annoying trying to find 1 game out of 1000 if it doesn start with “A”

I don’t have one, but if I did I would probably just find a “top 100 games” list for a given console and just load those + the 2 or 3 games I really care about in as a start.

A lot of people get into emulation with the attitude of “I can play every game, and they’re tiny files, so I want every game!” But realistically the overwhelming majority of people are gonna play fewer than a dozen or so games on a retro consoles, and good odds most of those would find their way onto a top 100 list.