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Batocera Systems

Batocera supports many consoles, platforms and emulation related applications. To separate them
they are divided into systems, which are used as a unique identifier across the whole Batocera
landscape.

This page gives an overview over all available and supported systems including their unique system
shortname (same as their ROM folder name, most of the time!), the full system name, the
manufacturer and release date. The systems are categorized by their hardware type and sorted in
ascending order according to their release date.

Take a look at our compatibility list to see which system is supported on a platform and
what emulator/core is used.

If you need a tool to organize your ROM collection, there are some tips at the top of the
add games/BIOS page.

Arcade

Video game arcades were venues where multiple (usually game-specific) cabinets were set up for
public use, often containing hundreds of games. These typically charged per “play”, which usually
consisted of a single attempt at the game with limited lives, usually set up in such a way to boot the
player off after a certain amount of time (unless they were willing to toss more coins into the
machine). Due to each arcade cabinet essentially being its own “system”, most arcade emulators
focus on emulating many systems in one program, the scope of which varies between projects.

Before delving into any of the emulator-specific (or to phrase it better, “multiple machine
emulators”) pages, be sure to read the arcade guide first.

System short name Full name/alternative names Release period Manufacturer

mame Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator 19??-current Various
fbneo FinalBurn Neo 19??-current Various
daphne DAPHNE (Laserdisc) 1978-???? Various
neogeo NEO•GEO MVS 1990-20041) SNK
mame/model1 Sega Model 1 1992-1994 Sega
model2 Sega Model 2 1994-1998 Sega
model3 Sega Model 3 1996-1998 Sega
naomi Sega NAOMI 1998-2001 Sega
naomi2 Sega NAOMI 2 2000-2002 Sega
Namco, Sega &
triforce Triforce 2002-2007
Nintendo

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System short name Full name/alternative names Release period Manufacturer

atomiswave Sammy Atomiswave 2003-2009 Sammy

Home console

Home video game consoles were targeted mainly for the consumer market and are usually sold on a
five to seven year cycle, with consoles made with similar technical capabilities or made around the
same time period grouped into the generations. Note that generation definitions aren't a rigid
definition of power; some consoles from a particular generation were a lot more/less powerful than
others in the same generation. It's more about its time of release.

System short
Full name/alternative names Release date Manufacturer
name
First/second generation (the jank era)
channelf Fairchild Channel F 1976 Fairchild
atari2600 Atari 2600/VCS 1977 Atari
Magnavox Odyssey²/Philips
odyssey2 Videopac G7000/Philips 1978 Magnavox/Philips
Odyssey/Odyssey²
astrocde Bally Astrocade/Arcade/ABA-1000 1978 Bally (Midway)
apfm1000 APF-MP1000/MP-1000/M-1000 1978 APF Electronics Inc.
intellivision Intellivision 1979 Mattel
atari5200 Atari 5200 1982 Atari
colecovision ColecoVision 1982 Coleco
advision Adventure Vision 1982 Entex
vectrex Vectrex 1982 Milton Bradley
CreatiVision/Educat 2002/Dick
crvision 1982 VTech
Smith Wizzard/FunVision
arcadia Arcadia 2001/et al. 1982 Emerson Radio
Third generation (the 8-bit era)
Nintendo Entertainment
nes 1983 Nintendo
System/Famicom
sg1000 Sega SG-1000/SG-1000 II/SC-3000 1983 Sega
videopacplus Philips Videopac+ G7400/G7420 1983 Philips
Casio PV-1000/ぴーぶいせん/Pi
pv1000 1983 Casio
Bui-Sen
Super Cassette Vision/スーパーカ
scv 1984 Epoch Co.
セットビジョン/Suupaa Kasetto Bijon
mastersystem Sega Master System/Mark III 1985 Sega
Family Computer Disk
fds 1986 Nintendo
System/Famicom
atari7800 Atari 7800 1986 Atari
Socrates/Prof. Weiss-
socrates Alles/Professeur Saitout; Jeu Educatif 1988 VTech
Video
Fourth generation (the 16-bit era)
pcengine PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16 1987 NEC
megadrive Sega Genesis/Mega Drive 1988 Sega

