Emulator files

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Multi-system[edit]

File type(s) Emulator(s) Backup
BIOS files RetroArch
BIOS files Lemuroid
BIOS files Mednafen (standalone)
BIOS files OpenEmu
ROMs Pack Mesen2
ROMs Pack (0.151) MESS
ROMs Pack (v16)
ROMs Pack (v17)
PCem
ROMs Pack 86Box

Nintendo[edit]

NES / Famicom[edit]

File type(s) Emulator(s) Backup Note
Family Computer Disk System BIOS file Various Required for FDS emulation. MD5 Hashes

SNES / Super Famicom[edit]

File type(s) Emulator(s) Backup Note
Satellaview BS-X ROMs higan (bsnes)
Snes9x
Required for some Satellaview releases.
Including Japanese original ROM, no-DRM ROM and English-patched ROMs (DRM or no-DRM).
Sufami Turbo BIOS file Required for Bandai's Sufami Turbo emulation.
SuperDisc BIOS file No$SNS (1.6) Required for Sony's SNES-CD emulation.
Super Game Boy boot ROM higan (bsnes) Required for Super Game Boy emulation. MD5 Hashes
Coprocessor firmwares Including CX4, DSP1/1A, DSP1B, DSP2, DSP3, DSP4, ST010, ST011 and ST018.
More information

Nintendo 64[edit]

File type(s) Emulator(s) Backup Note
LLE RSP plugin Project64
64DD IPL and PIF ROM (JPN Retail) CEN64 Required for 64DD emulation in CEN64.
Japanese region only.
64DD IPL (JPN Retail) Project64 Required for 64DD emulation in Project64.
64DD IPL (US Retail)
64DD IPL (JPN Development)

GameCube / Wii[edit]

File type(s) Emulator(s) Backup Note
GameCube IPL BIOS file Dolphin Optional.
Required for rendering original system fonts. MD5 Hashes
DSP-LLE plugin Optional.
Needed for more accurate low-level emulation (LLE) of DSP audio.
Required in Dolphin for connectivity with GBA units.
An incomplete HLE solution removing this requirement exists.
Wii WC24 network SSL certificates Optional.
Required for connecting to Wi-Fi Connection service.
More information

Game Boy / Game Boy Color[edit]

File type(s) Emulator(s) Backup MD5 Hash Note
Game Boy (DMG) early boot ROM Various a8f84a0ac44da5d3f0ee19f9cea80a8c Variant found in very early Japan-sold DMG units
Game Boy (DMG) boot ROM 32fbbd84168d3482956eb3c5051637f5 ROM providing some basic setup for the original B&W Game Boy. Mostly optional in emulators.
Game Boy Pocket (MGB) boot ROM 71a378e71ff30b2d8a1f02bf5c7896aa Boot ROM with a single byte difference so the GB Pocket can be detected.
Game Boy Color (CGB) early boot ROM 7c773f3c0b01cb73bca8e83227287b7f Variant found in very early Japan-sold CGB units
Game Boy Color (CGB) boot ROM dbfce9db9deaa2567f6a84fde55f9680 Bigger ROM in Color units providing palettes for monochrome games. Mostly optional in emulators.

Pokémon mini[edit]

File type(s) Emulator(s) Backup Note
BIOS Various Optional in PokeMini and minimon.

Game Boy Advance / e-Reader[edit]

File type(s) Emulator(s) Backup Note
Boot ROM Various Optional.
Required for some games, homebrew, and connectivity with the GameCube.
e-Reader BIOS files Required for e-Reader emulation.
Including Card e-Reader (Japan), Card e-Reader+ (Japan) and e-Reader (USA).

Nintendo DS / DSi[edit]

File type(s) Emulator(s) Backup Note
DS BIOS files and firmware Various Optional for DeSmuME, melonDS and No$GBA.
Required for GBE+, medusa and other emulators.
iQue BIOS files and firmware
DSi BIOS files No$GBA Required for Nintendo DSi emulation.
DSi NAND dump Optional.
Improves compatibility for Nintendo DSi emulation.
Update No$GBA in the package to the latest version is highly recommended.
DSi BIOS & NAND (USA) melonDS, No$GBA Required for DSi emulation on melonDS.
Includes BIOS and firmware for both the DS and DSi, and a NAND dump.
For No$GBA, rename:
nand.bin
biosdsi7.bin
biosdsi9.bin
to
DSi-1.mmc
BIOSDSI7.ROM
BIOSDSI9.ROM
respectively, and place them in the No$GBA main folder.
DSi BIOS & NAND (USA, alternative version)

DSi BIOS & NAND (USA, alt. version, includes extra content)

DSi BIOS & NAND (EUR)
iQue DSi BIOS & NAND (China)

Nintendo 3DS[edit]

File type(s) Emulator(s) Backup Note
aes_keys.txt + seeddb.bin Citra Required in order to install/run encrypted content in Citra.
Extra data Required for some games. (000400db00010302IsNewversion)
Bootroms Required for fuse-3ds to decrypt encrypted games.
dspfirm.cdc Sound drivers for homemade or third-party games.

