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Arcade

System Manufacturer Emulator Rom Folder Extensions Bios, stored in

roms/bios; see also

game settings, missing bios
Arcade Various RA: (mame2003_plus), mame2000, mame2010, mame2015, mame, fbneo, fbalpha2012

arcade

 .zip .ZIP .7z .7Z mame2003 plus, mame2010, fbneo
Atomiswave Sammy RA: (flycast)

atomiswave

 .lst .LST .bin .BIN .dat .DAT .zip .ZIP .7z .7Z flycast
Capcom PlaySystem 1 Capcom RA: (mame2003_plus), mame2000, mame2010, mame2015, mame, fbneo, fbalpha2012

cps1

 .zip .ZIP .7z .7Z mame2003 plus, mame2010, fbneo
Capcom PlaySystem 2 Capcom RA: (mame2003_plus), mame2000, mame2010, mame2015, mame, fbneo, fbalpha2012

cps2

 .zip .ZIP .7z .7Z mame2003 plus, mame2010, fbneo
Capcom PlaySystem 3 Capcom RA: (mame2003_plus), mame2000, mame2010, mame2015, mame, fbneo, fbalpha2012

cps3

 .zip .ZIP .7z .7Z mame2003 plus, mame2010, fbneo
Daphne Various RA: daphne

daphne

 .daphne .DAPHNE
RGC guide 		daphne
SA: (Hypseus-singe)
Final Burn Neo Arcade RA: (fbneo), mame2003_plus, mame2010, mame2015, mame, fbalpha2012, fbalpha2019

fbneo

 .7z .zip .7Z .ZIP fbneo, mame2003 plus, mame2010
MAME Various RA: (mame2003_plus), mame2000, mame2010, mame2015, mame, fbneo, fbalpha2012

mame

 .7z .7Z .zip .ZIP mame2003 plus, mame2010, fbneo
Naomi Sega RA: (flycast)

naomi

 .lst .LST .bin .BIN .dat .DAT .zip .ZIP .7z .7Z flycast
Neo Geo SNK RA: (fbneo), mame2003_plus, fbalpha2012, fbalpha2019, mame2010, mame2015, mame

neogeo

 .7z .7Z .zip .ZIP fbneo, mame2003 plus, mame2010

Consoles and Portables

Manufacturer System Core Rom Folder Extensions Bios, stored in

roms/bios; see also

game settings, missing bios

Atari Atari 2600 RA: stella, (stella2014)

atari2600

 .a26 .A26 .bin .BIN .zip .ZIP .7z .7Z
Atari 5200 RA: (a5200), atari800

atari5200

 .rom .ROM .xfd .XFD .atr .ATR .atx .ATX .cdm .CDM .cas .CAS .car .CAR .bin .BIN .a52 .A52 .xex .XEX .zip .ZIP .7z .7Z atari800
Atari 7800 RA: (prosystem)

atari7800

 .a78 .A78 .bin .BIN .zip .ZIP .7z .7Z prosystem
Jaguar RA: (virtual jaguar)

atarijaguar

 .j64 .J64 .jag .JAG .rom .ROM .abs .ABS .cof .COF .bin .BIN .prg .PRG
Lynx RA: (handy), beetle_lynx

atarilynx

 .lnx .LNX .o .O .zip .ZIP .7z .7Z handy, beetle_lynx
Bandai SuFami Turbo RA: (snes9x)

sufami

 .st .ST .zip .ZIP .7z .7Z snes9x
Wonderswan RA: (beetle_wswan)

wonderswan

 .ws .WS .zip .ZIP .7z .7Z
Wonderswan Color RA: (beetle_wswan)

wonderswancolor

 .wsc .WSC .zip .ZIP .7z .7Z
belogic Uzebox RA: uzem

uzebox

 .uze .UZE
Coleco ColecoVision RA: (bluemsx), gearcoleco, smsplus

coleco

 .bin .BIN .col .COL .rom .ROM .zip .ZIP .7z .7Z bluemsx, gearcoleco, smsplus
Fairchild Channel F RA: (freechaf)

