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Keep the main ROMs and the Software Lists in folders of their own.
update pack 0196 to 0197, unzip it into your ROMs directory, then download update pack 0197 to 0198 etc… Allow new files to overwrite existing older files. See Update Packs above) in numerical order e.g. The extracted files are themselves in zipped/compressed format.Extract the downloaded files. Windows users will need 7zip to unzip the packages properly.If you went with Option 1: do not unzip compressed files within the cloned directories.Move the downloaded ROM packages to your MAME ROMs directory or drive.Download the ROMs you need using either Option 1 or Option 2.MAME ROMS DOWNLOAD INSTRUCTIONS AND CONFIGURATION TIPS This means home console games and retro computer games stored in the Software Lists need to updated separately the same is true for the Extras. Only arcade game and BIOS updates are shipped with the ROM update packs. Merged sets take less storage space than split sets but some MAME frontends are not able to use merged sets properly and merged sets are less tolerant to game removals. Merged sets are an advancement of the Split sets idea.
If each game has 3 files in common + 1 unique file then each game ships with its 1 unique file, and the 3 common files are supplied separately of the games (6 files total). When games A, B and C share some of the same files required to enable them to run, each game is packaged with only the unique files required by it the common files are shipped separately of the games e.g.