Outdated aes_keys.txt file 1+2

Wii U[edit]

File type(s) Emulator(s) Backup Note
Keys Cemu Required to play .wux files
Fonts Cemu Required for rendering text properly in some games.
Lacks three more unused fonts, but Cemuhook has their replacements.
Online files Cemu (1.11.0 or later)
Decaf
Optional.
Needed for online connection.
Lacks unbanned account.dat file unique to the console but some custom servers with lax authentication are working in progress.
Menu files (EU) Cemu (1.11.4 or later) Version 5.5.5, European region
Required for rendering Mii and improving compatibility. More information
Can be accessed from the .rpx under mlc01\sys\title\00050010\10040200\code\men.rpx.
Menu files (US) Version 5.5.5, US region
Required for rendering Mii and improving compatibility. More information
Can be accessed from the .rpx under mlc01\sys\title\00050010\10040100\code\men.rpx.
Menu files (JP) Version 5.5.5, Japanese region
Required for rendering Mii and improving compatibility. More information
Can be accessed from the .rpx under mlc01\sys\title\00050010\10040000\code\men.rpx.

Nintendo Switch[edit]

File type(s) Emulator(s) Backup Note
RyuSAK Ryujinx - Tool for sharing shader caches. Also has up-to-date firmware and keys.

Currently down, only usable when mirror.lewd.wtf is running

Production keys: myprodkeys.com, prodkeys.co, yuzuprodkeys.com Ryujinx
yuzu
Skyline
, Required for some games and encrypted ROMs.
Firmware: myprodkeys.com, prodkeys.co, mirror.lewd.wtf, darthsternie.net Ryujinx , , Required for Ryujinx. Can also be used with Yuzu, but it is Optional.

Sony[edit]

PlayStation[edit]

File type(s) Emulator(s) Backup Note
BIOS files Various Required for some emulators. More information and MD5 Hashes
Copyright-free HLE BIOS files replacements exist for other emulators.
Crash Bandicoot pre-extracted data PSXperia Required for repackaging ISOs for use with PlayStation Pocket, given that PSXperia is only able to extract wrapper data from two specific releases of the Crash Bandicoot APK.

PocketStation[edit]

File type(s) Emulator(s) Backup Note
BIOS files PK201 Required for PocketStation emulation.

PlayStation 2[edit]

File type(s) Emulator(s) Backup Note
BIOS files Various Required for PlayStation 2 emulation with PCSX2, not required for Play!
More information and MD5 Hashes

PlayStation Portable[edit]

File type(s) Emulator(s) Backup Note
Original fonts Various Optional.
Required for rendering original system fonts.
Emulators have replacement fonts.

PlayStation 3[edit]

File type(s) Emulator(s) Backup Note
Official firmware Various ✓ (Archive) Required for PlayStation 3 emulation.

PlayStation Vita[edit]

File type(s) Emulator(s) Backup Note
Official firmware Various ✓ (Archive) Required for PlayStation Vita emulation.

PlayStation 4[edit]

File type(s) Emulator(s) Backup Note
Official firmware Various ✓ (Archive) Required for Spine, Obliteration and so on, not required for fpPS4.

Sega[edit]

Master System[edit]

File type(s) Emulator(s) Backup Note
BIOS files Kega Fusion Optional.

Genesis / Mega Drive / CD / 32X[edit]

File type(s) Emulator(s) Backup Note
Genesis / Mega Drive BIOS files Various Optional for Kega Fusion and other emulators.
CD BIOS files Required for Sega CD emulation.
32X BIOS files Required for 32X emulation.

Saturn[edit]

File type(s) Emulator(s) Backup Note
BIOS files Mednafen
SSF
Required for Mednafen.
Optional for SSF.

