emulator: NetherSX2
type: standalone
core_classification: community_fork
bios_mode: agnostic
source: "https://github.com/Trixarian/NetherSX2-patch"
upstream: "https://github.com/Trixarian/AetherSX2"
author: "Trixarian"
profiled_date: "2026-08-12"
source_commit: "75fc270d50b8c1ba81daf874635471b8d07be09e"
upstream_commit: "1d1f795dfc70e38da67724c7298779260f513889"
core_version: "2.1-4248"
display_name: "Sony - PlayStation 2 (NetherSX2)"
mode: standalone
cores:
  - "nethersx2"
  - "NetherSX2"
  - "NETHERSX2"
systems:
  - sony-playstation-2

bios_directory: "bios/"

notes: |
  PlayStation 2 emulator for Android, package xyz.aethersx2.android, activity
  xyz.aethersx2.android.EmulationActivity. The project is a patcher rather than
  a source tree: it rewrites the AetherSX2 application package, replaces its
  data assets and signs the result with its own key. Two lines are published,
  one on the AetherSX2 v1.5-4248 package and one on v1.5-3668, and both name
  themselves NetherSX2 and keep the same package id. Every statement below was
  read from the shipped arm64 library lib/arm64-v8a/libemucore.so, which is
  stripped, and confirmed against the unpatched AetherSX2 packages the project
  distributes for its own build step.
  ref: decomp/Extract.bat:1, old/scripts/patch-apk.sh:24-33,
       nethersx2 v2.1-4248 AndroidManifest.xml

  The patch touches three instructions in the 4248 library. Two turn the
  compare-and-branch that follows a certificate comparison into a plain branch,
  which is what lets the package be resigned. The third replaces the test that
  gates BIOS acceptance. Everything reached by the file loading paths is
  byte for byte the AetherSX2 build, so the file set below is that build's,
  read from the 4248 library rather than carried over from another release.
  ref: decomp/Hackify.bat:24-28,
       nethersx2 v2.1-4248 libemucore.so 0x838560,
       nethersx2 v2.1-4248 libemucore.so 0x83b324

  A BIOS image is required and boot stops without one, the application saying
  it needs a PS2 BIOS in the bios folder of the data directory. The data
  directory is getExternalFilesDir(null) with getDataDir() behind it, and the
  folder names under it come from the Folders section, Bios defaulting to bios.
  A script in the repository moves that root to /storage/emulated/0/NetherSX2
  once all-files access is granted, and patches out the library check that
  requires the package name in the path; the published packages do not carry it.
  ref: nethersx2 v2.1-4248 libemucore.so 0xf70a9,
       nethersx2 v2.1-4248 libemucore.so 0x7ea914-0x7eaa8c,
       xyz/aethersx2/android/NativeLibrary.smali initializeOnce,
       patches/patch_root_storage.py:14-35, patches/patch_root_storage.py:261-351

  Detection is by content. The scan lists the BIOS folder with a * mask, keeps
  files between 4194304 and 8388608 bytes, and accepts an image whose romdir
  carries a RESET entry followed by a readable ROMVER; the fifth ROMVER
  character gives the zone, A for USA, C for China, E for Europe, H for Asia,
  J for Japan, P for Free, T for T10K and X for Test, any other character
  standing for itself, and an EXTINFO entry is read along the way. Stock 4248
  also required
  the sixth character to differ from D, which turned away development images;
  the patch forces that result to true, and the 3668 line never carried the
  test. An image named in the configuration is combined with the BIOS folder and
  opened at that path when it exists, without the size filter and without the
  romdir test. No name and no hash is matched anywhere. The image is read into
  the 4 MB ROM region and truncated to it, and one shorter than 2465792 bytes
  turns off the OSDSys parameter HLE.
  ref: aethersx2/pcsx2/ps2/BiosTools.cpp:27-28,
       aethersx2/pcsx2/ps2/BiosTools.cpp:62-175,
       aethersx2/pcsx2/ps2/BiosTools.cpp:235-260,
       aethersx2/pcsx2/ps2/BiosTools.cpp:272-332,
       nethersx2 v2.1-4248 libemucore.so 0x828d80-0x828f10,
       nethersx2 v2.1-4248 libemucore.so 0x829020-0x8292c0,
       nethersx2 v2.1-4248 libemucore.so 0x829244-0x829248

