MAME versions and romsets on RetroPie

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03/28/2015 at 18:08 #92966

Floob
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[b]RetroPie 2.6.0 MAME Versions[/b]
These details are as per the default installed binaries on the RetroPie 2.6.0 image.

You can scan and/or rebuild your romsets with this guide:
https://github.com/retropie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/Managing-ROMs

[b]FBA[/b]
URL: http://sourceforge.net/projects/pifba/
Roms Dir: /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/fba
Binary Dir: /opt/retropie/emulators/pifba
Config Dir: /opt/retropie/emulators/pifba
MAME Version: FBA 0.2.96.71 which is based on MAME 0.114 (April 2007)
Size: 3.62GB
Romsets emulated: 684 (no clones in this)
Dat File: fba_0.2.96.71_clrmame_dat.zip

[b]FBA-Libretro[/b]
URL: https://github.com/libretro/fba-libretro
Roms Dir: /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/fba-libretro
Binary Dir: /opt/retropie/libretrocores/fbalibretro
Config Dir: –config /opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg –appendconfig /opt/retropie/configs/fba/retroarch.cfg
MAME Version: FBA 0.2.97.30 which is based on MAME 0.154 (Jul 2014)
Size: 9.15GB
Romsets emulated: 3369 (includes clones etc..)
Active Sets 3369/3369
·Parents 710/710
·Clones 2146/2146
·Others 508/508
·BIOS 5/5
Dat File: FB Alpha v0.2.97.30.dat.zip

[b]mame4all-pi[/b]
URL: http://sourceforge.net/projects/mame4allpi/
Roms Dir: /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/mame
Binary Dir: /opt/retropie/emulators/mame4all
Config Dir: /opt/retropie/configs/mame
MAME Version: Based on 0.37b5 (July 2000)
Size: 1.86GB
Romsets emulated: 2270 (includes clones etc..)
Dat File: mame4all-037b5-RetroPie-260.zip

[b]Mame-libretro[/b](imame4all)
URL: https://github.com/libretro/imame4all-libretro
Roms Dir: /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/mame-libretro
Binary Dir: /opt/retropie/libretrocores/mamelibretro/
Config Dir: –config /opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg –appendconfig /opt/retropie/configs/mame/retroarch.cfg
MAME Version: Based on 0.37b5 (July 2000)
Size: 1.86GB
Romsets emulated: 2270 (includes clones etc..)
Dat File: mame4all-037b5-RetroPie-260.zip

[b]GnGeo 0.8[/b]
URL: https://github.com/ymartel06/GnGeo-Pi
Roms Dir: /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/neogeo-gngeopi
Binary Dir: /opt/retropie/emulators/gngeopi/bin
Config Dir: /home/pi/.gngeo
MAME Version: Based on 0.138 romsets (May 2010)
Romsets emulated: 203
Dat File: pandora_gngeo_084_dat.zip

[b]AdvanceMAME 0.94.0[/b]
URL: http://sourceforge.net/projects/advancemame/files/advancemame/0.94.0/
Roms Dir: /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/mame-advmame
Binary Dir: /opt/retropie/emulators/advmame/bin
Config Dir: /home/pi/.advance
MAME Version: Based on MAME 0.94 (March 2005)
Size: 11.6GB
Romsets Emulated: 5563 (includes clones etc..)

Active Sets 5563/5563
·Parents 1236/1236
·Clones 2473/2473
·Others 1829/1829
·BIOS 25/25

Dat File: advmame-0.94-RetroPie-260.7z

Dat files attached here:
http://smartretro.co.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=68

03/28/2015 at 20:16 #92975

herbfargus
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Great list Floob! I’ve added it to the Wiki on the page that Roo created that I think is the page you meant to link to on rebuilding ROMs:

https://github.com/retropie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/Managing-ROMs

03/28/2015 at 21:10 #92981

Floob
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[quote=92975]Great list Floob! I’ve added it to the Wiki on the page that Roo created that I think is the page you meant to link to on rebuilding ROMs:

https://github.com/retropie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/Managing-ROMs

[/quote]

Thanks very much for the link catch and updating the Wiki. Hopefully that will help people out with romsets and MAME config queries.

