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FinalBurn Neo - RetroBIOS

Type libretro
Classification Official ports
Source https://github.com/libretro/FBNeo
Upstream https://github.com/finalburnneo/FBNeo
Version v1.0.0.2
Profiled 2026-03-23
Cores fbneo
Systems snk-neogeo-mvs, snk-neogeo-aes, snk-neogeo-cd, snk-neogeo-pocket, capcom-cps3, igs-pgm, fairchild-channelf, coleco-colecovision, sinclair-spectrum, msx, nes-fds, super-kaneko-nova, deco-cassette, namco-na1, namco-nb1, sega-system16b, konami-bubsys, nmk16, midway-mcr, snes, taito-cchip, ym2608
Technical notes

FinalBurn Neo is a multi-system arcade and console emulator. BIOS files are expected as MAME-format ZIP archives containing individual ROM chips. The libretro core searches for BIOS ZIPs in this order (src/burner/libretro/libretro.cpp:881-949): 1. {system_dir}/fbneo/patched/{romName} 2. {rom_dir}/{romName} 3. {system_dir}/fbneo/{romName} 4. {system_dir}/{romName} 5. directories listed in rom_path.opt

The per-type subdirectories the core used to try under {rom_dir} and {system_dir}/fbneo, arcade and consoles, are gone: a BIOS ZIP has to sit directly in one of the four directories above.

Each game driver specifies a parent BIOS set via BurnDriver. The BIOS ZIP must contain the individual ROM chip files listed below. CRC32 values from BurnRomInfo structs are used to match ROMs inside ZIPs.

Neo Geo games reference "neogeo" as parent. The neogeo.zip BIOS set contains multiple selectable BIOS variants (MVS, AES, Universe BIOS). Only one 68K BIOS ROM is active at a time (selected via dipswitch), but the Z80 BIOS, fix tiles, and zoom table are always required.

CPS-3 games are self-contained: each game ZIP includes its own SH-2 BIOS chip. There is no shared cps3.zip. BIOS selection is per-game per-region.

PGM games reference "pgm" as parent. The pgm.zip contains shared text tiles, samples, and 68K BIOS ROMs. Some PGM sub-boards use alternate BIOS sets (theglad, dmnfrnt, svgpcb, ddp3).

Console subsystems (Channel F, ColecoVision, Spectrum, MSX, NES/FDS, NGP) each have their own BIOS set referenced as parent for their game drivers.

DECO Cassette games reference "decocass" as parent. The decocass.zip contains multiple regional BIOS variants (Japan, USA, UK, Europe) with older/newer versions for each.

165 files | 87 required, 78 optional | 165 in repo, 0 missing Categories: 162 BIOS, 3 game data

