BIOSes

Some libretro cores require a BIOS to work.

BIOSes must be placed in the system folder although there are certain exceptions described in the table below.

BIOS requirements table

This table shows the required BIOS for each system. You'll find up-to-date information here and here.

Warning: Linux is a case sensitive system. Please name BIOS files exactly according to this table.

System	BIOS	MD5	Comment
3DO - 3DO	panafz10.bin	51f2f43ae2f3508a14d9f56597e2d3ce
Atari - 7800	7800 BIOS (U).rom	0763f1ffb006ddbe32e52d497ee848ae
Atari - Lynx	lynxboot.img	FCD403DB69F54290B51035D82F835E7B
Final Burn Alpha			BIOS goes next to the ROMs
DOOM	prboom.wad		BIOS goes next to the ROMs
Magnavox - Odyssey2	o2rom.bin	562d5ebf9e030a40d6fabfc2f33139fd
MAME 2003			BIOS goes next to the ROMs
Mattel - Intellivision	exec.bin	62e761035cb657903761800f4437b8af
Mattel - Intellivision	grom.bin	0cd5946c6473e42e8e4c2137785e427f
NEC - PC Engine - TurboGrafx 16	syscard3.pce	0754f903b52e3b3342202bdafb13efa5
NEC - PC-FX	pcfx.rom	08e36edbea28a017f79f8d4f7ff9b6d7
Nintendo - Famicom Disk System	disksys.rom	ca30b50f880eb660a320674ed365ef7a
Nintendo - Game Boy Advance	gba_bios.bin	a860e8c0b6d573d191e4ec7db1b1e4f6
Phillips - Videopac+	o2rom.bin?		Same as Magnavox Oddessy2?
Sega - Dreamcast (reicast)	dc_boot.bin	e10c53c2f8b90bab96ead2d368858623	Goes under system/dc/
Sega - Dreamcast (reicast)	dc_flash.bin	0a93f7940c455905bea6e392dfde92a4	Goes under system/dc/
Sega - Dreamcast (redream)	boot.bin	e10c53c2f8b90bab96ead2d368858623	Goes under system/dc/
Sega - Dreamcast (redream)	flash.bin	0a93f7940c455905bea6e392dfde92a4	Goes under system/dc/
Sega - Mega Drive - Genesis	bios_CD_J.bin	278a9397d192149e84e820ac621a8edd	Japan
Sega - Mega Drive - Genesis	bios_CD_U.bin	2efd74e3232ff260e371b99f84024f7f	USA
Sega - Mega Drive - Genesis	bios_CD_E.bin	e66fa1dc5820d254611fdcdba0662372	Europe
Sega - Saturn (Yabause)	saturn_bios.bin	f273555d7d91e8a5a6bfd9bcf066331c
Sega - Saturn (beetle-saturn)	sega_101.bin	85ec9ca47d8f6807718151cbcca8b964	Japan
Sega - Saturn (beetle-saturn)	mpr-17933.bin	3240872c70984b6cbfda1586cab68dbe	USA/Europe
Sega - Saturn (beetle-saturn)	mpr-18811-mx.ic1	255113ba943c92a54facd25a10fd780c	ROM for King of Fighters '95
Sega - Saturn (beetle-saturn)	mpr-19367-mx.ic1	1cd19988d1d72a3e7caa0b73234c96b4	ROM for Ultraman: Hikari no Kyojin Densetsu
Sharp - X68000	cgrom.dat	cb0a5cfcf7247a7eab74bb2716260269	Goes under system/keropi/
Sharp - X68000	iplrom.dat	7fd4caabac1d9169e289f0f7bbf71d8e	Goes under system/keropi/
Sony - PlayStation	scph5500.bin	8dd7d5296a650fac7319bce665a6a53c	Japan
Sony - PlayStation	scph5501.bin	490f666e1afb15b7362b406ed1cea246	USA (Can be renamed from scph7003.bin)
Sony - PlayStation	scph5502.bin	32736f17079d0b2b7024407c39bd3050	Europe