emulator: "FinalBurn Neo (Neo Geo)"
type: libretro
core_classification: official_port
source: "https://github.com/libretro/FBNeo"
upstream: "https://github.com/finalburnneo/FBNeo"
profiled_date: "2026-03-23"
core_version: "v1.0.0.03"
display_name: "Arcade (FinalBurn Neo) (Neo-Geo)"
cores:
  - fbneo_neogeo
systems:
  - snk-neogeo-mvs
  - snk-neogeo-aes
  - snk-neogeo-cd

notes: |
  Neo Geo subset of FinalBurn Neo, current codebase (not frozen).
  Built with SUBSET=neogeo, includes only d_neogeo.cpp drivers.
  Exists for platforms that cannot run the full FBNeo core.

  Neo Geo games reference "neogeo" as parent ROM set. The BIOS ZIP
  must be alongside game ZIPs or in system_dir/fbneo/.
  Search order (libretro.cpp:922-1030):
    1. {rom_dir}/{romName}
    2. {rom_dir}/arcade/{romName}
    3. {system_dir}/fbneo/{romName}
    4. {system_dir}/fbneo/arcade/{romName}
    5. {system_dir}/{romName}

  neogeo.zip contains multiple selectable 68K BIOS variants (MVS, AES,
  Universe BIOS). One 68K BIOS active at a time (dipswitch). Z80 BIOS,
  fix tiles, and zoom table always required.

  Neo Geo CDZ uses neocdz.zip with parent "neogeo". CD/CDZ BIOS plus
  zoom table.

  hiscore.dat loaded from system_dir/fbneo/ (hiscore.cpp:406).

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

files:
  # -------------------------------------------------------
  # Neo Geo MVS/AES (neogeo.zip) — 68K BIOS ROMs
  # -------------------------------------------------------
  - name: "sp-s3.sp1"
    archive: neogeo.zip
    system: snk-neogeo-mvs
    required: true
    size: 131072
    crc32: "91b64be3"
    note: "MVS Asia/Europe ver. 6 (1 slot) - default BIOS"
    source_ref: "src/burn/drv/neogeo/d_neogeo.cpp:1604"

  - name: "sp-s2.sp1"
    archive: neogeo.zip
    system: snk-neogeo-mvs
    required: false
    size: 131072
    crc32: "9036d879"
    note: "MVS Asia/Europe ver. 5 (1 slot)"
    source_ref: "src/burn/drv/neogeo/d_neogeo.cpp:1605"

  - name: "sp-s.sp1"
    archive: neogeo.zip
    system: snk-neogeo-mvs
    required: false
    size: 131072
    crc32: "c7f2fa45"
    note: "MVS Asia/Europe ver. 3 (4 slot)"
    source_ref: "src/burn/drv/neogeo/d_neogeo.cpp:1606"

  - name: "sp-u2.sp1"
    aliases: ["usa_2slt.bin"]
    archive: neogeo.zip
    system: snk-neogeo-mvs
    required: false
    size: 131072
    crc32: "e72943de"
    note: "MVS USA ver. 5 (2 slot)"
    source_ref: "src/burn/drv/neogeo/d_neogeo.cpp:1607"

  - name: "sp1-u2"
    archive: neogeo.zip
    system: snk-neogeo-mvs
    required: false
    size: 131072
    crc32: "62f021f4"
    note: "MVS USA ver. 5 (4 slot)"
    source_ref: "src/burn/drv/neogeo/d_neogeo.cpp:1608"

  - name: "sp-e.sp1"
    archive: neogeo.zip
    system: snk-neogeo-mvs
    required: false
    size: 131072
    crc32: "2723a5b5"
    note: "MVS USA ver. 5 (6 slot)"
    source_ref: "src/burn/drv/neogeo/d_neogeo.cpp:1609"

  - name: "sp1-u4.bin"
    archive: neogeo.zip
    system: snk-neogeo-mvs
    required: false
    size: 131072
    crc32: "1179a30f"
    note: "MVS USA (U4)"
    source_ref: "src/burn/drv/neogeo/d_neogeo.cpp:1610"

  - name: "sp1-u3.bin"
    archive: neogeo.zip
    system: snk-neogeo-mvs
    required: false
    size: 131072
    crc32: "2025b7a2"
    note: "MVS USA (U3)"
    source_ref: "src/burn/drv/neogeo/d_neogeo.cpp:1611"

