If you must use a nonparent where the parent doesn't actually work, use a ROM manager to put the parent inside the nonparent, so you don't need to include the broken parent. (the current FBA set doesn't work like this, sf2ce is a standalone ROM, this is the only example I could think of) However, some versions of MAME consider sf2ce to be a child ROM of sf2, so that is one of the few times you'd include a nonparent ROM. Like you said, you don't need a hundred versions of Street Fighter 2, so just sf2 will do. Only use parent ROMs unless there is a good reason to use a nonparent.

With all the different front ends and romsets it's hard to get started. To me it seems like a long daunting task and I don't really know where to start.Īny help or points in the right direction would be much appreciated. I know I could do it manually but I'm not well versed in what's popular aside from a small handful of classics and with a handful of different versions of the same game, I don't even know what the best version to pick would be. Obviously 10 different versions of street fighter can seem a little overwhelming. So I'm wondering how everyone here cuts their list down to something a little more welcoming to their friends and family who are playing their system. I've seen tools and best of stuff floating around for Hyperspin but that stuff doesn't apply to Retropie. I tried using RomLister but ran into problems with not being able to find the catver and controls files to even get it to do anything. Some clones are fine like 2 player TMNT though. I'm looking for a couple hundred of the best/most popular games.

I've searched around and around and tried out a couple of different things to try and cut my complete most recent set of lr-fba-next roms down to a less imposing set of games.

Mame 0.37b5 rom pack