Maybe buzz or Roo can help out with the ??? marked above.

03/28/2015 at 21:13 #92982

petrockblog
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the current libretro mame is imame4all – which is based on 0.37b5 as with mame4all

03/28/2015 at 21:16 #92983

Floob
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[quote=92982]the current libretro mame is imame4all – which is based on 0.37b5 as with mame4all[/quote]

Thanks very much buzz, I’ll update that now.
I’ll whip up a RetroPie v3 one in a moment.

03/28/2015 at 21:44 #92985

Floob
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Ok….so things have changed haha!

Its probably me being daft, but how/where would I put my MAME roms so that I could use both FBA (for the 0.2.96.71 romset), but also wanted lr-FBA so I could run different/newer roms using my retroarch config.

It seems they share the same rom dir?

This also seems to apply to the multiple neogeo emulators etc..

03/28/2015 at 21:48 #92986

petrockblog
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they do – you could use subfolders perhaps, but assuming you have a pi2, then you probably can just use lr-fba, and if you haev a rpi1, you probably just want pifba as lr-fba is too slow.

03/28/2015 at 21:59 #92987

Floob
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Well that certainly tidies things up a lot, and is easier to manage.

I guess if I wanted to keep them all I could just add a couple of ES config entries and create a new folder as you suggest.

Looks like the only version change to the above is the addition of Advmame 1.2?

Perhaps this change will make me decide which I prefer to run!

I have a Pi2 as my main RetroPie machine, and I think I’ll go for

NeoGeo = gngeo (fast with newer romsets)
Advmame = 1.2 (havent checked speed but Pi2 should cope and its newer romsets)
Mame4all = non libretro version
FBA = lr-fba

Personally I’m loving playing the Cave shooters at the moment, RetroPie is worth it for that alone!

03/28/2015 at 23:27 #92997

Floob
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[b]RetroPie 3.0.0 beta MAME Versions[/b]
These details are as per the default installed binaries on the RetroPie 3.0.0 beta image.

[b][color=#FF0000]Important[/color][/b]
In 3.0.0 some emulators share directories, so you need to choose which FBA, NeoGeo and mame4all version you want.
So you can have 1 romset for each of these (mame4all, FBA, NeoGeo, advmame)

You can scan and/or rebuild your romsets with this guide:
https://github.com/retropie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/Managing-ROMs

[b]FBA[/b]
URL: http://sourceforge.net/projects/pifba/
Roms Dir: /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/fba
Binary Dir: /opt/retropie/emulators/pifba
Config Dir: /opt/retropie/configs/fba/fba2x.cfg
MAME Version: FBA 0.2.96.71 which is based on MAME 0.114 (April 2007)
Size: 3.62GB
Romsets emulated: 684 (no clones in this)
Dat File: fba_0.2.96.71_clrmame_dat.zip

[b]FBA-Libretro[/b]
URL: https://github.com/libretro/fba-libretro
Roms Dir: /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/fba
Binary Dir: /opt/retropie/libretrocores/fbalibretro
Config Dir: /opt/retropie/configs/fba/retroarch.cfg
MAME Version: FBA 0.2.97.30 which is based on MAME 0.154 (Jul 2014)
Size: 9.15GB
Romsets emulated: 3369 (includes clones etc..)
Active Sets 3369/3369
·Parents 710/710
·Clones 2146/2146
·Others 508/508
·BIOS 5/5
Dat File: FB Alpha v0.2.97.30.dat.zip

[b]mame4all-pi[/b]
URL: http://sourceforge.net/projects/mame4allpi/
Roms Dir: /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/mame-mame4all
Binary Dir: /opt/retropie/emulators/mame4all
Config Dir: /opt/retropie/configs/mame-mame4all
MAME Version: Based on 0.37b5 (July 2000)
Size: 1.86GB
Romsets emulated: 2270 (includes clones etc..)
Dat File: mame4all-037b5-RetroPie-260.zip

[b]Mame-libretro[/b](imame4all)
URL: https://github.com/libretro/imame4all-libretro
Roms Dir: /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/mame-mame4all
Binary Dir: /opt/retropie/libretrocores/mamelibretro/
Config Dir: /opt/retropie/configs/mame-mame4all/retroarch.cfg
MAME Version: Based on 0.37b5 (July 2000)
Size: 1.86GB
Romsets emulated: 2270 (includes clones etc..)
Dat File: mame4all-037b5-RetroPie-260.zip