channelf

 .bin .BIN .chf .CHF .zip .ZIP .7z .7Z
Magnavox Odyssey 2 RA: (o2em)

odyssey

 .bin .BIN .zip .ZIP .7z .7Z o2em
Mattel Intellivision RA: (freeintv)

intellivision

 .int .INT .bin .BIN .rom .ROM .zip .ZIP .7z .7Z freeintv
Milton Bradley Vectrex RA: (vecx)

vectrex

 .bin .BIN .gam .GAM .vec .VEC .zip .ZIP .7z .7Z
NEC PC Engine RA: (beetle_pce_fast), beetle_supergrafx

pcengine

 .pce .PCE .bin .BIN .zip .ZIP .7z .7Z beetle_pce_fast, beetle_supergrafx
PC Engine CD RA: (beetle_pce_fast), beetle_supergrafx

pcenginecd

 .cue .CUE .ccd .CCD .chd .CHD .toc .TOC .m3u .M3U beetle_pce_fast, beetle_supergrafx
PC-FX RA: (beetle_pcfx)

pcfx

 .chd .CHD .cue .CUE .ccd .CCD .toc .TOC beetle_pcfx
Super Grafx RA: (beetle_supergrafx)

sgfx

 .pce .PCE .sgx .SGX .cue .CUE .ccd .CCD .chd .CHD .zip .ZIP .7z .7Z beetle_supergrafx
TurboGrafx-16 RA: (beetle_pce_fast), beetle_supergrafx

tg16

 .pce .PCE .bin .BIN .zip .ZIP .7z .7Z beetle_pce_fast, beetle_supergrafx
TurboGrafx-CD RA: (beetle_pce_fast), beetle_supergrafx

tg16cd

 .cue .CUE .ccd .CCD .chd .CHD .toc .TOC .m3u .M3U beetle_pce_fast, beetle_supergrafx
Nintendo DS RA: (melonDS)

nds

 .nds .zip .NDS .ZIP .7z melonDS
SA: Drastic (requires separate install) Drastic faq
Famicom RA: fceumm, (nestopia), quicknes

famicom

 .nes .NES .unif .UNIF .unf .UNF .zip .ZIP .7z .7Z nestopia, fceumm
Famicom Disk System RA: fceumm, (nestopia), quicknes

fds

 .fds .FDS .zip .ZIP .7z .7Z nestopia, fceumm
Game and Watch RA: (gw)

gameandwatch

 .mgw .MGW .zip .ZIP .7z .7Z
Game Boy RA: (gambatte), sameboy, gearboy, tgbdual, mgba, vbam

gb

 .gb .GB .gbc .GBC .zip .ZIP .7z .7Z gambatte, gearboy, sameboy, mgba, vbam
Game Boy (Hacks) RA: (gambatte), sameboy, gearboy, tgbdual, mgba, vbam

gbh

 .gb .GB .zip .ZIP .7z .7Z gambatte, gearboy, sameboy, mgba, vbam
Game Boy Advance RA: (mgba), gpsp, vbam, vba_next, beetle_gba

gba

 .gba .GBA .zip .ZIP .7z .7Z mgbabeetle_gba, gpsp, vbam, vba-next
Game Boy Advance (Hacks) RA: (mgba), gpsp, vbam, vba_next, beetle_gba

gbah

 .gba .GBA .zip .ZIP .7z .7Z mgbabeetle_gba, gpsp, vbam, vba-next
Game Boy Color RA: (gambatte), gearboy, tgbdual, mgba, vbam

gbc

 .gb .GB .gbc .GBC .zip .ZIP .7z .7Z gambatte, gearboy, sameboy, mgba, vbam
Game Boy Color (Hacks) RA: (gambatte), sameboy, gearboy, tgbdual, mgba, vbam

