emulator: ZiNc
type: standalone
core_classification: other
source: "https://www.retrobat.ovh/repo/win64/stable/emulators/zinc.7z"
upstream: closed-source
author: "Drunken Muppets"
profiled_date: "2026-10-20"
core_version: "1.1"
display_name: "Arcade - Sony ZN-1/ZN-2, Namco System 11, Konami GV (ZiNc)"
cores:
  - zinc
systems:
  - capcom-zn1
  - capcom-zn2
  - tecmo-tps
  - taito-fx1
  - eighting-zn1
  - atlus-zn1
  - videosystem-zn1
  - konami-gv
mode: standalone

notes: |
  Arcade emulator for the PlayStation based boards: Sony ZN-1 and ZN-2 (Capcom,
  Tecmo, Taito FX-1, Raizing/Eighting, Atlus, Video System), Namco System 11 and
  Konami GV. Closed source, last release 1.1 of 2005 ("ZiNc 1.1 (C)1997-2005
  Drunken Muppets"). The build read here is the one RetroBat installs, zinc.7z
  sha256 7bd2e86b38db36c5876b2c7a67840bf930d248f30aacc68db309b89058f21562, whose
  ZiNc.exe (md5 5f3bf0fac64f76c08b12b6cd05e6b159, 2005-01-25, not packed) is
  cited by virtual address. The renderer, controller and sound plugins
  (*.znc, s11player.dll) ship beside it.
  ref: ZiNc.exe 0x493f60

  Games are picked by number on the command line, not by set name. Each of the
  79 driver records holds the description, parent, set name, a pointer to its
  ROM list and the name of the BIOS set, then the list gives name, region,
  load offset and CRC32 of every ROM, the BIOS ROM first. RetroBat maps the
  set name to that number in zincGameNumber.
  ref: ZiNc.exe 0x496404 (glpracr record),
       emulatorlauncher emulatorLauncher/Generators/Zinc.Generator.cs:136-209

  ROMs are read from the directory given by -roms-directory (default roms),
  which RetroBat writes into zinc.cfg as the folder of the launched game. A ROM
  is looked up in <set>.zip, then in the parent's zip, then in the BIOS set's
  zip, each also as a plain directory. A missing ROM stops the load with
  "ERROR: missing rom file", and every ROM is checked against the CRC32 of its
  record ("ERROR: BAD CRC ... expected").
  ref: ZiNc.exe 0x494134, 0x49fdfc, 0x4a018c, 0x49fe24, 0x49fe48,
       emulatorlauncher emulatorLauncher/Generators/Zinc.Generator.cs:109-114

  The Namco System 11 records name no BIOS set: the first ROM of each list is
  the game's own program ROM. sncwgltd (Video System) names none either and
  lists coh-1002v.353 inside its own set. The seven BIOS sets below are the
  only files read outside a game's own set.

files:
  - name: cpzn1.zip
    required: true
    category: bios_zip
    system: capcom-zn1
    description: "Capcom ZN-1 BIOS"
    note: "BIOS set of starglad, sfex, sfexa, sfexj, sfexp, sfexpu1, sfexpj, ts2, ts2j and glpracr."
    source_ref: "ZiNc.exe 0x49926c, ZiNc.exe 0x496404"
    contents:
      - name: "coh-1000c.353"
        crc32: "50033af6"

  - name: cpzn2.zip
    required: true
    category: bios_zip
    system: capcom-zn2
    description: "Capcom ZN-2 BIOS"
    note: "BIOS set of tgmj, stargld2, plsmaswd, sfex2, sfex2j, sfex2p, sfex2pa, sfex2pj, shiryu2, strider2, kikaioh, techromn, rvschool, rvschola and jgakuen."
    source_ref: "ZiNc.exe 0x499054"
    contents:
      - name: "coh-3002c.353"
        crc32: "e860ea8b"

  - name: tps.zip
    required: true
    category: bios_zip
    system: tecmo-tps
    description: "Tecmo TPS BIOS"
    note: "BIOS set of glpracr2, glpracr3, shngmtkb, mfjump, cbaj, tondemo, doapp and brvblade."
    source_ref: "ZiNc.exe 0x496dec"
    contents:
      - name: "coh-1002m.353"
        crc32: "69ffbcb4"

  - name: taitofx1.zip
    required: true
    category: bios_zip
    system: taito-fx1
    description: "Taito FX-1 BIOS"
    note: "BIOS set of psyforce, psyforcj, psyfrcex, mgcldate, mgcldtex, sfchamp, gdarius, gdarius2, raystorm, raystorj and ftimpcta."
    source_ref: "ZiNc.exe 0x49cb98"
    contents:
      - name: "coh-1000t.353"
        crc32: "e3f23b6e"

  - name: psarc95.zip
    required: true
    category: bios_zip
    system: eighting-zn1
    description: "Raizing/Eighting PS Arcade 95 BIOS"
    note: "BIOS set of beastrzr, beastrzb and bldyror2."
    source_ref: "ZiNc.exe 0x49c3ac"
    contents:
      - name: "coh-1002e.353"
        crc32: "910f3a8b"

  - name: atluspsx.zip
    required: true
    category: bios_zip
    system: atlus-zn1
    description: "Atlus PSX BIOS"
    note: "BIOS set of hvnsgate."
    source_ref: "ZiNc.exe 0x49ed34"
    contents:
      - name: "coh-1001l.353"
        crc32: "6721146b"

  - name: konamigv.zip
    required: true
    category: bios_zip
    system: konami-gv
    description: "Konami GV BIOS"
    note: "BIOS set of weddingr, hyperath, btchamp, pbball96 and susume."
    source_ref: "ZiNc.exe 0x49f0e4"
    contents:
      - name: "999a01.7e"
        crc32: "ad498d2d"