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    • sirhenrythe5thS
      sirhenrythe5th @raspberry79
      last edited by sirhenrythe5th

      @raspberry79 you have to install a psp-emulator by yourself, there is no one installed on the base-image by default.
      https://retropie.org.uk/docs/PSP/

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        raspberry79 @sirhenrythe5th
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        @sirhenrythe5th
        What is a PSX emulator
        what will play BIN or do PSP play Disc Image and BIN.

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          sleve_mcdichael @raspberry79
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          @raspberry79 ppsspp and lr-ppsspp do not play .bin.

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            raspberry79 @sleve_mcdichael
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            @sleve_mcdichael
            what do handle BIN.

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            • sirhenrythe5thS
              sirhenrythe5th @raspberry79
              last edited by sirhenrythe5th

              @raspberry79: a lot of emulators support bin, just have a look here:

              https://retropie.org.uk/about/systems/

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                raspberry79 @sirhenrythe5th
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                @sirhenrythe5th
                Here is a tricky one. I now get BIN.
                But here is a tricky one. I got this rom and opened it, first i upzipped up and open it and out of the blue, i was seeing all of these file types.
                .BIN .U2 .U3. U4. U5 .U6 .U7 .U8 .U9 .U14 .U15 .U16 .U17 .U18. U19 .U20 .U21 .U22 .U23 .U24 .U25 .U26 .U27 .U28 .U29 .U10 .U11 .U12 .U13
                Weird right. So is there or is there not any emulator that will run this. looks like crap to.

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                • windgW
                  windg
                  last edited by

                  PSX is the codename of Playstation 1/PS1 console .

                  My English isn't at a good level.

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                  • sirhenrythe5thS
                    sirhenrythe5th @windg
                    last edited by sirhenrythe5th

                    Not to be mixed up with the "real" PSX ;)
                    psx.JPG

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                      raspberry79 @sirhenrythe5th
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                      @sirhenrythe5th
                      is that the folder were i stick Disc Image and BIN files in

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                      • sirhenrythe5thS
                        sirhenrythe5th @raspberry79
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                        @raspberry79 If it is a PS1-Image: yes.
                        When it is for another system: no.

                        How can that be that you dont know for which system this images is?
                        Where did you get it from? "suprise-rom_download.com"?

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                        • dankcushionsD
                          dankcushions Global Moderator
                          last edited by

                          you've been instructed on what to do with zip files several times, and you've been dissuaded from this 'i have a random rom, what system is it for?' approach more times than i can be bothered to locate. it's time to stop repeating the same questions and read what people have already told you.

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                            raspberry79 @sirhenrythe5th
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                            @sirhenrythe5th
                            Mmm, i guess that this is my fist time putting roms on retropie.
                            I just had Kodi on my Pi 4 watching my mp4 and just here lately install retropie and started adding roms t it.
                            So the .BIN file will work with any one that has .BIN ROM Extension(s)

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                            • hawkes_84H
                              hawkes_84 @dankcushions
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                              @dankcushions I'm glad someone said this

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                              • dankcushionsD
                                dankcushions Global Moderator @raspberry79
                                last edited by dankcushions

                                @raspberry79 said in Zip or unzip:

                                So the .BIN file will work with any one that has .BIN ROM Extension(s)

                                no! a .bin file could be:

                                • a CD image for one of the ~10 CD-based systems retropie supports
                                • a BIOS file for one of the ~20 BIOS-using systems retropie supports
                                • a non-emulation file
                                • garbage

                                a given file will only work in one of those contexts, not all. about the only useful way of identifying a file from the name/extension alone is by googlng the name of the game in the file name and finding out about it, but even then many games were released for multiple systems.

                                the approach of trying to identify mystery files after the fact is totally unnecessary.

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                                • YFZdudeY
                                  YFZdude @dankcushions
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                                  @dankcushions said in Zip or unzip:

                                  the approach of trying to identify mystery files after the fact is totally unnecessary.

                                  This feels like the premise of a reality tv show where people are sent to a junkyard to bring home random parts and then trying to assemble them into a working automobile.

                                  :yikes:

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                                  • lostlessL
                                    lostless @raspberry79
                                    last edited by lostless

                                    @raspberry79 I know I shouldn’t be responding because everyone else has answered you, but I feel need to simplify cause you seem lost.
                                    A file extension, be it a .bin, .iso, .zip, .whatever does not tell you what emulator to use. You have to know what system the game you have is for and put that file(s) into the proper rom folder. That’s it
                                    If you don’t know what systems it is for, we don’t know.

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