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Revision as of 02:58, 19 November 2018

Multi-system

File type(s) Emulator(s) Backup
BIOS files RetroArch
Mednafen (standalone)
BIOS files & system ROMs set MESS (0.151)
BIOS files OpenEmu
BIOS files & system ROMs set PCem

Nintendo

NES / Famicom

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

SNES / Super Famicom

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).
SuperDisc BIOS No$SNS (1.6) Required for Sony's SNES-CD emulation.
Sufami Turbo BIOS higan (bsnes) Required for Bandai's Sufami Turbo emulation.
Super Game Boy boot ROM 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

File type(s) Emulator(s) Backup Note
LLE RSP plugin Project64 N/A
64DD IPL (JP) BIOS and PIF ROM CEN64 Required for 64DD emulation (Japanese region).
64DD IPL (US) BIOS Project64 Required for 64DD emulation (US region).

GameCube / Wii

File type(s) Emulator(s) Backup Note
GameCube IPL BIOS 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.
Swiss N/A Optional.
GameCube homebrew utility. More information
Old version (r241)
Wii WC24 network SSL certificates Optional.
Required for connecting to Wi-Fi Connection service.
More information

Game Boy / Game Boy Color

File type(s) Emulator(s) Backup Note
Game Boy (DMG) boot ROMs Various Optional.
Game Boy Pocket (MBG) boot ROM
GBC boot ROM Optional.
Required for color palette support for monochrome GB games.

Game Boy Advance / e-Reader

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

File type(s) Emulator(s) Backup Note
DS BIOS and firmware Various Optional for DeSmuME and No$GBA.
Required for melonDS, GBE+, medusa and other emulators.
DSi BIOS No$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.

Nintendo 3DS

File type(s) Emulator(s) Backup Note
Extra data Citra Required for some games.
Bootroms Required for fuse-3ds to decrypt encrypted games.

Wii U

File type(s) Emulator(s) Backup Note
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 authentification are working in progress.
Menu files (EU) Cemu (1.11.4 or later) Version 5.5.2, 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 5.5.2, 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 5.5.2, 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

File type(s) Emulator(s) Backup Note
Shared fonts and derivation keys yuzu Required for some games and encrypted ROMs.

Sony

PlayStation

File type(s) Emulator(s) Backup Note
BIOS files Mednafen Required for some emulators. More information and MD5 Hashes
Copyright-free HLE BIOS files replacements exist for other emulators.

PocketStation

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

PlayStation 2

File type(s) Emulator(s) Backup Note
BIOS files Various Required for PlayStation 2 emulation.
More information and MD5 Hashes

PlayStation Portable

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

PlayStation 3

File type(s) Emulator(s) Backup Note
Official firmware Various ✓ (Archive) Required for PlayStation 3 emulation.
LLE Modules RPCS3 Required for some games.

PlayStation Vita

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

PlayStation 4

File type(s) Emulator(s) Backup Note
Official firmware Various ✓ (Archive) Required for PlayStation 4 emulation.

Sega

Master System

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

Genesis / Mega Drive / CD / 32X

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

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

Dreamcast

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

Microsoft

Xbox

File type(s) Emulator(s) Backup Note
BIOS files XQEMU Required for Xbox emulation.
Blank HDD image
BIOS files MAME Required for Xbox emulation.
MCP-X bootrom included in the package is a bad dump.

Other consoles

3DO

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

Atari 7800

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

Atari Jaguar / Jaguar CD

File type(s) Emulator(s) Backup Note
BIOS files Various Optional for Atari Jaguar emulation.
Required for Atari Jaguar CD emulation (Incomplete).

NEC PC Engine CD (TurboGrafx-CD)

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

Personal computers

Microsoft/ASCII MSX

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 in ~/.openMSX/share/systemroms (GNU/Linux and MacOS) or %USERPROFILE%\My Documents\openMSX\share\systemroms (Windows 7 or later).

NEC PC-60

File type(s) Emulator(s) Backup Note
System ROMs PC6001V
PC6001VX
Required for PC-6001, PC-6001A, PC-6001mk2, PC-6601, PC-6001mk2SR and PC-6601SR emulation.

NEC PC-88

File type(s) Emulator(s) Backup Note
System ROMs pc8801ma
XM8
Required for PC-88 emulation.

NEC PC-98

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.

Fujitsu FM-7

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.

Sharp X68000

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.