[ZFH]

Don't let the clickbait headline dissuade you, this is a great read if you're into emulation/retrogaming/any kind of software preservation.

[dang]

What would be a better, i.e. more accurate and neutral title? We can change it.

Edit: I changed it to "I accidentally deleted a bad game revision from MAME" for now - is that accurate enough?

[jayceedenton]

It's the 'accidentally' part that's the problem. Finding out that you need to delete something is not the same as accidentally deleting it.

'Unexpectedly' would be a little more accurate I think. Or just 'That time I deleted a game from MAME'.

[milesvp]

Might be more accurate to change “accidentally” to “intentionally”.

Or “I found a bad dump in MAME and corrected it”

[qotgalaxy]

I expected to add a game to MAME but instead proved that it didn't exist

[snthd]

I accidentally found a phantom MAME game revision

[ZFH]

That might be the first recorded case of a subpar headline detracting from actual quality content :)

What about "Adventures in MAME ROM dumping and games preservation"? It's the one that might stand the test of time to be useful for posterity.

[ZFH]

Works fine - thanks!

[kotaKat]

Quite frankly no, it’s not. The original title was fine and a pleasant way to cap the story off.

[rob74]

Yup... but the headline is still very clickbaity! In the end it turns out they didn't delete a game, they deduplicated it (i.e. deleted a game that was listed as a separate version, but was actually identical to the original), and they didn't do it accidentally, but on purpose.

[MPSimmons]

Yeah, agreed. I’m not actually into this scene but I enjoyed the write up.

[avg_dev]

without any experience in emulation or software preservation i still really enjoyed the post.

i was waiting in suspense for the author to make a mistake and was so relieved when i saw they did not. when they were talking about the socket i was thinking "oh no, they must have cracked something"...

[Dwedit]

Seeing as the "clickbait" headline is now gone, what was it before?

[gpvos]

"I accidentally deleted a game from MAME"

[Dwedit]

Thanks!