sp-s3.sp1 required in repo in neogeo.zip

sp-s2.sp1 optional in repo in neogeo.zip

sp-s.sp1 optional in repo in neogeo.zip

sp-u2.sp1 optional in repo in neogeo.zip

sp1-u2 optional in repo in neogeo.zip

sp-e.sp1 optional in repo in neogeo.zip

sp1-u4.bin optional in repo in neogeo.zip

sp1-u3.bin optional in repo in neogeo.zip

vs-bios.rom optional in repo in neogeo.zip

sp-j2.sp1 optional in repo in neogeo.zip

sp1.jipan.1024 optional in repo in neogeo.zip

sp-45.sp1 optional in repo in neogeo.zip

sp-j3.sp1 optional in repo in neogeo.zip

japan-j3.bin optional in repo in neogeo.zip

sp1-j3.bin optional in repo in neogeo.zip

neo-po.bin optional in repo in neogeo.zip

neo-epo.bin optional in repo in neogeo.zip

neodebug.bin optional in repo in neogeo.zip

sp-1v1_3db8c.bin optional in repo in neogeo.zip

uni-bios_4_0.rom optional in repo in neogeo.zip

uni-bios_3_3.rom optional in repo in neogeo.zip

uni-bios_3_2.rom optional in repo in neogeo.zip

uni-bios_3_1.rom optional in repo in neogeo.zip

uni-bios_3_0.rom optional in repo in neogeo.zip

uni-bios_2_3.rom optional in repo in neogeo.zip

uni-bios_2_3o.rom optional in repo in neogeo.zip

uni-bios_2_2.rom optional in repo in neogeo.zip

uni-bios_2_1.rom optional in repo in neogeo.zip

uni-bios_2_0.rom optional in repo in neogeo.zip

uni-bios_1_3.rom optional in repo in neogeo.zip

uni-bios_1_2.rom optional in repo in neogeo.zip

uni-bios_1_2o.rom optional in repo in neogeo.zip

uni-bios_1_1.rom optional in repo in neogeo.zip

uni-bios_1_0.rom optional in repo in neogeo.zip

neopen.sp1 optional in repo in neogeo.zip

sm1.sm1 required in repo in neogeo.zip

sfix.sfix required in repo in neogeo.zip

000-lo.lo required in repo in neogeo.zip

236-bios.sp1 optional in repo in neogeo.zip

236-bios_japan_hack.sp1 optional in repo in neogeo.zip

sp-4x.sp1 optional in repo in neogeo.zip

spj.sp1 optional in repo in neogeo.zip

neocd.bin required in repo in neocdz.zip

neocd_sz.rom optional in repo in neocdz.zip

uni-bioscd33.rom optional in repo in neocdz.zip

uni-bioscd32.rom optional in repo in neocdz.zip

000-lo.lo required in repo in neocdz.zip

pgm_t01s.rom required in repo in pgm.zip

pgm_m01s.rom required in repo in pgm.zip

pgm_p01s.u20 optional in repo in pgm.zip

pgm_p02s.u20 required in repo in pgm.zip

ddp3_bios.u37 optional in repo in pgm.zip

bios.u42 optional in repo in pgm.zip

svg_bios.u49 optional in repo in pgm.zip

sfiii_euro.29f400.u2 required in repo in sfiii.zip

sfiii_usa_region_b1.29f400.u2 required in repo in sfiiiu.zip

sfiii_asia_region_bd.29f400.u2 required in repo in sfiiia.zip

sfiii_japan.29f400.u2 required in repo in sfiiij.zip

sfiii_hispanic.29f400.u2 required in repo in sfiiih.zip

sfiii_asia_nocd.29f400.u2 required in repo in sfiiin.zip

sfiii2_usa.29f400.u2 required in repo in sfiii2.zip

sfiii2_japan.29f400.u2 required in repo in sfiii2j.zip

sfiii2_hispanic.29f400.u2 required in repo in sfiii2h.zip

sfiii2_asia_nocd.29f400.u2 required in repo in sfiii2n.zip

sfiii3_euro.29f400.u2 required in repo in sfiii3.zip

sfiii3_usa.29f400.u2 required in repo in sfiii3u.zip

sfiii3_japan.29f400.u2 required in repo in sfiii3j.zip

sfiii3_japan_nocd.29f400.u2 required in repo in sfiii3n.zip

sfiii3_asia_nocd.29f400.u2 required in repo in sfiii3na.zip

jojo_euro.29f400.u2 required in repo in jojo.zip

jojo_usa.29f400.u2 required in repo in jojou.zip

jojo_asia.29f400.u2 required in repo in jojoa.zip

jojo_japan.29f400.u2 required in repo in jojoj.zip

jojo_asia_nocd.29f400.u2 required in repo in jojon.zip

jojoba_euro.29f400.u2 required in repo in jojobar1.zip

jojoba_japan.29f400.u2 required in repo in jojobajr1.zip

jojoba_euro_nocd.29f400.u2 required in repo in jojoba.zip

jojoba_japan_nocd.29f400.u2 required in repo in jojoban.zip

redearth_euro.29f400.u2 required in repo in redearth.zip

warzard_japan.29f400.u2 required in repo in warzard.zip

redearth_asia_nocd.29f400.u2 required in repo in redearthn.zip

sknsj1.u10 required in repo in skns.zip

sknse2.u10 optional in repo in skns.zip

sknsa1.u10 optional in repo in skns.zip

sknsu1.u10 optional in repo in skns.zip

sknsk1.u10 optional in repo in skns.zip

