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RetroBIOS

Nintendo: Nintendo 64DD

Start with the Nintendo 64DD BIOS for the region of your games:

  • North America: 64DD_IPL_US.n64
  • Japan: 64DD_IPL.bin
  • Some emulators also require: 64DD_IPL_DEV.bin
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.

Install the files of Nintendo 64DD

Each platform names the system its own way.

Linux, macOS, Steam Deck:

Terminal
# Batocera
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Abdess/retrobios/main/install.sh | sh -s -- --platform batocera --system nintendo-64dd
# BizHawk
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Abdess/retrobios/main/install.sh | sh -s -- --platform bizhawk --system nintendo-64dd
# EmuDeck
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Abdess/retrobios/main/install.sh | sh -s -- --platform emudeck --system nintendo-64
# KNULLI
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Abdess/retrobios/main/install.sh | sh -s -- --platform knulli --system nintendo-64dd
# Lakka
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Abdess/retrobios/main/install.sh | sh -s -- --platform lakka --system nintendo-64dd
# MiSTer FPGA
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Abdess/retrobios/main/install.sh | sh -s -- --platform misterfpga --system nintendo-64
# Recalbox
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Abdess/retrobios/main/install.sh | sh -s -- --platform recalbox --system 64dd
# RetroArch
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Abdess/retrobios/main/install.sh | sh -s -- --platform retroarch --system nintendo-64dd
# RetroBat
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Abdess/retrobios/main/install.sh | sh -s -- --platform retrobat --system nintendo-64dd
# RetroDECK
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Abdess/retrobios/main/install.sh | sh -s -- --platform retrodeck --system nintendo-64dd
# RetroPie
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Abdess/retrobios/main/install.sh | sh -s -- --platform retropie --system nintendo-64dd
# RomM
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Abdess/retrobios/main/install.sh | sh -s -- --platform romm --system nintendo-64dd

Windows (PowerShell):

PowerShell
# Batocera
&([scriptblock]::Create((irm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Abdess/retrobios/main/install.ps1))) --platform batocera --system nintendo-64dd
# BizHawk
&([scriptblock]::Create((irm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Abdess/retrobios/main/install.ps1))) --platform bizhawk --system nintendo-64dd
# EmuDeck
&([scriptblock]::Create((irm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Abdess/retrobios/main/install.ps1))) --platform emudeck --system nintendo-64
# KNULLI
&([scriptblock]::Create((irm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Abdess/retrobios/main/install.ps1))) --platform knulli --system nintendo-64dd
# Lakka
&([scriptblock]::Create((irm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Abdess/retrobios/main/install.ps1))) --platform lakka --system nintendo-64dd
# MiSTer FPGA
&([scriptblock]::Create((irm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Abdess/retrobios/main/install.ps1))) --platform misterfpga --system nintendo-64
# Recalbox
&([scriptblock]::Create((irm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Abdess/retrobios/main/install.ps1))) --platform recalbox --system 64dd
# RetroArch
&([scriptblock]::Create((irm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Abdess/retrobios/main/install.ps1))) --platform retroarch --system nintendo-64dd
# RetroBat
&([scriptblock]::Create((irm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Abdess/retrobios/main/install.ps1))) --platform retrobat --system nintendo-64dd
# RetroDECK
&([scriptblock]::Create((irm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Abdess/retrobios/main/install.ps1))) --platform retrodeck --system nintendo-64dd
# RetroPie
&([scriptblock]::Create((irm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Abdess/retrobios/main/install.ps1))) --platform retropie --system nintendo-64dd
# RomM
&([scriptblock]::Create((irm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Abdess/retrobios/main/install.ps1))) --platform romm --system nintendo-64dd

Files

Section titled “Files”

