I also opened the gamelist.xml file in notepad and saw that it only has the parent roms included, with no mention of any clone rom names. I already looked at the preferences>options>mame>disable clones checkbox, and it doesn't seem to be the problem (the issue persists with it both checked and unchecked). My main issue is that when it builds the gamelist.xml it only seems to generate the parent rom list, with no way of finding or listing the clone roms too? I have the latest mame and merged rom set on my PC, and i've finally got maximus arcade front end to mostly work with them. overall it works pretty good, but i'm trying to get it ready to be updated since it has a very old version of mame on it (and an old rom set). I have an old DIY mame cab that someone else built running win xp which i bought off someone on ebay over a decade ago. r/pinball - Pinball specific discussion. r/arcade - Original CoinOP Arcade specific discussion. r/RetroGamingNetwork - a multireddit for retro gaming! r/HyperSpin - HyperSpin specific discussion.

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