emulator: PlaydiaEmu
type: libretro
core_classification: pure_libretro
source: "https://github.com/AloysHF/PlaydiaEmu"
upstream: "https://github.com/AloysHF/PlaydiaEmu"
profiled_date: "2026-10-04"
source_commit: "6e758408ddffafe407282473f3904c1699a4cea8"
core_version: "0.1.0"
display_name: "Bandai - Playdia (PlaydiaEmu)"
cores:
  - playdiaemu
systems:
  - bandai-playdia

notes: |
  PlaydiaEmu is a Bandai Playdia emulator written in Rust by Aloys, built
  as an HLE disc player: it streams dual-track MODE2 CUE/BIN (plain or
  Redump-style ZIP), routes F1/F2/F3 video fragments, decodes XA ADPCM
  audio and the AK8000 video. The Playdia MC68HC05 CPU is not emulated.
  No BIOS or firmware is loaded.

  retro_load_game (crates/playdiaemu-libretro/src/api.rs) opens the game
  file alone. The core-info declares firmware_count = 0
  (crates/playdiaemu-libretro/playdiaemu_libretro.info:19), and the
  playdiaemu-core crate reads only the user content: CUE/BIN tracks and
  ZIP archives from the game path (crates/playdiaemu-core/src/content.rs
  :111-199). No other file is ever opened.

files: []