So, i want to update my MAME installation to the latest one,

>>3185068
>Whats the easiest, quickest, safer way of checking if the ROMs i have are co0mpatible with the latest MAME build, and then how can i remove the ones that wont work so i can download them again? i did a manual check and in the latest build im missing around 100 games from the list, obviously i have those games since they are showing on my old build and i can play them fine.
>How can i achieve this without doing it manually and checking if the ROM sets just changed their names ?

Get yourself RomCenter. Point it at the latest version of mame you have installed(currently 0.173). It will build a .dat file. Once it's finished(will take time), point it at your rom directory, and let it do it's thing. It will fix/rename stuff as needed, provided you actually have the needed files. It will also tell you 99% of the time if you are missing any needed files for a game.(Doesn't always catch missing BIOS files, like for SF Rush) For "current enough" roms that are mostly compatible with the current set, download whatever you need from edgeemu.

Personally I prefer merged romsets where every single variant and bootleg of a rom is in a single .zip, but you may prefer to go split.

>>3185259
Wheres a good place to get the roms with all variants?

>>3185267
The only place I know that distributes merged romsets is pleasuredome. I'm making my own with RomCenter.

>>3185259
thanks for that.

I just checked and im actually missing only like 50 games, the other half were NeoGeo games that werent showing up on the available list since the Neogeo BIOS file i had was ouidated obviously.

I think ill be doing it manually since theyre just a few i can do it over a couple days, anyways another good question...

I stopped updating my MAME romset about 2 years after the CPS3 emulation was cracked, what are some good games that have been added to MAME that are actually playable? is there a list of new games added to playable status? im so oiut of the loop in regards to emulation in general.

>>3185309
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhPl-eusi-4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbU5XVUjX_c
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgM0OE7rNlA