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===Nintendo 3DS===
 
===Nintendo 3DS===
 
* [https://mega.nz/#!XVUGQIyB!jwxl-UW0_lsDRHbAhPX2SwUqOTx6NWkUxGDpN4WbwLI 3DS Extra Data]<br/>Required for some games.
 
* [https://mega.nz/#!XVUGQIyB!jwxl-UW0_lsDRHbAhPX2SwUqOTx6NWkUxGDpN4WbwLI 3DS Extra Data]<br/>Required for some games.
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===Wii U===
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* [http://www.mediafire.com/file/rdvtav576rtv28f/Wii%20U%20fonts.zip Wii U fonts]<br/>Optional.
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===Switch===
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* [http://www.mediafire.com/file/89942l85e9zzqe2/Switch%20SDK%20fonts.zip Switch SDK fonts]
  
 
==Sony==
 
==Sony==

Revision as of 01:07, 27 January 2018

Multi-System

BIOS files for RetroArch cores and Mednafen standalone. mirror

BIOS files for MESS

Nintendo

Famicom (NES)

Super Famicom (SNES)

  • Satellaview BIOS
    Required for some Satellaview releases. For bsnes and snes9x-sx. This is a modified BIOS with the replay limitation removed and an English translation for the town hub.
  • SuperDisc BIOS
    Required for Sony's SNES-CD emulation. For no$sns 1.6.
  • DSP1b
    Required only in recent higan/bsnes versions past 0.73.
  • SNES Coprocessor ROMs
    Required only in recent bsnes libretro versions past 0.92.

Nintendo 64

GameCube/Wii

  • GameCube BIOS
    Optional. Dolphin uses it to load the better original system fonts, but even without it it has (uglier) replacement fonts.
  • DSP-LLE for Dolphin
    Optional. Needed for more accurate low-level emulation of DSP audio. Required in Dolphin for connectivity with GBA units. A HLE solution removing this requirement exists, but is still incomplete.
  • Swiss-GC .dol
    Optional. Needed for 'native' widescreen.
  • Wii Network Certs

Game Boy Color

  • GBC BIOS
    Optional. Bootstrap ROM. A variant exists for the monochrome GB.

Game Boy Advance

  • GBA BIOS
    Optional. Required for a few games, homebrew, and connectivity with the GameCube.
  • E-Reader ROM: US, JP v2
    Required for e-Reader emulation.

Nintendo DS

  • NDS BIOS and Firmware
    Optional. Needed for NO$GBA.
  • DSi BIOS
    For DSi emulation. Required (NO$GBA).
  • DSi NAND
    For DSi emulation. Optional (NO$GBA). Improves compatibility. No easy way to dump from real hardware (make sure you upgrade the copy of NO$GBA included in that package)

Nintendo 3DS

Wii U

Switch

Sony

PlayStation

  • PS1 BIOS
    Required for some emulators like mednafen. Copyright-free replacements (called HLE BIOSes) also exist for other emulators. (MD5 Hashes)
  • PS1<->PSP Save Converter
    Converts PS1 (.mcr) to PSP's PS1 (.vmp) save format and vice versa.

PlayStation 2

BIOS files Verify with these MD5 Hashes. hosted on:

These are required for PS2 emulation.

PSP

  • Original PSP Fonts
    Optional. PSP emulators have replacement fonts, but they don't exactly match the originals as well as they should.

PlayStation 3

SEGA

Sega CD

Saturn

  • Saturn BIOS
    Required for mednafen. Optional for SSF (at the cost of compatibility).

Dreamcast

Microsoft

Xbox

Other Systems

MSX (ASCII/Microsoft)

PC Engine/TG-16 (NEC)

  • System Card Pack
    Required for CD-based games (just syscard3.pce is enough in most cases).

PC-98 (NEC)

  • Font file (Binary format)
    For Neko Project II. Optional. Needed for some text displaying properly.
  • Font file(BMP format)
    For Anex86 and other emulators. Optional. Needed for some text displaying properly.

X68000 (Sharp)

  • X68000 BIOS
    cgrom (font file) and iplrom are required. The others aren't.