MadK9

Ye ofc. You may be surprised at the amount of PD users, but i do agree with what you say, and i maybe should of worded it a little differently. I've attached the complete XML/Dats for 0.215 for you.

Demul can have as many folders as you like, and will read from them all [files] nvram = D:\Emulators\Demul .7a\nvram\ romsPathsCount = 6 roms0 = F:\Emulators\Demul .7a\roms\ roms1 = F:\Roms\Arcade\Sammy Atomiswave\ roms2 = F:\Roms\Consoles\Sega\Sega Dreamcast\ roms3 = F:\Roms\Arcade\Sega Naomi\ roms4 = F:\Roms\Arcade\Sega Hikaru\ roms5 = D:\Roms\Arcade\Sega Naomi 2\ [files] nvram = D:\Emulators\Demul .7a\nvram\ romsPathsCount = 6 roms0 = F:\Emulators\Demul .7a\roms\ roms1 = F:\Roms\Arcade\Sammy Atomiswave\ roms2 = F:\Roms\Consoles\Sega\Sega Dreamcast\ roms3 = F:\Roms\Arcade\Sega Naomi\ roms4 = F:\Roms\Arcade\Sega Hikaru\ roms5 = D:\Roms\Arcade\Sega Naomi 2\ I dont have any playlists in my setup, i use roms folders for each system, CPS, Sammy and so on all with the roms for them systems in their own folders, and they all work fine. And this is my mame rompath rompath "roms;..\..\Roms\Arcade\Arcade Roms;..\..\Roms\Arcade\Arcade Roms Bios;..\..\Roms\Consoles\Atari\Atari 5200;..\..\Roms\Consoles\Misc\ColecoVision;..\..\Roms\Consoles\SNK\SNK Neo Geo AES;..\..\Roms\Consoles\SNK\SNK Neo Geo CD;..\..\Roms\Consoles\Sega\Sega Saturn;..\..\Roms\Arcade\All Killer No Filler;..\Roms\Arcade\Capcom Play System III;..\Roms\Arcade\Capcom Play System II;..\Roms\Arcade\Capcom Play System;..\..\Roms\Arcade Classics\Atari Classics;..\..\Roms\Arcade Classics\Capcom Classics;..\..\Roms\Arcade Classics\Data East Classics;..\..\Roms\Arcade Classics\Irem Classics;..\..\Roms\Arcade Classics\Konami Classics;..\..\Roms\Arcade Classics\Midway Classics;..\..\Roms\Arcade Classics\Namco Classics;..\..\Roms\Arcade Classics\Namco System 22;..\..\Roms\Arcade Classics\Nintendo Classics;..\..\Roms\Arcade Classics\Sega Classics;..\..\Roms\Arcade Classics\Sega ST-V;..\..\Roms\Arcade Classics\SNK Classics;..\..\Roms\Arcade Classics\Taito Classics;..\..\Roms\Arcade Classics\Williams Classics;..\..\Roms\Handhelds\Nintendo Game & Watch;..\..\Roms\Handhelds\Tiger Handheld Electronics"

Lets clear this up a little. Most people get their mame fix from pleasure dome, and as such have most of the work done for them. So they just need to pick the set they want, and use the bios set if they want to use merged or split. PD has a Bios set, which again is normal, but they don't do a device set. No with Mame itself if you output a dat or use -listxml and use that against a PD set of files, it will just bug out and most probably break the set. Using their own XML's that are posted every last wednesday of the month (if mame is updated by then) and you can use them against the rom sets to build a FULL working set of Merged, Split or Non-Merged. Device sets, i have not seen a device set for going on probably 10years, and tbh, even using the term now, will add another level of frustration for people that havn't been around Mame long, or even know how to use clrmamepro properly. So while you may be correct in pointing out about the device files, i think you are living a little back in time, as most place on the net that drop mame roms all use the PD versions. Using the term complete set of non-merged is still correct imho. clrmamepro is not broken at all, its what info you give it and what addpaths you give it when rebuilding. And as most use some form of PD rom set, then it will work, but if you don't and you dont have the device set, then ofc it will fail. So while everyone here is correct, i think that since mame is now more 'mainstream' than it was back in the old 'u' update era, a full set = a full set nothing else needed to play. I also build my own sets here, and have never run into the issue of a device missing, but then i make sure i always have upadated mame roms, and to be clear, i don't get my roms from PD, i use other places, but i do use their dats/xmls as they are always complete and 100%. NB: Had to go check, PD's own Bios set also includes the Device set. And don't be fooled, the Non-Merged set is still very popular.

Non-merged does not need any extra files. They are all standalone roms in their own right. And clrmamepro WILL build non-merged perfectly. As i have done this multiple times. I personally use a Split set, still allows the roms to some degree to be stand-alone if accompanied by the Bios set as well as thats only around 200meg, Non-merged personally is just a waste of space and pretty pointless. Split achieves nearly the same along with the bios folder and comes with out the 50gig space loss. Should add, Merged and Split DO require the bios pack.

Just no.. Not all of us use Playlists, i have all them systems you mentioned as stand alone systems, so yeah no thanks.

Not sure i like this meddling in the DB.. As a whole the DB does a fairly good job, but when people go messing aboui in it, things tend to end up broken or non exsistant. As shown in the post above...........

** UPDATE ** V2. All case to date are now in two seperate packs, Single or Double, these also have fixes for 60 or so boxes since i last updated. If you find any issues please let me know.

Pinball FX3 - Monster Update Table Docklets. View File Threw these together quickly for personal use, someone asked me if i had done them, so posted here. I'm sure someone will make better ones, but these will do for now. I added the clear logo for Creature from the Black Lagoon, as there wasn't one i could find online in case anyone wants that instead, Monster Bash has logos already in the DB Submitter MadK9 Submitted 10/30/2019 Category Game Clear Logos  

My original Templates for anyone to use. Just credit if used. New Style Box-ringedge.psd New Style Box-ringwide.psd New Style Box-nessica.psd

Sony PSP UMD Carts - 696 View File I had been meaning to release this for awhile now. These are all LB named to the proper release name. So should be just drop in to your Images/Sony PSP folder. Here is a complete USA/Eu + a few Japan UMD Images. Not all these are done by me, they have been scraped from various places. All missing games were made by me, where possible i tried to use only official game cover art, this includes a lot of European UMD's which seem to missing in most places. Also check out @Xzile for his additions posted earlier. (None of his UMD's have been added to my archive,), So please check out the post if you miss his. Adding the template if you want to make any you are missing. UMD Template.psd Submitter MadK9 Submitted 07/09/2019 Category Game Cart Images