I read you.
Thanks.

I understand. The problem is having to have all the parts in place, else a tiny something missing, would not allow a machine to work (or more). I guess it needs tiny files. Referencing the parts (the dependencies) is done anyway, but they are packaged inside "problem free". That said MAME ...

Yes already said that.

To someone that hasn't gone deep in MAME design and how it has evolved over the years, being a single exe, looks monolithic and less "modern". There are other multi-emulation attempts, the prefer the use of "cores". Of course in reality MAME is super-modular in almost its entiret...

I know feature requests doesn't sound right on an Open Source project (because it invites "friendly" replies like "do it yourself if you want it so much"), maybe "wishlist" is a better word. Maybe the forum needs a sticky thread like that? It could give feedback to the ...