ES Custom Collections for MAME Random Of The Week Roms

Create EmulationStation custom collections for RetroPie MAME Random Of the Week.

The script creates the following collections;

mame-row-crnt (Current ROW)
mame-row-hist (All historic ROWs)

Install Method: Add RetroPie Menu

Download the latest version of the script and icon to your RetroPie installation and make it executable;

cd ~/RetroPie/retropiemenu/
curl -GO# https://raw.githubusercontent.com/asdfgasfhsn/retropie-mame-row/master/mame-row-custom-collection.sh \
&& chmod +x mame-row-custom-collection.sh
cd ~/RetroPie/retropiemenu/icons/
curl -GO# https://raw.githubusercontent.com/asdfgasfhsn/retropie-mame-row/master/artwork/mame-row.png

Optional: Add ES meta data for script

If you want the menu item to look "nice" exit out of EmulationStation and add the following xml snippet to the end of /opt/retropie/configs/all/emulationstation/gamelists/retropie/gamelist.xml;

<game>
  <path>./mame-row-custom-collection.sh</path>
  <name>MAME ROW</name>
  <desc>Install and update MAME Random Of the Week Custom Collections.
  Note: Requires and active internet connection.
  Note: You will need to restart EmulationStation after running this script.</desc>
  <image>./icons/mame-row.png</image>
</game>

Now start EmulationStation and enjoy.

Install Method: Make It Your Own

Download the script to your RetroPie installation and make it executable;

curl -GO# https://raw.githubusercontent.com/asdfgasfhsn/retropie-mame-row/master/mame-row-custom-collection.sh \
&& chmod +x mame-row-custom-collection.sh

Or you can clone the repo;

git clone https://github.com/asdfgasfhsn/retropie-mame-row

See the script documentation for actual usage;

./mame-row-custom-collection.sh -h

RetroPie MAME ROW Custom Collection Maker

Creates EmulationStation Custom Collections for MAME Rom of the Week.
* note: Requires internet access to download romlist

Usage: ./mame-row-custom-collection.sh [-s] '<arcade mame-libretro>' [-c] '<current historic>'

Examples:
* Create/update collection for historic ROWs using mame-libretro roms
./mame-row-custom-collection.sh -s 'mame-libretro' -c 'historic'

* Create/update collections for historic and current ROWs using arcade roms
./mame-row-custom-collection.sh -s 'arcade'

Artwork

SVG files are located in the artwork folder for each collection;

TODO

add error output when no internet connection is found
find a nice way to get script to run at bootup before ES starts