> MAME is anything but consistent, in this case I think the older set remains as the
> parent because it's the dedicated version, the proper version of the game, while the
> others are conversion kits.
>
> See buggyboy (1985) as a parent of buggyboyjr (1986) for another example of this.
>
> the only real policy is 'whatever the dev who worked on it feels is best' with some
> rough guidelines to help make that decision.
OK, I stand corrected.
I understand the reasons why exzisus is the parent, and I agree with them now. However, if I'm allowed one last objection, I don't think exzisusa and exzisust are just conversions. Aside of being on another hardware, the program code has been updated and there are lots of differences, more than those listed in my opening post.
IMHO, it should be indicated somewhere what's newer and what's older. Something like outzone and its clones, which shows nicely the timeline of releases. Any user would probably appreciate to know if clone x is earlier or later than its own parent.
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