gbch

 .gb .GB .gbc .GBC .zip .ZIP .7z .7Z gambatte, gearboy, sameboy, mgba, vbam
Game Cube * SA: (dolphin sa)

gamecube

 .gcm .GCM .iso .ISO .gcz .GCZ .ciso .CISO .wbfs .WBFS .rvz .RVZ Dolphin faq
RA: dolphin dolphin
MSU-1 RA: (snes9x), beetle_supafaust

snesmsu1

 .smc .SMC .fig .FIG .sfc .SFC .swc .SWC .zip .ZIP .7z .7Z snes9x
Nintendo 64 RA: (parallel_n64), parallel_n64_gln64, mupen64plus, mupen64plus_next

n64

 .z64 .Z64 .n64 .N64 .v64 .V64 .zip .ZIP .7z .7Z
SA: m64p_gl64mk2, m64p_rice
Nintendo Entertainment System RA: fceumm, (nestopia), quicknes

nes

 .nes .NES .unif .UNIF .unf .UNF .zip .ZIP .7z .7Z nestopia, fceumm
Nintendo Entertainment System (Hacks) RA: fceumm, (nestopia), quicknes

nesh

 .nes .NES .unif .UNIF .unf .UNF .zip .ZIP .7z .7Z nestopia, fceumm
Pokemon Mini RA: (pokemini)

pokemini

 .min .MIN .zip .ZIP .7z .7Z pokemini
Super Nintendo RA: (snes9x), snes9x2010, snes9x2002, snes9x2005_plus, beetle_supafaust

snes

 .smc .SMC .fig .FIG .sfc .SFC .swc .SWC .zip .ZIP .7z .7Z snes9x
Super Nintendo (Hacks) RA: (snes9x), snes9x2010, snes9x2002, snes9x2005_plus, beetle_supafaust

snesh

 .smc .SMC .fig .FIG .sfc .SFC .swc .SWC .zip .ZIP .7z .7Z snes9x
Super Famicom RA: (snes9x), snes9x2010, snes9x2002, snes9x2005_plus, beetle_supafaust

sfc

 .smc .SMC .fig .FIG .sfc .SFC .swc .SWC .zip .ZIP .7z .7Z snes9x
Satellaview RA: (snes9x), snes9x2010, snes9x2002, snes9x2005_plus

satellaview

 .smc .SMC .fig .FIG .bs .BS .sfc .SFC .bsx .BSX .swc .SWC .zip .ZIP .7z .7Z snes9x
Virtual Boy RA: (beetle_vb)

virtualboy

 .vb .VB .zip .ZIP .7z .7Z
Wii * SA: (dolphin sa)

Wii

 .gcm .GCM .iso .ISO .gcz .GCZ .ciso .CISO .wbfs .WBFS .rvz .RVZ Dolphin faq
RA: dolphin dolphin
Panasonic 3DO RA: (opera)

3do

 .iso .ISO .bin .BIN .chd .CHD .cue .CUE opera
Philips VideoPac RA: (o2em)

videopac

 .bin .BIN .zip .ZIP .7z .7Z o2em
Sega Dreamcast RA: (flycast)

dreamcast

 .cdi .CDI .gdi .GDI .chd .CHD .m3u .M3U flycast
Game Gear RA: (gearsystem), genesis_plus_gx, picodrive, smsplus

gamegear

 .bin .BIN .gg .GG .zip .ZIP .7z .7Z gearsystem, picodrive, genesis_plus_gx, smsplus
Game Gear (Hacks) RA: (gearsystem), genesis_plus_gx, picodrive, smsplus

gamegearh

 .bin .BIN .gg .GG .zip .ZIP .7z .7Z gearsystem, picodrive, genesis_plus_gx, smsplus
Sega Mega Drive RA: (genesis_plus_gx), genesis_plus_gx_wide, picodrive

