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  "generated_at": "2026-11-03T13:36:34Z",
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      "id": "dice",
      "profile": {
        "analysis": {
          "bios_required": false,
          "filesystem_access": false,
          "game_count": 21,
          "rom_games": 10,
          "rom_loading": {
            "method": "MAME-style ZIP, matched by CRC32 per RomDesc",
            "source_ref": "chips/rom.cpp:41-218",
            "zip_handling": "unzip library (unzip/), opened via libretro_zip_filename"
          },
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          "system_directory_used": false
        },
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        "display_name": "Arcade (DICE)",
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        "exclusion_note": "The system directory is asked for and stored in retro_base_directory, which is named in no other file of the tree and read nowhere: the answer is never used (libretro.cpp:28,60-63).\n",
        "files": [],
        "notes": "Discrete Integrated Circuit Emulator. Emulates early arcade hardware built\nfrom discrete logic components with no CPU. Libretro port by Ken Mitton,\nbased on upstream DICE by Adam B.\n\nGames load as MAME-style ZIP archives matched by CRC32 per ROM chip\n(chips/rom.cpp:41-218). ROM-less games (Pong, Breakout, etc.) use .dmy\ndummy launcher files. The system directory is retrieved but never used\nfor file loading (libretro.cpp:60-62).\n",
        "profiled_date": "2026-03-23",
        "source": "https://github.com/mittonk/dice-libretro",
        "source_commit": "4b4596b8dd2252b9d08bd6aaa02afda4be834db3",
        "systems": [
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        }
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