(SEGA PLAYLISTS) Naomi | Naomi 2 | Naomi GD | Naomi 2 GD | Atomiswave | Model 3 0.238_1.0

I'm curious. Is there an advantage to these static playlists instead of creating auto-populate playlists using the criteria, for example, source contains naomi.cpp?  I noticed that if I do so, at least specifically for naomi games, I get 176 games compared to the 85 contained in the static playlist for this download.  I see that these files are about 1.5 years old.  Has MAME added that many extra naomi games since then?  Or is there a reason the extra games were excluded from this static playlist?  Thank you!

Figured out the answer to my own question.  Two things...

• An auto-populate playlist works for Atomiswave and Model 3, but will not work for Naomi and Naomi 2, if you wish to keep them separate, at least not that I can find.  Both Naomi and Naomi 2 simply show the source as "sega/naomi.cpp".  There is nothing to differentiate between Naomi and Naomi 2 that can be used in an auto-populate playlist, nor is there anything I can find to differentiate a "GD" version using auto-populate criteria if you also want that separated out.  If you don't mind having one large group for all Naomi, Naomi 2, and GD versions, then an auto-populate Playlist will work.

 

• I found 17 "games" overall missing from the collective lists provided in this download, based on the full MAME .255 rom set.  The missing games were all variations of other games that ARE in the playlists.  Generally they fit into one of these categories.
  •       A missing revision of the same game.
  •       A regional version of the same game.
  •       The GD or non-GD version of a game was in the wrong GD or non-GD playlist.  I.e., The GD version of the game was in both the non-GD and GD playlist, or the non-GD version of a game was in both playlists, instead the non-GD version being in the non-GD playlist and the GD version being in the GD playlist.

            For missing revision or regional version, it's possible it was added to MAME between .238 when the playlists were originally created, and .255 that I'm comparing against.  But I don't know.