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|+Archives
 
|+Archives
 
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! scope="col"|<abbr title="File extension">File ext</abbr>
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! scope="col"|Filetype
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! scope="col"|File type
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! scope="col"|Name
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! scope="col"|System
 
! scope="col"|Notes
 
! scope="col"|Notes
 
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|.rar
 
|.rar
 
|Compressed Archive
 
|Compressed Archive
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|Use WinRAR or 7-Zip to open and extract.
 
|Use WinRAR or 7-Zip to open and extract.
 
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|.7z/.7zip
 
|.7z/.7zip
 
|Compressed Archive
 
|Compressed Archive
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|
 
|Use WinRAR or 7-Zip to open and extract.
 
|Use WinRAR or 7-Zip to open and extract.
 
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|.zip
 
|.zip
 
|Compressed Archive
 
|Compressed Archive
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|Use WinRAR or 7-Zip to open and extract.
 
|Use WinRAR or 7-Zip to open and extract.
 
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|.tar.gz<br/>.gz
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|.tar.gz
 
|Compressed Archive
 
|Compressed Archive
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|Use WinRAR or 7-Zip to open and extract.
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|.tar
 
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|Archive
 
 
|Use WinRAR or 7-Zip to open and extract.
 
|Use WinRAR or 7-Zip to open and extract.
 
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|.001/.part1/.r01
 
|.001/.part1/.r01
 
|Split Archive
 
|Split Archive
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|Use WinRAR or 7-Zip to open and extract.
 
|Use WinRAR or 7-Zip to open and extract.
 
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|.gzip
 
|.gzip
 
|Compressed Archive
 
|Compressed Archive
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|Use 7-Zip to open and extract. Can be loaded by [[PCSX2]] directly.
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|Use 7-Zip to open and extract. Can be loaded by PCSX2 directly.
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|.tar.bz2<br/>.bz2
 
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|Compressed Archive
 
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|Use WinRAR or 7-Zip to open and extract. Could previously have been loaded by PCSX2 (Old CDVD plugin) until PCSX2 became plugin-free.
 
 
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{| class="wikitable"
 
{| class="wikitable"
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|+Disc/Disk Images
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|+Disc Images
 
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! scope="col"|<abbr title="File Extention">File ext</abbr>
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! scope="col"|Filetype
 
! scope="col"|Name
 
! scope="col"|Name
 
! scope="col"|System
 
! scope="col"|System
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|.chd
 
|.chd
 
|Compressed Hard Disk
 
|Compressed Hard Disk
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|Multiple
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|[[MAME]]/[[MESS]]
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|Originally made for [[MAME]], now used by multiple emulators
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|.mdf
 
|.mdf
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|.ecm
 
|.ecm
 
|Error Code Modeler
 
|Error Code Modeler
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|[[PlayStation emulators|PlayStation]]
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|[[PlayStation Emulators|PlayStation]]
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|Compressed PS1 disc image, use Unecm to decompress it.
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|Compressed PS1 disc image, use UnECM to decompress it.
 
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|.cso
 
|.cso
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|GC/Wii
 
|GC/Wii
 
|Compressed Wii/GC disc image, see [[Save Disk Space for ISOs|here]] to convert to and from .iso
 
|Compressed Wii/GC disc image, see [[Save Disk Space for ISOs|here]] to convert to and from .iso
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|.rvz
 
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|Modern Dolphin Format
 
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|GC/Wii
 
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|A new compressed format developed by the Dolphin team able to efficiently compress junk/padding data, allowing both small file sizes and archival quality.
 
 
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|-
 
|.cdi/.gdi
 
|.cdi/.gdi
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|Typically used with Dreamcast, CDI is a compressed GDI
 
|Typically used with Dreamcast, CDI is a compressed GDI
 
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|.sbi
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|.sbI
 
|CD Image
 
|CD Image
 
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|
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|Sub-channel data. Generally used in the case of PS1 for Digital Rights Management
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|Sub-channel data. Generally used in the case of PS1 for Digital Restriction Management
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|-
 
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|.sub
 
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|CloneCD Subchannel File
 
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|PS1/others?
 
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|Sub-channel data for CloneCD, may come with .img/.ccd. Don't confuse with MicroDVD subtitle files with the same extension.
 
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|-
 
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|.nrg
 
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|Nero Image File
 
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|PS1/PS2/others?
 
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|.isz
 
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|ISO Zipped
 
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|PS2/others?
 
