emulator: "FinalBurn Neo (CPS-1/CPS-2)"
type: libretro
core_classification: official_port
source: "https://github.com/libretro/FBNeo"
upstream: "https://github.com/finalburnneo/FBNeo"
profiled_date: "2026-03-23"
source_commit: "32958a89abd645ed20387c8d31d21ede3bc48161"
upstream_commit: "697e385c8285bfc528343b96d948ee3a4f9e24c5"
core_version: "v1.0.0.03"
version_basis:
  kind: file
  path: "src/burn/version.h"
  pattern: '#define\s+VER_MAJOR\s+(\d+)\s*\n#define\s+VER_MINOR\s+(\d+)\s*\n#define\s+VER_BETA\s+(\d+)\s*\n#define\s+VER_ALPHA\s+(\d+)'
  format: "v{1}.{2}.{3}.{4:02d}"
display_name: "Arcade (FinalBurn Neo) (CPS-1 / CPS-2)"
cores:
  - fbneo_cps12
systems:
  - cps1
  - cps2
  - arcade

notes: |
  CPS-1/CPS-2 subset of FinalBurn Neo, current codebase (not frozen).
  Exists for platforms that cannot run the full FBNeo core.

  CPS-1 and CPS-2 have no system BIOS. Each game ROM set is self-contained:
  68000 program + Z80 sound + GFX + QSound samples (CPS-2).

  Zero BRF_BIOS entries in d_cps1.cpp and d_cps2.cpp. QSound emulated in
  software (qs_c.cpp:QscInit, panning table). No DSP ROM needed.

  Board PLDs (buf1, ioa1, prg1/prg2, rom1, sou1) are BRF_OPT: GAL/PAL
  dumps for hardware preservation, never loaded by the emulator.

  hiscore.dat enables persistent high scores across all arcade games.

  ROM path: game ZIPs loaded from content directory.
  system/fbneo/ used for hiscore.dat, samples, cheats, blend files, IPS patches.

  need_fullpath=false, extensions=zip|7z, savestate=deterministic.

archive_prefix: fbneo

files:
  - name: "hiscore.dat"
    path: "fbneo/hiscore.dat"
    required: false
    system: arcade
    note: "High score database, enables persistent high scores across all arcade games"
    source_ref: "source src/burn/hiscore.cpp:154-161, 407, source src/burn/burn.cpp:876"