64DD_IPL_US.n64 4.0 MB

On the setup's list
64DD_IPL_US.n64: EmuDeck
64DD_IPL_USA.bin: BizHawk
Mupen64plus/IPL_USA.n64: RetroBat
N64/boot5.rom: MiSTer FPGA
Packed for its emulators by
64DD_IPL_US.n64: Batocera, KNULLI, Recalbox, RetroPie
64DD_IPL_US.n64 and 64dd_ipl_U.bin: ROCKNIX
bios/64DD_IPL_US.n64: EmuELEC
Emulators
ares, BizHawk, M64Plus FZ, Mupen64Plus, Mupen64Plus AE, Project64, Rosalie's Mupen GUI
Collection path
bios/Nintendo/Nintendo 64DD/64DD_IPL_US.n64 (download)
Catalogued
No-Intro [BIOS] Nintendo 64DD IPL (USA) (Proto).z64
TOSEC Nintendo 64DD IPL (19xx)(Nintendo)(US)(beta).bin
SHA1
3c5b93ca231550c68693a14f03cea8d5dbd1be9e
MD5
37c36e4286d36892a9fc70eafe4104be
CRC32
d0f567ca
SHA256
e9fec87a45fba02399e88064b9e2f8cf0f2106e351c58279a87f05da5bc984ad

64DD_IPL.bin 4.0 MB

On the setup's list
64DD_IPL.bin and Mupen64plus/IPL.n64: Lakka, RetroArch, RetroPie
bios/64DD_IPL.bin: AmberELEC, EmuELEC, RetroDECK
64DD_IPL.bin: Batocera, KNULLI
64DD_IPL_JP.n64: EmuDeck
64DD_IPL_v12_JPN.bin: BizHawk
64dd/64DD_IPL.bin: RomM
Mupen64plus/IPL.n64: Recalbox
Mupen64plus/IPL_JAP.n64: RetroBat
N64/boot3.rom: MiSTer FPGA
Packed for its emulators by
64DD_IPL.bin and 64DD_IPL_JP.n64 and 64dd_ipl_J.bin and Mupen64plus/IPL.n64: ROCKNIX
Emulators
ares, BizHawk, M64Plus FZ, Mupen64Plus, Mupen64Plus AE, Mupen64Plus-Next, Parallel Launcher, ParaLLEl N64, Project64, Rosalie's Mupen GUI, sixtyforce
Collection path
bios/Nintendo/Nintendo 64DD/64DD_IPL.bin (download)
Catalogued
No-Intro [BIOS] Nintendo 64DD IPL (Japan) (v1.2).z64
TOSEC Nintendo 64DD IPL (1999)(Nintendo)(JP).bin
SHA1
bf861922dcb78c316360e3e742f4f70ff63c9bc3
MD5
8d3d9f294b6e174bc7b1d2fd1c727530
CRC32
7f933ce2
SHA256
806400ec0df94b0755de6c5b8249d6b6a9866124c5ddbdac198bde22499bfb8b

64DD_IPL_DEV.bin 4.0 MB

On the setup's list
64DD_IPL_DEV.bin: BizHawk
64DD_IPL_DEV.n64: EmuDeck
Mupen64plus/IPL_DEV.n64: RetroBat
N64/boot4.rom: MiSTer FPGA
Packed for its emulators by
64DD_IPL_DEV.n64: Batocera, KNULLI, Recalbox, RetroPie
64DD_IPL_DEV.n64 and 64dd_ipl_DEV.bin: ROCKNIX
bios/64DD_IPL_DEV.n64: EmuELEC
Emulators
ares, BizHawk, M64Plus FZ, Mupen64Plus, Mupen64Plus AE, Project64, Rosalie's Mupen GUI
Collection path
bios/Nintendo/Nintendo 64DD/64DD_IPL_DEV.bin (download)
Catalogued
No-Intro [BIOS] Nintendo 64DD Tool IPL (Japan) (Beta).z64
TOSEC Nintendo 64DD Tool IPL (19xx)(Nintendo)(JP)(beta).bin
SHA1
10c4173c2a7eb09c6579818f72ef18fa0b6d32de
MD5
aad37b1492886b892f1821f37fd3ae34
CRC32
b78064d9
SHA256
9c2962a8b994a29e4cd04b3a6e4ed730a751414655ab6a9799ebf5fc08b79d44