  Companions derive from the selected image. rom1 and rom2 are appended to the
  full name first, then substituted for the existing extension, so an image at
  ps2-0230a-20080220.bin is followed by ps2-0230a-20080220.bin.rom1 then
  ps2-0230a-20080220.rom1. The nvm and the mec are read at the substituted
  extension only, and both are written with defaults when they are absent or
  too short. No erom is loaded on this code line.
  ref: aethersx2/pcsx2/ps2/BiosTools.cpp:193-218,
       aethersx2/pcsx2/CDVD/CDVD.cpp:120-144,
       aethersx2/pcsx2/CDVD/CDVD.cpp:180-214,
       nethersx2 v2.1-4248 libemucore.so 0x8288b0-0x828b90

  The network adapter opens eeprom.dat and flash.dat by bare name, so they
  resolve against the process working directory, which the application never
  sets. A compiled-in image stands in for the first and a card filled with 0xFF
  for the second. DEV9hdd.raw is the default name of the empty disk image its
  settings page writes. An IRX named in the configuration is read into the ROM
  region at 0x3C0000 at boot; the field is empty by default and names no file of
  its own.
  ref: aethersx2/pcsx2/DEV9/DEV9.cpp:146-161,
       aethersx2/pcsx2/DEV9/flash.cpp:76-104,
       aethersx2/pcsx2/ps2/BiosTools.cpp:220-233,
       nethersx2 v2.1-4248 libemucore.so 0x7c5bec-0x7c5ca0,
       nethersx2 v2.1-4248 libemucore.so 0x828bc0-0x828ca0

  Resources are read out of the package itself. The library has no asset
  manager of its own and calls back into readPackageFile, readPackageFileToString
  and playSoundAsync, each taking an asset-relative name, so the game database,
  the patch archives, the interface fonts, the shader sources every backend
  compiles at startup and the achievement sounds are versioned with the build
  and never looked for on disk. The game list draws its region flags and rating
  stars from the same assets. The project ships its own game database, patch
  archives and help pages, and adds two files the 4248 package does not carry,
  placeholder.png, which the library names outright, and the Polish flag the
  game list can ask for.
  ref: nethersx2 v2.1-4248 libemucore.so 0x8348d0,
       nethersx2 v2.1-4248 libemucore.so 0x834bb0,
       xyz/aethersx2/android/NativeLibrary.smali readPackageFile,
       xyz/aethersx2/android/NativeLibrary.smali playSoundAsync

files:
  - name: ps2-0230a-20080220.bin
    path: bios/ps2-0230a-20080220.bin
    required: true
    min_size: 4194304
    max_size: 8388608
    validation: [size]
    description: "PS2 BIOS image"
    note: >-
      Any image whose romdir holds RESET and a readable ROMVER is accepted,
      whatever its name. The 4 to 8 MB range gates the folder scan; an image
      named in the configuration skips both that range and the romdir test. The
      sixth ROMVER character is not examined here, the patch having replaced the
      test that rejected images carrying D.
    source_ref: "aethersx2/pcsx2/ps2/BiosTools.cpp:27-28, aethersx2/pcsx2/ps2/BiosTools.cpp:235-260, nethersx2 v2.1-4248 libemucore.so 0x828d80-0x828f10, nethersx2 v2.1-4248 libemucore.so 0x829244-0x829248"

