11. Adding Games
Adding game files (ROMs) to your device is the most important part of setting it up! There are different emulators, different folders, file types, zip types and it can all get very confusing very quickly. I know it is overwhelming for me. I still have to refer back to my own guide frequently to find what Roms folder belongs to what system.
ROMs and video files have a very specific place they must be put in order for them to work. Spruce tries to make this as easy as possible but there are some legacy folder names that trip people up. For example, Super Nintendo games go into the folder called "SFC" (Super Famicom) when most people just refer to this system as SNES.
Looking for information on Arcade Games? Check out the Arcade and MAME Explained! page.
PICO-8
PICO8 HAS BEEN MOVED TO THE Emu FOLDER. PLACE DAT/DYN FILES IN Emu/PICO8/bin/
Use Splore, Pico-8's native browser, downloader, and launcher for free games!
You need to download the Rasberri Pi version of Pico8. Copy and paste the pico8.dat and pico8_dyn file into mnt/SDCARD/Emu/PICO8/bin/ on your spruce install.
Please note that you must provide your own copy of Pico-8. Pico-8 games are all free, but you must first purchase the license to download the fantasy console itself.
Unfortunately MainUI is causing issues to launch Pico-8 games using the png extension with Fake08.
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Change the game to p8 extension by deleting .png from your cart file. A tool like ReNamer is very helpful and will bulk perform the task for you. https://www.den4b.com/products/renamer
Example: Tomb of G'Nir.p8.png to Tomb of G'Nir.p8
ROM files should be placed directly into their respective folders. For example N64 ROMS must be placed in the “N64” folder within the “Roms” folder. Below is a table with the names of systems and their folder name.
Video and music files go into the “MEDIA” folder.
Massive shout out to RetroGFX for helping me parse the extension used in this chart!
| System | Rom Folder | File Extensions |
|---|---|---|
| Amiga | AMIGA |
7z adf adz ccd chd cue dms fdi hdf hdz info ipf iso lha m3u mds nrg rp9 slave uae zip |
| Amstrad CPC | CPC |
7z bin dsk kcr sna zip |
| Arcade | ARCADE |
zip |
| Arduboy | ARDUBOY |
hex |
| Atari 2600 | ATARI |
7z a26 bin zip |
| Atari 8-bit Family | EIGHTHUNDRED |
7z a52 atr atx bin car cas cdm com xex xfd zip |
| Atari 5200 | FIFTYTWOHUNDRED |
7z a52 atr bin zip |
| Atari 7800 | SEVENTYEIGHTHUNDRED |
7z a78 zip |
| Atari Lynx | LYNX |
lnx zip |
| Bandai Sufami Turbo | SUFAMI |
7z smc zip |
| Bandai WonderSwan | WS |
7z pc2 ws wsc zip |
| Bandai WonderSwan Color | WSC |
7z pc2 ws wsc zip |
| Capcom CP System | CPS1 |
7z cue zip |
| Capcom CP System II | CPS2 |
7z cue zip |
| Capcom CP System III | CPS3 |
7z cue zip |
| ColecoVision | COLECO |
7z cas col dsk m3u mx1 mx2 ri rom sc sg zip |
| Commodore 64 | COMMODORE |
7z crt d64 nib prg t64 tap zip |
| Commodore VIC-20 | VIC20 |
