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MAME - General Guide

Where to put the games

Games that you want to run with MAME should be put under the retrodeck/roms/mame/ directory.

Enable cheats

RetroDECK already ships the cheat file from [Pugsy's Cheats]](https://www.mamecheat.co.uk/) as part of the cheat folder.

To enable cheats open MAME via the Configurator (we plan to make this easier later).

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.

MAME Standalone Folders

MAME Standalone comes with several folders for various assets and files.

Configuration Folders

CFG

~/.var/app/net.retrodeck.retrodeck/config/mame/cfg

INI

~/.var/app/net.retrodeck.retrodeck/config/mame/ini

INP

~/.var/app/net.retrodeck.retrodeck/config/mame/inp

Data Folders

Cheat

~/.var/app/net.retrodeck.retrodeck/data/mame/cheat

DATS

~/.var/app/net.retrodeck.retrodeck/data/mame/dats

Folders

~/.var/app/net.retrodeck.retrodeck/data/mame/folders

Hash

~/.var/app/net.retrodeck.retrodeck/data/mame/hash

Plugin-Data

~/.var/app/net.retrodeck.retrodeck/data/mame/plugin-data

Plugins

~/.var/app/net.retrodeck.retrodeck/data/mame/plugins

Asset Folders

Artwork

~/.var/app/net.retrodeck.retrodeck/data/mame/assets/artwork

Artwork-preview

~/.var/app/net.retrodeck.retrodeck/data/mame/assets/artwork-preview

Bosses

~/.var/app/net.retrodeck.retrodeck/data/mame/assets/bosses

Cabinets

~/.var/app/net.retrodeck.retrodeck/data/mame/assets/cabinets

Comments

~/.var/app/net.retrodeck.retrodeck/data/mame/assets/comments

Covers

~/.var/app/net.retrodeck.retrodeck/data/mame/assets/covers

Cpanel

~/.var/app/net.retrodeck.retrodeck/data/mame/assets/cpanel

Crosshair

~/.var/app/net.retrodeck.retrodeck/data/mame/assets/crosshair

Ends

~/.var/app/net.retrodeck.retrodeck/data/mame/assets/ends

Flyers

~/.var/app/net.retrodeck.retrodeck/data/mame/assets/flyers

Fonts

~/.var/app/net.retrodeck.retrodeck/data/mame/assets/fonts

Game Over

~/.var/app/net.retrodeck.retrodeck/data/mame/assets/gameover

Howto

~/.var/app/net.retrodeck.retrodeck/data/mame/assets/howto

Icons

~/.var/app/net.retrodeck.retrodeck/data/mame/assets/icons

Language

~/.var/app/net.retrodeck.retrodeck/data/mame/assets/language

Logo

~/.var/app/net.retrodeck.retrodeck/data/mame/assets/logo

Marquees

~/.var/app/net.retrodeck.retrodeck/data/mame/assets/marquees

PCB

~/.var/app/net.retrodeck.retrodeck/data/mame/assets/pcb

Samples

~/.var/app/net.retrodeck.retrodeck/data/mame/assets/samples

Scores

~/.var/app/net.retrodeck.retrodeck/data/mame/assets/scores

Select

~/.var/app/net.retrodeck.retrodeck/data/mame/assets/select

Share

~/.var/app/net.retrodeck.retrodeck/data/mame/assets/share

Software

~/.var/app/net.retrodeck.retrodeck/data/mame/assets/software

Titles

~/.var/app/net.retrodeck.retrodeck/data/mame/assets/titles

UI

~/.var/app/net.retrodeck.retrodeck/data/mame/assets/ui

Versus

~/.var/app/net.retrodeck.retrodeck/data/mame/assets/versus