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|-
 
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|.fds
 
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|Famicom Disk System
 
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|[[Nintendo Entertainment System emulators|NES]]
 
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|
 
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|-
 
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|.ndd
 
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|Nintendo 64DD
 
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|[[Nintendo 64 emulators|N64]]
 
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|
 
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|.adf
 
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|Amiga Disk File
 
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|[[Amiga line|Amiga]]
 
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|-
 
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|.adz/adf.gz
 
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|ADZ
 
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|[[Amiga line|Amiga]]
 
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|Name derived from Amiga Disk File and the compression format gzip
 
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|-
 
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|.dms
 
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|Disk Masher System
 
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|[[Amiga line|Amiga]]
 
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|
 
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|.ipf
 
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|Interchangeable Preservation Format
 
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|[[Amiga line|Amiga]]
 
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|A file format designed to replace the 'Amiga Disk File' format due to many files in the .adf format "cracked" variants of software. Has better support for copy protected disks.
 
 
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|+Tape Files
 
|+Tape Files
 
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! scope="col"|<abbr title="File extension">File ext</abbr>
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! scope="col"|Filetype
 
! scope="col"|Name
 
! scope="col"|Name
 
! scope="col"|System
 
! scope="col"|System
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|Waveform Audio File Format
 
|Waveform Audio File Format
 
|Tape Based Systems
 
|Tape Based Systems
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|Raw data in audio format<ref group=N>When listened to, the file will play white noise. If this noise is perfectly recorded on to a tape, that tape should theoretically be able to be used on a system. In practice, however, this is more difficult to do, as any interference can potentially ruin the tape and some copy protection systems may render the re-recording unusable</ref>
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|Raw data in audio format†
 
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|-
 
|.tap
 
|.tap
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|.tzx
 
|.tzx
 
|ZX Spectrum Tape File
 
|ZX Spectrum Tape File
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|Compatible Tape Based Systems ([[ZX Spectrum emulators|ZXS]], [[Amstrad CPC emulators|CPC]], [[Commodore 64 emulators|C64]], etc.)
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|Compatible Tape Based Systems ([[ZX Spectrum|ZXS]], [[Amstrad CPC|CPC]], [[Commodore 64 emulators|C64]], etc.)
 
|Prefered file type for all emulators, perfect representation
 
|Prefered file type for all emulators, perfect representation
 
|-
 
|-
 
|.cdc
 
|.cdc
 
|CPC Digital Tape
 
|CPC Digital Tape
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|[[Amstrad CPC emulators|Amstrad CPC]]
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|[[Amstrad CPC|Amstrad CPC]]
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|Identical to the .tzx file but useable only by [[Amstrad CPC emulators]]
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|Identical to the .tzx file but useable only by Amstrad CPC emulators
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|-
 
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|.cas
 
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|PC-6000 and PC-6601 Cassette
 
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|[[NEC PC-6000 series]]
 
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|
 
 
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|}
  
 
{| class="wikitable"
 
{| class="wikitable"
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<references group=N />
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†When listened to, the file will play white noise. If this noise is perfectly recorded on to a tape, that tape should theoretically be able to be used on a system. In practice how ever, this is more difficult to do, as any interference can potentially ruin the tape and some copy protection systems may render the re-recording unusable
 
|+ROM Images
 
|+ROM Images
 
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! scope="col"|<abbr title="File extension">File ext</abbr>
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! scope="col"|Filetype
 
! scope="col"|Name
 
! scope="col"|Name
 
! scope="col"|System
 
! scope="col"|System
 
! scope="col"|Notes
 
! scope="col"|Notes
 
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|.nes/.nez/.unf/.unif
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|.nes
 
|NES ROM
 
|NES ROM
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|[[Nintendo Entertainment System emulators|NES]]
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|[[NES Emulators|NES]]
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|.unf and .unif correspond to the now deprecated Universal NES Image Format.
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|.fds
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|Famicom Disk System
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|[[NES Emulators|NES]]
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|
 
|-
 
|-
 
|.smc
 
|.smc
 
|Super Magicom
 
|Super Magicom
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|[[Super Nintendo emulators|SNES]]
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|[[SNES emulators|SNES]]
 
|Headered ROMs dumped from a Super Magicom copier.
 
|Headered ROMs dumped from a Super Magicom copier.
 
|-
 
|-
 
|.sfc
 
|.sfc
 
|Super Famicom ROM
 
|Super Famicom ROM
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|[[Super Nintendo emulators|SNES]]
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|[[SNES emulators|SNES]]
 
|Headerless SNES ROM
 
|Headerless SNES ROM
 
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|-
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|.gg
 
|.gg
 
|Game Gear ROM
 
|Game Gear ROM
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|[[Master System emulators|Game Gear]]
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|[[Game Gear]]
 
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|
 
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|-
 
|.gb
 
|.gb
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|Game Boy ROM
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|GameBoy ROM
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|[[Game Boy/Game Boy Color emulators|Game Boy]]
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|[[Game Boy/Game Boy Color emulators|GameBoy]]
 
