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emulator: WQXEmu
type: standalone + libretro
core_classification: official_port
source: "https://git.libretro.com/libretro/wqxemu"
upstream: "https://github.com/AloysHF/WQXEmu"
profiled_date: "2026-09-17"
source_commit: "868b644df757379b15a04c7354f8f756d11076c3"
upstream_commit: "7191df429042116e707ba68f5b2d2a8ae567b2ad"
core_version: "0.1.0"
display_name: "Wenquxing - Electronic Dictionary (WQXEmu)"
cores:
- wqxemu
systems:
- wenquxing-nc1020
- wenquxing-pc1000
- wenquxing-cc800
- wenquxing-nc2000
- wenquxing-nc3000
notes: |
Wenquxing electronic dictionary emulator written in Rust by AloysHF.
The libretro core and the wqx-emu standalone binary share the
wqxemu-core crate, which runs the original firmware of five models on
an emulated 6502 SoC: NC1020, PC1000, CC800, NC2000 and NC3000. The
git.libretro.com repository is a mirror of the GitHub one at the same
commit; the buildbot consumes its .gitlab-ci.yml.
The core takes no content. retro_load_game refuses a non-null game
info (crates/wqxemu-libretro/src/lib.rs:632-635) and the machine is
started through Start Core, supports_no_game being set
(crates/wqxemu-libretro/src/lib.rs:476-481). The model comes from the
wqxemu_model core option, NC1020 when unset
(crates/wqxemu-libretro/src/lib.rs:263-282,
crates/wqxemu-libretro/src/lib.rs:956-973), and its firmware set is
built as {system}/WQXEmu/<model>/<file>
(crates/wqxemu-libretro/src/lib.rs:211-248, model names in
crates/wqxemu-core/src/machine.rs:35-43). Every path of the set must be
a regular file, otherwise retro_load_game names the missing paths and
returns false (crates/wqxemu-libretro/src/lib.rs:250-257,
crates/wqxemu-libretro/src/lib.rs:644-658). Only the set of the
selected model is read.
Each machine reads its files whole with std::fs::read and checks their
size only: a ROM or NOR image must be at least as large as the window
it fills, the PC1000 ROM must be exactly 12 MiB or 16 MiB, and NAND
images are copied without any check. A file that fails the check makes
Emulator::new fail and retro_load_game returns false with the loader's
message (crates/wqxemu-libretro/src/lib.rs:671-677). No hash is
verified.
The firmware files are never written. Neither frontend calls save_nor;
the writable flash, NAND, RAM and peripheral state of a session is
serialized to {save}/<model>/<fingerprint>.wqxs, a gzip file the core
creates on unload and reloads at the next start of the same model and
firmware set (crates/wqxemu-libretro/src/lib.rs:316-340,
crates/wqxemu-libretro/src/lib.rs:679-693,
crates/wqxemu-core/src/save.rs:43-88). The fingerprint is an FNV-1a
over the slot layout and the content of every file of the set
(crates/wqxemu-core/src/machine.rs:89-113). That file is created by the
core. retro_get_memory_data returns null for every memory id
(crates/wqxemu-libretro/src/lib.rs:875-885).
The standalone binary takes the same files as explicit --rom, --nor,
--nand and --nand0 paths and has no default directory; --model selects
the machine, otherwise detect_model guesses it from the file sizes
(crates/wqxemu/src/main.rs:27-42, crates/wqxemu/src/main.rs:239-274,
crates/wqxemu/src/main.rs:276-288,
crates/wqxemu-core/src/machines/mod.rs:38-87). Its device skins are
include_bytes! PNGs (crates/wqxemu/src/keypad.rs:59-66).
The libretro-core-info file names the PC1000 NOR image pc1000.fls. The
code opens pc1000.nor since commit 0a8f7a5 of 2026-08-23; the v0.1.0
tag predates that commit and opens pc1000.fls.
files:
- name: obj_lu.bin
path: WQXEmu/nc1020/obj_lu.bin
system: wenquxing-nc1020
required: true
min_size: 25165824
validation: [size]
description: "NC1020 system ROM, three 8 MiB volumes"
note: >-
Read whole from {system}/WQXEmu/nc1020/obj_lu.bin. The image must
be at least 0x8000 * 0x300 bytes or the loader fails; a larger file
is kept whole. Each 32 KiB bank is stored with its 16 KiB halves
swapped and is swapped back on load, and the BBS pages are mapped
from it.
