You'll then have to execute one these commands:Įither copy the files (needs more space, the full set remains intact) while read file do cp 'romset_full/$file'.zip romset_lr-lite/ done lr-lite. Since the shortcut seemed to work fine, I assumed it was something to do with the MAME end of things. I happened to try to install MAME ROMs right after creating that shortcut. Ultimate Old ROMS Hunting challenge Hello Retroroms community While rebuilding a lot of old sets recently, I realized that many older ROMS are near impossible to source now.

The file lr-lite.list is also in your home folder ~. The core issue was the shortcut I had made across all Retropie functionality, not just MAME games. In the example below, your full romset is in folder romset_full and the custom romset will be in folder romset_lr-lite, both located in your home folder ~. I am looking for a full romset of MAME 0.229, 0.78 abd7bb7, 6c6f072, 0.139 f718040 and / or 0. A Raspberry pi is no capable of running 3D games from the late 90s on anyhow, even if you find a supported romset for MAME on the Pi - it will run with about 5fps. Save it into a file called lr-lite.list to use it with the following commands. sirhenrythe5th said in Understanding MAME rom versions: Drdave79 then it seems it is an issue concerning the used platform. I would not use Retroarch for this at all. Of course you should set up MAME beforehand so you can associate the ROMs to the emulator. If you want to do the whole set, Launchbox now has a full MAME importer to use. I've extracted all rom names from the 0.78u5 DAT file. In Launchbox go to Tools-Import-ROMs and select what games you want if you want to do individual games.

After logging in, you will be in the home folder of the user pi with the full directory path /home/pi/ or in short ~. You get to the command line by quitting Emulation Station or by connecting over the network with ssh.

Here's a solution for the Linux command line of Retropie.

Mame 0.78 roms set