  - name: "vs-bios.rom"
    archive: neogeo.zip
    system: snk-neogeo-mvs
    required: false
    size: 131072
    crc32: "f0e8f27d"
    note: "MVS Japan ver. 6"
    source_ref: "src/burn/drv/neogeo/d_neogeo.cpp:1612"

  - name: "sp-j2.sp1"
    archive: neogeo.zip
    system: snk-neogeo-mvs
    required: false
    size: 131072
    crc32: "acede59c"
    note: "MVS Japan ver. 5"
    source_ref: "src/burn/drv/neogeo/d_neogeo.cpp:1613"

  - name: "sp1.jipan.1024"
    archive: neogeo.zip
    system: snk-neogeo-mvs
    required: false
    size: 131072
    crc32: "9fb0abe4"
    note: "MVS Japan ver. 3 (4 slot)"
    source_ref: "src/burn/drv/neogeo/d_neogeo.cpp:1614"

  - name: "sp-45.sp1"
    archive: neogeo.zip
    system: snk-neogeo-mvs
    required: false
    size: 524288
    crc32: "03cc9f6a"
    note: "NEO-MVH MV1C (Asia)"
    source_ref: "src/burn/drv/neogeo/d_neogeo.cpp:1615"

  - name: "sp-j3.sp1"
    archive: neogeo.zip
    system: snk-neogeo-mvs
    required: false
    size: 524288
    crc32: "486cb450"
    note: "NEO-MVH MV1C (Japan)"
    source_ref: "src/burn/drv/neogeo/d_neogeo.cpp:1616"

  - name: "japan-j3.bin"
    archive: neogeo.zip
    system: snk-neogeo-mvs
    required: false
    size: 131072
    crc32: "dff6d41f"
    note: "MVS Japan (J3)"
    source_ref: "src/burn/drv/neogeo/d_neogeo.cpp:1617"

  - name: "sp1-j3.bin"
    archive: neogeo.zip
    system: snk-neogeo-mvs
    required: false
    size: 131072
    crc32: "fbc6d469"
    note: "MVS Japan (J3, alt)"
    source_ref: "src/burn/drv/neogeo/d_neogeo.cpp:1618"

  - name: "neo-po.bin"
    archive: neogeo.zip
    system: snk-neogeo-aes
    required: false
    size: 131072
    crc32: "16d0c132"
    note: "AES Japan"
    source_ref: "src/burn/drv/neogeo/d_neogeo.cpp:1620"

  - name: "neo-epo.bin"
    archive: neogeo.zip
    system: snk-neogeo-aes
    required: false
    size: 131072
    crc32: "d27a71f1"
    note: "AES Asia"
    source_ref: "src/burn/drv/neogeo/d_neogeo.cpp:1621"

  - name: "neodebug.bin"
    archive: neogeo.zip
    system: snk-neogeo-mvs
    required: false
    size: 131072
    crc32: "698ebb7d"
    note: "Development Kit BIOS"
    source_ref: "src/burn/drv/neogeo/d_neogeo.cpp:1622"

  - name: "sp-1v1_3db8c.bin"
    archive: neogeo.zip
    system: snk-neogeo-mvs
    required: false
    size: 131072
    crc32: "162f0ebe"
    note: "Deck ver. 6 (Git Ver 1.3)"
    source_ref: "src/burn/drv/neogeo/d_neogeo.cpp:1628"

  # Universe BIOS (third-party, multiple versions)
  - name: "uni-bios_4_0.rom"
    archive: neogeo.zip
    system: snk-neogeo-mvs
    required: false
    size: 131072
    crc32: "a7aab458"
    note: "Universe BIOS ver. 4.0"
    source_ref: "src/burn/drv/neogeo/d_neogeo.cpp:1629"

  - name: "uni-bios_3_3.rom"
    archive: neogeo.zip
    system: snk-neogeo-mvs
    required: false
    size: 131072
    crc32: "24858466"
    note: "Universe BIOS ver. 3.3"
    source_ref: "src/burn/drv/neogeo/d_neogeo.cpp:1630"

  - name: "uni-bios_3_2.rom"
    archive: neogeo.zip
    system: snk-neogeo-mvs
    required: false
    size: 131072
    crc32: "a4e8b9b3"
    note: "Universe BIOS ver. 3.2"
    source_ref: "src/burn/drv/neogeo/d_neogeo.cpp:1631"

