
This playlist format is deprecated and may not always be supported by RetroArch in the future.
MAME OS X ROM LOCATION SERIAL
You can omit the CRC or Serial for a manualy created playlist entry by using the word DETECT instead, although it may limit your ability to use netplay for this playlist entry.
MAME OS X ROM LOCATION DRIVERS
The playlist is named MAME 2003-Plus.lpl which means it will match the existing icon for that core's playlists in the RetroArch assets pack and display it for the playlist for menu drivers that implement playlist icons. The following example is a single-entry MAME 2003-Plus playlist for Alien Arena - the silent version of this game is available through the RetroArch Content Downloader found in the Online Updater menu.

Many users and developers recommend the free Notepad++ as a replacement although most alternative text editors will also work. The built-in Notepad editor cannot work with cross-platform text files such as RetroArch playlist files. Linux, OS X, and Android systems including Lakka and LudOS require forward slashes /, while Windows and DOS systems require backslashes \. Note: The paths in playlist files need to use the correct 'slash' character for the user's platform. RetroArch 1.7.5 and later uses a JSON playlist format, although the backwards compatibilty remains for the deprecated "6-Line" playlist format. This can be accomplished within the Playlists submenu in the RetroArch settings.Įach playlist is a plain text file with an extension of. Under some circumstances, it may be useful to manually set a particular core for one of its playlists. RetroArch will attempt to detect and use the correct core for use with the ROMs that are used as part of a playlist.
MAME OS X ROM LOCATION GENERATOR
Each ROM that is scanned by the playlist generator is checked against a database of ROMs that are known to be good copies.


RetroArch incoporates a ROM scanning system to automatically produce playlists. Playlists (or Collections as they are sometimes referred to) are the lists of games and other content that can be generated automatically by the RetroArch playlist scanner, generated by a third-party playlist utility or script, or edited by hand in a text editor. This arrangement is not required and you are free to organize your ROMs as you prefer. Nintendo - Nintendo Entertainment System/ Many users sort their ROMs into subfolders named after the system which the ROMs belong to, which results in a folder arrangement such as: Game ROMs should be placed within the roms folder as configured in RetroArch.
