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Ishiiruka

Ishiiruka emulates Nintendo GameCube and Nintendo Wii. It reads 16 files, none of them required: it starts games without them.

About this profile
Detail Value
Type standalone + libretro
Classification Enhanced fork
Source https://github.com/libretro/ishiiruka
Upstream https://github.com/Tinob/Ishiiruka
Version none stated in the source
Revision libretro/ishiiruka@f228bde5fbf4, Tinob/Ishiiruka@cba6d7279b44
Profiled 2026-03-24
Profile YAML, JSON
Cores ishiiruka
Systems Nintendo GameCube, Nintendo Wii
Install this emulator's files

For Ishiiruka inside RetroArch, EmuDeck or another setup. The installer finds your setup and its BIOS folder, then downloads only the files this emulator reads there and checks each one.

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 ishiiruka

Files

Section titled “Files”

16 files: 0 required, 16 optional. 16 have an HLE fallback.

In this collection: 16 in repo and 0 missing.

Optional

Section titled “Optional”
FileStatus

IPL.bin

  • Path: dolphin-emu/Sys/GC/USA/IPL.bin
  • Standalone path: GC/USA/IPL.bin
  • System: Nintendo GameCube
  • GameCube NTSC-U boot ROM. HLE available but real IPL needed for GC menu boot and accurate fonts. Discs with the Brazilian country code B map to NTSC-U, so Latin America reads this directory too (Source/Core/DiscIO/Enums.cpp:162-166).
Source
in repo HLE fallback Region: North America and Latin America

IPL.bin

  • Path: dolphin-emu/Sys/GC/EUR/IPL.bin
  • Standalone path: GC/EUR/IPL.bin
  • System: Nintendo GameCube
  • GameCube PAL boot ROM
Source
in repo HLE fallback Region: Europe and Oceania

IPL.bin

  • Path: dolphin-emu/Sys/GC/JAP/IPL.bin
  • Standalone path: GC/JAP/IPL.bin
  • System: Nintendo GameCube
  • GameCube NTSC-J boot ROM
Source
in repo HLE fallback Region: Japan and South Korea

dsp_rom.bin

  • Path: dolphin-emu/Sys/GC/dsp_rom.bin
  • Standalone path: GC/dsp_rom.bin
  • DSP instruction ROM for LLE audio. Free replacement included
Hashes, validation and source
in repo HLE fallback

dsp_coef.bin

  • Path: dolphin-emu/Sys/GC/dsp_coef.bin
  • Standalone path: GC/dsp_coef.bin
  • DSP coefficient ROM for LLE audio and HLE polyphase resampling. Free replacement included
Hashes, validation and source
in repo HLE fallback

font_western.bin

  • Path: dolphin-emu/Sys/GC/font_western.bin
  • Standalone path: GC/font_western.bin
  • Windows-1252 font for GC/Wii text rendering. Free alternative bundled, real one from IPL dump preferred
  • Size: 9.4 KB
  • Collection copy: GC/font_western.bin in the dolphin-sys data directory
Source
in repo HLE fallback

font_japanese.bin

  • Path: dolphin-emu/Sys/GC/font_japanese.bin
  • Standalone path: GC/font_japanese.bin
  • Shift-JIS font for Japanese text. Free alternative bundled, real one from IPL dump preferred
  • Size: 296.6 KB
  • Collection copy: GC/font_japanese.bin in the dolphin-sys data directory
Source
in repo HLE fallback

codehandler.bin

  • Gecko/Ocarina cheat code handler. Shipped with Ishiiruka in Sys/
Source
in repo HLE fallback

SYSCONF

  • Path: User/Wii/shared2/sys/SYSCONF
  • Standalone path: Wii/shared2/sys/SYSCONF
  • Read from: the save directory, not the BIOS directory (libretro build)
  • Wii system configuration. Auto-generated, can be imported from NAND backup
Source
in repo HLE fallback

setting.txt

  • Path: User/Wii/title/00000001/00000002/data/setting.txt
  • Standalone path: Wii/title/00000001/00000002/data/setting.txt
  • Read from: the save directory, not the BIOS directory (libretro build)
  • Wii region/language settings. Auto-generated during Wii boot emulation
Source
in repo HLE fallback

sd.raw

  • Path: User/Wii/sd.raw
  • Standalone path: Wii/sd.raw
  • Read from: the save directory, not the BIOS directory (libretro build)
  • Virtual SD card image for Wii homebrew. Auto-created (128MB) if not present
Source
in repo HLE fallback

nand.bin

  • BootMii NAND backup. Can be imported to populate Wii NAND with channels, saves, system menu
Source
in repo HLE fallback standalone

keys.bin

  • OTP/SEEPROM dump (Wii encryption keys). Needed if not appended to nand.bin for NAND import
Source
in repo HLE fallback standalone

clientca.pem

  • Path: User/Wii/clientca.pem
  • Standalone path: Wii/clientca.pem
  • Read from: the save directory, not the BIOS directory (libretro build)
  • SSL client certificate. Auto-extracted from IOS13 content during NAND import
Source
in repo HLE fallback

clientcakey.pem

  • Path: User/Wii/clientcakey.pem
  • Standalone path: Wii/clientcakey.pem
  • Read from: the save directory, not the BIOS directory (libretro build)
  • SSL client private key. Auto-extracted from IOS13 content during NAND import
Source
in repo HLE fallback

rootca.pem

  • Path: User/Wii/rootca.pem
  • Standalone path: Wii/rootca.pem
  • Read from: the save directory, not the BIOS directory (libretro build)
  • SSL root CA certificate. Auto-extracted from IOS13 content during NAND import
Source
in repo HLE fallback

Profile data

Section titled “Profile data”
Pack structure
  • libretro: dolphin-emu
  • standalone:

Data directories

Section titled “Data directories”

Next steps

Section titled “Next steps”
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Maintained by Abdess on GitHub. Report a problem.

Packs from release v2026.10.10, .

MIT for the tooling and metadata. BIOS and firmware files are third-party system software, preserved for personal backup, archival and interoperability.