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System short
Full name/alternative names Release date Manufacturer
name
PC Engine CD-ROM²/PC Engine Duo
pcenginecd R/PC Engine Duo RX/TurboGrafx- 1988 NEC
CD/TurboDuo
PC Engine
SuperGrafx/SuperGrafx/PCエンジン
supergrafx 1989 NEC
スーパーグラフィックス/Pī Shī Enjin
SūpāGurafikkusu/PC Engine 2
Super Nintendo Entertainment
snes 1990 Nintendo
System
neogeo Neo Geo 1990 SNK
cdi Compact Disc Interactive/CD-i 1990 Philips, et al.
amigacdtv Commodore CDTV 1991 Commodore
gx4000 Amstrad GX4000 1991 Amstrad
segacd Sega CD/Mega CD 1991 Sega
snes_msu-1 Super NES CD-ROM/SNES MSU-1 1992 (cancelled) Nintendo
pico Sega Pico 1993 Sega
sgb Super Game Boy 1994 Nintendo
supracan Super A'Can 1995 Funtech Entertainment
Fifth generation (the 32-bit/early 3D era)
jaguar Atari Jaguar 1993 Atari
3do 3DO Interactive Multiplayer 1993 Panasonic
amigacd32 Amiga CD32 1994 Commodore
sega32x Sega 32X 1994 Sega
psx Sony PlayStation 1994 Sony
pcfx NEC PC-FX 1994 NEC
neogeocd Neo Geo CD 1994 SNK
saturn Sega Saturn 1994 Sega
virtualboy Virtual Boy 1995 Nintendo
satellaview Satellaview 1995 Nintendo
sufami SuFami Turbo 1996 Bandai
n64 Nintendo 64 1996 Nintendo
Sixth generation (the streamlining era)
dreamcast Sega Dreamcast 1998 Sega
n64dd Nintendo 64DD 1999 Nintendo
ps2 Sony PlayStation 2 2000 Sony
gamecube Nintendo GameCube 2001 Nintendo
xbox Microsoft Xbox 2001 Microsoft
vsmile V.Smile (TV LEARNING SYSTEM) 2005 VTech
Seventh generation (the HD era)
xbox360 Microsoft Xbox 360 2005 Microsoft
wii Nintendo Wii 2006 Nintendo
ps3 Sony PlayStation 3 2006 Sony
Eighth generation
wiiu Nintendo Wii U 2012 Nintendo
Fantasy consoles

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System short
Full name/alternative names Release date Manufacturer
name

uzebox Uzebox Open-Source console 2007

pico8 PICO-8 fantasy console 2015 Lexaloffle Games

tic80 TIC-80 fantasy console 2017

lowresnx Lowres NX

wasm4 WASM4 fantasy console 2021 Aduros & team

Portable game console

Portable game consoles are handheld units with a built-in screen, controls and speakers usually
capable of running multiple cartridges. Portable game console generations are in reference to their
time of release alongside home consoles; in terms of power consider them a generation and a half
behind. Earlier handheld LCD games were typically made to run one built-in game and maybe also
work as a watch, but not much else.

System short name Full name/alternative names Release date Manufacturer

Handheld LCD games
gameandwatch Game & Watch 1980 Nintendo
lcdgames Handheld LCD Games 19xx/20xx Various
Fourth generation
gb Game Boy 1989 Nintendo
gb2players Game Boy 2 Players 1989 Nintendo
lynx Atari Lynx 1989 Atari
gamegear Game Gear 1990 Sega
Gamate/chāojí xiǎozi/Super Boy/chāojí
gamate 1990 Bit Corporation
shéntóng/Super Child Prodigy
Game Master/Systema 2000/Super
gmaster 1990 Hartung, et al.
Game/Game Tronic
supervision Watara Supervision 1992 Watara
megaduck Mega Duck/Cougar Boy 1993 Welback Holdings
Fifth generation
gamecom Game.com 1997 Tiger Electronics
gbc Game Boy Color 1998 Nintendo
gbc2players Game Boy Color 2 Players 1998 Nintendo
ngp Neo Geo Pocket 1998 SNK
ngpc Neo Geo Pocket Color 1999 SNK
wswan WonderSwan 1999 Bandai
wswanc WonderSwan Color 2000 Bandai
Sixth generation
gba Game Boy Advance 2001 Nintendo
pokemini Pokémon Mini 2001 Nintendo
Seventh generation
nds Nintendo DS 2004 Nintendo

