/libretro-database

Repository containing cheatcode files, content data files, etc.

Primary LanguagePythonMIT LicenseMIT

RetroArch Database

RetroArch incoporates a ROM scanning system to automatically produce playlists. Each ROM that is scanned by the playlist generator is checked against a database of ROMs that are known to be good copies.

Contents

  • cht Cheats to various games
  • cursors Provides methods in order to query the playlists
  • dat Customized DAT files, maintained by the libretro team
  • metadata Different metadata and third-party DATs available to the systems
  • rdb The compiled RetroArch database files
  • scripts Various scripts that are used to maintain the database files

Sources

Generally, RetroArch's scanner is configured for ROMs that have been validated by No-Intro or Redump DAT files but many other source databases are also in use.

System Source Repository
The 3DO Company - 3DO Redump > Trurip > TOSEC libretro-dats
Atari - 2600 No-Intro
Atari - 7800 No-Intro
Atari - Jaguar No-Intro
Atari - Lynx No-Intro
Bandai - WonderSwan No-Intro
Bandai - WonderSwan Color No-Intro
Cave Story CaveStory.org (English or Japanese)
DOS Total DOS Collection libretro-database-dos
FinalBurn Alpha - Arcade Games pre-0.2.97.44 lr-fbalpha dats
FinalBurn Neo - Arcade Games 0.2.97.44 (WIP) lr-FBNeo dats
GCE - Vectrex No-Intro
Id Software - Doom Unknown libretro-database-doom
Id Software - Quake Unknown libretro-database-quake
Lutro Unknown
Magnavox - Odyssey2 No-Intro
MAME MAME 0.37b5, 0.78, 0.139, 0.159
Microsoft - MSX No-Intro
Microsoft - MSX 2 No-Intro
NEC - PC Engine CD - TurboGrafx-CD Redump > Trurip > TOSEC libretro-dats
NEC - PC Engine - TurboGrafx 16 No-Intro
NEC - SuperGrafx No-Intro
NEC - PC-FX Redump > Trurip > TOSEC libretro-dats
Nintendo - Famicom Disk System No-Intro
Nintendo - Nintendo DS No-Intro
Nintendo - Game Boy No-Intro
Nintendo - Game Boy Advance No-Intro
Nintendo - Game Boy Color No-Intro
Nintendo - Nintendo 64 No-Intro
Nintendo - Nintendo Entertainment System No-Intro
Nintendo - Super Nintendo Entertainment System No-Intro
Nintendo - Virtual Boy No-Intro
Phillips - Videopac+ No-Intro
ScummVM Gruby's ScummVM Adventure Pack libretro-database-scummvm
Sega - 32X No-Intro
Sega - Dreamcast Redump > Trurip > TOSEC libretro-dats
Sega - Game Gear No-Intro
Sega - Master System - Mark III No-Intro
Sega - Mega Drive - Genesis No-Intro
Sega - Mega CD - Sega CD Redump libretro-dats
Sega - Saturn Redump > Trurip > TOSEC libretro-dats
Sega - SG-1000 No-Intro
Sony - PlayStation Redump > Trurip > TOSEC libretro-dats
Sony - PlayStation Portable No-Intro libretro-database-dos
SNK - Neo Geo Pocket No-Intro
SNK - Neo Geo Pocket Color No-Intro
SNK - Neo Geo CD Redump libretro-dats
Thomson - MO/TO ScreenScraper libretro-database-thomson
Uzebox Unknown

Building

To build a complete set of RDB files for RetroArch or to generate a single RDB file, see RetroArch/libretro-db/README.md.

Alternatively, you can run the following command to rebuild all the RDBs locally:

make build