  - name: ps2-0230a-20080220.rom1
    path: bios/ps2-0230a-20080220.rom1
    required: false
    max_size: 4194304
    description: "DVD player ROM"
    note: >-
      Tried as {bios}.rom1 then {biosbase}.rom1. Read at 0x2404000 of the EE
      memory block and truncated to 4 MB. Logged and skipped when absent.
    source_ref: "aethersx2/pcsx2/ps2/BiosTools.cpp:193-218, nethersx2 v2.1-4248 libemucore.so 0x8288b0-0x828a24"

  - name: ps2-0230a-20080220.rom2
    aliases:
      - "SCPH-90006_BIOS_VX_HK _230.ROM2"
    path: bios/ps2-0230a-20080220.rom2
    required: false
    max_size: 524288
    description: "Chinese ROM extension"
    note: >-
      Same two-step naming as rom1. Read at 0x2804000 of the EE memory block and
      truncated to 512 KB. Only present on Chinese region consoles.
    source_ref: "aethersx2/pcsx2/ps2/BiosTools.cpp:193-218, nethersx2 v2.1-4248 libemucore.so 0x828a34-0x828b90"

  - name: ps2-0230a-20080220.nvm
    path: bios/ps2-0230a-20080220.nvm
    required: false
    hle_fallback: true
    min_size: 1024
    validation: [size]
    description: "Console NVRAM"
    note: >-
      Read at the BIOS path with the extension replaced by nvm, opened r+b.
      Carries the console id, the iLink id, the language and the OSD
      configuration. A 1024 byte image is written when the file is missing or
      shorter, zeroed except for a fixed iLink id and the language defaults of
      the BIOS region, and it is rewritten when the language block reads back
      blank.
    source_ref: "aethersx2/pcsx2/CDVD/CDVD.cpp:158-214, nethersx2 v2.1-4248 libemucore.so 0x79b930-0x79bb90, nethersx2 v2.1-4248 libemucore.so 0x79bce0"

  - name: ps2-0230a-20080220.mec
    path: bios/ps2-0230a-20080220.mec
    required: false
    hle_fallback: true
    min_size: 4
    validation: [size]
    description: "Mechacon version"
    note: >-
      Read at the BIOS path with the extension replaced by mec. Written as
      03 06 02 00 when the file is missing or shorter than 4 bytes.
    source_ref: "aethersx2/pcsx2/CDVD/CDVD.cpp:120-144, nethersx2 v2.1-4248 libemucore.so 0x79cbc0-0x79cdc4"

  - name: eeprom.dat
    required: false
    hle_fallback: true
    size: 64
    description: "DEV9 EEPROM"
    note: >-
      Opened O_RDWR by bare name when the network adapter starts and mapped over
      64 bytes. A compiled-in image stands in when the file is missing or cannot
      be mapped.
    source_ref: "aethersx2/pcsx2/DEV9/DEV9.cpp:146-161, nethersx2 v2.1-4248 libemucore.so 0x7c5c40-0x7c5ca0"

  - name: flash.dat
    required: false
    hle_fallback: true
    max_size: 8650752
    description: "DEV9 SmartMedia flash image"
    note: >-
      Opened rb by bare name at network adapter init and read as 1024 blocks of
      16 pages of 512 bytes plus 16 ECC bytes. The card is filled with 0xFF when
      the file is absent.
    source_ref: "aethersx2/pcsx2/DEV9/flash.cpp:76-104, nethersx2 v2.1-4248 libemucore.so 0x7c5bec-0x7c5c40"

  - name: "<module>.irx"
    required: false
    unsourceable: "any IOP module the user points at, under no name the code expects"
    description: "IOP module injected at boot"
    note: >-
      Opened at the path the configuration holds once it is longer than three
      characters, and read into the ROM region at 0x3C0000, capped at 0x40000
      bytes. The field is empty by default and names no file of its own.
    source_ref: "aethersx2/pcsx2/ps2/BiosTools.cpp:220-233, aethersx2/pcsx2/ps2/BiosTools.cpp:327-328, nethersx2 v2.1-4248 libemucore.so 0x828bc0-0x828ca0"

