Console Cores
Here is a list of the console cores that are in the MiSTer Github Repository. boot.rom is synonymous with boot0.rom.
| Core Name | Systems | /games/ Folder | BIOS | SDRAM |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S32X | Sega 32X | ./S32X | ✔️ | |
| AY-3-8500 | "Pong-on-a-chip" | ./AY-3-8500 | ||
| AVision | Entex Adventure Vision | ./AVision | ||
| Arcadia | Emerson Arcadia 2001 | ./Arcadia | ||
| Astrocade | Bally Astrocade | ./Astrocade | boot0.rom | |
| Atari5200 | Atari 5200 SuperSystem | ./Atari5200 | ||
| Atari7800 | Atari 7800 ProSystem Atari 2600 | ./Atari7800 | boot0.rom (optional) | ✔️ |
| AtariLynx | Atari Lynx | ./AtariLynx | boot0.rom = bootrom (lynxboot.img) | ✔️ |
| BBCBridgeCompanion | BBC Bridge Companion | ./BBCBridgeCompanion | ||
| Casio_PV-1000 | Casio PV-1000 | ./Casio_PV-1000 | ||
| ChannelF | Fairchild Channel F | ./ChannelF | ||
| ColecoVision | ColecoVision Sega SG-1000 | ./Coleco ./SG1000 | ✔️ | |
| CreatiVision | VTech CreatiVision / Dick Smith Wizzard | ./CreatiVision | boot0.rom (bios) boot1.rom (autoload a game) | |
| Gamate | Bit Corp Gamate | ./Gamate | boot0.rom | ✔️ |
| GBA | Nintendo Game Boy Advance | ./GBA | boot0.rom (recommended) | Optional |
| GBA2P | 2x Game Boy Advance (2-Player) | ./GBA2P | boot0.rom (recommended) | ✔️ |
| GameBoy | Nintendo Game Boy | ./Gameboy | boot1.rom = Gameboy Color BIOS boot2.rom = autoload a game | ✔️ |
| Gameboy2P | 2x Game Boy (2-Player) | ./Gameboy2P | boot1.rom = Gameboy Color BIOS boot2.rom = autoload a game | ✔️ |
| GameNWatch | Nintendo Game & Watch Handheld Devices | ./GameNWatch | ✔️ | |
| Intv | Mattel Intellivision | ./Intellivision | boot0.rom = exec.bin boot1.rom = grom.bin boot2.rom = sp0256-012.bin boot3.rom = ecs.bin | |
| MyVision | Nichibutsu My Vision | ./MyVision | ||
| MegaCD | Sega CD Sega Mega-CD | ./MegaCD | boot0.rom cd_bios.rom = separate folder BIOS | ✔️ |
| MegaDrive¹ | Sega Mega Drive Sega Genesis | ./MegaDrive | ✔️ | |
| N64 | Nintendo 64 | ./N64 | boot.rom | ✔️ |
| NES | Nintendo Entertainment System Famicom Disk System NSF Music Player | ./NES | boot0.rom = FDS BIOS boot1.rom = NES Cart (optional) boot2.rom = blank FDS image (optional) boot3.rom = .PAL Palette File (optional) | ✔️ |
| NeoGeo | SNK Neo Geo AES & MVS | ./NeoGeo | 000-lo.lo sfix.sfix sp-s2.sp1 (MVS) neo-epo.sp1 (AES) uni-bios.rom | ✔️ |
| Odyssey2 | Magnavox Odyssey 2 Philips Odyssey 2 Philips Videopac G7000 | ./Odyssey2 | ||
| Pokemon Mini | Pokémon Mini | ./PokemonMini | boot.rom | ✔️ |
| PSX | Sony Playstation | ./PSX | boot0.rom = Japanese BIOS boot1.rom = English BIOS boot2.rom = Europe BIOS | ✔️ |
| Saturn | Sega Saturn | ./Saturn | boot.rom | ✔️ |
| SGB | Nintendo Super Game Boy and Super Game Boy 2 | ./SGB | *.sfc (SGB bios, selectable in core) | ✔️ |
| SMS | Sega Master System Sega Game Gear Sega SG-1000 | ./SMS ./SG1000 | ✔️ | |
| SNES | Super Nintendo Entertainment System Nintendo Satellaview SPC Music Player | ./SNES | bsx_bios.rom = Satellaview ROM | ✔️ |
| Super_Vision_8000 | Bandai Super Vision 8000 | ./Supervision8000 | ||
| SuperVision | Watara SuperVision | ./SuperVision | ✔️ | |
| TurboGrafx16 | NEC TurboGrafx-16 / PC Engine CD-ROM² / Super CD-ROM² Duo / TurboDuo SuperGrafx Arcade Card | ./TGFX16 ./TGFX16-CD | cd_bios.rom = BIOS Place in tgfx16-cd | Optional |
| VC4000 | Interton VC4000 Acetronic MPU-1000 Occitane OC2000 | ./VC4000 | ||
| Vectrex | Vectrex | ./Vectrex | ||
| WonderSwan | Bandai WonderSwan WonderSwan Color SwanCrystal | ./WonderSwan | boot0.rom = WonderSwan boot1.rom = WonderSwan Color | ✔️ |
¹ The older Genesis core is publicly archived and no longer actively maintained since the release of the MegaDrive core.