Emulator | ROM Folder(s) | Extension | Required ROM Set Version |
---|---|---|---|
mame4all-pi | arcade or mame-mame4all | .zip | MAME 0.37b5 |
lr-mame2000 | arcade or mame-libretro | .zip | MAME 0.37b5 |
lr-mame2003 | arcade or mame-libretro | .zip | MAME 0.78 |
lr-mame2003-plus | arcade or mame-libretro | .zip | MAME 0.78-MAME 0.188 |
lr-mame2010 | arcade or mame-libretro | .zip | MAME 0.139 |
lr-mame2015 | arcade or mame-libretro | .zip .7z | MAME 0.160 |
lr-mame2016 | arcade or mame-libretro | .zip .7z | MAME 0.174 |
AdvanceMAME 0.94 | arcade or mame-advmame | .zip | MAME 0.94 |
AdvanceMAME 1.4 | arcade or mame-advmame | .zip | MAME 0.106 |
AdvanceMAME 3 | arcade or mame-advmame | .zip | MAME 0.106 |
MAME | arcade or mame | .zip .7z | same as MAME version |
lr-mame | arcade or mame-libretro | .zip .7z | same as MAME version |
arcade
, mame-libretro
, mame-advmame
. In order to successfully load zipped ROM sets in these locations you must specify the arcade emulator version which matches your ROMs.arcade
ROM folder, but you will have to specify which emulator each zipped ROM set will use from the Runcommand Menu.Folder | Location |
---|---|
Roms | /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/mame-mame4all |
Binary | /opt/retropie/emulators/mame4all |
Configuration | /opt/retropie/configs/mame-mame4all |
Samples | /home/pi/RetroPie/mame4-all/samples/ |
cfg
directory are ROM specific configs.default.cfg
or ROM specific .cfg
file, and it will be re-created with default values next time MAME4ALL is started or the ROM configuration modified.Folder | Location |
---|---|
Roms | /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/mame-mame4all /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/mame-libretro /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/arcade |
Binary | /opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-mame2000 |
Configuration | /opt/retropie/configs/mame-mame4all/retroarch.cfg |
Samples | /home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS/mame2000/samples/ |
retroarch.cfg
file in/opt/retropie/configs/mame-libretro/retroarch.cfg
/opt/retropie/configs/arcade/retroarch.cfg
Folder | Location |
---|---|
Roms | /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/mame-libretro /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/arcade |
Binary | /opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-mame2003 |
Configuration | /opt/retropie/configs/mame-libretro/retroarch.cfg |
Samples | /home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS/mame2003/samples/ |
retroarch.cfg
file in/opt/retropie/configs/mame-libretro/retroarch.cfg
/opt/retropie/configs/arcade/retroarch.cfg
Folder/File | Location |
---|---|
Roms | /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/mame-libretro /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/arcade |
Binary | /opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-mame2003-plus |
Configuration | /opt/retropie/configs/mame-libretro/retroarch.cfg /opt/retropie/configs/arcade/retroarch.cfg |
Samples | /home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS/mame2003-plus/samples/ |
retroarch.cfg
file in/opt/retropie/configs/mame-libretro/retroarch.cfg
/opt/retropie/configs/arcade/retroarch.cfg
simultaneous
.Folder | Location |
---|---|
Roms | /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/mame-libretro /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/arcade |
Binary | /opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-mame2010 |
Configuration | /opt/retropie/configs/mame-libretro/retroarch.cfg |
Samples | /home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS/mame2010/samples |
retroarch.cfg
file in/opt/retropie/configs/mame-libretro/retroarch.cfg
/opt/retropie/configs/arcade/retroarch.cfg
Folder | Location |
---|---|
Roms | /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/mame-libretro /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/arcade |
Binary | /opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-mame2015 |
Configuration | /opt/retropie/configs/mame-libretro/retroarch.cfg |
Samples | /home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS/mame2010/samples |
retroarch.cfg
file in/opt/retropie/configs/mame-libretro/retroarch.cfg
/opt/retropie/configs/arcade/retroarch.cfg
Folder | Location |
---|---|
Roms | /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/mame-libretro /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/arcade |
Binary | /opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-mame2016 |
Configuration | /opt/retropie/configs/mame-libretro/retroarch.cfg |
retroarch.cfg
file in/opt/retropie/configs/mame-libretro/retroarch.cfg
/opt/retropie/configs/arcade/retroarch.cfg
Folder | Location |
---|---|
Roms | /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/mame-advmame /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/arcade |
Binary | /opt/retropie/emulators/advmame/bin |
Configuration | /opt/retropie/configs/mame-advmame |
Samples | /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/mame-advmame/samples |
/opt/retropie/configs/mame-advmame/advmame-0.94.0.rc
. Changes to specific games result in .rc
file entries with a prefix for the ROM (i.e. bwidow/input_map[p1_doubleleft_up] keyboard[0,up]
for the bwidow
game)..rc
file can also be edited manually, with a text editor. Any config can be made ROM-specific using a romname/
prefix which is handy for overriding a setting for a specific ROM or class of ROMs, such as vertical/
. However, a single mistake in the .rc file will stop AdvanceMAME from launching. It is always best to make a backup of the configuration file before manual edits.Folder | Location |
---|---|
Roms | /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/mame-advmame /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/arcade |
Binary | /opt/retropie/emulators/advmame/bin |
Configuration | /opt/retropie/configs/mame-advmame |
Samples | /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/mame-advmame/samples |
/opt/retropie/configs/mame-advmame/advmame-1.4.rc
. Changes to specific games result in .rc
file entries with a prefix for the ROM (i.e. bwidow/input_map[p1_doubleleft_up] keyboard[0,up]
).rc
file can also be edited manually. Any config can be made ROM-specific using a romname/
prefix which is handy for overriding a setting for a specific ROM or class of ROMs, such as vertical/
. However, a single mistake in the .rc
file will stop AdvanceMAME from launching. It is always best to make a backup of the configuration file before manual edits.Folder | Location |
---|---|
Roms | /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/mame-advmame /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/arcade |
Binary | /opt/retropie/emulators/advmame/bin |
Configuration | /opt/retropie/configs/mame-advmame |
Samples | /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/mame-advmame/samples |
/opt/retropie/configs/mame-advmame/advmame.rc
. Changes to specific games result in .rc
file entries with a prefix for the ROM (i.e. bwidow/input_map[p1_doubleleft_up] keyboard[0,up]
)romname/
prefix, which is handy for overriding a setting for a specific ROM or class of ROMs, such as vertical/
. However, a single mistake in the .rc
file will stop AdvanceMAME from launching. It is always best to make a backup of the advmame.rc
file before manual edits.Folder | Location |
---|---|
Roms | /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/mame /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/arcade |
Binary | /opt/retropie/emulators/mame/bin |
Configuration | /opt/retropie/configs/mame |
BIOS | /home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS/mame |
Samples | /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/mame/samples |
0.221
was released for May 2020, 0.222
for June 2020, etc. /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/mame/cfg
:default.cfg
<romname>.cfg
Folder | Location |
---|---|
Roms | /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/mame /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/mame-libretro |
Binary | /opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-mame |
Configuration | /opt/retropie/configs/arcade |
BIOS | /home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS/mame |
Samples | /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/mame/samples |
lr-mame
follows the monthtly MAME releases, so there is no single version. Installing from binary will probably get a version that's a little behind the current MAME, but the upstream Libretro repository tries to keep up with MAME's monthly releases, so installing from source lr-mame
uses the RetroArch control configuration./opt/retropie/configs/mame-libretro/retroarch.cfg
/opt/retropie/configs/arcade/retroarch.cfg