megadrive-japan

 .bin .BIN .gen .GEN .md .MD .sg .SG .smd .SMD .zip .ZIP .7z .7Z genesis_plus_gx, picodrive
Sega 32X RA: picodrive

sega32x

 .32x .32X .smd .SMD .bin .BIN .md .MD .zip .ZIP .7z .7Z picodrive
Sega CD RA: (genesis_plus_gx), picodrive

segacd

 .chd .CHD .cue .CUE .iso .ISO .m3u .M3U genesis_plus_gx, picodrive
Sega Mega-CD RA: (genesis_plus_gx), picodrive

megacd

 .chd .CHD .cue .CUE .iso .ISO .m3u .M3U genesis_plus_gx, picodrive
Sega Genesis RA: (genesis_plus_gx), genesis_plus_gx_wide, picodrive

genesis

 .bin .BIN .gen .GEN .md .MD .sg .SG .smd .SMD .zip .ZIP .7z .7Z genesis_plus_gx, picodrive
Sega Genesis (Hacks) RA: (genesis_plus_gx), genesis_plus_gx_wide, picodrive

genh

 .bin .BIN .gen .GEN .md .MD .sg .SG .smd .SMD .zip .ZIP .7z .7Z genesis_plus_gx, picodrive
Sega Master System RA: (gearsystem), genesis_plus_gx, picodrive, smsplus

mastersystem

 .bin .BIN .sms .SMS .zip .ZIP .7z .7Z gearsystem, genesis_plus_gx, picodrive, smsplus
Sega Mega Drive RA: (genesis_plus_gx), genesis_plus_gx_wide, picodrive

megadrive

 .bin .BIN .gen .GEN .md .MD .sg .SG .smd .SMD .zip .ZIP .7z .7Z genesis_plus_gx, picodrive
Sega Saturn RA: Yabasanshiro

saturn

 .cue .CUE .chd .CHD .iso .ISO yabause
SA: (Yabasanshiro)
SG-1000 RA: (gearsystem), genesis_plus_gx, picodrive

sg-1000

 .bin .BIN .sg .SG .zip .ZIP .7z .7Z gearsystem, genesis_plus_gx, picodrive
SNK Neo Geo CD RA: (neocd), fbneo

neocd

 .cue .CUE .iso .ISO .chd .CHD neocd, fbneo
Neo Geo Pocket RA: (beetle_ngp), race

ngp

 .ngc .NGC .ngp .NGP .zip .ZIP .7z .7Z
Neo Geo Pocket Color RA: (beetle_ngp)

ngpc

 .ngc .NGC .zip .ZIP .7z .7Z
Sony PlayStation RA: (pcsx_rearmed), swanstation

psx

 .bin .BIN .cue .CUE .img .IMG .mdf .MDF .pbp .PBP .toc .TOC .cbn .CBN .m3u .M3U .ccd .CCD .chd .CHD .iso .ISO pcsx_rearmed
PlayStation Portable SA: (PPSSPPSDL)

psp

 .iso .ISO .cso .CSO .pbp .PBP
RA: ppsspp ppsspp
PSP Minis SA: (PPSSPPSDL)

pspminis

 .iso .ISO .cso .CSO .pbp .PBP
RA: ppsspp ppsspp
PlayStation 2 * SA: (pcsx2 sa)

ps2

 .iso .ISO .mdf .MDF .nrg .NRG .bin .BIN .img .IMG .dump .DUMP .gz .GZ .cso .CSO .chd .CHD Compatability List
RA: pcsx2 pcsx2
Watara Watara Supervision RA: (potator)

supervision

 .sv .SV .zip .ZIP .7z .7Z
Welback Holdings Mega Duck RA: (sameduck)

megaduck

 .bin .BIN .zip .ZIP .7z .7Z

Computers

Manufacturer System Core Rom Folder Extensions Bios, stored in

roms/bios; see also

game settings, missing bios
Amstrad Amstrad CPC RA: (crocods), cap32

amstradcpc

 .dsk .DSK .sna .SNA .tap .TAP .cdt .CDT .kcr .KCR .voc .VOC .m3u .M3U .zip .ZIP .7z .7Z
Atari Atari 800 RA: (atari800)