  - name: GameIndex.yaml
    path: assets/GameIndex.yaml
    required: false
    bundled: true
    size: 1839281
    md5: a083d432bdcbc3282e51798f8e231a68
    sha1: 997fdfb1c1873c1a43972b2984ac0da61fd47b14
    description: "Game database"
    note: >-
      Read from the package by name, keyed by serial, and carrying the per-game
      fixes, patches and settings overrides. Parsed into gamedb.cache in the
      cache folder. The project maintains its own copy with entries specific to
      this build.
    source_ref: "aethersx2/pcsx2/GameDatabase.cpp:35, aethersx2/pcsx2/GameDatabase.cpp:226, nethersx2 v2.1-4248 libemucore.so 0x2e35ec"

  - name: cheats_ws.zip
    path: assets/cheats_ws.zip
    required: false
    bundled: true
    size: 1688377
    md5: d9460e9df9ac219b1eb946c76f80ee0f
    sha1: f0d9c66e4793a014cf431ed20e87056e2a96b68e
    description: "Widescreen patch archive"
    note: >-
      Per-game pnach entries matched on the disc CRC, read from the package when
      widescreen patches are enabled. The cheats_ws folder under the data
      directory takes precedence and the archive is skipped when it holds a
      match.
    source_ref: "nethersx2 v2.1-4248 libemucore.so 0x80f8bc-0x80f9a8"

  - name: cheats_ni.zip
    path: assets/cheats_ni.zip
    required: false
    bundled: true
    size: 221493
    md5: 70a2f8043f2c1be6c84ecac87157a57b
    sha1: 0b219dc8b3b98c1705b14758bb7950064b928ebb
    description: "No-interlacing patch archive"
    note: >-
      Same form as cheats_ws.zip, read when no-interlacing patches are enabled,
      with the cheats_ni folder taking precedence.
    source_ref: "nethersx2 v2.1-4248 libemucore.so 0x80fa54-0x80facc"

  - name: Roboto-Regular.ttf
    path: assets/fonts/Roboto-Regular.ttf
    required: true
    bundled: true
    size: 305608
    md5: 86da78cb59576328483a11c6ef74bc2b
    sha1: 00d62fbdc8d5dec4c659005e116d0ba2ee63b547
    description: "Interface font"
    note: "Read as the standard font when the interface comes up. The load fails without it."
    source_ref: "nethersx2 v2.1-4248 libemucore.so 0x7dc87c-0x7dc88c"

  - name: RobotoMono-Medium.ttf
    path: assets/fonts/RobotoMono-Medium.ttf
    required: true
    bundled: true
    size: 86820
    md5: 8ad82b1dc550319993a7d6c932b2656d
    sha1: 9056e59b69c6f1160fdfb92a0773f17f6307f3ad
    description: "Fixed-width interface font"
    note: "Read for the fixed-width font. The load fails without it."
    source_ref: "nethersx2 v2.1-4248 libemucore.so 0x7dc8d0-0x7dc8e0"

  - name: fa-solid-900.ttf
    path: assets/fonts/fa-solid-900.ttf
    required: true
    bundled: true
    size: 204528
    md5: dffd9504fcb1894620fa41c700172994
    sha1: 694b8a2445ff39de415bf4791845442a7b1b81e5
    description: "Font Awesome icon font"
    note: "Read for the interface icon glyphs. The load fails without it."
    source_ref: "nethersx2 v2.1-4248 libemucore.so 0x7dc924-0x7dc934"

  - name: ffx_a.h
    path: assets/shaders/common/ffx_a.h
    required: false
    bundled: true
    size: 161481
    md5: 2c539b603dcb15dcdcfdc420eda56ced
    sha1: 726370c10154ad092c15c251b98c79185e980c7c
    description: "FidelityFX common header"
    note: "Prepended to the sharpening shader of both backends."
    source_ref: "nethersx2 v2.1-4248 libemucore.so 0x616ba0"

