#96460
Floob
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This shows you if a romset is a clone, or a parent.
http://www.progettoemma.net/search.php

Parents dont need clone sets to run, but a clone set needs a parent to run.
You could remove all clones, but then you would get rid of games like pacman that is a clone of puckman.

This explains the difference between split and merged romsets.
http://mamedev.emulab.it/clrmamepro/docs/htm/merger.htm