Hi,
Maybe this already exists, but I couldn't find any info on it.
I read something today regarding having a right click popup over a game image that would allow you to select the parent or clone(s) you'd like to launch. Programatically sounds doable. On mame import, you select merged and based off of a parent/clone domain list file, generate a new file/hash that allows LB to use to determine what the popup list should look like. If I then right click on Puckman image, I'd see Puckman/ Pacman in my list. If I select Pacman, create the appropriate mame call and launch. That way we only have one image per game and the ability to launch parents or clones from it.
Or
Based off of a domain list, automatically generate the clone entries on import to compensate for the missing files.