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fixedpigs:
howdy...

i'm sure this has been asked before...but i couldn't find it with the search...so...

in many cases there are multiple versions of the same game...how do i prevent mala from showing all of them...?
how do i know which version is the 'best' one that i should be using...?
is there an easy way to delete the roms of the versions i definitely won't be using...?

for example...

Street Fighter II - The World Warrior (World 910522)
Street Fighter II - The World Warrior (World 910214)
Street Fighter II - The World Warrior (US 910206)
Street Fighter II - The World Warrior (US 910214)
Street Fighter II - The World Warrior (US 910318)
Street Fighter II - The World Warrior (US 910228)
Street Fighter II - The World Warrior (US 910411)
Street Fighter II - The World Warrior (US 910522)
Street Fighter II - The World Warrior (US 911101)
Street Fighter II - The World Warrior (Japan 911210)
Street Fighter II - The World Warrior (Japan 910214)
Street Fighter II - The World Warrior (Japan 910306)

i'd assume i'd be using one of the us versions...but which one...?

or...

Joust (White/Green label)
Joust (Solid Red label)
Joust (White/Red label)

which is the 'correct' version of joust i should be using...?

or...

Shinobi (set 5, System 16A, unprotected)
Shinobi (set 1, System 16A, FD1094 317-0050)

which of these two versions of shinobi is the 'right' one...?

thanks for the help...!

 :cheers:

CrazyKongFan:
I don't know about Street Fighter, but on Joust, the different revisions fixed some stuff. For one, the pterodactyl bug that let you kill him by standing in the middle of the lower floating platform was fixed (in the revision, you could only do that on the start of a pterodactyl wave). I don't know which rom is which though, without looking it up. I guess choosing which one would be up to you, whether you want to be able to use that bug or not ;)

fixedpigs:
thanks for the info...

any ideas on how to prevent mala from displaying all versions...?

danny_galaga:

in mame32 its as simple as ticking the 'clones' box in the custom filters setting. mala will have something like that

shock_:
The checkbox is "Only masters" - see attachment.

You need to blat your "All Games" list and generate again.  Some have reported problems with that checkbox not sticking when you tell it to.  If it doesn't work for you, rename your "mala.ini" file as a backup, load MaLa again and generate a new gamelist, then swap your mala.ini file back and you should be okay.

NB - "Masters" is not always going to be the one you want; there's no real way to know for sure. eg. Pole Position will be the Japanese version, Pac-man will be Puck Man, Choplifter won't be the bootleg that is actually playable.  But it's a start.  I start with all masters, then hand-pick better versions to add into my gamelists as I discover something wrong with the master version.  As long as I don't know I'm missing out on some crucial bug-fix though, I don't worry about it!

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