  - name: ffx_cas.h
    path: assets/shaders/common/ffx_cas.h
    required: false
    bundled: true
    size: 63512
    md5: f8a3d7f48ae19fc372cd0d5d375d5a8d
    sha1: a1d1a687577f7a607fda35bc88950f57c2129ca5
    description: "FidelityFX CAS header"
    note: "Prepended to the sharpening shader of both backends."
    source_ref: "nethersx2 v2.1-4248 libemucore.so 0x616bb0"

  - name: fxaa.fx
    path: assets/shaders/common/fxaa.fx
    required: false
    bundled: true
    size: 19420
    md5: 5cdeb2963c1b68c3ffb04a789cc66d6e
    sha1: 3ac5f68049ed00d8ff3d2811bd09ef0c036efd0a
    description: "FXAA shader source"
    note: "Read by both backends when FXAA is enabled."
    source_ref: "nethersx2 v2.1-4248 libemucore.so 0x6556c8, nethersx2 v2.1-4248 libemucore.so 0x65f020"

  - name: common_header.glsl
    path: assets/shaders/opengl/common_header.glsl
    required: false
    bundled: true
    size: 1863
    md5: 1dcf4ca0cc95f2f8e11b66c2ffeeaffe
    sha1: 3f47597187030144498af7a92531e8f205561211
    description: "OpenGL shader preamble"
    note: "Prepended to every OpenGL program the renderer builds."
    source_ref: "nethersx2 v2.1-4248 libemucore.so 0x64c5d0"

  - name: convert.glsl
    path: assets/shaders/opengl/convert.glsl
    required: false
    bundled: true
    size: 11276
    md5: c3db4fcdd142912c0d9a07f3fb40bbbc
    sha1: b2a059787ee297654b27f633e37382e239693a36
    description: "OpenGL format conversion shader"
    source_ref: "nethersx2 v2.1-4248 libemucore.so 0x64cf14"

  - name: present.glsl
    path: assets/shaders/opengl/present.glsl
    required: false
    bundled: true
    size: 9458
    md5: afbb9a89f17ead2d8ce7252c1b44186f
    sha1: bf2688971a8ef2f2c262c3c2ec579d3dd39793e6
    description: "OpenGL presentation shader"
    source_ref: "nethersx2 v2.1-4248 libemucore.so 0x64d458"

  - name: merge.glsl
    path: assets/shaders/opengl/merge.glsl
    required: false
    bundled: true
    size: 455
    md5: 2c4d70f62928eac933eec932d7bfa0b3
    sha1: d1a3c11a1273e1d6c740e4eacc3159842f206683
    description: "OpenGL frame merge shader"
    source_ref: "nethersx2 v2.1-4248 libemucore.so 0x64d758"

  - name: interlace.glsl
    path: assets/shaders/opengl/interlace.glsl
    required: false
    bundled: true
    size: 6246
    md5: 0e537dd838a7ecd3b687f3f7cc60a7be
    sha1: e74e58f530abb4af02c0875c2f04d507e854869e
    description: "OpenGL deinterlacing shader"
    source_ref: "nethersx2 v2.1-4248 libemucore.so 0x64da84"

  - name: shadeboost.glsl
    path: assets/shaders/opengl/shadeboost.glsl
    required: false
    bundled: true
    size: 1457
    md5: 3d1e2be521a66cbfc2c5ff32057e7bf4
    sha1: 8d8b8966afd2ad840151f7fcb494739041708c89
    description: "OpenGL brightness and contrast shader"
    source_ref: "nethersx2 v2.1-4248 libemucore.so 0x64dc8c"

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    path: assets/shaders/opengl/cas.glsl
    required: false
    bundled: true
    size: 2448
    md5: f8a684763e24557c97e3f5d05935bb3b
    sha1: 1a69a0fc522caff98fc3829ebf3f12a6a006a058
    description: "OpenGL sharpening shader"
    source_ref: "nethersx2 v2.1-4248 libemucore.so 0x64ee98"

