Arcade: Nintendo Super System

Start with: nss.zip.

How to read a card

A card gives the file's fingerprints, the emulators that read it, the setups that list it and where to download it. A file can have several versions, one per region or revision: the main one comes first, the others under "Variants". To install the files of one console, open its "Install" box.

On the setup's list names the setups whose own BIOS list has the file, by the name each gives it. Packed for its emulators by names the setups whose pack adds it because one of their emulators reads it.

MAME and FBNeo sets must match the emulator's version. Which version each core reads.

Install the files of Nintendo Super System

Each platform names the system its own way.

Linux, macOS, Steam Deck:

Terminal

# RetroDECK
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Abdess/retrobios/main/install.sh | sh -s -- --platform retrodeck --system arcade

Windows (PowerShell):

PowerShell

# RetroDECK
&([scriptblock]::Create((irm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Abdess/retrobios/main/install.ps1))) --platform retrodeck --system arcade

Files

nss.zip 49.4 KB

On the setup's list

bios/nss.zip: RetroDECK

Packed for its emulators by

nss.zip: EmuDeck, KNULLI, Lakka, Recalbox, RetroArch, RetroBat, RetroPie, ROCKNIX
bios/nss.zip: AmberELEC, EmuELEC

Emulators

GroovyMAME, MAME 0.258, MAME 0.278, MAME 2003, MAME 2009, MAME 2010, MAME 2014, MAME 2015, MAME 2016, MAME Arcade, MAME4droid 2024, UME 2015

Romset

Holds every ROM of MAME 0.190 to 0.289

Collection path

bios/Arcade/Arcade/nss.zip (download)

SHA1

68b780f40623e51a421faf374ae5a84a53a81279

MD5

64477b600ad6436f3304624bf02f993f

CRC32

d28b794e

SHA256

24d341ee618c8499178ee9b57bebb68f5418645cc2b4683af605a7db628b196e

nss.zip 49.4 KB

Packed for its emulators by

nss.zip: Batocera, EmuDeck, KNULLI, Lakka, RetroArch, RetroBat, RetroPie, ROCKNIX
bios/nss.zip: AmberELEC, EmuELEC, RetroDECK

Emulators

MAME

Romset

Same contents as MAME 0.190 to 0.220. Holds every ROM of MAME 0.225 to 0.289

Collection path

bios/Arcade/MAME/nss.zip (download)

SHA1

3cc9e4df2511ff1c963ee2dd5eca44bb2377c986

MD5

40fc8187f2e49b35fcd15772cac2f191

CRC32

7a651ec3

SHA256

7fb88b9885b21f3406f9dc6cbb3cda852a039e168bc852d6da9ce5bde439516b

nss.zip 33.9 KB

Packed for its emulators by

bios/nss.zip: AmberELEC, EmuELEC
nss.zip: Recalbox, RetroPie

Emulators

AdvanceMAME, AdvanceMAME 1.4, MAME4droid (0.139u1)

Romset

No match: missing 1 ROM of MAME 0.289

Collection path

bios/Arcade/Arcade/.variants/nss.zip.248e7c57 (download)

SHA1

99a47d0660d931579ad9794f658973fb588f19b6

MD5

248e7c578a0ea2854d8d7d0c50e4f44b

CRC32

0f72d3b6

SHA256

bd130f10077fb202fc787c012eeeb6777fc988178723e31671244bfc1d621074

nss.zip 32.4 KB

Packed for its emulators by

nss.zip: Batocera, EmuDeck, KNULLI, Lakka, Recalbox, RetroArch, RetroBat, RetroPie, ROCKNIX
bios/nss.zip: AmberELEC, EmuELEC, RetroDECK
Bios/MAME/nss.zip: MyMinUI

Emulators

AdvanceMAME 0.94, MAME 2003-Plus

Romset

No match: missing 1 ROM of MAME 0.289

Collection path

bios/Arcade/Arcade/.variants/nss.zip.cba0bd8c (download)

SHA1

9196cf10477b2b4a1a18ace699d226817203073a

MD5

cba0bd8c5dea553caf328c1e6eaaf346

CRC32

c08bfc12

SHA256

5d763d0fead849cd834fc782be7be65746f9c19d294e9a74c13ad7abdebcc4cc

nss.zip 49.2 KB No reader

Romset

Same contents as MAME 0.225 to 0.289

Collection path

bios/Arcade/MAME/.variants/nss.zip (download)

SHA1

f81a4fbfacf41dd485c691c73f83c9b52a9964f0

MD5

4faaf2df15a5132eda3120d50d4a6693

CRC32

c732ab81

SHA256

481a8d109c36ed11c910b1d2becc7cde6b938d5662e693a213f77394cd01552b

m50458.zip 2.4 KB

On the setup's list

bios/m50458.zip: RetroDECK

Packed for its emulators by

m50458.zip: Batocera, EmuDeck, KNULLI, Lakka, RetroArch, RetroBat, RetroPie, ROCKNIX
bios/m50458.zip: AmberELEC, EmuELEC

Emulators

MAME

Romset

Same contents as MAME 0.190 to 0.289

Collection path

bios/Arcade/Arcade/m50458.zip (download)

SHA1

e733d92afad8f4865edcf73ee3e3081e278ae287

MD5

db99eb6378b126fc2c878460d197276d

CRC32

1cd87df4

SHA256

d0b9105ea5e59e601cd536ec1f18c3edd67c3e690ea4558087f6b1a32b6c8a5f

Next steps

• Arcade, every section
• Get your files, for the setup you play on
• When a game does not start
• Every emulator, and the files each one reads
• Every hash of these files, as JSON

Data as of 24 October 2026.