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## Maintaining ROM Sets
As MAME is updated so are the ROM Sets.
It is important to keep using the same ROM Set as the current version shipped with RetroDECK.
As MAME updates, so do the ROM Sets. It's important to use the same ROM Set as the current version shipped with RetroDECK.
Read more on: [MAME - Maintaning ROM Sets](https://docs.mamedev.org/usingmame/aboutromsets.html)
## How-to enable cheats?
RetroDECK already ships the cheat file from [Pugsy's Cheats](https://www.mamecheat.co.uk/) as part of the cheat folder.
RetroDECK already includes the cheat file from [Pugsy's Cheats](https://www.mamecheat.co.uk/) in the cheat folder.
To enable cheats open MAME via the Configurator or open the interface when inside a MAME game.
To enable cheats:
In the MAME interface go to -> `General Settings` -> `Miscellaneous Options` -> `Cheats` and toggle it to `On` -> go back and click `Save Settings` and leave MAME.
When you launch a game open the `Quick Menu` and go to the `Cheat` menu to toggle cheats for that game.
1. Open MAME via the Configurator or while in a MAME game.
2. In the MAME interface, go to `General Settings` -> `Miscellaneous Options` -> `Cheats` and toggle it to On.
3. Go back, click `Save Settings`, and exit MAME.
When you launch a game, open the `Quick Menu` and go to the `Cheat Menu` to toggle cheats for that game.
## Applying effects such as Shaders and Scanlines
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1. Go to `~/.var/app/net.retrodeck.retrodeck/config/mame/ini`
2. Open the `mame.ini` with your text editor of choice.
3. Find `OSD VIDEO OPTIONS` and edit the value: `video` from `opengl` to `bgfx`.
4. Find `GFX POST-PROCESSING OPTIONS` and edit the value: `bgfx_screen_chains` fron `nothing` to `what ever value you want` from the BGFX link. Example value from MAME: `bgfx_screen_chains`: `crt-geom`,`pillarbox_left_horizontal`,`pillarbox_right_horizontal`.
4. Find `GFX POST-PROCESSING OPTIONS` and edit the value: `bgfx_screen_chains` fron `nothing` to `<yourchoice>` from the BGFX link. Example value from MAME: `bgfx_screen_chains`: `crt-geom`,`pillarbox_left_horizontal`,`pillarbox_right_horizontal`.

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## Can I use Ruffle to play Flash videos and not just games?
Yes, as they are `.sfw` files you can just add flash videos to the `retrodeck/roms/flash/` folder to have them play as normal.
Yes, you can add Flash videos (.sfw files) to the `retrodeck/roms/flash/` folder to play them.
It might be a good thing to seperate out videos from games with subfolders, but that is up to you.
You might want to organize videos and games into separate subfolders, but it's optional.
**Example:**