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| RyoriNoTetsujin:
The idea of paring down and/or managing a full rom set came up over in this thread and it got me thinking: Since I've already done this myself, I have a list of about 10 or so games for which I purposefully kept a "unique" clone rom for. For example; Simpsons (2-player w/character select, parent is 4-player) X-men (2-player and 6-player, parent is 4-player) Pac-man (clone of puckman, just for sentimental value really...) Donkey Kong 2 (significantly different from the parent!) Cabal (trackball) Karate Champ (vs.) etc. etc. I imagine most of us keep clones for language reasons if nothing else, but what are the other games you play that have what you would consider "notable" clones? A related, albeit console-based sidenote: Doki Doki Panic really pales in comparison to SMB2 (USA). |
| DaveMMR:
Personally, I leave the roms alone. One day you're going to want to play some obscure game and realize you either (a) deleted the wrong rom or (b) need the clone for whatever reason (e.g. 2-player version of 4 player game, etc.). Hard drive space is super cheap nowadays that there's no reason to spend hours meticulously weeding out clones to save space. If you're picking-and-choosing games, you don't need a full set anyhow. I know you're looking to do this to fit in a small SSD but really the bulk is taken up by the CHDs. Eliminate all those games and you'll be fine. Or just store the roms (and CHD's) on a regular drive and boot up with the SSD. They don't take a long time to load except the larger ones - like Neo-Geo - which can be remedied by adding more physical memory. |
| rCadeGaming:
This was also discussed at length in another thread, but I'd say don't delete ALL the CHD games. Most of them aren't worth the space, but there are a few gems that are. The list of CHD games isn't that long, so try them out and pick the ones you want to keep. Now obviously it's not nearly as feasible or beneficial to go through and try out every normal ROM game and weed things out that way, but I'm in the process and I find it to be interesting if you have the time. You end up both weeding out things you'd never want, like useless clones and Mahjong games, and finding really neat games to keep you've never heard of. It is a looooong process though. I like to listen to podcasts and work on it for a few hours at a time. I haven't had time for this in a few months, so I'm stuck somewhere in the G's. I'll finish it at some point though. |
| RyoriNoTetsujin:
Whoa whoa whoa. Not for nothing (seriously, don't take this the wrong way... I don't know which threads everybody is reading at this point) but I wasn't asking about anything you guys are talking about here. This thread doesn't have anything to do with managing roms, what purpose such a task would serve, how long it would take, or how valuable it might be. I didn't bring up saving HDD/SSD space, and I sure as ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- didn't bring up anything about CHDs here. All I want to know is if anyone knows of, or has any favorite specific clones that are of significant difference or notable interest when compared to their parent games. That's it. --- Quote from: RyoriNoTetsujin on November 30, 2012, 05:20:32 pm ---I imagine most of us keep clones for language reasons if nothing else, but what are the other games you play that have what you would consider "notable" clones? A related, albeit console-based sidenote: Doki Doki Panic really pales in comparison to SMB2 (USA). --- End quote --- I go back to Donkey Kong 2 as an example; it's a hack, sure, but certainly more interesting than changing a few letters in the title screen around (no, for the record, I don't miss PBJ at all). I've also heard there are several shmups that have interesting changes between regional versions. That kind of stuff. Thought it would be interesting to talk about. Maybe find something I didn't already know about - and yes, perhaps - maybe even have to dig something out from the actual, regularly updated, full set I have archived on the 2TB drive sitting here next to me... :cheers: |
| brad808:
The pheonix version of sfa3 has the blue title screen with all game modes and extra characters unlocked. Sent from my Galaxy Nexus |
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