64DD_IPL_v10_JPN.bin 4.0 MB No reader

Collection path
bios/Nintendo/Nintendo 64DD/64DD_IPL_v10_JPN.bin (download)
Catalogued
No-Intro [BIOS] Nintendo 64DD IPL (Japan) (Beta).z64
TOSEC Nintendo 64DD IPL v1.0 (19xx)(Nintendo)(JP)(beta).bin
SHA1
58670c0063793a8f3be957d71d937b618829ba9e
MD5
94dba2d79615deed567aa85f4cf74162
CRC32
6224f875
SHA256
7d1235bea19816f5682e4208c09c47d2fc1b2639570588a86dd0c24ec064099f

64DD_IPL_v11_JPN.bin 4.0 MB No reader

Collection path
bios/Nintendo/Nintendo 64DD/64DD_IPL_v11_JPN.bin (download)
Catalogued
No-Intro [BIOS] Nintendo 64DD IPL (Japan) (v1.1) (Beta).z64
TOSEC Nintendo 64DD IPL v1.1 (19xx)(Nintendo)(JP)(beta).bin
SHA1
b3e26dbb4e945f78c918fabc5b9e60fcf262c47b
MD5
7630650c7fc16e199911269647186e79
CRC32
417d05be
SHA256
2bd70afe81e5bc9de6b90e1703369e11e1824bd0dd910fd388bf014e3ccf53aa

font.ttf 64.4 KB

Packed for its emulators by
Mupen64plus/font.ttf: Batocera, EmuDeck, KNULLI, Lakka, Recalbox, RetroArch, RetroBat, RetroPie, ROCKNIX
bios/Mupen64plus/font.ttf: AmberELEC, EmuELEC, RetroDECK
Emulators
Mupen64Plus, Mupen64Plus-Next
Collection path
bios/Nintendo/Nintendo 64DD/Mupen64plus/font.ttf (download)
SHA1
1d7f6fa0c34e3d50be52c16a0816bebac309fe41
MD5
785d2fd45984c6548763ae6702d83e20
CRC32
35d39b97
SHA256
c4c45690b345435b2cba52ecabe275f05e49b389b39fe68ad03afbb551288d3d

GLideN64.1e462a6e.OpenGL.keys 464 B No reader

Collection path
bios/Nintendo/Nintendo 64DD/shaders/GLideN64.1e462a6e.OpenGL.keys (download)
SHA1
b31cca5881bb7fa071ccb5940b1bd7a6e4056e35
MD5
57eca542eab9ca9303e09d18819feb03
CRC32
ff550460
SHA256
9725badc4407a780bda630fc61ca51f5e2705e969cabde8045eb1f0720071784

GLideN64.1e462a6e.OpenGL.shaders 602.1 KB No reader

Collection path
bios/Nintendo/Nintendo 64DD/shaders/GLideN64.1e462a6e.OpenGL.shaders (download)
SHA1
c7139e7f98c2109adb05703c8d3ba7b3bad3134d
MD5
df28596f96886f70e64006c95097691c
CRC32
7aa253e0
SHA256
a463253e36e2d0d1e33fde43389adeb6168253228b91c1b3e78c209a07e04627

GLideN64.356c268e.OpenGL.keys 384 B No reader

Collection path
bios/Nintendo/Nintendo 64DD/shaders/GLideN64.356c268e.OpenGL.keys (download)
SHA1
03c99ea4f532ad89a5fb8feb9f7fe91ef2873056
MD5
2b0f855e1409472b1d0098db5445fcc8
CRC32
f5e91fd7
SHA256
cf6e70f4d3f2003397ee7829fcbd3861d37fe8766c977cc007ae94123b704a57

GLideN64.356c268e.OpenGL.shaders 516.5 KB No reader

Collection path
bios/Nintendo/Nintendo 64DD/shaders/GLideN64.356c268e.OpenGL.shaders (download)
SHA1
1aaed3fbca1096ecaea1aeb5f32d6ce884576e82
MD5
3840296f57cd561a06e8fce7c35a4dcf
CRC32
dc8513ac
SHA256
6e3e1b7bf95e5e47f07df1c55cc9d83210b201b5b1a4e7dfa0ee2f51d4a3568c

