emulator: ONScripter
type: libretro
core_classification: community_fork
source: "https://github.com/iyzsong/onscripter-libretro"
upstream: "https://github.com/ogapee/onscripter"
profiled_date: "2026-03-24"
core_version: "0.3"
display_name: "ONScripter"
cores:
  - onscripter
systems:
  - onscripter

notes: |
  Clone of NScripter, a Japanese visual novel engine. The libretro port
  wraps upstream ogapee/onscripter (tag 20230825) via an SDL-to-libretro
  shim.

  No system files required. The .info declares no firmware. The core
  never calls RETRO_ENVIRONMENT_GET_SYSTEM_DIRECTORY. All files
  (scripts, fonts, archives, config) are loaded from the game directory
  via archive_path (libretro.cpp:120-121, ScriptHandler.cpp:148-161).

  default.ttf, registry.txt, dll.txt are per-game assets shipped with
  each visual novel, not system-level files.

  Experimental core. No save state support (retro_serialize_size = 0).

files: []