TyrQuake - RetroBIOS

Type	libretro
Source	https://github.com/libretro/tyrquake
Version	v0.62
Profiled	2026-03-18
Cores	tyrquake
Systems	quake

No BIOS or firmware files required. This core is self-contained.

Quake engine source port. Plays Quake (id1), mission packs Scourge of Armagon (hipnotic) and Dissolution of Eternity (rogue), Quoth mod, and custom mods via -game parameter. The core accepts .pak extensions (retro_get_system_info sets valid_extensions = "pak"). Content is loaded directly from the PAK file path - the directory containing the PAK becomes basedir (libretro.c:988,1050). The engine auto-detects game variant by checking the content path for id1, hipnotic, rogue, or quoth substrings (libretro.c:1030-1070) and passes the corresponding command-line flag. For non-standard paths it uses -game with the directory basename. PAK files are game data (maps, textures, models, sounds) shipped with the original retail game, not engine firmware. The engine checks for gfx/pop.lmp inside pak0.pak to distinguish registered vs shareware (common.c:974-991). COM_AddGameDirectory (common.c:1709) loads pak0.pak through pak9.pak sequentially from the game directory, trying both lowercase and uppercase filenames. No engine data files are required in the RetroArch system directory. The core needs no BIOS or firmware.

Generated on 2026-03-20T19:12:20Z