emulator: Phoenix
type: standalone
core_classification: other
source: "http://www.arts-union.ru"
upstream: "http://www.arts-union.ru"
profiled_date: "2026-10-20"
core_version: "2.8.JAG"
display_name: "3DO, Atari Jaguar (Phoenix)"
mode: standalone
cores:
  - phoenix
systems:
  - 3do
  - atari-jaguar

notes: |
  Closed-source 3DO and Atari Jaguar emulator by Altmer (Arts-Union), the
  author of FreeDO. This profile reads the build RetroBat installs,
  PhoenixEmuProject.exe 2.8.JAG (x86-64, dated 2023-01-05), with objdump and
  the strings it carries.

  Phoenix names no BIOS file. Every dump is registered in phoenix.config.xml
  under a platform and a dump type: BIOS, CD-ROM, FMV-ROM, FONT-ROM and NVRAM
  for 3DO, BIOS and CARTRIDGE for Jaguar. emulatorlauncher rewrites that file
  before each launch, registering the game and, as the BIOS, panafz10.bin for
  3DO or "[BIOS] Atari Jaguar (World).j64" for Jaguar from the RetroBat bios
  folder (emulatorLauncher Generators/Phoenix.Generator.cs:23-95).

  The 3DO machine is emulated at hardware level (MADAM, CLIO, the CEL engine
  and the ARM CPU) and starts from the BIOS dump. Its md5 is compared with
  two values, the PAL Anvil BIOS a48e6746 and the same image with RSA
  disabled cf11bbb5 (function at 0x4a10d0, strings at 0xb03a38 and
  0xb03a60), which the 2.8.J changelog lists as PAL BIOS support. FMV-ROM is
  the video module ROM, which the 1.2 changelog describes as viewable only,
  and FONT-ROM the kanji font of Japanese consoles. Two further md5 values
  (0xb03bd0, 0xb03bf8) are compared against the CD-ROM dump and set per game
  video parameters.

  Jaguar cartridges run through the boot ROM, and the File menu offers to add
  a header, or a generic header, to a headerless cartridge
  dump so that the boot ROM accepts it.

files:
  - name: panafz10.bin
    system: 3do
    required: true
    description: "3DO BIOS"
    note: >-
      Any BIOS dump is accepted, registered as the 3DO BIOS. The name is the
      one RetroBat registers.

  - name: panafz10e-anvil.bin
    system: 3do
    required: false
    md5: "a48e6746bd7edec0f40cff078f0bb19f"
    description: "PAL Anvil BIOS"
    note: "Recognized by md5 for PAL operation (0xb03a38, compared at 0x4a1144)."

  - name: panafz10e-anvil-norsa.bin
    system: 3do
    required: false
    md5: "cf11bbb5a16d7af9875cca9de9a15e09"
    description: "PAL Anvil BIOS, RSA check disabled"
    note: "Recognized by md5 for PAL operation (0xb03a60, compared at 0x4a120d)."

  - name: "[BIOS] Atari Jaguar (World).j64"
    system: atari-jaguar
    required: true
    description: "Jaguar boot ROM"
    note: >-
      Registered as the Jaguar BIOS. The name is the one RetroBat registers.