then under the PacMan entry, remove the "puckman" from in between the cloneof tag:

	<game name="pacman" index="" image="">
		<description>Pac-Man (Midway)</description>
		<cloneof></cloneof>
		<crc></crc>
		<manufacturer>Namco (Midway license)</manufacturer>
		<year>1980</year>
		<genre>Maze</genre>
		<rating>AAMA - Green (Suitable For All Ages)</rating>
		<enabled>Yes</enabled>
	</game>

 

The only thing to remember is now you are using a "custom" database so these changes will have to be made over again whenever you update Mame or even update the db through hypersync.

Thanks Spawk, that's very helpful. Exactly what I need.

[thatman84]

Metalzoic has a thread for clones worth making parents here