RomRaider

Can you still do some of the meat and bones using ScoobyRom? Or is it all through Ghidra?

I've got a decent amount of time on my hands, and wouldn't mind REing some more of these ROMs if there was a better walk through of how to do it? Is there a way to use the 32 bit base to parse the known sections of the more modern ROMs?

I've also got EE5I410K, but looks like there's no defnition for that, either.

That ROM is actually a renamed .SRF file, which adds 155 bytes of metadata at the start. You’ll need to strip that header before ScoobyRom can parse it correctly.
Once removed, the ROM loads as expected. I’ve attached a quick output from a hex viewer showing the SRF padding in case it helps.

Do you have a better walkthrough than the "Getting started with IDA" post?

I've tried a couple times to set up a PC for reverse engineering, and i seem to stall out at some point or another.
Same for ScoobyROM. I had it loaded in Visual Studio, and it needed some more work to get going..

I feel like I'm plenty smart for it, but I can't seem to really get properly set up. Makes me feel dumb.

But I'd love to help

I personally found this guide by dschultz really helpful if you’ve already got IDA set up:
https://www.romraider.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=40&t=8449

I typically follow steps 1–3 from that guide, but instead of going through 4–6, I’ll open HxD with both the ROM I want to define and another similar one to use as reference. Then I go address by address in the hex editor, looking for similar data patterns it can be tricky since values change, but the structure usually holds. Once I’ve matched a few key locations, I cross-check the tables with ScoobyRom to confirm table sizes and layout. Then I build out the XML manually.

It’s far from the “proper” way, but it’s what works for me.

I took the liberty of cracking open your ROM and started poking around but it’s not a full definition, I’ll attach what I found in case it helps you get a head start.

As for ScoobyRom, check out Aalesv’s GitHub fork. He updated it as a binary so there’s no compiling needed. Be sure to read the README it lists all the dependencies you'll need to run it properly.