Bally

Every BIOS file for Bally machines, one card per file.

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.

Astrocade

Start with: astrocde.zip.

Install the files of Astrocade

Each platform names the system its own way.

Every setup's command

Terminal (Linux, macOS, Steam Deck):

• Batocera: curl -fsSL https://abdess.github.io/retrobios/i | sh -s -- --platform batocera --system astrocade
• KNULLI: curl -fsSL https://abdess.github.io/retrobios/i | sh -s -- --platform knulli --system astrocde
• MiSTer FPGA: curl -fsSL https://abdess.github.io/retrobios/i | sh -s -- --platform misterfpga --system bally-astrocade
• RetroBat: curl -fsSL https://abdess.github.io/retrobios/i | sh -s -- --platform retrobat --system astrocde

PowerShell (Windows):

• Batocera: &([scriptblock]::Create((irm https://abdess.github.io/retrobios/i.ps1))) --platform batocera --system astrocade
• KNULLI: &([scriptblock]::Create((irm https://abdess.github.io/retrobios/i.ps1))) --platform knulli --system astrocde
• MiSTer FPGA: &([scriptblock]::Create((irm https://abdess.github.io/retrobios/i.ps1))) --platform misterfpga --system bally-astrocade
• RetroBat: &([scriptblock]::Create((irm https://abdess.github.io/retrobios/i.ps1))) --platform retrobat --system astrocde

astrocde.zip 6.6 KB Download

SHA1

8641b09be090

On the setup's list

astrocde.zip: Batocera, KNULLI, RetroBat

Packed for its emulators by

astrocde.zip and fbneo/astrocde.zip: EmuDeck, Lakka, Recalbox, RetroArch, RetroPie, ROCKNIX
bios/astrocde.zip and bios/fbneo/astrocde.zip: AmberELEC, EmuELEC, RetroDECK
Bios/FBN/astrocde.zip and Bios/FBN/fbneo/astrocde.zip: NextUI
Bios/FBN/astrocde.zip and Bios/FBN/fbneo/astrocde.zip and Bios/NG/astrocde.zip and Bios/NG/fbneo/astrocde.zip: MyMinUI

Emulators

GroovyMAME, MAME, MAME MESS

Hashes, romset and collection path

SHA1

8641b09be090c0dc45f4ee5459fec3cc6fb9d78e

MD5

f58a3823ab308ef0a02b498d126e5d96

CRC32

6cad8a0b

SHA256

520606125ae26a0a6f6b35d2573a4719882da6f6213cc030c487f2303c07360e

Romset

Same contents as MAME 0.190 to 0.289 and FBNeo 1.0.0.03

Collection path

bios/Bally/Astrocade/astrocde.zip

astro.bin 8.0 KB Download

SHA1

b902c941997c

On the setup's list

Astrocade/boot.rom: MiSTer FPGA

Emulators

FinalBurn Neo

Hashes, collection path and catalogues

SHA1

b902c941997c9d150a560435bf517c6a28137ecc

MD5

7d25a26e5c4841b364cfe6b1735eaf03

CRC32

ebc77f3a

SHA256

f01220d94b82145a6d18f114ff59be9c178f69de24f8ad0f4d19eee8b86b17c7

Collection path

bios/Bally/Astrocade/astro.bin

Catalogued

No-Intro [BIOS] Bally Professional Arcade (USA).bin
TOSEC Bally Professional Arcade BIOS (1978)(Bally).bin

Next steps

• 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 4 November 2026.