# MAME Name list change **URL:** \ **Category:** Games\ **Created:** [September 9, 2018, 9:37am UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/mame-name-list-change/1626 "2018-09-09T09:37:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Philip\_Yarnell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a4c791/32.png) [@Philip\_Yarnell](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/Philip_Yarnell)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2018, 9:37am UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/mame-name-list-change/1626/1 "2018-09-09T09:37:08Z")
Hey, I wondered if anyone new how to/ or weather it was even possible to display the MAME roms with there actual game names rather then file names. I’ve seen on the internet, that there is a xml file that could be changed. But i believe that was for Emulation station. As i can’t seem to find that file in the various retroarch folders anyway. Any help would be great thanks. Its so confusing trying to figure out which game is which sometimes! ---
**Author:** ![guu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7ab992/32.png) [@guu](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/guu)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2018, 8:43am UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/mame-name-list-change/1626/2 "2018-09-11T08:43:15Z")
for now Launcher support alias like kof98.zip , make a kof98.alias , in the alias file , type the game real name ---
**Author:** ![Philip\_Yarnell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a4c791/32.png) [@Philip\_Yarnell](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/Philip_Yarnell)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2018, 10:08am UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/mame-name-list-change/1626/3 "2018-09-11T10:08:43Z")
Is an alias file just a simple txt file renamed? And will both the original file and the new alias file show in the menu? Or will the alias file somehow replace the file showing up? Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Micro007](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/micro007/32/745_2.png) [@Micro007](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/Micro007)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2018, 1:43pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/mame-name-list-change/1626/4 "2018-09-11T13:43:44Z")
I just created a file called “xxx.alias” and put the name in the file, and nothing happened so I’m missing something here lol ---
**Author:** ![Philip\_Yarnell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a4c791/32.png) [@Philip\_Yarnell](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/Philip_Yarnell)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2018, 2:26pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/mame-name-list-change/1626/5 "2018-09-11T14:26:02Z")
Well you’d need to set up your link file from retro arch to detect alias files, and not say zip files. But wheather or not it’ll load from that I have no idea. I’ll try it when I get home! ---
**Author:** ![Philip\_Yarnell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a4c791/32.png) [@Philip\_Yarnell](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/Philip_Yarnell)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2018, 4:01pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/mame-name-list-change/1626/6 "2018-09-11T16:01:53Z")
I’ve made the alias file, shows up and actually launches the game. Now it just shows as ‘game.alias’ and not what I had written inside. Am I missing a step? ---
**Author:** ![guu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7ab992/32.png) [@guu](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/guu)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2018, 5:13am UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/mame-name-list-change/1626/7 "2018-09-12T05:13:00Z")
update launcher to 1.21 ---
**Author:** ![Philip\_Yarnell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a4c791/32.png) [@Philip\_Yarnell](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/Philip_Yarnell)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2018, 6:36pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/mame-name-list-change/1626/8 "2018-09-12T18:36:26Z")
I am using 1.2.1 I must be missing something, So alias file For instance: _avsp.alias_ Which contains: _Alien vs Predator_ And that’s it? It does t need quotations? Or any other script inside? ---
**Author:** ![guu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7ab992/32.png) [@guu](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/guu)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2018, 4:43am UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/mame-name-list-change/1626/9 "2018-09-13T04:43:54Z")
yes \*.alias is just text file where did you put the alias files? for me I put the game.alias with game.zip in the same folder ---
**Author:** ![Philip\_Yarnell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a4c791/32.png) [@Philip\_Yarnell](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/Philip_Yarnell)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2018, 7:38am UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/mame-name-list-change/1626/10 "2018-09-13T07:38:07Z")
Yes same here, in with the zip. They are called exact same name, and as I said the alias file launches the game… it’s just the name within the alias file not showing for some reason. ---
**Author:** ![lasvegas](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/lasvegas/32/769_2.png) [@lasvegas](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/lasvegas)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2018, 1:39am UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/mame-name-list-change/1626/11 "2018-09-16T01:39:30Z")
I tried this as well. I created dino.alias, a text file containing only “Cadillacs & Dinosaurs”. Changed MAME’s config file to recognize ‘alias’ instead of ‘zip’. Now I see ‘dino.alias’ and it does, in fact launch the dino.zip file, but does not present the intended title. ---
**Author:** ![lasvegas](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/lasvegas/32/769_2.png) [@lasvegas](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/lasvegas)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2019, 7:54am UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/mame-name-list-change/1626/12 "2019-02-26T07:54:41Z")
I finally figured this out! You need to modify MAME’s script at **~/launcher/Menu/GameShell/20\_Retro Games/MAME/action.config** to change: ```auto EXT=zip ``` to ```auto EXT=alias ``` Now all of my MAME games have proper names! I’m guessing this may work for other RetroArch emulations, but I haven’t tested it yet. ---
**Author:** ![Micro007](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/micro007/32/745_2.png) [@Micro007](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/Micro007)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2019, 11:25am UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/mame-name-list-change/1626/13 "2019-02-26T11:25:41Z")
All I did was highlight the rom. Press SHIFT F4, and create a new file with .alias as the ext. Worked like a charm