source_ref: "crates/wqxemu-libretro/src/lib.rs:214-219, crates/wqxemu-core/src/machines/nc1020.rs:61-98, crates/wqxemu-core/src/memory.rs:24"
- name: nc1020.fls
path: WQXEmu/nc1020/nc1020.fls
system: wenquxing-nc1020
required: true
min_size: 1048576
validation: [size]
description: "NC1020 NOR flash, 32 banks of 32 KiB"
note: >-
Read whole from {system}/WQXEmu/nc1020/nc1020.fls. The image must
be at least 0x8000 * 0x20 bytes or the loader fails; only the first
1 MiB is used, with the same 16 KiB half swap as the ROM. Writes go
to the in-memory copy and are persisted in the .wqxs session file,
never to this file.
source_ref: "crates/wqxemu-libretro/src/lib.rs:214-219, crates/wqxemu-core/src/machines/nc1020.rs:101-122, crates/wqxemu-core/src/memory.rs:26"
- name: pc1000.rom
path: WQXEmu/pc1000/pc1000.rom
system: wenquxing-pc1000
required: true
size: [12582912, 16777216]
validation: [size]
description: "PC1000 system ROM, obj1 + obj2 + obj3"
note: >-
Read whole from {system}/WQXEmu/pc1000/pc1000.rom and stored
linearly. Exactly 12 MiB (obj1, obj2, obj3 back to back) or 16 MiB
(the PC1000EMUX and Android layout, obj3 at 12 MiB with 8 to 12 MiB
unused) is accepted; any other size fails the loader. The volume
tables are rebuilt for the layout found.
source_ref: "crates/wqxemu-libretro/src/lib.rs:220-225, crates/wqxemu-core/src/machines/pc1000.rs:38-40, crates/wqxemu-core/src/machines/pc1000.rs:236-283"
- name: pc1000.nor
aliases: [pc1000.fls]
path: WQXEmu/pc1000/pc1000.nor
system: wenquxing-pc1000
required: true
min_size: 524288
validation: [size]
description: "PC1000 NOR flash, 16 banks of 32 KiB"
note: >-
Read whole from {system}/WQXEmu/pc1000/pc1000.nor. The image must
be at least 0x80000 bytes or the loader fails; only the first
512 KiB is used. A dump stored with swapped 16 KiB halves is
recognised by the info-block signature at bank 0 offset 0x4000 and
unswapped. The v0.1.0 tag and the libretro-core-info file name it
pc1000.fls.
source_ref: "crates/wqxemu-libretro/src/lib.rs:220-225, crates/wqxemu-core/src/machines/pc1000.rs:42, crates/wqxemu-core/src/machines/pc1000.rs:284-313"
- name: obj.bin
path: WQXEmu/cc800/obj.bin
system: wenquxing-cc800
required: true
min_size: 16777216
validation: [size]
description: "CC800 system ROM, two volumes of 256 banks"
note: >-
Read whole from {system}/WQXEmu/cc800/obj.bin. The image must be at
least 0x1000000 bytes or the loader fails; only the first 16 MiB is
used. Each 32 KiB bank is stored with its 16 KiB halves swapped and
is swapped back on load. Volume 0 is banks 0 to 255, volume 1 banks
256 to 511.
source_ref: "crates/wqxemu-libretro/src/lib.rs:226-231, crates/wqxemu-core/src/machines/cc800.rs:38, crates/wqxemu-core/src/machines/cc800.rs:229-251"
- name: cc800.fls
path: WQXEmu/cc800/cc800.fls
system: wenquxing-cc800
required: true
min_size: 524288
validation: [size]
description: "CC800 NOR flash, 16 banks of 32 KiB"
note: >-
Read whole from {system}/WQXEmu/cc800/cc800.fls. The image must be
at least 0x80000 bytes or the loader fails; only the first 512 KiB
is used, with the same 16 KiB half swap as the ROM.
source_ref: "crates/wqxemu-libretro/src/lib.rs:226-231, crates/wqxemu-core/src/machines/cc800.rs:40, crates/wqxemu-core/src/machines/cc800.rs:252-267"
- name: nc2000.nor
path: WQXEmu/nc2000/nc2000.nor
system: wenquxing-nc2000
required: true
min_size: 524288
validation: [size]
description: "NC2000 NOR flash, 16 banks of 32 KiB"
note: >-
Read whole from {system}/WQXEmu/nc2000/nc2000.nor in physical order,
no bank swap. The image must be at least 16 * 0x8000 bytes or the
loader fails; only the first 512 KiB is used. Bank 0 is the fixed
BIOS page at 0xE000.
