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        "core_classification": "frozen_snapshot",
        "core_version": "v0.2.97.30",
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        "display_name": "Arcade (FB Alpha 2012 CPS-3)",
        "emulator": "FB Alpha 2012 CPS-3",
        "exclusion_note": "CPS-3 BIOS ROMs (SH-2 flash, 18 variants) are part of each game's ROM set ZIP archive, not standalone system files. Users obtain them as part of the arcade ROM set, not separately.",
        "files": [
          {
            "description": "High score persistence database",
            "load_from": "save_dir",
            "name": "hiscore.dat",
            "note": "Loaded from save directory (g_save_dir)",
            "path": "hiscore.dat",
            "required": false,
            "source_ref": "svn-current/trunk/src/burn/hiscore.cpp:116-118"
          }
        ],
        "library_name": "FB Alpha 2012 CPS-3",
        "notes": "Frozen snapshot of Final Burn Alpha v0.2.97.29 (circa 2012), CPS-3 only.\nExists for RAM-constrained platforms. Most users should use FBNeo.\n\nCPS-3 uses a Hitachi SH-2 CPU with per-game, per-region BIOS ROMs.\nEach BIOS is a 512 KB (0x080000) 29F400 flash chip dump, region-locked.\nBIOS ROMs are marked BRF_ESS | BRF_BIOS in the ROM definitions.\n\nBIOS is loaded into RomBios (cps3run.cpp:1048-1064), byte-swapped to\nlittle-endian, then decrypted via cps3_decrypt_bios() (cps3run.cpp:255).\nThe SH-2 boots from BIOS, which initializes hardware and loads the game\nprogram from simulated flash/CD-ROM.\n\nBIOS files are INSIDE the game ROM set ZIP (arcade standard), not separate\nsystem directory files. Each game variant has its own region BIOS.\n\nUnique BIOS ROMs across all ROM sets (CRC32 from source):\n  sfiii_usa.29f400.u2           0xfb172a8e  SF3: New Generation (USA)\n  sfiii_japan.29f400.u2         0x74205250  SF3: New Generation (Japan)\n  sfiii_hispanic.29f400.u2      0xd2b3cd48  SF3: New Generation (Hispanic)\n  sfiii_asia_nocd.29f400.u2     0x73e32463  SF3: New Generation (Asia NoCD)\n  sfiii2_usa.29f400.u2          0x75dd72e0  SF3: 2nd Impact (USA)\n  sfiii2_japan.29f400.u2        0xfaea0a3e  SF3: 2nd Impact (Japan)\n  sfiii2_asia_nocd.29f400.u2    0xfd297c0d  SF3: 2nd Impact (Asia NoCD)\n  sfiii3_euro.29f400.u2         0x30bbf293  SF3: 3rd Strike (Euro)\n  sfiii3_usa.29f400.u2          0xecc545c1  SF3: 3rd Strike (USA)\n  sfiii3_japan_nocd.29f400.u2   0x1edc6366  SF3: 3rd Strike (Japan NoCD)\n  jojo_usa.29f400.u2            0x8d40f7be  JoJo's Venture (USA)\n  jojo_japan.29f400.u2          0x02778f60  JoJo's Venture (Japan)\n  jojo_asia_nocd.29f400.u2      0x05b4f953  JoJo's Venture (Asia NoCD)\n  jojoba_japan.29f400.u2        0x3085478c  JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (Japan)\n  jojoba_japan_nocd.29f400.u2   0x4dab19f5  JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (Japan NoCD)\n  jojoba_euro_nocd.29f400.u2    0x1ee2d679  JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (Euro NoCD)\n  redearth_euro.29f400.u2       0x02e0f336  Red Earth (Euro)\n  warzard_japan.29f400.u2       0xf8e2f0c6  Warzard (Japan)\n\n18 unique BIOS ROMs, all 512 KB, all region-specific.\nThese are arcade ROM set components, not user-supplied BIOS files.\n",
        "profiled_date": "2026-03-23",
        "source": "https://github.com/libretro/fbalpha2012_cps3",
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        "systems": [
          "capcom-cps3"
        ],
        "type": "libretro",
        "upstream": "https://www.fbalpha.com",
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