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|.gbc
 
|.gbc
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|Game Boy Color ROM
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|GBC ROM
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|[[Game Boy/Game Boy Color emulators|Game Boy Color]]
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|[[Game Boy/Game Boy Color emulators|GameBoy Color]]
 
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|
 
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|-
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|.gba/.srl
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|.gba
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|Game Boy Advance ROM
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|GBA ROM
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|[[Game Boy Advance emulators|Game Boy Advance]]
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|[[Game Boy Advance emulators|GameBoy Advance]]
 
|
 
|
 
|-
 
|-
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|Can be either a compressed .gcm or .iso
 
|Can be either a compressed .gcm or .iso
 
|-
 
|-
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|.xiso
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|.nds
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|Xbox ISO
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|NDS ROM
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|[[Xbox emulators|Xbox]]
 
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|
 
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|-
 
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|.nds/.srl
 
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|Nintendo DS ROM
 
 
|[[Nintendo DS emulators|Nintendo DS]]
 
|[[Nintendo DS emulators|Nintendo DS]]
 
|
 
|
 
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|-
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|.dsi/.nds/.app/.srl
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|.dsi
 
|DSiWare ROM
 
|DSiWare ROM
 
|DSiWare
 
|DSiWare
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|Different from regular DS ROMs.
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|Very different from regular DS ROMs.
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|-
 
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|.ids
 
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|iQue DS ROM
 
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|[[Nintendo DS emulators|iQue/Nintendo DS]]
 
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|The same thing as regular Nintendo DS ROMs, but for the Chinese iQue DS.
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
|.wbfs
 
|.wbfs
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|Use WBFS Manager to convert to and from .iso
 
|Use WBFS Manager to convert to and from .iso
 
|-
 
|-
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|rowspan="2"|.wad
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|.wad
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|Wii Application Data
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|Game Data File
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|[[Wii emulators|Wii]]
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|[[Wii emulators|Wii]]/Doom
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|Used for Wii channels
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|Use for Wii channels and old FPS games
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|-
 
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|Where's All the Data?
 
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|Doom Engine games
 
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|Used for games derived from the [https://doomwiki.org/wiki/Doom_engine Doom engine] and [https://doomwiki.org/wiki/WAD#Uses_outside_the_Doom_engine a few 90's games].
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
|.cia
 
|.cia
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|CTR Importable Archive
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|3DS ROM
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|[[Nintendo 3DS emulators|3DS]]
 
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|
 
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|-
 
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|.3ds
 
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|Nintendo 3DS ROM
 
 
|[[Nintendo 3DS emulators|3DS]]
 
|[[Nintendo 3DS emulators|3DS]]
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|
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|For retail and eShop games
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|-
 
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|.nsp
 
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|Nintendo Switch ROM
 
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|[[Nintendo Switch emulators|Nintendo Switch]]
 
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|Dump of SD and NAND games, Updates
 
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|-
 
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|.xci
 
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|Nintendo Switch ROM
 
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|[[Nintendo Switch emulators|Nintendo Switch]]
 
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|Dump of a game cartridge
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
|.ngp/.ngc
 
|.ngp/.ngc
 
|NGP/C ROM
 
|NGP/C ROM
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|[[Neo Geo Pocket emulators|Neo Geo Pocket/Color]]
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|[[Neo Geo Pocket]]/[[Neo Geo Pocket|Color]]
 
|
 
|
 
|-
 
|-
 
|.pce
 
|.pce
 
|PC Engine ROM
 
|PC Engine ROM
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|[[PC Engine (TurboGrafx-16) emulators|PC Engine]]
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|[[PC Engine]]
 
|
 
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|-
 
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|.vpk
 
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|PlayStation Vita ROM
 
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|[[PlayStation Vita emulators|PlayStation Vita]]
 
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|Compressed files forming a PlayStation Vita ROM
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
|.vb
 
|.vb
 
|Virtual Boy ROM
 
|Virtual Boy ROM
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|[[Virtual Boy emulators|Virtual Boy]]
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|Virtual Boy
 
|Also used for Visual Basic source files
 
|Also used for Visual Basic source files
 
|-
 
|-
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|.ws/.wsc
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|.ws / .wsc
 
|WonderSwan (Color) ROM
 
|WonderSwan (Color) ROM
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|[[WonderSwan emulators|WonderSwan/Color]]
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|WonderSwan/Color
 
|
 
|
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|-
 
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|.bin/.dat/.lst
 
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|NAOMI ROM
 
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|[[Dreamcast emulators|Dreamcast]]
 
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|NAOMI format supported by relevant Dreamcast emulators. MAME-deprecated and mostly irrelevant
 
