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Capitalization fix.
|Archive
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|Use 7-zip Zip to open and extract.<!-- And possibly WinRAR supports it too, not too sure -->
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|.001/.part1/.r01
|Compressed Archive
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|Use 7-Zip to open and extract. Can be loaded by [[PCSX2 ]] directly.
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|.chd
|Compressed Hard Disk
|Multiple|Originally made for [[MAME]]/[[MESS]]|, now used by multiple emulators
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|.mdf
|Error Code Modeler
|[[PlayStation emulators|PlayStation]]
|Compressed PS1 disc image, use UnECM Unecm to decompress it.
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|.cso
|GC/Wii
|Compressed Wii/GC disc image, see [[Save Disk Space for ISOs|here]] to convert to and from .iso
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|.rvz
|Modern Dolphin Format
|GC/Wii
|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
|Famicom Disk System
|[[Nintendo Entertainment System emulators|NES]]
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|.ndd
|Nintendo 64DD
|[[Nintendo 64 emulators|N64]]
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|CPC Digital Tape
|[[Amstrad CPC emulators|Amstrad CPC]]
|Identical to the .tzx file but useable only by [[Amstrad CPC emulators]]|-|.cas|PC-6000 and PC-6601 Cassette|[[NEC PC-6000 series]]|
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{| class="wikitable"
†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
|+ROM Images
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! scope="col"|Notes
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|.nes/.nez/.unf/.unif
|NES ROM
|[[Nintendo Entertainment System emulators|NES]]
|.unf and .unif correspond to the now deprecated Universal NES Image Format.
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|.smc
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|.gb
|GameBoy Game Boy ROM|[[Game Boy/Game Boy Color emulators|GameBoyGame Boy]]
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|.gbc
|GBC Game Boy Color ROM|[[Game Boy/Game Boy Color emulators|GameBoy Game Boy Color]]
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|.gba/.srl
|GBA Game Boy Advance ROM|[[Game Boy Advance emulators|GameBoy Game Boy Advance]]
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|.nds/.srl
|NDS Nintendo DS ROM
|[[Nintendo DS emulators|Nintendo DS]]
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|.dsi/.nds/.app/.srl
|DSiWare ROM
|DSiWare
|Different from regular DS ROMs.
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|.ids
|iQue DS ROM
|[[Nintendo DS emulators|iQue/Nintendo DS]]
|The same thing as regular Nintendo DS ROMs, but for the Chinese iQue DS.
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|.wbfs
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|.wad
|Game Where's All the Data File?
|[[Wii emulators|Wii]]/Doom
|Use for Wii channels and old FPS games
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|.3ds
|Nintendo 3DS ROM
|[[Nintendo 3DS emulators|3DS]]
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|.nsp
|Nintendo Switch ROM
|[[Nintendo Switch emulators|Nintendo Switch]]
|Dump of SD and NAND games, Updates
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|.xci
|Nintendo Switch ROM
|[[Nintendo Switch emulators|Nintendo Switch]]
|Dump of a game cartridge
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|.ngp/.ngc
|[[PC Engine (TurboGrafx-16) emulators|PC Engine]]
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|.vpk
|PlayStation Vita ROM
|[[PlayStation Vita emulators|PlayStation Vita]]
|Compressed files forming a PlayStation Vita ROM
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|.vb
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|.obb
|Android App Data RessourcesResources
|[[Android emulators|Android]]
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|.ps2
|[[PCSX2 ]] Memory Card
|[[PlayStation 2 emulators|PS2]]
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|.srm
|Save RAM
|[[SNES Super Nintendo emulators|SNES]]/[[Sega Genesis emulators|Genesis]]
|Save RAM dump, used with emulators and flashcards
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