Pi with MAME on RetroPie - romsets supported

[floob]

RetroPie 3.0.0 beta MAME Versions
These details are as per the default installed binaries on the RetroPie 3.0.0 beta image.

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

FBA
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

FBA-Libretro
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

mame4all-pi
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..)

Active Sets 2241/2241
·Parents 560/560
·Clones 990/990
·Others 690/690
·BIOS 1/1
Dat File: mame4all-037b5-RetroPie-260.zip

Mame-libretro(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..)

Active Sets 2241/2241
·Parents 560/560
·Clones 990/990
·Others 690/690
·BIOS 1/1

Dat File: mame4all-037b5-RetroPie-260.zip

GnGeo 0.8
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

AdvanceMAME 0.94.0 and 1.2
URL: http://sourceforge.net/projects/advance ... me/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

[Slippyblade]

Thank you for this info.  The ROMset versions was the one major stumbling block I had with RetroPie.

[nitrogen_widget]

I think FBA was the most confusing one .
I managed to get some 70s version Roms to work with it mostly.
Now I know which ROM version am to look for.

[DaOld Man]

This should be stickied.

[Bloinkxp]

Thanks Floob.  BTW your videos on setting up controller on RPI are great.

[floob]

For those of you looking for the dat files, they are here:
http://smartretro.co.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=68

Now I just need to work out how to get HLSL running on the Pi

Here is a basic MAME guide for the Pi


Remember there are multiple emulators installed by default including mame4all, fba, gnegeo and advance mame - all great arcade emulators that run well on the Pi.

[floob]

This has largely been replaced by:
https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/Managing-ROMs

[tfphumorblog]

Just downloaded a MAME romset .106 "complete" set via torrent. 50 gigs. Going to run it through clrmamepro. I hope there's a way to easily remove clones via clrmamepro (or another software). I certainly don't need 17 versions of Burgertime.

Thanks again for all the help!

[nitrogen_widget]

Just downloaded a MAME romset .106 "complete" set via torrent. 50 gigs. Going to run it through clrmamepro. I hope there's a way to easily remove clones via clrmamepro (or another software). I certainly don't need 17 versions of Burgertime.

Thanks again for all the help!

Yeah.
Used Clrmamepro to convert .106 roms to .78.
RomLister should help you eliminate clones by generating a batch file to copy only one rom per game to another folder.
but, don't ask me how to use it, havn't touched it in over a yr and it took some puttering around to get it to work for me.

[Danonyte]

How do I know what romset I have. Its been ages since I checked what set I have. the Mame version I run is 148, would that mean I have a 148 romset?

[PL1]

MAME 2003 uses v0.78 ROMs.


Scott