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System short name Full name/alternative names Release date Manufacturer

psp PlayStation Portable 2004 Sony
Eighth generation
3ds Nintendo 3DS 2011 Nintendo
psvita PlayStation_Vita 2011 Sony
Fantasy consoles
arduboy Arduboy 2015 Arduboy

Home computer

Batocera supports many famous classic home computer platforms from famous vendors like Apple,
Commodore and Atari. Common media types for these systems were tapes/cassettes, be sure not to
confuse them with the ordinary audio tape!

System short Release

Full name/alternative names Manufacturer
name date
apple2 Apple II 1977 Apple
pet Commodore PET 1977 Commodore
atari800 Atari 800 1979 Atari
atom Acorn Computers 1979 Acorn Computers
c20 Commodore VIC-20/VC-20 1980 Commodore
coco TRS-80/Tandy Color Computer 1980 Tandy/RadioShack
pc88 NEC PC-8800 1981 NEC
ti99 TI-99/4 (TI-99/4A) 1979 Texas Instruments
zx81 Sinclair ZX81 1981 Sinclair
bbc BBC Micro/Master/Archimedes 1981 Acorn Computers
x1 Sharp X1 1982 Sharp
zxspectrum ZX Spectrum 1982 Sinclair
c64 Commodore 64 1982 Commodore
pc98 NEC PC-9800/PC-98 1982 NEC
fm7 Fujitsu Micro 7 (FM-7) 1982 Fujitsu
tutor Tomy Tutor/Pyūta/Grandstand Tutor 1982 Tomy
electron Acorn Electron 1983 Acorn Computers
camplynx Camputers Lynx 1983 Camputers
msx1 Microsoft MSX1 1983 Microsoft
adam Coleco_Adam 1983 Coleco
amstradcpc Amstrad CPC 1984 Amstrad

macintosh ( needs link to 1984 Apple

appropriate model description)
thomson Thomson MO/TO Series Computer 1984 Thomson
cplus4 Commodore Plus/4 1984 Commodore
laser310 Laser 310 1984 Video Technology (VTech)
atarist Atari ST 1985 Atari
msx2 Microsoft MSX2 1985 Microsoft
c128 Commodore 128 (C128) 1985 Commodore

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System short Release

Full name/alternative names Manufacturer
name date
apple2gs Apple IIGS 1986 Apple
archimedes Archimedes 1987 Acorn Computers
xegs Atari XEGS 1987 Atari
amiga500 Amiga 500/OCS/ECS 1987 Commodore
x68000 Sharp X68000 1987 Sharp
msx2+ Microsoft MSX2plus 1988 Microsoft
fmtowns FM Towns/Towns Marty 1989 Fujitsu
samcoupe SAM Coupé 1989 Miles Gordon Technology
amiga1200 Amiga 1200/AGA 1992 Commodore
msxturbor Microsoft MSX turboR 1993 Microsoft

Port

Instead of a full system emulator ports often concentrate on a particular game or game engine.
Batocera supports several (source) ports, game engine recreations and new game engines.

System short Full name/alternative

Description
name names
Contains both manually install native Linux games,
ports Native ports
grouped for convenience
A dark 2D side-scrolling platform game, now public
abuse Abuse SDL
domain and maintained by the community
cannonball Cannonball Enhanced OutRun Engine
cavestory Cave Story A free pixel styled 2D platformer
A classic overhead run-and-gun game, supporting up to
cdogs C-Dogs
four players in co-op and deathmatch modes
devilutionx DevilutionX Source port of Diablo and Hellfire
easyrpg EasyRPG RPG Maker compatible RPG engine
ecwolf ECWolf Source port for Wolfenstein 3D engine
eduke32 EDuke32 A cross-platform port of Duke Nukem 3D
Future Pinball allows playing community-made pinball
fpinball Future Pinball
tables
Ion Fury is built on EDuke32, and a fork of the Build
fury Ion Fury
engine
GZDoom is a source port, has full support for Boom,
gzdoom GZDoom
Chex Quest, Heretic, Hexen and Strife.

