ZiNc

ZiNc emulates Capcom ZN-1, Capcom ZN-2, Tecmo TPS and 5 more systems. It reads 7 files, 7 of them required: without a required file it does not start games. A required file is needed only by the machines that use it. Each file below cites the line of source code that reads it.

About this profile

Detail	Value
Type	standalone
Classification	Other
Source	https://www.retrobat.ovh/repo/win64/stable/emulators/zinc.7z
Upstream	closed-source
Version	1.1
Profiled	2026-10-20
Profile	YAML, JSON
Cores	zinc
Systems	Capcom ZN-1, Capcom ZN-2, Tecmo TPS, Taito FX-1, Eighting ZN-1, Atlus ZN-1, Video System ZN-1, Konami GV
Author	Drunken Muppets

Install this emulator's files

With RetroBat: the installer finds RetroBat and its BIOS folder, then downloads only the files ZiNc 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://raw.githubusercontent.com/Abdess/retrobios/main/install.ps1))) --emulator zinc

Technical notes

Arcade emulator for the PlayStation based boards: Sony ZN-1 and ZN-2 (Capcom, Tecmo, Taito FX-1, Raizing/Eighting, Atlus, Video System), Namco System 11 and Konami GV. Closed source, last release 1.1 of 2005 ("ZiNc 1.1 (C)1997-2005 Drunken Muppets"). The build read here is the one RetroBat installs, zinc.7z sha256 7bd2e86b38db36c5876b2c7a67840bf930d248f30aacc68db309b89058f21562, whose ZiNc.exe (md5 5f3bf0fac64f76c08b12b6cd05e6b159, 2005-01-25, not packed) is cited by virtual address. The renderer, controller and sound plugins (*.znc, s11player.dll) ship beside it. ref: ZiNc.exe 0x493f60

Games are picked by number on the command line, not by set name. Each of the 79 driver records holds the description, parent, set name, a pointer to its ROM list and the name of the BIOS set, then the list gives name, region, load offset and CRC32 of every ROM, the BIOS ROM first. RetroBat maps the set name to that number in zincGameNumber. ref: ZiNc.exe 0x496404 (glpracr record), emulatorlauncher emulatorLauncher/Generators/Zinc.Generator.cs:136-209

ROMs are read from the directory given by -roms-directory (default roms), which RetroBat writes into zinc.cfg as the folder of the launched game. A ROM is looked up in <set>.zip, then in the parent's zip, then in the BIOS set's zip, each also as a plain directory. A missing ROM stops the load with "ERROR: missing rom file", and every ROM is checked against the CRC32 of its record ("ERROR: BAD CRC ... expected"). ref: ZiNc.exe 0x494134, 0x49fdfc, 0x4a018c, 0x49fe24, 0x49fe48, emulatorlauncher emulatorLauncher/Generators/Zinc.Generator.cs:109-114

The Namco System 11 records name no BIOS set: the first ROM of each list is the game's own program ROM. sncwgltd (Video System) names none either and lists coh-1002v.353 inside its own set. The seven BIOS sets below are the only files read outside a game's own set.

Files

7 files: 7 required, 0 optional.

By kind: 7 BIOS ZIPs.

File	Required
cpzn1.zip	for Capcom ZN-1
cpzn2.zip	for Capcom ZN-2
tps.zip	for Tecmo TPS
taitofx1.zip	for Taito FX-1
psarc95.zip	for Eighting ZN-1
atluspsx.zip	for Atlus ZN-1
konamigv.zip	for Konami GV

In this collection: 7 in repo and 0 missing.

Required

cpzn1.zip required for Capcom ZN-1 in repo BIOS ZIP

Capcom ZN-1 BIOS

• System: Capcom ZN-1

• Source: offset 0x49926c in ZiNc.exe, offset 0x496404 in ZiNc.exe
• Collection copy: bios/Arcade/Arcade/cpzn1.zip

• BIOS set of starglad, sfex, sfexa, sfexj, sfexp, sfexpu1, sfexpj, ts2, ts2j and glpracr.

• Contents (1 members):
  • coh-1000c.353: CRC32 50033af6

cpzn2.zip required for Capcom ZN-2 in repo BIOS ZIP

Capcom ZN-2 BIOS

• System: Capcom ZN-2

• Source: offset 0x499054 in ZiNc.exe
• Collection copy: bios/Arcade/Arcade/cpzn2.zip

• BIOS set of tgmj, stargld2, plsmaswd, sfex2, sfex2j, sfex2p, sfex2pa, sfex2pj, shiryu2, strider2, kikaioh, techromn, rvschool, rvschola and jgakuen.

• Contents (1 members):
  • coh-3002c.353: CRC32 e860ea8b

tps.zip required for Tecmo TPS in repo BIOS ZIP

Tecmo TPS BIOS

• System: Tecmo TPS

• Source: offset 0x496dec in ZiNc.exe
• Collection copy: bios/Arcade/Arcade/tps.zip

• BIOS set of glpracr2, glpracr3, shngmtkb, mfjump, cbaj, tondemo, doapp and brvblade.

• Contents (1 members):
  • coh-1002m.353: CRC32 69ffbcb4

taitofx1.zip required for Taito FX-1 in repo BIOS ZIP

Taito FX-1 BIOS

• System: Taito FX-1

• Source: offset 0x49cb98 in ZiNc.exe
• Collection copy: bios/Arcade/Arcade/taitofx1.zip

• BIOS set of psyforce, psyforcj, psyfrcex, mgcldate, mgcldtex, sfchamp, gdarius, gdarius2, raystorm, raystorj and ftimpcta.

• Contents (1 members):
  • coh-1000t.353: CRC32 e3f23b6e

psarc95.zip required for Eighting ZN-1 in repo BIOS ZIP

Raizing/Eighting PS Arcade 95 BIOS

• System: Eighting ZN-1

• Source: offset 0x49c3ac in ZiNc.exe
• Collection copy: bios/Arcade/Arcade/psarc95.zip

• BIOS set of beastrzr, beastrzb and bldyror2.

• Contents (1 members):
  • coh-1002e.353: CRC32 910f3a8b

atluspsx.zip required for Atlus ZN-1 in repo BIOS ZIP

Atlus PSX BIOS

• System: Atlus ZN-1

• Source: offset 0x49ed34 in ZiNc.exe
• Collection copy: bios/Arcade/Arcade/atluspsx.zip

• BIOS set of hvnsgate.

• Contents (1 members):
  • coh-1001l.353: CRC32 6721146b

konamigv.zip required for Konami GV in repo BIOS ZIP

Konami GV BIOS

• System: Konami GV

• Source: offset 0x49f0e4 in ZiNc.exe
• Collection copy: bios/Arcade/Arcade/konamigv.zip
• Platforms: RetroDECK: bios/konamigv.zip

• BIOS set of weddingr, hyperath, btchamp, pbball96 and susume.

• Contents (1 members):
  • 999a01.7e: CRC32 ad498d2d

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 24 October 2026.