Collections
A collection is a named group of ROMs you curate by hand. Add or remove games one at a time, and the list matches exactly what you pick.
This page covers standard collections. For the other two, see Smart Collections and Virtual Collections.
Visibility
- Private: only you see it
- Public: any signed-in user on this instance can see it
Public collections are read-only to non-owners (browse/play/download, no edits).
Use it for
Curated playthroughs: "RomM Staff Picks", "Games I Want to Stream", "Favourites for My Kid", "Halloween Games". Hand-picked context is what collections are for.
Don't use a standard collection for things that have better solutions:
- Genre-based groupings: use Virtual Collections, auto-populated.
- "Backlogged games": use the Personal → Status flag, filterable without a collection.
Permissions
| Action | Viewer | Editor | Admin |
|---|---|---|---|
| See public collections | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Create own private collection | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Edit own collection | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Make a collection public | - | ✓ | ✓ |
| See all users' collections (admin panel) | - | - | ✓ |