diff --git a/emulators/higan_sfc.yml b/emulators/higan_sfc.yml
index 476243f59..5aa3c6a20 100644
--- a/emulators/higan_sfc.yml
+++ b/emulators/higan_sfc.yml
@@ -228,3 +228,18 @@ files:
     required: false
     note: "Falls back to sgb2.boot.rom at the system directory root."
     source_ref: "higan/gb/system/system.cpp:54-65, icarus/heuristics/super-famicom.cpp:243, icarus/heuristics/super-famicom.cpp:614"
+
+  - name: "program.rom"
+    path: "Super GameBoy.sfc/program.rom"
+    system: nintendo-sgb
+    required: false
+    note: "Last folder tried, after the option's folder and SGB.sfc/."
+    source_ref: "higan/target-libretro/libretro-sfc.cpp:209-225, higan/sfc/cartridge/load.cpp:77-80"
+
+  - name: "sgb1.boot.rom"
+    path: "Super GameBoy.sfc/sgb1.boot.rom"
+    system: nintendo-sgb
+    size: 256
+    required: false
+    note: "Read from the folder program.rom was found in, then from the system directory root. The name follows the Super GAMEBOY header of an SGB1 program.rom."
+    source_ref: "higan/target-libretro/libretro-sfc.cpp:229, higan/gb/system/system.cpp:54-65, icarus/heuristics/super-famicom.cpp:232, icarus/heuristics/super-famicom.cpp:618"
diff --git a/emulators/higan_sfc_balanced.yml b/emulators/higan_sfc_balanced.yml
index 6c88faec8..fac0f9151 100644
--- a/emulators/higan_sfc_balanced.yml
+++ b/emulators/higan_sfc_balanced.yml
@@ -227,3 +227,19 @@ files:
     required: false
     note: "Falls back to lr35902.boot.rom at the system directory root."
     source_ref: "source nSide/gb/system/system.cpp:54-65, source nSide/emulator/game.hpp:101-104, source icarus/heuristics/super-famicom.cpp:103, source icarus/heuristics/super-famicom.cpp:523-527"
+
+  - name: "program.rom"
+    path: "Super GameBoy.sfc/program.rom"
+    system: nintendo-sgb
+    required: false
+    note: "Last folder tried, after the option's folder and SGB.sfc/."
+    source_ref: "source nSide/target-libretro/libretro-sfc.cpp:184-199, source nSide/sfc-balanced/cartridge/load.cpp:159-162"
+
+  - name: "lr35902.boot.rom"
+    path: "Super GameBoy.sfc/lr35902.boot.rom"
+    system: nintendo-sgb
+    size: 256
+    sha1: "aa2f50a77dfb4823da96ba99309085a3c6278515"
+    required: false
+    note: "Read from the folder program.rom was found in, then from the system directory root."
+    source_ref: "source nSide/target-libretro/libretro-sfc.cpp:201, source nSide/gb/system/system.cpp:54-65, source nSide/target-libretro/program.cpp:59-72, source icarus/heuristics/super-famicom.cpp:103"
diff --git a/tests/test_audit_regressions.py b/tests/test_audit_regressions.py
index 4f18a8ca8..39330ab7c 100644
--- a/tests/test_audit_regressions.py
+++ b/tests/test_audit_regressions.py
@@ -6821,5 +6821,39 @@ class PipelineChildrenSkipNodeCompileCache(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertIn('"NODE_DISABLE_COMPILE_CACHE": "1"', source)
 
 
+class HiganSuperGameBoyFolderIsFree(unittest.TestCase):
+    """higan reads program.rom in the option's folder, SGB.sfc/, then Super
+    GameBoy.sfc/. bsnes, Mesen-S and ares read SGB1.sfc and SGB2.sfc as files
+    in the same system directory, and SuperSnes9x sgb.sfc, so a pack that only
+    had the first two folders never gave the higan cores a Super Game Boy."""
+
+    def test_each_higan_core_has_a_folder_no_core_reads_as_a_file(self):
+        import yaml
+
+        file_names: set[str] = set()
+        for path in (ROOT / "emulators").glob("*.yml"):
+            document = yaml.safe_load(path.read_text(encoding="utf-8")) or {}
+            for entry in document.get("files") or []:
+                for name in [entry.get("name"), *(entry.get("aliases") or [])]:
+                    if name:
+                        file_names.add(str(name).casefold())
+                if entry.get("path"):
+                    file_names.add(str(entry["path"]).casefold())
+        for profile in ("higan_sfc", "higan_sfc_balanced"):
+            document = yaml.safe_load(
+                (ROOT / "emulators" / f"{profile}.yml").read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+            )
+            folders = {
+                str(entry["path"]).split("/", 1)[0]
+                for entry in document["files"]
+                if str(entry.get("path") or "").endswith("/program.rom")
+                and entry.get("system") == "nintendo-sgb"
+            }
+            with self.subTest(profile=profile):
+                self.assertTrue(
+                    [f for f in folders if f.casefold() not in file_names], folders
+                )
+
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     unittest.main()