Non Merged Mame Rom Set -

Suppose a user wants Donkey Kong (US set) and Donkey Kong Junior (Japanese set). In a Non-Merged collection, they would obtain:

Neither requires dkong.zip to exist. In a Split set, dkongjrj.zip might contain only 2 unique files and would fail to run if dkong.zip (the parent) were missing. non merged mame rom set

In a Non-Merged set, each game’s archive is self-contained. For example, to run the game Street Fighter II: The World Warrior (parent) and its clone Street Fighter II: Champion Edition, the structure would be: Suppose a user wants Donkey Kong (US set)

roms/
├── sf2.zip                 (Parent)
│   ├── sf2a.rom
│   ├── sf2b.rom
│   ├── sf2c.rom
│   └── sf2d.rom
└── sf2ce.zip              (Clone)
    ├── sf2ce.rom          (Unique to clone)
    ├── sf2a.rom           (Duplicated from parent)
    ├── sf2b.rom           (Duplicated from parent)
    └── sf2c.rom           (Duplicated from parent)

Notice that the clone (sf2ce.zip) includes redundant copies of ROMs already present in the parent. Neither requires dkong

Nothing is perfect. The Non-Merged set has significant drawbacks.