GLideN64.6c688714.OpenGL.keys 384 B No reader

Collection path
bios/Nintendo/Nintendo 64DD/shaders/GLideN64.6c688714.OpenGL.keys (download)
SHA1
ed8ce6bec53032e7a4dbe743bdcc4883edaf2a5c
MD5
2bce9666b04eaa31b6ef23733b373f94
CRC32
d88426d7
SHA256
27c7aa8a329dded2b5803a4851417742f6f902eaf1fce176e3ef656936fe1c04

GLideN64.6c688714.OpenGL.shaders 505.5 KB No reader

Collection path
bios/Nintendo/Nintendo 64DD/shaders/GLideN64.6c688714.OpenGL.shaders (download)
SHA1
3489b012ddeb95f3b576c33ccbcf35fe0d94ae80
MD5
dd05be610defbd52f5550665c1c3d71d
CRC32
8445314c
SHA256
ec9d7b419a738a4903686391d69ae825ec0bb02af6068b06c4567468b3377f6f

GLideN64.7d94496d.OpenGL.keys 244 B No reader

Collection path
bios/Nintendo/Nintendo 64DD/shaders/GLideN64.7d94496d.OpenGL.keys (download)
SHA1
b762897f514d0fa124c4425ee9009007975f874d
MD5
df0b4930b5195c74f117041c51d8773d
CRC32
814e86df
SHA256
494a29ad0cc0b8deb802462249f51ad8c4cf7b58f98c65ec5259a183e62c8813

GLideN64.7d94496d.OpenGL.shaders 286.7 KB No reader

Collection path
bios/Nintendo/Nintendo 64DD/shaders/GLideN64.7d94496d.OpenGL.shaders (download)
SHA1
93dd665de9ce629dcec9709dd818ce2ad6e5fd7e
MD5
27140a1c9701027e408796867782ab84
CRC32
4c7f0188
SHA256
174ea7d5ea445e1d7c2d68a55abbe4a27ad80acb493d450669129d11acbe9379

GLideN64.a9ea2da6.OpenGL.keys 124 B No reader

Collection path
bios/Nintendo/Nintendo 64DD/shaders/GLideN64.a9ea2da6.OpenGL.keys (download)
SHA1
92032b9a1685cc6230a7388f0811f72bc5f0bba2
MD5
18da80df345547719f21555dbb2638f8
CRC32
e825438f
SHA256
c66c682e909e41c24d5c1528cdf0710118664e314049931cbe3977c5ec1e7bd0

GLideN64.a9ea2da6.OpenGL.shaders 105.5 KB No reader

Collection path
bios/Nintendo/Nintendo 64DD/shaders/GLideN64.a9ea2da6.OpenGL.shaders (download)
SHA1
f64190e28c9bc9013b4d267825818f5d1f2cde30
MD5
a0d02bbdf7910c706f226eddba42f9d5
CRC32
16940ddc
SHA256
9c8eca2a3648b24681262fb0e67ca212517b63a82157d5642964aad4c38a0f2d

GLideN64.adc115e7.OpenGL.keys 404 B No reader

Collection path
bios/Nintendo/Nintendo 64DD/shaders/GLideN64.adc115e7.OpenGL.keys (download)
SHA1
dd842826759525e94ae808d880e9524543a99a96
MD5
389c5a776907057ee4ad1dcc31824f6c
CRC32
873a1aad
SHA256
eb0c03da5fe877043a573df036dadc274a83121d27966a7ebea60318d2a72dce

GLideN64.adc115e7.OpenGL.shaders 513.9 KB No reader

Collection path
bios/Nintendo/Nintendo 64DD/shaders/GLideN64.adc115e7.OpenGL.shaders (download)
SHA1
683a8fca9a782de05e8f6b1fcc5573ad9011a032
MD5
758ad9874925c54e04db50f11385f515
CRC32
451efb01
SHA256
1dc99c9c3f771ee27b6a43813fc1f0c19054fca56b54f53d4490f87a1ab7a60e

Next steps

Section titled “Next steps”
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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.