BIOS Files Required?

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BIOS Files Required?

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Do I need to find BIOS files to play Playstation ROMs? If so is there a region-free BIOS so I can use the gamesmenu script?

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Re: BIOS Files Required?

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PlayStation uses CD images (CHD/BIN & CUE), not ROMs. The core automatically swaps BIOSes based on the image mounted. You will need all three in the "./games/PSX/" directory.

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boot.rom  => US BIOS
boot1.rom => JP BIOS
boot2.rom => EU BIOS

More info here and here.

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Re: BIOS Files Required?

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Ok it looks like the BIOS files must be pulled in by update_all. Why would the script pull in PSX BIOS files but not Saturn BIOS files?

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