rom-tools ☆
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Description:
Tools for Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator
Type: Formula  |  Latest Version: 0.285@0  |  Tracked Since: Oct 28, 2025
Links: Homepage  |  formulae.brew.sh
Category: Developer tools
Tags: emulation mame arcade rom retro-gaming
Install: brew install rom-tools
About:
ROM Tools is a suite of command-line utilities included with MAME (Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator). It provides essential functionality for managing, auditing, and manipulating ROM and disk images used in arcade emulation. These tools are critical for developers and enthusiasts to verify software collections and prepare media for use in emulators.
Key Features:
  • Audits ROM sets against known checksums
  • Clones, merges, and splits ROM sets
  • Tests ROMs for structural integrity
  • Extracts and converts disk images
Use Cases:
  • Validating a downloaded arcade ROM collection
  • Preparing custom ROM sets for specific hardware drivers
  • Converting CHD disk images for use in different emulators
Alternatives:
  • clrmamepro – Windows-only GUI utility, whereas rom-tools is a cross-platform command-line suite.
Version History
Detected Version Rev Change Commit
Jan 30, 2026 4:50am 0.285 0 VERSION_BUMP eb890758
Jan 1, 2026 10:40pm 0.284 0 VERSION_BUMP 33955f2a
Oct 28, 2025 1:04am 0.281 0 VERSION_BUMP 45eaa055
Sep 26, 2025 8:50pm 0.281 0 VERSION_BUMP 0dfe20b7
Sep 15, 2025 4:23pm 0.280 0 VERSION_BUMP f6ce55af
Jan 1, 2025 5:59pm 0.273 0 VERSION_BUMP 6d8a3db6
Dec 31, 2024 4:14pm 0.273 0 VERSION_BUMP f769ca46
Oct 12, 2024 1:42am 0.270 0 VERSION_BUMP 789294f7
Oct 11, 2024 7:48pm 0.270 0 VERSION_BUMP 338c5435
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