I’m in process of building a system based around Launchbox/Bigbox in conjunction with Rocket launcher which provides the fade screens, bezels, and the pause menu for manuals & other doc access (and my thanks to Retro Humanoid making the great artwork and other Rocket Launcher system media available which I use and adapt)
My basic setup for key systems is complete and runs nicely, although still work to do such as Bigbox themes and adding other systems.
I have a number of questions but will just raise one here so as not to muddy the waters.
What is the best ROM naming convention to use?
Launchbox/Bigbox seems pretty flexible and identifies media from many name variants but presumably has a preferred name which is used in the database
Rocket launcher seems to load and work with any ROM presented by Launchbox, but the Rocket Launcher audit is clearly looking for a specific naming convention if you want to test directly
I use much of the Retro Humanoid media. This is using a specific naming convention which in my case matches on some games but not on others.
MAME uses a standard naming convention and works very well. Other systems I have are hit and miss.
1. What ROM naming conventions should be used (for example for N64, SNES, Megadrive, PSP, PS1, etc)? Is there a preferred list for each game system which I should align my ROM names with.
2. What is the best way to re-align ROM names in my existing collections – hopefully which won’t cause me to redo everything I have already done!!
A quick thanks also to everyone who helps in the community, and those who produce excellent Youtube retro system guides, particularly ETA Prime, Sentai Brad, and also Simply Austin.