  - name: "uni-bios_3_1.rom"
    archive: neogeo.zip
    system: snk-neogeo-mvs
    required: false
    size: 131072
    crc32: "0c58093f"
    note: "Universe BIOS ver. 3.1"
    source_ref: "src/burn/drv/neogeo/d_neogeo.cpp:1632"

  - name: "uni-bios_3_0.rom"
    archive: neogeo.zip
    system: snk-neogeo-mvs
    required: false
    size: 131072
    crc32: "a97c89a9"
    note: "Universe BIOS ver. 3.0"
    source_ref: "src/burn/drv/neogeo/d_neogeo.cpp:1633"

  - name: "uni-bios_2_3.rom"
    archive: neogeo.zip
    system: snk-neogeo-mvs
    required: false
    size: 131072
    crc32: "27664eb5"
    note: "Universe BIOS ver. 2.3"
    source_ref: "src/burn/drv/neogeo/d_neogeo.cpp:1634"

  - name: "uni-bios_2_3o.rom"
    archive: neogeo.zip
    system: snk-neogeo-mvs
    required: false
    size: 131072
    crc32: "601720ae"
    note: "Universe BIOS ver. 2.3 (older)"
    source_ref: "src/burn/drv/neogeo/d_neogeo.cpp:1635"

  - name: "uni-bios_2_2.rom"
    archive: neogeo.zip
    system: snk-neogeo-mvs
    required: false
    size: 131072
    crc32: "2d50996a"
    note: "Universe BIOS ver. 2.2"
    source_ref: "src/burn/drv/neogeo/d_neogeo.cpp:1636"

  - name: "uni-bios_2_1.rom"
    archive: neogeo.zip
    system: snk-neogeo-mvs
    required: false
    size: 131072
    crc32: "8dabf76b"
    note: "Universe BIOS ver. 2.1"
    source_ref: "src/burn/drv/neogeo/d_neogeo.cpp:1637"

  - name: "uni-bios_2_0.rom"
    archive: neogeo.zip
    system: snk-neogeo-mvs
    required: false
    size: 131072
    crc32: "0c12c2ad"
    note: "Universe BIOS ver. 2.0"
    source_ref: "src/burn/drv/neogeo/d_neogeo.cpp:1638"

  - name: "uni-bios_1_3.rom"
    archive: neogeo.zip
    system: snk-neogeo-mvs
    required: false
    size: 131072
    crc32: "b24b44a0"
    note: "Universe BIOS ver. 1.3"
    source_ref: "src/burn/drv/neogeo/d_neogeo.cpp:1639"

  - name: "uni-bios_1_2.rom"
    archive: neogeo.zip
    system: snk-neogeo-mvs
    required: false
    size: 131072
    crc32: "4fa698e9"
    note: "Universe BIOS ver. 1.2"
    source_ref: "src/burn/drv/neogeo/d_neogeo.cpp:1640"

  - name: "uni-bios_1_2o.rom"
    archive: neogeo.zip
    system: snk-neogeo-mvs
    required: false
    size: 131072
    crc32: "e19d3ce9"
    note: "Universe BIOS ver. 1.2 (older)"
    source_ref: "src/burn/drv/neogeo/d_neogeo.cpp:1641"

  - name: "uni-bios_1_1.rom"
    archive: neogeo.zip
    system: snk-neogeo-mvs
    required: false
    size: 131072
    crc32: "5dda0d84"
    note: "Universe BIOS ver. 1.1"
    source_ref: "src/burn/drv/neogeo/d_neogeo.cpp:1642"

  - name: "uni-bios_1_0.rom"
    archive: neogeo.zip
    system: snk-neogeo-mvs
    required: false
    size: 131072
    crc32: "0ce453a0"
    note: "Universe BIOS ver. 1.0"
    source_ref: "src/burn/drv/neogeo/d_neogeo.cpp:1643"

  - name: "neopen.sp1"
    archive: neogeo.zip
    system: snk-neogeo-mvs
    required: false
    size: 131072
    crc32: "cb915e76"
    note: "NeoOpen BIOS v0.1 beta"
    source_ref: "src/burn/drv/neogeo/d_neogeo.cpp:1645"

