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    Emulator File Abbreviations List

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    • J
      JigglyMuff
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      Does anyone have or know where I can see a list of which systems equate to what file folder name? I know most of them are obvious but I'm not sure what they all mean. For the life of me I cant seem to find a list anywhere. I know the Retropie site lists all the systems it can play but that doesn't help if i don't know what name abbreviation goes to what system. If I had a list I could easily see what file each set of roms go into or i can look for roms for that system I don't have yet. Thanks in advance.

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      • SanoS
        Sano
        last edited by

        I think you're right, this information is dispatched on every emulator specific doc entry, but there is no central documentation AFAIK.
        It could be a nice addition to the docs.

        Here are for the least obvious :
        fba - Final Burn Alpha
        fds - Famicom Disk System
        gb - Game Boy
        gba - Game Boy Advance
        gbc - Game Boy Color
        n64 - Nintendo 64
        ngp - Neo Geo Pocket
        ngpc - Neo Geo Pocket Color
        psx - PlayStation
        sg-1000 - Sega Game 1000
        snes - Super Nes

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        • mituM
          mitu Global Moderator
          last edited by

          It's enough to look in the /etc/emulationstaton/es_systems.cfg - that's where the folder/system mapping is kept.

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