20 40 60 7z a0 b0 bin cmd crt d2m d4m d64 d6z d71 d7z d80 d81 d82 d8z g41 g4z g64 g6z gz m3u nbz nib p00 prg rom t64 tap tcrt vfl vsf x64 x6z zip |
| Doom | DOOM |
exe wad zip |
| Fairchild Channel F | FAIRCHILD |
bin chf rom zip |
| Family Computer Disk System | FDS |
7z fds nes unf unif zip |
| Video and Music Player | MEDIA |
aac avi flac flv m4a mka mkv mov mp3 mp4 ogg opus ts wav |
| Game & Watch | GW |
7z mgw zip |
| GCE Vectrex | VECTREX |
7z vec zip |
| Magnavox Odyssey 2 | ODYSSEY |
7z bin zip |
| MAME | MAME2003PLUS |
zip |
| Mattel Intellivision | INTELLIVISION |
7z bin int zip |
| Mega Duck | MEGADUCK |
7z bin zip |
| MS-DOS | DOS |
bat com conf dosz exe ima img ins iso jrc m3u m3u8 tc vhd zip |
| MSX/MSX2 | MSX |
7z cas dsk m3u mx1 mx2 rom zip |
| NEC SuperGrafx | SGFX |
7z ccd chd cue pce sgx zip |
| NEC TurboGrafx CD | PCECD |
7z ccd chd cue img iso pce zip |
| NEC TurboGrafx-16 | PCE |
7z ccd chd cue img iso pce zip |
| Nintendo 64 | N64 |
7z n64 v64 z64 zip |
| Nintendo DS | NDS |
7z nds rar zip |
| Nintendo Entertainment System | FC |
7z fds nes unf unif zip |
| Nintendo Game Boy Advance | GBA |
7z bin gba zip |
| Nintendo Game Boy Color | GBC |
7z bin dmg gb gbc zip |
| Nintendo Game Boy | GB |
7z bin dmg gb gbc zip |
| Nintendo Pokemon Mini | POKE |
7z min zip |
| Nintendo Satellaview | SATELLAVIEW |
7z bs fig sfc smc st swc zip |
| Nintendo Super Game Boy | SGB |
7z bin gb gba gbc zip |
| Nintendo Super Nintendo | SFC |
7z bs bsx dx2 fig gd3 gd7 sfc smc st swc zip |
| Nintendo Virtual Boy | VB |
7z vb vboy zip |
| OpenBOR | OPENBOR |
pak |
| PICO-8 “Fake08” | FAKE08 |
p8 |
| PICO-8 “Native” | PICO8 |
p8 png splore |
| PlayStation Portable | PSP |
chd cso iso |
| Quake "TyrQuake" | QUAKE |
fbl pak |
| Ports collection | PORTS |
sh |
| ScummVM | SCUMMVM |
scummvm |
| Sega 32X | THIRTYTWOX |
32x 68k 7z bin chd gen iso md smd sms zip |
| Sega CD | SEGACD |
32x 68k 7z chd cue gen iso m3u md smd sms zip |
| Sega Dreamcast | DC |
cdi chd cue gdi iso m3u |
| Sega Game Gear | GG |
7z bin gg zip |
| Sega Genesis MSU | MSUMD |
32x 68k 7z bin chd gen iso md smd sms zip |
| Sega Genesis | MD |
32x 68k 7z bin chd gen iso md smd sms zip |
| Sega Master System | MS |
32x 68k 7z bin chd gen iso md smd sms zip |
| Sega SG-1000 | SEGASGONE |
7z bin gg mv rom sg sms zip |
| Sharp X68000 | X68000 |
2hd 7z 88d cmd d88 dim dup hdf hdm img m3u xdf zip |
| Sinclair ZX Spectrum | ZXS |
7z rzx scl tap trd tzx z80 zip |
| SNES MSU1 | MSU1 |
7z bs fig sfc smc st zip |
| SNK NeoGeo CD | NEOCD |
chd cue m3u |
| SNK NeoGeo Pocket | NGP |
7z ngc ngp zip |
| SNK NeoGeo Pocket Color | NGPC |
7z ngc ngp zip |
| SNK NeoGeo | NEOGEO |
7z zip |
| Sony PlayStation | PS |
PBP cbn chd cue img m3u mdf pbp toc |
| Super Game Boy | SGB |
7z bin gb gba gbc zip |
| TIC-80 | TIC |
7z fd k7 m7 rom sap tic zip |
| VideoPac | VIDEOPAC |
7z bin zip |
| Watara Supervision | SUPERVISION |
7z bin sv zip |
| Wolfenstein3D, ECWolf | WOLF |
ecwolf exe |