How to choose clone version in merged mame set in Emulation Station
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If you merge them all into one zip then you will:
a.) only be able to play the parent still, and
b.) you will have a needlessly bloated parent file-size.There's a reason it's not recommended.
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@willinliv This is not what you want to do. If you are using the 0.78 ROM set I am thinking of this usually comes as a non-merged set. This means there is no parent / clone relationship. Each game zip contains every file needed to run it as a standalone game. So in order to have a 2P and 4P or a US and Jap version of a game you simply add both ROMs which will be named slightly differently, to the appropriate folder.
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@willinliv Have a read of this, it may explain it better than I can. http://docs.mamedev.org/usingmame/aboutromsets.html
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Thanks @Lyle_JP that makes sense! Thanks for answering both my questions, I shall rethink
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@AlexMurphy Thanks Alex. Yeah it is a non-merged set where everything is self-contained and can be run independently. I guess the thing that attracted me to the merged approach is that it reduced the number of roms and basically gave me one file instead of loads of clones, obviously now selecting just the parent which may not be a good thing. Might just stick with the romset as is then. Thanks again
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There are also a number of great mame rom filtering applications, I have used Rom Lifter (https://www.waste.org/~winkles/ROMLister/) to great effect. You can pair down your rom set pretty easily to just the stuff you are actually wanting to load up. That might do what you want and be a little better on the pi in the end.
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@Gosenbach Looks good thanks for the suggestion will give it a try. Cheers
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@willinliv said in How to choose clone version in merged mame set in Emulation Station:
@Gosenbach Looks good thanks for the suggestion will give it a try. Cheers
If you have Windows, the Simple Arcade Multifilter can help cut down on the number of non-merged ROMs as well: screenshots and links
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as a one off, i'm told if you rename the merged zip file to the name of the specific clone you want to play, then it will load rather than the parent.
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@dankcushions I can confirm that as well.
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