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emulator: puNES
type: standalone
core_classification: other
source: "https://github.com/punesemu/puNES"
upstream: "https://github.com/punesemu/puNES"
profiled_date: "2026-08-08"
source_commit: "2ed5b1b2cffcde48ff36f359091756d17d8fe193"
core_version: "0.112"
display_name: "Nintendo - NES / Famicom (puNES)"
cores:
- punes
systems:
- nintendo-nes
- nintendo-fds
mode: standalone
notes: |
Qt emulator of the NES, the Famicom and the Family Computer Disk System,
also playing NSF and NSFE music files. A cartridge boots with nothing
supplied: the 2A03, the PPU and every mapper are emulated in software.
Four names are fixed by the code. disksys.rom and gamegenie.rom share one
four-step lookup (src/core/fds.c:265-309, src/core/cheat.c:74-108): the path
recorded in the configuration, the working directory, the directory holding
the loaded image, then the bios folder of the data directory. nes20db.xml
and dip.cfg are read from the XDG data directories under a puNES
subdirectory, then the base of the data directory, then the application
directory (src/gui/nes20db.cpp:50-79, src/gui/dipswitch.cpp:61-85); the
installer writes both into the shared data directory
(CMakeLists.txt:227-228).
The data directory is the application directory under --portable,
%APPDATA%/puNES on Windows and ~/.local/share/puNES elsewhere
(src/gui/qt.cpp:561-575), so the bios folder is ~/.local/share/puNES/bios.
No length and no hash is ever compared. fds_load_bios computes a CRC32 of
the BIOS it loaded (src/core/fds.c:329) and the only reader of that value is
the log line at src/core/fds.c:502-503.
The iNES 1.0 game database is compiled in as src/core/database.h and carries
the Vs. System PPU type and the region, so Vs. System titles need no
external file. The uPD7756 ADPCM samples of mappers 018, 086 and 072 come
from the Misc ROM area of the NES 2.0 dump itself
(src/core/mappers/mapper_018.c:51, mapper_086.c:56, mapper_072.c:45).
loadWaveFiles, which would read <data>/samples/<name>/NN.wav
(src/core/mappers/waveFile.cpp:76-84), is declared and defined but called
from nowhere in the tree, so no wave file is ever opened.
Palettes, shaders, cheat imports and soft patches are opened from paths the
user picks in a file dialog and no name is fixed by the code, so they carry
no file entry here. A palette shorter than 192 bytes is refused and a
built-in table is used instead (src/core/palette.c:39-64,
src/video/gfx.c:323-334).
files:
- name: "disksys.rom"
system: nintendo-fds
description: "Family Computer Disk System BIOS"
required: true
size: 8192
source_ref: "src/core/fds.c:34,259-332 (fds_load_bios); src/core/fds.c:191-193 (caller); src/core/mappers/mapper_FDS.c:81 (mapping)"
note: "8192 bytes are read into PRG ROM and mapped at 0xE000. When none of the four locations holds the file, fds_load_bios logs FDS;bios not found and returns EXIT_ERROR, which the caller propagates, so the disk image does not load. A short read only logs FDS;error on reading bios."
- name: "gamegenie.rom"
system: nintendo-nes
description: "Game Genie ROM, booted in place of the cartridge to reach the code entry screen"
required: false
source_ref: "src/core/cheat.c:30,69-120 (gamegenie_check_rom_present),121-179 (gamegenie_load_rom); src/core/ines.c:97-99 (caller)"
note: "Loaded only while the cheat mode is set to Game Genie. The whole file is read, its length taken from the file itself. Absent, gamegenie_load_rom returns early and the cartridge boots directly."
- name: "nes20db.xml"
system: nintendo-nes
description: "NES 2.0 header database, matched by ROM hash"
required: false
source_ref: "src/gui/nes20db.cpp:31,49-81 (nes20db_search); src/core/ines.c:276-278, src/core/unif.c:316 (callers); CMakeLists.txt:227 (install)"
note: "Supplies mapper, submapper, mirroring, region, RAM sizes and Vs. System hardware for dumps whose own header is absent or wrong. A miss leaves info.mapper.nes20db.in_use false and the header carried by the ROM is used."
- name: "dip.cfg"
system: nintendo-nes
description: "DIP switch database for multicart and Vs. System boards, keyed by CRC32"
required: false
source_ref: "src/gui/dipswitch.cpp:30,60-86 (dipswitch_search); src/core/mappers.c:44 (caller); CMakeLists.txt:228 (install)"
note: "Read on every mapper init. A miss leaves dipswitch.used false, which mappers 001, 043, 045, 176, 215, 412 and 447 and the selection dialog at src/gui/qt.cpp:754 all guard on, so the board runs on its reset value."