> > I could make up a logical argument for the first revision needing to be parent but > > that would suck in reality as they often are the most bugged and least attractive > > version. The region argument is totally different. > > This is one of the things that has always bugged me about MAME. > > Organizationally within MAME, the games should follow a proper parent-child > relationship based on the way the ROMs are shared between sets. Every set should be > named with a long name that fully describes the set. i.e. no more 8.3 set names. > > Then, there should be some sort of software list in MAME that maps the old short > names to whatever set is considered the best/definitive/playable/whatever version > that we currently call the "parent". That way, people can always run "mame asteroid" > and it just runs whatever version is currently considered the "best". This should > also result in less churning of the set names when a newer revision is discovered.
But the "best" version is totally subjective matter...
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