  # Neo Geo shared ROMs (always required)
  - name: "sm1.sm1"
    archive: neogeo.zip
    system: snk-neogeo-mvs
    required: true
    size: 131072
    crc32: "94416d67"
    note: "Z80 sound BIOS"
    source_ref: "src/burn/drv/neogeo/d_neogeo.cpp:1652"

  - name: "sfix.sfix"
    archive: neogeo.zip
    system: snk-neogeo-mvs
    required: true
    size: 131072
    crc32: "c2ea0cfd"
    note: "Text layer fix tiles"
    source_ref: "src/burn/drv/neogeo/d_neogeo.cpp:1653"

  - name: "000-lo.lo"
    archive: neogeo.zip
    system: snk-neogeo-mvs
    required: true
    size: 131072
    crc32: "5a86cff2"
    note: "Zoom lookup table"
    source_ref: "src/burn/drv/neogeo/d_neogeo.cpp:1654"

  # -------------------------------------------------------
  # Neo Geo Trackball BIOS (for irrmaze)
  # -------------------------------------------------------
  - name: "236-bios.sp1"
    archive: neogeo.zip
    system: snk-neogeo-mvs
    required: false
    size: 131072
    crc32: "853e6b96"
    note: "Trackball BIOS / Asia MV1B 263"
    source_ref: "src/burn/drv/neogeo/d_neogeo.cpp:1744"

  - name: "236-bios_japan_hack.sp1"
    archive: neogeo.zip
    system: snk-neogeo-mvs
    required: false
    size: 131072
    crc32: "02bf4426"
    note: "Trackball BIOS / Japan (hack)"
    source_ref: "src/burn/drv/neogeo/d_neogeo.cpp:1745"

  # -------------------------------------------------------
  # Neo Geo PCB BIOS (for ms5pcb, svcpcb, kf2k3pcb)
  # -------------------------------------------------------
  - name: "sp-4x.sp1"
    archive: neogeo.zip
    system: snk-neogeo-mvs
    required: false
    size: 524288
    crc32: "b4590283"
    note: "PCB BIOS for Metal Slug 5 PCB and SVC Chaos PCB"
    source_ref: "src/burn/drv/neogeo/d_neogeo.cpp:1791"

  - name: "spj.sp1"
    archive: neogeo.zip
    system: snk-neogeo-mvs
    required: false
    size: 524288
    crc32: "148dd727"
    note: "PCB BIOS for KOF 2003 PCB"
    source_ref: "src/burn/drv/neogeo/d_neogeo.cpp:1879"

  # -------------------------------------------------------
  # Neo Geo CDZ (neocdz.zip)
  # -------------------------------------------------------
  - name: "neocd.bin"
    archive: neocdz.zip
    system: snk-neogeo-cd
    required: true
    size: 524288
    crc32: "df9de490"
    note: "Neo Geo CD/CDZ BIOS"
    source_ref: "src/burn/drv/neogeo/d_neogeo.cpp:1963"

  - name: "neocd_sz.rom"
    archive: neocdz.zip
    system: snk-neogeo-cd
    required: false
    size: 524288
    crc32: "42f6b6c4"
    note: "Neo Geo CDZ custom BIOS by SMKDan"
    source_ref: "src/burn/drv/neogeo/d_neogeo.cpp:1964"

  - name: "uni-bioscd33.rom"
    archive: neocdz.zip
    system: snk-neogeo-cd
    required: false
    size: 524288
    crc32: "ff3abc59"
    note: "Universe BIOS CD ver. 3.3"
    source_ref: "src/burn/drv/neogeo/d_neogeo.cpp:1965"

  - name: "uni-bioscd32.rom"
    archive: neocdz.zip
    system: snk-neogeo-cd
    required: false
    size: 524288
    crc32: "0ffb3127"
    note: "Universe BIOS CD ver. 3.2"
    source_ref: "src/burn/drv/neogeo/d_neogeo.cpp:1966"

  - name: "000-lo.lo"
    archive: neocdz.zip
    system: snk-neogeo-cd
    required: true
    size: 131072
    crc32: "5a86cff2"
    note: "Zoom lookup table (shared with MVS)"
    source_ref: "src/burn/drv/neogeo/d_neogeo.cpp:1968"

  # -------------------------------------------------------
  # System support files
  # -------------------------------------------------------
  - name: "hiscore.dat"
    path: "fbneo/hiscore.dat"
    required: false
    note: "High score database, enables persistent high scores"
    source_ref: "src/burn/hiscore.cpp:406"