atari800

 .rom .ROM .xfd .XFD .atr .ATR .atx .ATX .cdm .CDM .cas .CAS .car .CAR .bin .BIN .a52 .A52 .xex .XEX .zip .ZIP .7z .7Z atari800
Atari ST RA: (hatari)

atarist

 .st .ST .msa .MSA .stx .STX .dim .DIM .ipf .IPF .m3u .M3U .zip .ZIP .7z .7Z hatari
SA: HATARISA
Commodore Amiga RA: (puae), uae4arm

amiga

 .zip .ZIP .adf .ADF .uae .UAE .ipf .IPF .dms .DMS .adz .ADZ .lha .LHA .m3u .M3U .hdf .HDF .hdz .HDZ puae, uae4arm
SA: AMIBERRY amiberry
Amiga CD32 RA: (puae), uae4arm

amigacd32

 .iso .ISO .cue .CUE .lha .LHA .chd .CHD puae, uae4arm
Commodore 128 RA: (vice_x128)

c128

 .d64 .D64 .d71 .D71 .d80 .D80 .d81 .D81 .d82 .D82 .g64 .G64 .g41 .G41 .x64 .X64 .t64 .T64 .tap .TAP .prg .PRG .p00 .P00 .crt .CRT .bin .BIN .d6z .D6Z .d7z .D7Z .d8z .D8Z .g6z .G6Z .g4z .G4Z .x6z .X6Z .cmd .CMD .m3u .M3U .vsf .VSF .nib .NIB .nbz .NBZ .zip .ZIP vice x128
SA: vice (vicesa)
Commodore 16 RA: (vice_xplus4)

c16

 .d64 .D64 .d71 .D71 .d80 .D80 .d81 .D81 .d82 .D82 .g64 .G64 .g41 .G41 .x64 .X64 .t64 .T64 .tap .TAP .prg .PRG .p00 .P00 .crt .CRT .bin .BIN .d6z .D6Z .d7z .D7Z .d8z .D8Z .g6z .G6Z .g4z .G4Z .x6z .X6Z .cmd .CMD .m3u .M3U .vsf .VSF .nib .NIB .nbz .NBZ .zip .ZIP
SA: vice (vicesa)
Commodore 64 RA: (vice_x64)

c64

 .d64 .D64 .d71 .D71 .d80 .D80 .d81 .D81 .d82 .D82 .g64 .G64 .g41 .G41 .x64 .X64 .t64 .T64 .tap .TAP .prg .PRG .p00 .P00 .crt .CRT .bin .BIN .d6z .D6Z .d7z .D7Z .d8z .D8Z .g6z .G6Z .g4z .G4Z .x6z .X6Z .cmd .CMD .m3u .M3U .vsf .VSF .nib .NIB .nbz .NBZ .zip .ZIP vice x64
SA: vice (vicesa)
Commodore VIC-20 RA: (vice_xvic)

vic20

 .20 .40 .60 .a0 .A0 .b0 .B0 .d64 .D64 .d71 .D71 .d80 .D80 .d81 .D81 .d82 .D82 .g64 .G64 .g41 .G41 .x64 .X64 .t64 .T64 .tap .TAP .prg .PRG .p00 .P00 .crt .CRT .bin .BIN .gz .GZ .d6z .D6Z .d7z .D7Z .d8z .D8Z .g6z .G6Z .g4z .G4Z .x6z .X6Z .cmd .CMD .m3u .M3U .vsf .VSF .nib .NIB .nbz .NBZ .zip .ZIP
SA: vice (vicesa)
Microsoft MS-DOS RA: (dosbox_pure), dosbox_svn

