{
  "commit": "fbe5ba4e3e790ab07eddc5b57e0f45a02cbcd60e",
  "count": 1,
  "generated_at": "2026-10-24T00:06:47Z",
  "items": [
    {
      "id": "zc255",
      "profile": {
        "core_classification": "game_engine",
        "core_version": "2.55.16",
        "cores": [
          "zc255"
        ],
        "display_name": "Zelda Classic 2.55 (ZC255)",
        "emulator": "Zelda Classic 2.55 Prototype",
        "files": [],
        "notes": "Libretro core that hosts the ZQuest Classic 2.55 player engine, offered by\nRetroBat for its zeldaclassic system next to the ZQuest Classic standalone\n(es_systems.cfg, emulatorLauncher LibRetro.CoreOptions.cs:303 names it\n\"Zelda Classic 2.55 Prototype\"). It loads .qst quest files only\n(emulatorLauncher Common/Generator.cs:350, 390-392). No source is\npublished: the profile reads zc255_libretro.dll as RetroBat serves it\n(coreversions.xml version 2.55.16.0, DLL 45709824 bytes, sha1\nd8b049ca8d196069609fd1cf67abd6346304f7a0). The binary identifies itself\nas \"2.55.16-core-prototype\" and \"0.14 embedded gameplay core\".\n\nEvery engine file the standalone reads from disk is compiled into the DLL\nas an RCDATA resource: allegro5.cfg, base_config/zc.cfg and zscript.cfg,\nmodules/classic.zmod, the packed classic_fonts.dat and the encoded engine\ndatafile it names, the default quest, zelda.nsf, the seven title, dungeon,\noverworld, level 9, triforce, game over and ending MIDIs, the default.sf2\nSoundFont (32319396 bytes) and an SDL gamecontrollerdb.txt. At start the\ncore writes them into a zc255-assets cache and verifies the copy, failing\nwith \"Cannot locate embedded core resources\" or \"Embedded asset cache\nverification failed\" otherwise. RetroBat's ConfigureZc255\n(emulatorLauncher LibRetro.CoreOptions.cs:6372-6377) states the same:\n\"Engine data, soundfont and sound effects are embedded in the DLL: nothing\nis needed in the bios folder\".\n\nNothing is read from the system directory. Quests and their saves are the\nonly files on disk.\n",
        "profiled_date": "2026-10-20",
        "source": "https://www.retrobat.ovh/repo/win64/stable/emulators/cores/zc255_libretro.dll.zip",
        "systems": [
          "zeldaclassic"
        ],
        "type": "libretro",
        "upstream": "closed-source"
      }
    }
  ],
  "kind": "emulators",
  "schema_version": 1
}