source_ref: "crates/wqxemu-libretro/src/lib.rs:232-237, crates/wqxemu-core/src/machines/nc2000.rs:20, crates/wqxemu-core/src/machines/nc2000.rs:28, crates/wqxemu-core/src/machines/nc2000.rs:265-277"
- name: nc2000.nand
path: WQXEmu/nc2000/nc2000.nand
system: wenquxing-nc2000
required: true
size: 34603008
description: "NC2000 NAND flash main area, 65536 pages of 528 bytes"
note: >-
Read whole from {system}/WQXEmu/nc2000/nc2000.nand and copied after
the 64-page first plane, up to 65536 pages of 512 data plus 16
spare bytes. No size check: bytes beyond that are ignored and a
shorter file leaves the remainder erased at 0xFF.
source_ref: "crates/wqxemu-libretro/src/lib.rs:232-237, crates/wqxemu-core/src/machines/nc2000.rs:22-26, crates/wqxemu-core/src/machines/nc2000.rs:278-282, crates/wqxemu-core/src/machines/nc2000.rs:292-296"
- name: nc2000.nand0
path: WQXEmu/nc2000/nc2000.nand0
system: wenquxing-nc2000
required: true
size: 33792
description: "NC2000 NAND flash first plane, 64 pages of 528 bytes"
note: >-
Read whole from {system}/WQXEmu/nc2000/nc2000.nand0 into the first
64 pages of the NAND array. No size check. The libretro core always
puts it in the NC2000 set and the standalone binary requires
--nand0 for this model, so a missing file stops the start.
source_ref: "crates/wqxemu-libretro/src/lib.rs:232-237, crates/wqxemu-core/src/machines/nc2000.rs:24, crates/wqxemu-core/src/machines/nc2000.rs:283-288, crates/wqxemu-core/src/machines/nc2000.rs:298-301, crates/wqxemu/src/main.rs:260-265"
- name: nc3000.nor
path: WQXEmu/nc3000/nc3000.nor
system: wenquxing-nc3000
required: true
min_size: 1048576
validation: [size]
description: "NC3000 NOR flash, 32 banks of 32 KiB"
note: >-
Read whole from {system}/WQXEmu/nc3000/nc3000.nor in physical order,
no bank swap. The image must be at least 32 * 0x8000 bytes or the
loader fails; only the first 1 MiB is used. Bank 0 is the fixed
BIOS page at 0xE000.
source_ref: "crates/wqxemu-libretro/src/lib.rs:238-246, crates/wqxemu-core/src/machines/nc3000.rs:23, crates/wqxemu-core/src/machines/nc3000.rs:33, crates/wqxemu-core/src/machines/nc3000.rs:272-284"
- name: nc3000.nand
path: WQXEmu/nc3000/nc3000.nand
system: wenquxing-nc3000
required: true
size: 69206016
storage: large_file
description: "NC3000 NAND flash, two planes of 65536 pages of 528 bytes"
note: >-
Read whole from {system}/WQXEmu/nc3000/nc3000.nand and copied after
the 64-page first plane, up to 131072 pages of 512 data plus 16
spare bytes. No size check: bytes beyond that are ignored and a
shorter file leaves the remainder erased at 0xFF.
source_ref: "crates/wqxemu-libretro/src/lib.rs:238-246, crates/wqxemu-core/src/machines/nc3000.rs:25-29, crates/wqxemu-core/src/machines/nc3000.rs:285-289, crates/wqxemu-core/src/machines/nc3000.rs:336-340"
- name: nc3000.nand0
path: WQXEmu/nc3000/nc3000.nand0
system: wenquxing-nc3000
required: false
size: 33792
description: "NC3000 NAND flash first plane, 64 pages of 528 bytes"
note: >-
Read whole from {system}/WQXEmu/nc3000/nc3000.nand0 into the first
64 pages of the NAND array when the file exists; the libretro core
only adds it to the set in that case and the standalone --nand0 is
optional for this model. Without it the core writes the marker
"ggv nc3000" at offset 528 of an erased first plane and the machine
boots the same way.
source_ref: "crates/wqxemu-libretro/src/lib.rs:238-246, crates/wqxemu-core/src/machines/nc3000.rs:27-31, crates/wqxemu-core/src/machines/nc3000.rs:290-297, crates/wqxemu-core/src/machines/nc3000.rs:342-350, crates/wqxemu/src/main.rs:266-270"