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I would like to remove all of my arcade roms and then copy over some newer roms, then re-import. But I am not sure how to do this and I can't seem to find any menu option(s) that would seem likely to achieve this. I did try this previously with my Genesis platform. I had copied over a dozen or so games after initial install just to see if I had the process properly and that everything worked as expected. Then later I removed all of those roms from the folder and added the same ones, plus some others. After importing, I had some duplicates. I would like to remove all arcade roms and then copy over the roms (and more) from a different romset, but I don't want duplicates like from before. What is the best method to do this? Thank you.

I did a ctrl-f and copied any entry with "save" in the description from the list here: https://www.file-extensions.org/filetype/extension/name/emulator-files I think i got them all: file extension srm Super Nintendo ROM saved game file extension dgz Dega saved state file extension zs2 ZSNES slot 2 saved state file extension dst DeSmuME saved state file extension gs0 Sega Genesis (Megadrive) emulator quick slot 0 saved game extension vms Dreamcast VMU save file file extension dsv DeSmuME saved game file extension dess Microsoft Device Emulator saved state file extension pj1 Project64 saved game file extension gsx Gens Sega emulator saved state file extension frz Snes9x saved state file file extension zs4 ZSNES slot 4 save state file extension gs4 Genecyst saved state slot 4 file extension sta MAME saved state file extension uss WinUAE saved state mcd file icon file extension mcd Bleem! memory card save file extension svs gpSP Game Boy Advance emulator saved state file extension sa1 Nintendo Game Boy emulator saved state file extension gci Nintendo GameCube saved game psx file icon file extension psx Sony PlayStation saved game file extension zs1 ZSNES slot 1 saved state file extension ds1 DeSmuME saved state file extension vgs Virtual Game Station memory card save file extension mc PlaySaver and PSEmuPro memory card save and single game save file file extension gme Interact DexDrive memory card saved state file extension dif MAME CHD diff saved data file extension zs7 ZSNES slot 7 saved state file extension zs9 ZSNES slot 9 saved state file extension zs6 ZSNES slot 6 saved state file extension 001 Snes9x slot 2 saved game file extension zs5 ZSNES slot 5 saved state file extension ds4 DeSmuME saved state file extension zs3 ZSNES slot 3 saved state file extension pcsxstate PCSX emulator saved game file extension zs8 ZSNES slot 8 saved state file file extension gs6 Genecyst save state 6 file file extension zs0 ZSNES slot 0 saved state file

Or possibly you could open up an interface into an user customizable file extension filter, then it is up to each user to determine which file extensions to exclude rather than you guys try to figure out something that works with all emulators?

I can spend a bit of time playing with the emulators too and see if I can setup a separate folder for saves in each emulator. It's simple to do in Windows, but not sure about Android TV Ideally, I don't want my saves cluttering up my rom folder anyway if I can avoid it.

Can you do a filter that excludes everything but, say, .bin, .zip or .cue or something?

This one is much better: https://www.file-extensions.org/filetype/extension/name/emulator-files

A quick search found this, but it's not terribly comprehensive: https://emulation.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_filetypes Will keep looking...

I added some more roms to an emulator rom folder and then ran the import roms wizard so that they would show up in launchbox. However, the import wizard detected any saved game/state files as roms, so now I have duplicates for those games in launchbox. Is there a way to perhaps put in a file extension filter so that saved states don't get imported as roms? Also, am I doing this correctly? Is running the import games wizard the way to have newly added roms added? Could each rom folder perhaps be setup to auto detect new rom files and import in the background? Sort of like how Kodi or Plex can monitor a media source folder? Thank you

It's a merged set. I will turn that option off. Now I need to figure out my input issues. Retroarch doesnt seem to like my logitech k830, nor my nvidia shield gamepad by default. I get into a game and have no way to insert coins or even exit the game. I have to go to my PC, launch Vysor and do it that way. grrr

Not sure what I am doing wrong, but I got a .235 set and copied a handful of my favorites to my arcade folder, imported them into Launchbox, made sure retroarch plus was set to use the default arcade core, but when I try to play a game it says error unzipping rom file. But then if I try that rom a second time, it doesn't do that, but the screen goes completely black and nothing else happens. EDIT: Ok, maybe it was just that rom. 1941 seems to work. It does look like I need to first try to play a rom, let it error out about unzipping. Then try that rom again and it might work.

It's funny, I end up getting these huge romsets ( upwards of 100GB or more) and all I really want to play once in a while are games like asteroids, pacman, space invaders, donkey kong, etc. Mostly just 80's arcade games.

Leaving shortly with my wife for an afternoon, then dinner BBQ with my in-laws. It will be seeding for hours at least as it's almost done downloading now.

I signed up for a pleasuredome account about an hour ago and am currently grabbing the latest set from their probation torrents

I'll give it another try once I have some 0.235 roms.

Thank you. I am currently trying to locate a 0.235 romset to use.

Thanks for the response. I kinda figured that was maybe the case, but since they both use the same save state file format that maybe it would be possible.

I only seem to have 3 options for downloading cores for Mame, that I can see: 2003, 2003-Plus or Mame-Current. I can't see where I can download a Mame 2012 core through Retroarch.

I am wondering if it's possible to take a save state file (in this case created by Kega Fusion) and use it in Launchbox for Android (currently using MD.EMU)? I have the .srm and .gs0 files from a Windows based Kega Fusion install and copied them over to my roms folder for Genesis on my Nvidia Shield, but when I try to load a saved state, it is still greyed out in md.emu It would be nice if I could figure this out as I really don't want to start certain games from scratch if I can avoid it.

My romset is 220

FWIW, M64Plus FZ Pro works for me on my Nvidia Shield. I just installed it an hour ago and am able to launch and play a game through Launchbox with it. Looks like I posted too quickly, before noticing that it's already been noted.

I must be doing something wrong. I installed Retroarch Plus, copied some roms over,etc. I loaded the mame core with no year (mamearcade_libreto_android.so) and selected the current core for mame in retroarch. When I select a game in Launchbox, it just crashes back to Android TV desktop.

I've tended to avoid Retroarch through the years due to it's reputation for being complicated to setup. Admittedly, I have not actually tried it. For that core, what version of roms, or romset does it use? I have a .220 romset Thank you.

I've never really dug too deeply into this as Launchbox wasn't really an option on Android. Now with the new release, I can run Launchbox on Nvidia Shield. YAY!! Now I want to get around to setting everything up the way I want it to be. What do people here generally use for arcade games on Android? I installed Mame4droid a long time ago, but never got it working. Are there better options? Thank you.

It is working for me now as well. Thank you!

Thanks for the response. I am able to browse files on the device, yes, and I can map a drive to the external usb drive attached (and setup as adopted storage in Android TV). I was prompted a few times with things like allow the file manager app to install software, and I feel I was also asked to allow it to write to the disk. But maybe it can't, not sure. I can test maybe tomorrow, but it's late here now and I have work in the morning.