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    Hiding Roms

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    • TheStrayMongrelT
      TheStrayMongrel
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      Just curious if there is a way to hide roms. Of course i can delete them so as to reduce the amount in the list but I'm a little concerned about removing too many as there is the whole parent/sibling thing and a worried I'll start breaking some games should i start culling them. Ideally I'd like to just hide them but leave them in the roms folder... is it possible?

      Thanks

      Raspberry Pi 2 B+

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      • RionR
        Rion @TheStrayMongrel
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        @TheStrayMongrel said in Hiding Roms:

        Just curious if there is a way to hide roms. Of course i can delete them so as to reduce the amount in the list but I'm a little concerned about removing too many as there is the whole parent/sibling thing and a worried I'll start breaking some games should i start culling them. Ideally I'd like to just hide them but leave them in the roms folder... is it possible?

        Thanks

        Create a hidden folder inside the ROMs folder. roms/snes/.hidden for example.

        FBNeo rom filtering
        Mame2003 Arcade Bezels
        Fba Arcade Bezels
        Fba NeoGeo Bezels

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        • FloobF
          Floob @TheStrayMongrel
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          @TheStrayMongrel
          You only have to worry about breaking links between clone and the parents with arcade games, as opposed to console games.
          If you wanted you could filter out all clones using a tool like romlister
          https://www.waste.org/~winkles/ROMLister/

          This also helps explain it a little
          http://mamedev.emulab.it/clrmamepro/docs/htm/merger.htm

          Please read the Docs before asking a new question.
          RetroPie Help Guides: https://goo.gl/3gcNsT

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