sl31254.rom required in repo in channelf.zip

sl31253.rom required in repo in channelf.zip

sl90025.rom optional in repo in channelf.zip

coleco.rom required in repo in coleco.zip

colecoa.rom optional in repo in coleco.zip

svi603.rom optional in repo in coleco.zip

czz50.rom optional in repo in coleco.zip

spectrum.rom required in repo in spectrum.zip

zx128_0.rom required in repo in spec128.zip

zx128_1.rom required in repo in spec128.zip

zx128_2a_0.rom optional in repo in spec1282a.zip

zx128_2a_1.rom optional in repo in spec1282a.zip

zx128_2a_2.rom optional in repo in spec1282a.zip

zx128_2a_3.rom optional in repo in spec1282a.zip

msx.rom required in repo in msx.zip

msxj.rom optional in repo in msx.zip

kanji.rom optional in repo in msx.zip

fdsbios.nes required in repo in fdsbios.zip

SNK Neo-Geo Pocket BIOS (1998)(SNK)(en-ja).bin required in repo in ngp.zip

SNK Neo-Geo Pocket Color BIOS (1999)(SNK)(en-ja).bin required in repo in ngp.zip

v0a-.7e required in repo in decocass.zip

v1-.5a required in repo in decocass.zip

v2.3m optional in repo in decocass.zip

v4.10d optional in repo in decocass.zip

v3.3j optional in repo in decocass.zip

dsp-3_p0-a.m9 optional in repo in decocass.zip

dsp-3_p1-.l9 optional in repo in decocass.zip

rms-3_p2-.c9 optional in repo in decocass.zip

dsp-3_p3-.e5 optional in repo in decocass.zip

rms-3_p4-.f6 optional in repo in decocass.zip

dsp-3_p5-.m4 optional in repo in decocass.zip

v0b-.7e optional in repo in decocass.zip

dsp-3_p0-b.m9 optional in repo in decocass.zip

v0c-.7e optional in repo in decocass.zip

dsp-3_p0-c.m9 optional in repo in decocass.zip

v0d-.7e optional in repo in decocass.zip

dsp-3_p0-d.m9 optional in repo in decocass.zip

cassmcu.1c required in repo in decocass.zip

c69.bin required in repo in namcoc69.zip

c70.bin required in repo in namcoc70.zip

c75.bin required in repo in namcoc75.zip

boot.bin required in repo in bubsys.zip

400b03.8g required in repo in bubsys.zip

400a1.2b required in repo in bubsys.zip

400a2.1b required in repo in bubsys.zip

ism2006v00.u1 required in repo in isgsm.zip

nmk004.bin required in repo in nmk004.zip

cchip_upd78c11.bin required in repo in cchip.zip

82s123.12d required in repo in midssio.zip

ym2608_adpcm_rom.bin required in repo in ym2608.zip

st010.bin required in repo in st010.zip

st011.bin required in repo in st011.zip

dsp1.bin required in repo in dsp1.zip

dsp1b.bin required in repo in dsp1b.zip

dsp2.bin required in repo in dsp2.zip

dsp3.bin required in repo in dsp3.zip

dsp4.bin required in repo in dsp4.zip

hiscore.dat optional in repo

donpachi.zip optional in repo game_data release

  • Path: fbneo/samples/donpachi.zip
  • Size: 199.3 MB
  • Source: src/burn/snd/samples.cpp
  • DonPachi CD-quality soundtrack samples (14 WAVs)

sfz3mix.zip optional in repo game_data release

  • Path: fbneo/samples/sfz3mix.zip
  • Size: 110.6 MB
  • Source: src/burn/snd/samples.cpp
  • Street Fighter Zero 3 Mix custom audio samples (43 WAVs)

twotiger.zip optional in repo game_data release

  • Path: fbneo/samples/twotiger.zip
  • Size: 147.8 MB
  • Source: src/burn/snd/samples.cpp
  • Two Tigers with Journey CD audio samples (2 WAVs)

gba_bios.bin required in repo in gba.zip

st018.bin required in repo in st018.zip

136032.205.l13 required in repo in atarisy1.zip

136032.206.l12 required in repo in atarisy1.zip

136032.104.f5 required in repo in atarisy1.zip

136032.101.e3 required in repo in atarisy1.zip

136032.102.e5 required in repo in atarisy1.zip

136032.103.f7 required in repo in atarisy1.zip

136032.105.l13 required in repo in atarisy1.zip

136032.106.l12 required in repo in atarisy1.zip

136032.104.f5 required in repo in atarisy1.zip

136032.101.e3 required in repo in atarisy1.zip

136032.102.e5 required in repo in atarisy1.zip

136032.103.f7 required in repo in atarisy1.zip

136032.114.j11 required in repo in atarisy1.zip

136032.115.j10 required in repo in atarisy1.zip

136032.107.b2 required in repo in atarisy1.zip

astro.bin required in repo in astrocde.zip

Data directories

  • fbneo-cheats >fbneo/cheats
  • fbneo-samples >fbneo

Generated on 2026-09-14T09:03:09Z