Dreamcast[edit]

File type(s) Emulator(s) Backup Note
BIOS files nullDC Required for Dreamcast emulation in nullDC.
MD5 Hashes
BIOS files DEmul Required for Dreamcast, NAOMI and Hikaru emulation in DEmul.
MD5 Hashes
VMU BIOS files Various Optional for ElysianVMU.
Required for MAME.

Atari[edit]

Atari 7800[edit]

File type(s) Emulator(s) Backup Note
BIOS file (NTSC)
BIOS file (PAL)
ProSystem Optional.

Atari Jaguar / Jaguar CD[edit]

File type(s) Emulator(s) Backup Note
BIOS files Various Optional for Atari Jaguar emulation.
Optional for Atari Jaguar CD emulation, required if you want to use the VLM.

Atari Lynx[edit]

File type(s) Emulator(s) Backup Note
BIOS dump Handy-based Required. On Mednafen, place on root directory.

Microsoft[edit]

Xbox[edit]

File type(s) Emulator(s) Backup Note
BIOS files xemu
XQEMU
Required for Xbox emulation with most emulators, not required for CXBX Reloaded.
Blank HDD image Required for Xbox emulation with most emulators, not required for CXBX Reloaded.
Pre-built 8G blank image.
BIOS files MAME Required for Xbox emulation with most emulators, not required for CXBX Reloaded.
MCP-X bootrom included in the package is a bad dump.

Other consoles[edit]

3DO[edit]

File type(s) Emulator(s) Backup Note
BIOS files Various Required for 3DO emulation.

NEC PC Engine CD (TurboGrafx-CD)[edit]

File type(s) Emulator(s) Backup Note
BIOS files Various Required for PC Engine CD (TurboGrafx-CD) emulation.

PC-FX[edit]

File type(s) Emulator(s) Backup Note
BIOS files Various Required for PC-FX emulation.


Personal computers[edit]

Commodore 64[edit]

File Type(s) Emulator Backup Note
JiffyDOS and SuperCPU DOS VICE Optional files per libretro documentation

Fujitsu FM-7[edit]

File type(s) Emulator(s) Backup Note
System ROMs XM7 Required for Fujitsu FM-7 emulation.
Some boot, sub-monitor and dictionary files are missing but enough in most cases.

Fujitsu FM Towns[edit]

File type(s) Emulator(s) Backup
FM Towns BIOS UNZ
Bochs
MAME
FM Towns Marty BIOS MAME
marty.rom Xe

Microsoft/ASCII MSX[edit]

File type(s) Emulator(s) Backup Note
BIOS files and machine configurations blueMSX Required for MSX games (except some cartridge games covered by the unofficial C-BIOS file).
BIOS files CLK
Pantheon
System ROMs set openMSX Required for MSX emulation on certain machines and extensions like Panasonic FS-A1GT for example.
Copy all files to ~/.openMSX/share/systemroms (GNU/Linux and MacOS) or %USERPROFILE%\My Documents\openMSX\share\systemroms (Windows 7 or later).

NEC PC-6000[edit]

File type(s) Emulator(s) Backup Note
System ROMs PC6001V
PC6001VX
Required for PC-6001 series emulation.

NEC PC-8800[edit]

File type(s) Emulator(s) Backup Note
System ROMs pc8801ma
XM8
Required for PC-8800 emulation.

NEC PC-9800[edit]

File type(s) Emulator(s) Backup Note
Fonts (Binary format) Neko Project II Optional.
Needed for rendering text properly.
Fonts (BMP format) Anex86 Optional for Anex86 and other emulators.
Needed for rendering text properly.

Sharp X1[edit]

File type(s) Emulator(s) Backup Note
X1 and X1 Turbo BIOS Various Not all files are required for all emulators.
X1 Turbo BIOS X millennium Advance Uses a different naming scheme than other emulators.

Sharp X68000[edit]

File type(s) Emulator(s) Backup Note
System ROMs XM6 Pro-68k
XM6 TypeG
Required CGROM.DAT and IPLROM.DAT for X68000 Expert emulation.
Required SCSIINROM.DAT and SCSIEXROM.DAT for enabling X68000 Expert SCSI interface.
Required IPLROMXV.DAT, CGROM.DAT and SCSIINROM.DAT for X68000 XVI emulation.
Required IPLROMCO.DAT, CGROM.DAT and SCSIINROM.DAT for X68000 Compact emulation.
Required IPLROM30.DAT, CGROM30.DAT and ROM30.DAT for X68030 emulation.