Once you have your setup working, here are some essential titles to try:

The Neo Geo library is considered the "Gold Standard" for 2D fighting games and shoot-em-ups. Because the hardware was incredibly consistent (the MVS arcade board and AES home console were nearly identical), emulating it on RetroArch provides a near-perfect experience if configured correctly.

Playing is the ultimate way to experience SNK’s "Most Powerful Game System in the World" in 2026 . Whether you are reliving the arcade glory days or discovering the library for the first time, RetroArch offers the most versatile, high-performance, and feature-rich environment for Neo Geo emulation.

Once the core is loaded and the ROMs are scanned, you may want to tweak the experience:

: Requires a MAME ROM set that matches the exact version number of your RetroArch MAME core. 🔑 The Golden Rule of Neo Geo ROMs

If someone were to set this up (hypothetically, using their own dumps):