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emulator: Beetle PSX (Mednafen PSX)
type: libretro
core_classification: community_fork
source: "https://github.com/libretro/beetle-psx-libretro"
upstream: "https://mednafen.github.io/"
profiled_date: "2026-03-29"
source_commit: "1093a5d0c22775b08bef18087735c911e6f5eebd"
core_version: "v0.9.44.1"
display_name: "Sony - PlayStation (Beetle PSX)"
cores: [beetle_psx, mednafen_psx, mednafen_psx_hw]
systems: [sony-playstation]
notes: >
Region-based BIOS selection: the core picks JP/NA/EU firmware based on disc region.
SHA1 validated with warning on mismatch (does not block loading).
SHA1 and alternate filenames sourced from MAME psx.cpp (libretro.cpp:186).
Override option allows using PSP, PS3, or OpenBIOS as region-free alternative.
Embedded OpenBIOS (512KB) compiled into the binary serves as HLE fallback when no BIOS found.
"Skip BIOS" option patches BIOS ROM but causes compatibility issues.
Upstream Mednafen loads the same 3 region BIOS; override BIOS and HLE fallback are libretro additions.
Two BIOS geometries are accepted: the stock 512 KB kernel and the 1 MB SCPH-5903 part,
selected by file size at load time (libretro.c:2974-2988). A 1 MB image switches Video CD
from HLE to daughterboard emulation (libretro.c:5838). Reached through the BIOS path
override only: the region name lists carry no SCPH-5903 entry, and the firmware scan
compares against the region SHA1, so a 1 MB file never matches there (libretro.c:324-332).
Mednafen rejects a BIOS that is not 524288 bytes (psx.cpp:1777), so this geometry is
libretro only.
files:
# -- Region: Japan (REGION_JP) --
- name: "scph5500.bin"
description: "SCPH-5500 (v3.0 09-09-96 J)"
region: "NTSC-J"
required: true
hle_fallback: true
size: 524288
sha1: "b05def971d8ec59f346f2d9ac21fb742e3eb6917"
md5: "8dd7d5296a650fac7319bce665a6a53c"
validation: [sha1]
mode: both
source_ref: "libretro.c:433-441"
aliases: ["SCPH5500.bin", "SCPH-5500.bin"]
- name: "scph5903.bin"
description: "SCPH-5903 (System ROM Version 2.2 12/04/95 J), Video CD daughterboard"
region: "NTSC-J"
required: false
size: 1048576
sha1: "15c94da3cc5a38a582429575af4198c487fe893c"
md5: "81328b966e6dcf7ea1e32e55e1c104bb"
validation: [size, sha1]
mode: libretro
source_ref: "libretro.c:443-450, 2974-2988, 3007-3009, 5838"
# -- Region: North America (REGION_NA) --
- name: "scph5501.bin"
description: "SCPH-5501, 5503, 7003 (v3.0 11-18-96 A)"
region: "NTSC-U"
required: true
hle_fallback: true
size: 524288
sha1: "0555c6fae8906f3f09baf5988f00e55f88e9f30b"
md5: "490f666e1afb15b7362b406ed1cea246"
validation: [sha1]
mode: both
source_ref: "libretro.c:452-470"
aliases:
- "SCPH5501.bin"
- "SCPH-5501.bin"
- "scph5503.bin"
- "SCPH5503.bin"
- "SCPH-5503.bin"
- "scph7003.bin"
- "SCPH7003.bin"
- "SCPH-7003.bin"
# -- Region: Europe (REGION_EU) --
- name: "scph5502.bin"
description: "SCPH-5502, 5552 (v3.0 01-06-97 E)"
region: "PAL"
required: true
hle_fallback: true
size: 524288
sha1: "f6bc2d1f5eb6593de7d089c425ac681d6fffd3f0"
md5: "32736f17079d0b2b7024407c39bd3050"
validation: [sha1]
mode: both
source_ref: "libretro.c:472-486"
aliases:
- "SCPH5502.bin"
- "SCPH-5502.bin"
- "scph5552.bin"
- "SCPH5552.bin"
- "SCPH-5552.bin"
# -- Override BIOS (region-free alternatives) --
- name: "psxonpsp660.bin"
description: "PSP embedded PS1 BIOS (region-free override)"
region: "Auto"
required: false
size: 524288
sha1: "96880d1ca92a016ff054be5159bb06fe03cb4e14"
md5: "c53ca5908936d412331790f4426c6c33"
validation: [sha1]
mode: libretro
source_ref: "libretro.c:362-368"
aliases: ["PSXONPSP660.bin"]
note: "override_bios=1. Falls back to region BIOS if not found."
- name: "ps1_rom.bin"
description: "PS3 embedded PS1 BIOS, first 512KB extracted (region-free override)"
region: "Auto"
required: false
sha1: "c40146361eb8cf670b19fdc9759190257803cab7"
md5: "81bbe60ba7a3d1cea1d48c14cbcc647b"
validation: [sha1]
mode: libretro
source_ref: "libretro.c:370-376"
aliases: ["PS1_ROM.bin"]
note: "override_bios=2. Falls back to region BIOS if not found."
- name: "openbios.bin"
description: "OpenBIOS (open-source PS1 HLE BIOS, region-free override)"
region: "Auto"
required: false
size: 524288
mode: libretro
source_ref: "libretro.c:378-384"
aliases: ["OPENBIOS.bin"]
note: "override_bios=3. No SHA1 validation. Falls back to region BIOS if not found. Also embedded in binary as HLE fallback (libretro.cpp:2157-2159)."