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PC-FX is a 32-bit home video game console by NEC Home Electronics released in Japan on December 23, 1994.
| Emulator | Rom Folder | Extensions | BIOS | Controller Config |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| lr-beetle-pcfx | pcfx | .img .iso .ccd .cue | pcfx.rom | /opt/retropie/configs/pcfx/retroarch.cfg |
Emulator: lr-beetle-pcfx
NOTE: this emulator is experimental and suffers from slowness and sound shuttering. Probably won't be coming out of experimental any time soon. It can be installed from the experimental menu of the RetroPie-Setup Script.
ROMS
Place your PC-FX ROMs in
/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/pcfx
BIOS
The BIOS file is named pcfx.rom (all in lower-case)
Place pcfx.rom in
/home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS
| md5sum | CRC32 |
|---|---|
| 08e36edbea28a017f79f8d4f7ff9b6d7 | 76ffb97a |
How do I calculate the md5sum or CRC32 of a BIOS file?
Controls
lr-beetle-pcfx utilise Retroarch configurations
Add custom retroarch controls to the retroarch.cfg file in
/opt/retropie/configs/pcfx/retroarch.cfg
For more information on custom RetroArch controls see: RetroArch Configuration
PC-FX BIN/CUE Files
It is important that the image file (usually .bin) and the CUE file (.cue) match.
CUE files are just text files containing a description of the CD. If you have files named like:
Chip Chan Kick.bin
Chip Chan Kick.cue
then ensure the first line of the CUE file contains:
FILE "Chip Chan Kick.bin" BINARY
Additional Documentation
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