1. Somebody told me I could set this board up so my postings don't always appear at the top of each thread, but now I can't find that message. Who was it, and how do I do it?(posted 9676 days ago)2. Thanks for all the responses. When I was sat programming all that clone merging code I began wondering whether anyone would notice or care. It's encouraging to see that you're all as wrapped up in this stuff as I am.
3. I'm confused about what's the best system of scoring to use. I'm thinking that where I've split a game up into several categories (like pacman and pacman-fast - like every game which has a hypen in its short name, in fact - so far MAME didn't use any hyphens) I ought to keep them as separate categories. Then all the pacman clones are combined, with the winning score getting 100 points, and all the pacman-fast clones are combined, with another 100 points for them. This might not be the best idea, though, since then the hard clones won't be played. Maybe just dividing the score awarded by the number of (original + clones) like Chad keeps suggesting (and I keep ignoring) might be best. It means that when a new version of MAME adds a couple more clones to my fave game my score will immediately drop, but I guess that would just be how it was...
4. How does that make you weird, Aqua? Do you agree that combining the versions of clones means only the easiest clone will be played? Or are the clones similar enough that 'easiest clone' doesn't mean much for the most part?
Chris.