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Abdessamad Derraz e7aa9e870b fix: state libretro core versions from their code
Each libretro profile records version_basis and core_version is read
there at its pin. snes9x states 1.63 in snes9x.h, nestopia 2.0.0, mgba
0.11.0, vice 3.10, atari800's libretro tree 7.0.0. Cores whose build
takes its version from git carry the nearest tag in describe form
(flycast v2.7-90-ge88b0ce, ppsspp, duckstation, gearcoleco), placeholders
copied from .info files (Git, SVN) are replaced by the code's statement,
and a code that states none is null with kind none.
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emulator: Beetle Lynx (Mednafen Lynx)
type: libretro
core_classification: community_fork
source: "https://github.com/libretro/beetle-lynx-libretro"
upstream: "https://mednafen.github.io/"
profiled_date: "2026-03-24"
source_commit: "fcdefcfb3c11d6d2e71be076a5d3df2e88ab73ed"
core_version: "v1.24.0"
version_basis:
kind: file
path: "libretro.cpp"
pattern: '#define\s+MEDNAFEN_CORE_VERSION\s+"([^"]+)'
display_name: "Atari - Lynx (Beetle Lynx)"
cores: [mednafen_lynx, "beetle-lynx"]
systems: [atari-lynx]
verification: existence
notes: >
Community fork of Mednafen's Lynx module (itself based on Handy by
K. Wilkins) for libretro. Loads lynxboot.img from the system directory
at game load time (libretro.cpp:191). CRom constructor reads exactly
512 bytes (rom.cpp:50-78). If the file is missing or undersized, the
ROM array is filled with 0x88 (DEFAULT_ROM_CONTENTS) and the core
continues without error, but games will not boot without the real boot
ROM. No hash validation is performed on the BIOS at load time.
The cart database in cart.cpp includes the BIOS CRC32 0x0d973c9d for
identification purposes, not validation.
Upstream Mednafen throws an exception if the BIOS is missing or
undersized, while the libretro port silently degrades. Upstream supports
custom palette loading (lynx.pal), but the libretro port does not.
files:
- name: "lynxboot.img"
description: "Atari Lynx boot ROM"
region: [world]
required: true
min_size: 512
validation: [size]
crc32: "0d973c9d"
source_ref: "libretro.cpp:191, mednafen/lynx/rom.cpp:50-78, mednafen/lynx/cart.cpp:67"
note: "512-byte boot ROM. Core silently degrades without it but games will not run."