diff --git a/scripts/truth.py b/scripts/truth.py
index 76583741..d731dc54 100644
--- a/scripts/truth.py
+++ b/scripts/truth.py
@@ -310,6 +310,43 @@ def _system_dir_files(profile: dict, standalone: bool) -> list[dict]:
     )
 
 
+def _archives_not_members(files: list[dict]) -> list[dict]:
+    """A profile's entries with the members of each archive folded into it.
+
+    fbneo declares bubsys.zip as the ROMs it holds, each carrying
+    `archive: bubsys.zip`. The platform reads the archive, never a member:
+    as loose files the members were added to RetroArch's System.dat, and
+    the 480-byte boot.bin was filed under the Dreamcast by its bare name.
+    The archive stands in their place with the members as its contents,
+    the shape a profile that declares the archive itself already has.
+    """
+    out: list[dict] = []
+    archives: dict[tuple[str, str], dict] = {}
+    for fe in files:
+        archive = fe.get("archive")
+        if not archive:
+            out.append(fe)
+            continue
+        key = (archive, fe.get("system", ""))
+        entry = archives.get(key)
+        if entry is None:
+            entry = {"name": archive, "category": "bios_zip", "contents": []}
+            if fe.get("system"):
+                entry["system"] = fe["system"]
+            if fe.get("source_ref") is not None:
+                entry["source_ref"] = fe["source_ref"]
+            archives[key] = entry
+            out.append(entry)
+        if fe.get("required"):
+            entry["required"] = True
+        entry["contents"].append({
+            field: fe[field]
+            for field in ("name", "size", "crc32", "sha1", "md5")
+            if fe.get(field) is not None
+        })
+    return out
+
+
 def generate_platform_truth(
     platform_name: str,
     config: dict,
@@ -388,9 +425,9 @@ def generate_platform_truth(
             continue
         cores_profiled.add(emu_name)
 
-        filtered = _system_dir_files(
+        filtered = _archives_not_members(_system_dir_files(
             profile, runs_standalone(emu_name, profile, standalone_set)
-        )
+        ))
 
         for fe in filtered:
             profile_sid = fe.get("system", "")
diff --git a/tests/test_truth_layout.py b/tests/test_truth_layout.py
index b87d3e89..f646ba2b 100644
--- a/tests/test_truth_layout.py
+++ b/tests/test_truth_layout.py
@@ -51,5 +51,49 @@ class TruthFollowsRunsStandalone(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(_names(truth), {"both.bin", "only_sa.bin"})
 
 
+
+class AnArchiveStandsForItsMembers(unittest.TestCase):
+    """fbneo declares bubsys.zip as the ROMs inside it. As loose truth files
+    the members were added to RetroArch's System.dat, and the 480-byte
+    boot.bin, filed under the Dreamcast by its bare name, merged with
+    RetroDream's 2 MB BIOS."""
+
+    PROFILES = {
+        "fbneo": {
+            "emulator": "FBNeo", "type": "libretro", "systems": ["konami-bubsys"],
+            "files": [
+                {"name": "boot.bin", "archive": "bubsys.zip", "system": "konami-bubsys",
+                 "required": True, "size": 480, "crc32": "f0774fc2"},
+                {"name": "400b03.8g", "archive": "bubsys.zip", "system": "konami-bubsys",
+                 "required": True, "size": 8192, "crc32": "85c2afc5"},
+            ],
+        },
+        "retrodream": {
+            "emulator": "RetroDream", "type": "libretro", "systems": ["sega-dreamcast"],
+            "files": [{"name": "boot.bin", "path": "boot.bin", "system": "sega-dreamcast",
+                       "size": 2097152, "md5": "e10c53c2f8b90bab96ead2d368858623"}],
+        },
+    }
+    CONFIG = {
+        "cores": ["fbneo", "retrodream"],
+        "systems": {"sega-dreamcast": {"files": [
+            {"name": "boot.bin", "destination": "dc/boot.bin"}]}},
+    }
+
+    def test_the_archive_is_the_file(self):
+        truth = generate_platform_truth("p", self.CONFIG, {}, self.PROFILES)
+        bubsys = truth["systems"]["konami-bubsys"]["files"]
+        self.assertEqual([f["name"] for f in bubsys], ["bubsys.zip"])
+        self.assertEqual(
+            sorted(m["name"] for m in bubsys[0]["contents"]), ["400b03.8g", "boot.bin"]
+        )
+        self.assertTrue(bubsys[0]["required"])
+
+    def test_a_member_name_claims_no_other_system(self):
+        truth = generate_platform_truth("p", self.CONFIG, {}, self.PROFILES)
+        dreamcast = truth["systems"]["sega-dreamcast"]["files"]
+        self.assertEqual([(f["name"], f["size"]) for f in dreamcast], [("boot.bin", 2097152)])
+        self.assertEqual(dreamcast[0]["_cores"], ["retrodream"])
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     unittest.main()