FB Alpha 2012 CPS-2

FB Alpha 2012 CPS-2 emulates Capcom CPS-2. It reads 1 file, none of them required: it starts games without them.

Its BIOS and game sets must come from the FB Alpha v0.2.97.28 romset. Which version each core reads.

About this profile

Detail	Value
Type	libretro
Classification	Frozen snapshot
Source	https://github.com/libretro/fbalpha2012_cps2
Upstream	https://www.fbalpha.com
Version	v0.2.97.28, stated in src/burner/libretro/libretro.cpp
Revision	libretro/fbalpha2012_cps2@e3f3ae46f120
Profiled	2026-03-23
Profile	YAML, JSON
Cores	fbalpha2012_cps2
Systems	Capcom CPS-2
Romset	FB Alpha v0.2.97.28

Install this emulator's files

The installer finds your setup and its BIOS folder, then downloads only the files this emulator reads there and checks each one.

Windows

Open the Start menu. Type PowerShell and open it. Paste the line. Press Enter.

PowerShell

&([scriptblock]::Create((irm https://abdess.github.io/retrobios/i.ps1))) --emulator fbalpha2012_cps2

macOS

Open Terminal, in Applications, then Utilities. Paste the line. Press Return.

Terminal

curl -fsSL https://abdess.github.io/retrobios/i | sh -s -- --emulator fbalpha2012_cps2

Linux

Open a terminal. Paste the line. Press Enter.

Terminal

curl -fsSL https://abdess.github.io/retrobios/i | sh -s -- --emulator fbalpha2012_cps2

Steam Deck

Switch to Desktop Mode. Open Konsole. Paste with Ctrl+Shift+V. Press Enter.

Terminal

curl -fsSL https://abdess.github.io/retrobios/i | sh -s -- --emulator fbalpha2012_cps2

Android (Termux)

Install Termux, a terminal app. Run pkg install python and termux-setup-storage once. Then paste the line. Press Enter.

Terminal

curl -fsSL https://abdess.github.io/retrobios/i | sh -s -- --emulator fbalpha2012_cps2

On the device

Open a terminal on the device. Or connect from a computer with SSH, a terminal over the network. Paste the line. Press Enter.

Terminal

curl -fsSL https://abdess.github.io/retrobios/i | sh -s -- --emulator fbalpha2012_cps2

Technical notes

Frozen snapshot of Final Burn Alpha v0.2.97.28 (circa 2012), CPS-2 only. Exists for RAM-constrained platforms (3DS, embedded).

CPS-2 has no system BIOS. Each game's ROM set is self-contained: 68000 program ROMs + Z80 sound program + GFX ROMs + QSound samples. Zero BRF_BIOS entries in entire codebase. No BRF_OPT entries either (PLD references stripped from this CPS-2-only build).

QSound emulated in software (qs_c.c). No external QSound DSP ROM needed. All audio data loaded from game ROM ZIP.

ROMs loaded from content directory (g_rom_dir, libretro.cpp:969). g_system_dir used only for hiscore.dat (hiscore.c:228-232).

Hiscore support gated by fba2012cps2_hiscores core option (libretro.cpp:561-563) and per-game BDF_HISCORE_SUPPORTED flag.

Files

1 file: 0 required, 1 optional.

In this collection: 1 in repo and 0 missing.

Optional

hiscore.dat optional in repo

High score persistence database

• Path: fbalpha2012/hiscore.dat
• Loaded from <system_dir>/fbalpha2012/hiscore.dat

• Collection copy: bios/Arcade/Arcade/hiscore.dat

Source

• Source: src/burn/hiscore.c:228-232

Next steps

• Get your files, for the setup you play on
• Every system, and the files each one needs
• When a game does not start

Data as of 4 November 2026.