pc

 .com .COM .bat .BAT .exe .EXE .dosz .DOSZ
MSX RA: (bluemsx), fmsx

msx

 .dsk .DSK .mx1 .MX1 .mx2 .MX2 .rom .ROM .zip .ZIP .7z .7Z .M3U .m3u bluemsx, fmsx
MSX2 RA: (bluemsx), fmsx

msx2

 .dsk .DSK .mx1 .MX1 .mx2 .MX2 .rom .ROM .zip .ZIP .7z .7Z .M3U .m3u bluemsx, fmsx
NEC PC-8800 RA: (quasi88)

pc88

 .d88 .D88 .m3u .M3U quasi88
PC-9800 RA: (np2kai), nekop2

pc98

 .d98 .zip .98d .fdi .fdd .2hd .tfd .d88 .88d .hdm .xdf .dup .hdi .thd .nhd .hdd .hdn np2kai
Sega SC-3000 RA: (bluemsx)

sc-3000

 .bin .BIN .sg .SG .zip .ZIP .7z .7Z bluemsx
Sharp Sharp X1 RA: (x1)

x1

 .dx1 .DX1 .2d .2D .2hd .2HD .tfd .TFD .d88 .D88 .88d .88D .hdm .HDM .xdf .XDF .dup .DUP .tap .TAP .cmd .CMD .zip .ZIP .7z .7Z
x68000 RA: (px68k)

x68000

 .dim .DIM .img .IMG .d88 .D88 .88d .88D .hdm .HDM .dup .DUP .2hd .2HD .xdf .XDF .hdf .HDF .cmd .CMD .m3u .M3U .zip .ZIP .7z .7Z px68k
Sinclair Sinclair ZX Spectrum RA: (fuse)

zxspectrum

 .tzx .TZX .tap .TAP .z80 .Z80 .rzx .RZX .scl .SCL .trd .TRD .dsk .DSK .zip .ZIP .7z .7Z fuse
Sinclair ZX81 RA: (81)

zx81

 .tzx .TZX .p .P .zip .ZIP .7z .7Z

Game Engines and Ports

Game Engine Manufacturer Core Rom Folder Extensions Game Data
Build Engine 3D Realms SA: (raze)

build

 .build Supported games
Doom id Software SA: (gzdoom)

doom

 .doom IWAD
SA: lzdoom
RA: prboom prboom
EasyRPG Various RA: (easyrpg)

easyrpg

 .zip .ZIP .easyrpg .EASYRPG .ldb .LDB itch.io games
J2ME Sun Microsystems RA: (freej2me)

j2me

 .jar .JAR Game list
OpenBOR Various SA: (OPENBOR)

openbor

 .pak .PAK ChronoCrash
PICO-8 Lexaloffle

pico-8

 .sh .p8 .png .SH .P8 .PNG Carts
Quake id Software RA: (tyrquake)

quake

 .pak .pak
ScummVM Various RA: scummvm

scummvm

 .sh .SH .svm .SVM .scummvm Compatibility
SA: (SCUMMVMSA)
Solarus Solarus SA: (solarus)

solarus

 .solarus Games
TIC-80 Nesbox RA: (tic80)

tic-80

 .tic .TIC tic-80 carts
Wolfenstein 3D id Software SA: (ecwolf)

ecwolf

 .ecwolf Game data
Port Master Ports various

ports

 .sh various

Retrieving Emulator and Core Details for UnofficialOS

List of EmulationStation emulation cores and rom extensions

UnofficialOS emulators and libretro cores

Retrieving list of all cores using Linux terminal

ls -l /tmp/cores/*so

List of all core info files

ls -l /tmp/cores/*info

Retrieve details of selected core by viewing core info file (e.g. yabasanshiro)

cat /tmp/cores/yabasanshiro_libretro.info

Emulation Support Across Devices

Support for Game Cube, Wii, PS2, and 3DS is not available on all devices. Please see the emulation virtual package source code for current availability.

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