  - name: tfx_vgs.glsl
    path: assets/shaders/opengl/tfx_vgs.glsl
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    bundled: true
    size: 5756
    md5: a97e9616f298bb9041bf9e45ee2ec597
    sha1: 0e9e98f766c9250b465af776d0077f49f797fed2
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    source_ref: "nethersx2 v2.1-4248 libemucore.so 0x64f1f0"

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    bundled: true
    size: 26680
    md5: 24e39ca8f97a1ee4cbd1e9bf8b8da2fd
    sha1: 00eb0418e7a25c89aaf7c526922fe45d83243ec5
    description: "OpenGL texture function fragment shader"
    source_ref: "nethersx2 v2.1-4248 libemucore.so 0x64f200"

  - name: tfx.glsl
    path: assets/shaders/vulkan/tfx.glsl
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    bundled: true
    size: 29540
    md5: f80e78f88892f0b82ad154eee613f537
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    source_ref: "nethersx2 v2.1-4248 libemucore.so 0x65b1b0"

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    required: false
    bundled: true
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    description: "Vulkan format conversion shader"
    source_ref: "nethersx2 v2.1-4248 libemucore.so 0x65ca34, nethersx2 v2.1-4248 libemucore.so 0x65f008"

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    bundled: true
    size: 8177
    md5: 72626d625bb963c6cd7074d4dfd0adda
    sha1: 4871ee00b249b41d16232769e2f661bedd1c83db
    description: "Vulkan presentation shader"
    source_ref: "nethersx2 v2.1-4248 libemucore.so 0x65d7f0"

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    bundled: true
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    md5: b776383d21609db24d5348c381c2c286
    sha1: b09de39d6459c70ffab28dcb3e3ef879b1648674
    description: "Vulkan frame merge shader"
    source_ref: "nethersx2 v2.1-4248 libemucore.so 0x65e84c"

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    bundled: true
    size: 6707
    md5: bf3caa2532873593218bc4a09e924d4e
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    description: "Vulkan deinterlacing shader"
    source_ref: "nethersx2 v2.1-4248 libemucore.so 0x65e01c"

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    bundled: true
    size: 1741
    md5: 366b45b6c4e9ed8e6b7454eebcb5d010
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    description: "Vulkan brightness and contrast shader"
    source_ref: "nethersx2 v2.1-4248 libemucore.so 0x65f2d4"

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    required: false
    bundled: true
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    md5: 56f3cf4de895dd4d32d6c79d564d0c5b
    sha1: 709fd5393188f7cff0fe4230d0e3e8b69a82f5b9
    description: "Vulkan sharpening shader"
    source_ref: "nethersx2 v2.1-4248 libemucore.so 0x65fa0c"

  - name: unlock.wav
    path: assets/sounds/achievements/unlock.wav
    required: false
    bundled: true
    size: 87714
    md5: 4d035ee86f836bfed422a975cf65c9cc
    sha1: eb488a76217629f620e40287567d7e2b30337680
    description: "Achievement unlock sound"
    note: "Handed to playSoundAsync, which opens it from the package and plays it through MediaPlayer."
    source_ref: "nethersx2 v2.1-4248 libemucore.so 0x81cd38"

  - name: lbsubmit.wav
    path: assets/sounds/achievements/lbsubmit.wav
    required: false
    bundled: true
    size: 82096
    md5: fa6a7030a9f259ee7300dd0bd49f24f3
    sha1: 5ad1e110dcf0ffd26405981398892a82e4f3bad1
    description: "Leaderboard submission sound"
    source_ref: "nethersx2 v2.1-4248 libemucore.so 0x81d464"

  - name: message.wav
    path: assets/sounds/achievements/message.wav
    required: false
    bundled: true
    size: 15696
    md5: d66b0bccd743bd11eaca55bcaec925da
    sha1: c54f04b63ac6f04e0a0944ef260b5497e4494dbd
    description: "Achievement notification sound"
    source_ref: "nethersx2 v2.1-4248 libemucore.so 0x81bd44"

