Here I will be writing some notes about how I handle my library of retro games, for playing them in emulators or in my MiSTer FPGA.

Formats

The CLI command to create CHD files is available in Debian with the package mame-tools:

sudo apt install mame-tools

You can create a CHD file from a CUE/BIN by running:

chdman createcd -i "Suikoden.cue" -o "Suikoden.chd"

In case the original format isn't a CUE/BIN file, but an ISO or IMG, then you can use iat command, installing it with:

sudo apt install iat

And converting the files with:

iat --cue -i "Xenogears (Disco 1).img" -o "Xenogears (Disco 1).cue"