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Emulator files - Emulation General Wiki

Contents

• 1 Multi-system
• 2 Nintendo
  • 2.1 NES / Famicom
  • 2.2 SNES / Super Famicom
  • 2.3 Nintendo 64
  • 2.4 GameCube / Wii
  • 2.5 Game Boy / Game Boy Color
  • 2.6 Pokémon mini
  • 2.7 Game Boy Advance / e-Reader
  • 2.8 Nintendo DS / DSi
  • 2.9 Nintendo 3DS
  • 2.10 Wii U
  • 2.11 Nintendo Switch
• 3 Sony
  • 3.1 PlayStation
  • 3.2 PocketStation
  • 3.3 PlayStation 2
  • 3.4 PlayStation Portable
  • 3.5 PlayStation 3
  • 3.6 PlayStation Vita
  • 3.7 PlayStation 4
• 4 Sega
  • 4.1 Master System
  • 4.2 Genesis / Mega Drive / CD / 32X
  • 4.3 Saturn
  • 4.4 Dreamcast
• 5 Atari
  • 5.1 Atari 7800
  • 5.2 Atari Jaguar / Jaguar CD
  • 5.3 Atari Lynx
• 6 Microsoft
  • 6.1 Xbox
• 7 Other consoles
  • 7.1 3DO
  • 7.2 NEC PC Engine CD (TurboGrafx-CD)
• 8 Personal computers
  • 8.1 Microsoft/ASCII MSX
  • 8.2 NEC PC-6000
  • 8.3 NEC PC-8800
  • 8.4 NEC PC-9800
  • 8.5 Fujitsu FM-7
  • 8.6 Fujitsu FM Towns
  • 8.7 Sharp X1
  • 8.8 Sharp X68000

Multi-system

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

Nintendo

NES / Famicom

File type(s)	Emulator(s)	Backup	Note
Family Computer Disk System BIOS file	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).
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

File type(s)	Emulator(s)	Backup	Note
LLE RSP plugin	Project64	N/A
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

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.
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.

Pokémon mini

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

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 files and firmware	Various	✓	Optional for DeSmuME and No$GBA. Required for melonDS, GBE+, medusa and other emulators.
iQue BIOS files and firmware	✓
DSi BIOS files	No$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 (EUR)	✓

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	Ryujinx, yuzu	✓	Required for some games and encrypted ROMs.

Sony

PlayStation

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

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.

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
VMU BIOS files	Various	✓	Optional for ElysianVMU. Required for MAME.

Atari

Atari 7800

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

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).

Atari Lynx

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

Microsoft

Xbox

File type(s)	Emulator(s)	Backup	Note
BIOS files	xemu XQEMU	✓	Required for Xbox emulation.
Blank HDD image	✓	Required for Xbox emulation. Pre-built 8G blank 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.

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

NEC PC-6000

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

NEC PC-8800

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

NEC PC-9800

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.

Fujitsu FM Towns

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

Sharp X1

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

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.