  - name: placeholder.png
    path: assets/placeholder.png
    required: false
    bundled: true
    size: 2762
    md5: 8f846541ccbf088ee7f8c49c8dcb3a6a
    sha1: c36292ab7e16bf5a6cbc4063f638e24872349c45
    description: "Fallback interface texture"
    note: >-
      Requested from the texture cache when a notification or a loading screen
      has no image of its own. The 4248 package names it without carrying one,
      and the project adds it.
    source_ref: "nethersx2 v2.1-4248 libemucore.so 0x7dcbf0, nethersx2 v2.1-4248 libemucore.so 0x7dd560, nethersx2 v2.1-4248 libemucore.so 0x8238dc"

  - name: "<region>.png"
    path: assets/icons/flags/NTSC-U.png
    required: false
    bundled: true
    description: "Game list region flag"
    note: >-
      Loaded as icons/flags/<region>.png with the region string of the entry.
      Thirty are carried, seven NTSC and twenty-two PAL plus Other, the Polish
      flag being one the project adds.
    source_ref: "nethersx2 v2.1-4248 classes.dex icons/flags/%s.png"

  - name: "star-<rating>.png"
    path: assets/icons/star-0.png
    required: false
    bundled: true
    description: "Game list compatibility rating icon"
    note: "Loaded as icons/star-<rating>.png for ratings 0 to 5."
    source_ref: "nethersx2 v2.1-4248 classes.dex icons/star-%d.png"

  - name: faq.html
    path: assets/faq.html
    required: false
    bundled: true
    size: 14048
    md5: c2a64e0bcc401da9b0a3c7adf3cff410
    sha1: 9163d4a3d19b87483f843e4bf3afe236a50a72d2
    description: "Help page"
    note: "Opened under the android_asset scheme in the built-in browser view."
    source_ref: "nethersx2 v2.1-4248 classes.dex android_asset faq.html"

  - name: 3rdparty.html
    path: assets/3rdparty.html
    required: false
    bundled: true
    size: 90296
    md5: fb4ff036f3e4769aa6daefdc4c5dba57
    sha1: 7743bf1d7e6e09a02f1b2972aa63bd8a9f26050d
    description: "Third party notices page"
    note: "Opened under the android_asset scheme in the built-in browser view."
    source_ref: "nethersx2 v2.1-4248 classes.dex android_asset 3rdparty.html"

exclusion_note: >
  Left out are the assets the package carries that no code path on this platform
  opens. game_controller_db.txt is the largest of them: the desktop AetherSX2
  hands it to SDL, the Android library links no SDL at all and takes pad input
  through handleControllerButtonEvent and handleControllerAxisEvent, and the
  name appears in neither the library nor the dex of the 3668 and 4248 packages,
  stock or patched. The same holds for the seven Direct3D shader sources under
  shaders/dx11, for icons/AppIconLarge.png and cover-placeholder.png, for
  fonts/Roboto-Regular-copyright and sounds/achievements/README.txt, which are
  licence and credit texts, and for dexopt/baseline.prof and baseline.profm,
  which the Android runtime consumes rather than the application. Also left out
  is everything the emulator produces for itself under the data directory:
  memory cards as Mcd<nnn>.ps2, DEV9hdd.raw for the internal disk, save states,
  screenshots, covers, texture dumps, logs, per-game settings, input profiles
  and the gamedb and pipeline caches. The two branches the patch turns into
  plain branches sit behind certificate comparisons and touch no file.
  ref: nethersx2 v2.1-4248 libemucore.so 0x7ea914-0x7eaa8c,
       nethersx2 v2.1-4248 libemucore.so 0x838560,
       nethersx2 v2.1-4248 libemucore.so 0x83b324,
       decomp/Hackify.bat:25-26