[b]GnGeo 0.8[/b]
URL: https://github.com/ymartel06/GnGeo-Pi
Roms Dir: /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/neogeo
Binary Dir: /opt/retropie/emulators/gngeopi/bin
Config Dir: /opt/retropie/configs/neogeo
MAME Version: Based on 0.138 romsets (May 2010)
Romsets emulated: 203
Dat File: pandora_gngeo_084_dat.zip

[b]AdvanceMAME 0.94.0 and 1.2[/b]
URL: http://sourceforge.net/projects/advancemame/files/advancemame/0.94.0/
Roms Dir: /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/mame-advmame
Binary Dir: /opt/retropie/emulators/advmame/(0.94.0 and 1.2)
Config Dir: /opt/retropie/configs/mame-advmame
MAME Version: Based on MAME 0.94 (March 2005) or (for 1.2) Based on MAME 0.106 (May 2006)
Size: 11.6GB (0.94.0) Size: 14.8GB (1.2)
Romsets Emulated: 6166 (includes clones etc..)

Active Sets (For 1.2) 6166/6166
·Parents 1388/1388
·Clones 2824/2824
·Others 1928/1928
·BIOS 26/26

Active Sets (For 0.94.0) 5563/5563
·Parents 1236/1236
·Clones 2473/2473
·Others 1829/1829
·BIOS 25/25

Dat File: advmame-0.94-RetroPie-260.7z / advmame12-106.7z

03/29/2015 at 04:05 #93006

Floob
Member

hmm, I now think FBA-Libretro is actually 0.2.97.30, as thats what it reports in RGUI.

This is MAME 0.154 (Jul 2014)

04/02/2015 at 14:16 #93482

Anonymous
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Thanks for all of this great information!. I believe I have successfully created a set for both mame4all and fba. I would like to make a few refinements to my set. (1) Reduce the amount of duplicates (2) Filter out games that don’t work or have controllers that make a gamepad impractical to control them. & (3) Filter out games types that aren’t desired. Can you provide any help on achieving this? I am trying to get a rpi2 all setup with retropie fully working as I am planning on giving it to my son for his birthday.

Thanks!

04/02/2015 at 14:37 #93484

Floob
Member

The short answer is to use this:
http://www.waste.org/~winkles/ROMLister/

There is a tutorial at that link

04/03/2015 at 00:29 #93591

Anonymous
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Thanks for the info! I was able to go through the tutorials and get a filtered list. I am not clear on what I need to do with the list in order to build the set. There is an option to save the list in various formats. I wasn’t able to determine from the tutorials what to do next. I assume it will have to do with using CLRMamePro. Any help you can provide is appreciated.

Thanks

04/03/2015 at 01:20 #93597

Floob
Member

I’m not sure I do this in the most efficient way, but I export from Romlister as a batch file that copies the romsets into a new folder.

– Get your filtered list in Romlister
– Choose “Batch File” in the export list
– Click “Save list to file”
– Type a name for the batch file, for example “createfilteredroms.bat”
– Click Save
– The dialog box says “copy %ROM%.zip c:\mame\roms” that directory should be the one you want to create the new smaller romset list into. So change it as appropriate.
– Then click “Ok” takes a few seconds, then quit out of romlister.
– Move the created batch file into your original rom directory, and double click it to run it
– This will copy your selected roms into that new directory which you can then copy across to the Pi

You can optionally create a new .dat file for this filtered directory with clrmamepro using its Dir2Dat function. That could be useful if you need to build it from scratch, or hand the list to someone else.

04/07/2015 at 15:10 #94084

noldor
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Warning, according with the source, Final Burn Alpha v0.2.97.30 romset is synched with MAME v149 instead of v154.

04/07/2015 at 16:10 #94092

Floob
Member

[quote=94084]Warning, according with the source, Final Burn Alpha v0.2.97.30 romset is synched with MAME v149 instead of v154.[/quote]

I went by the info on this page:
http://www.barryharris.me.uk/article_view.php?id=198
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