Daphne - RetroBIOS¶
Technical notes
LaserDisc arcade game emulator. Port of Daphne 1.0 (Matt Ownby) to libretro. Each game loads its own arcade ROM set from a ZIP file named after the game (e.g. lair.zip). ROMs are loaded from a content-relative directory structure (homedir/roms/) with CRC32 verification (daphne/daphne-1.0-src/game/game.cpp:767-781). The core never accesses the RetroArch system directory. Additional per-game data (framefiles, sound samples, overlay BMPs) is also loaded relative to the content directory.
No BIOS or firmware files required.
Why no files
.info declares no firmware (firmware_count absent). Code confirmed: the core never calls RETRO_ENVIRONMENT_GET_SYSTEM_DIRECTORY. All files (ROM ZIPs, framefiles, sound, pics) load from the content directory via g_homedir (daphne/libretro/libretro.cpp:1153, set to rom_path/..). No shared system BIOS or firmware.
Generated on 2026-09-14T09:03:09Z