> I can think of a pro and it would be to save HDD space.
That is the one and only pro. That's why e.g. all the devs run split sets, and it's what the popular rom download sites do the most traffic in.
> I never used merged set but was thinking about it. Does mameui and other frontends
> support 7Zip merged sets by the way ? If they do support 7Zip merged sets does it
> take longer for roms to load and whatnot ?
MAME itself works with 7zip merged sets. Front-end support varies, check with the front end author.
As far as runtime speed, split/merge is basically a wash with .zip, but merged has the potential to be a lot slower with very large 7zip sets (e.g. NeoGeo or CPS-2 games with a lot of clones).
> Also what about using clrmamepro on a merged set does it take a lot longer to scan
> and fix ? thanks
Split/merge is also a wash here for .zip, and both ways will be slower for 7zip.
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