 
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|-
 
|.ipa
 
|.ipa
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|-
 
|.obb
 
|.obb
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|Android App Data Resources
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|Android App Data Ressources
 
|[[Android emulators|Android]]
 
|[[Android emulators|Android]]
 
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|+Saves
 
|+Saves
 
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! scope="col"|<abbr title="File extension">File ext</abbr>
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! scope="col"|Filetype
 
! scope="col"|Name
 
! scope="col"|Name
 
! scope="col"|System
 
! scope="col"|System
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|-
 
|-
 
|.dsv
 
|.dsv
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|DeSmuME Save
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|DeSmuMe Save
 
|[[Nintendo DS emulators|NDS]]
 
|[[Nintendo DS emulators|NDS]]
 
|
 
|
 
|-
 
|-
 
|.ds1 to .ds9
 
|.ds1 to .ds9
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|DeSmuME Save State
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|DeSmuMe Save State
 
|[[Nintendo DS emulators|NDS]]
 
|[[Nintendo DS emulators|NDS]]
 
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|-
 
|.ps2
 
|.ps2
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|[[PCSX2]] Memory Card
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|PCSX2 Memory Card
 
|[[PlayStation 2 emulators|PS2]]
 
|[[PlayStation 2 emulators|PS2]]
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|
 
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|-
 
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|.p2s
 
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|PCSX2 Save State
 
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|[[PS2]]
 
 
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|
 
|-
 
|-
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|.srm
 
|.srm
 
|Save RAM
 
|Save RAM
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|[[Super Nintendo emulators|SNES]]/[[Sega Genesis emulators|Genesis]]
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|[[SNES emulators|SNES]]/[[Genesis]]
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|Save RAM dump, used with emulators and flashcards
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|Save RAM dump, used with emulators and flashcarts
 
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|+[[Shaders and Filters]]
 
|+[[Shaders and Filters]]
 
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! scope="col"|<abbr title="File extension">File ext</abbr>
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! scope="col"|Filetype
 
! scope="col"|Name
 
! scope="col"|Name
 
! scope="col"|System
 
! scope="col"|System
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|Windows, [[Xbox emulators|Xbox]], [[Xbox 360 emulators|360]]
 
|Windows, [[Xbox emulators|Xbox]], [[Xbox 360 emulators|360]]
 
|Microsoft's proprietary DirectX only shader language, based on C's syntax.
 
|Microsoft's proprietary DirectX only shader language, based on C's syntax.
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|-
 
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|[https://github.com/shader-slang/slang .slang]
 
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|Slang
 
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|Shading language that extends HLSL.
 
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|-
 
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|.slangp
 
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|Slang preset
 
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|Lists Slang files and provides parameters for them.
 
 
|}
 
|}
  
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|+Other
 
|+Other
 
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! scope="col"|<abbr title="File extension">File ext</abbr>
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! scope="col"|Filetype
 
! scope="col"|Name
 
! scope="col"|Name
 
! scope="col"|System
 
! scope="col"|System
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|.elf
 
|.elf
 
|Executable and Linkable Format
 
|Executable and Linkable Format
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|[[PlayStation 2 emulators|PS2]]/[[PlayStation 3 emulators|PS3]]/[[GameCube emulators|GC]]/[[Wii emulators|Wii]]
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|[[PlayStation 2 emulators|PS2]]/[[Playstation 3 emulators|PS3]]/[[GameCube emulators|GC]]/[[Wii emulators|Wii]]
 
|Typically a homebrew/small application file
 
|Typically a homebrew/small application file
 
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|Executable
 
|Executable
 
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|-
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|.xbe/.xex
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|.xex
 
|Xbox Executable
 
|Xbox Executable
 
|Xbox/X360
 
|Xbox/X360
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|Non Volatile RAM
 
|Non Volatile RAM
 
|[[MAME]]/[[MESS]]
 
|[[MAME]]/[[MESS]]
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|Created by default to store [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-volatile_random-access_memory nvram] of emulated systems or software in the NVRAM folder.
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|Created by default to store [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-volatile_random-access_memory nvram] of emulated systems or software in the nvram folder.
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|-
 
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|.m3u
 
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|Playlist file
 
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|Multiple
 
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|Used to play multiple discs back to back, [http://emulation.gametechwiki.com/index.php/Auto-load_next_disc automates disc swapping].
 
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|-
 
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|.rp9
 
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|RP9
 
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|[[Amiga line|Amiga]]/[[Commodore 64]]
 
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|Packaging format for Commodore 64 and Amiga file formats. Designed by [https://www.retroplatform.com/ Cloanto]. used by C64 Forever and Amiga Forever software.
 
 
|}
 
|}
  
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=See also=
 
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*[[Save disk space for ISOs]]
 
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