hcl Hydra Castle Labyrinth

hurrican Hurrican

A reimplementation of IKEMEN, an engine which

ikemen Ikemen Go
extends the capacities of MUGEN for fighting games
lutro Lutro A retro-inspired 2D game engine for Libretro
mrboom Mr. Boom 8 player Bomberman clone
mugen M.U.G.E.N Game engine for fighting games

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System short Full name/alternative

Description
name names
Open source port of Beats of Rage, a 2D beat-em-up
openbor Open Beats of Rage
game engine
openjazz Openjazz Open-source version of the classic Jazz Jackrabbit
a.k.a. Proff Boom, ports of classic Doom-based games
prboom PrBoom
to PrBoom (based on the source port Boom)
pygame pygame Python based engine designed for writing video games
A fork of build engine games that combines Duke
raze Raze Nukem 3D, Blood, Redneck Rampage, Shadow Warrior
and Exhumed/Powerslave in a single package
Source port for adventure and role-playing games like
scummvm ScummVM
Monkey Island series
An open-source port of Prince of Persia, based on the
sdlpop SDLPoP
disassembly of the DOS version
A game engine for 2D Action RPGs designed with 16-bit
solarus Solarus
era in mind
Star Engine/Sonic Retro Enhanced Sonic 1, 2 and Sonic CD (from Android/iOS
sonicretro
Engine versions)
Open source Super Mario multiplayer game where up to
superbroswar Super Mario War four players deathmath to stomp as many other Marios
as possible to win the game
tyrquake TyrQuake Source port of the Quake 1 engine including Addons
Visual Pinball X allows playing community-made pinball
vpinball Visual Pinball
tables
Source port for playing classic Valve games like Half-
xash3d_fwgs Xash3D FWGS
Life
XRick is an open source implementation of the game
xrick Rick Dangerous
“Rick Dangerous”.

Flatpak

Since Batocera supports the installation and usage of flatpaks, here are a few pages dedicated to
those particular flatpaks.

System short Full name/alternative

Description
name names
flatpak Flatpak Install native Linux software, grouped with ports
Valve's PC game distribution store, grouped with ports.
steam Steam Has official Batocera integration (Steam games will
automatically appear in Ports when installed)
Heroic Games Launcher An open-source launcher for Epic Games and GOG. Does
heroic
(Epic Games) not have official integration (yet)
An unofficial open-source launcher for launching games
geforcenow GeForce NOW
for the GeForce NOW streaming service
A virtual application/gaming platform for setting up
bottles Bottles preconfigured environments to support a large set of
Windows applications/games on Linux

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Miscellaneous

Batocera supports different additional applications that can be used to play software and games from
other systems like DOS or Windows. If you're having difficulty running Windows apps using WINE
specifically, refer to the WINEtricks page. This is also where the few special emulator-specific pages
are noted.

System short name Full name/alternative names Description

dos DOSbox x86 emulator DOSBox for old DOS games
Flash player for playing Adobe Flash based
flash Flashpoint
games
Open source implementation of NVIDIAs
moonlight Moonlight
GameStream protocol
Plug 'n' Play/Handheld TV Various “plug 'n play” TV games popular
plugnplay
Games during 1995-2005
MAME Video Game Music Player
Play retro video game music using emulated
vgmplay
sound chips

Play Windows-only games using WINE,

windows WINE grouped with ports (WINE is not an
emulator)
windows_installers N/A, Batocera utility Install windows software through WINE
An emulator for both GameCube and Wii.
Emulator: Dolphin Dolphin
Very robust
The ubiquitous front-end that supports
RetroArch RetroArch
libretro cores.
1)

Technically discontinued in 1997 but games continued to be developed for the system until 2004.

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