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Abdessamad Derraz 34b619b6fe fix: cite ZiNc's BIOS loader code
Driver records were cited by data address only. Refs now name the
game loader in ZiNc.exe 1.1 and its fatal paths. The table holds 71
records, so glpracr, glpracr2, btchamp, mgcldate and sfchamp are not
reachable and leave the BIOS notes.
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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"
version_basis:
kind: package
url: "https://www.retrobat.ovh/repo/win64/stable/emulators/zinc.7z"
artifact: "zinc.7z, ZiNc.exe banner"
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. The
driver table at 0x49fc08 holds 71 records (count returned at 0x463250).
Each record 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. Records for glpracr,
glpracr2, btchamp, mgcldate, sfchamp, PointBlank2, sws99 and mdhorse sit in
the image but no table entry points at them, so they cannot be run.
RetroBat maps the set name to the number in zincGameNumber.
ref: ZiNc.exe 0x463250, 0x463590-0x4635a2,
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 the parent's zip, then in the BIOS set's zip, then in the
game's own zip. 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 0x46366d-0x4636f0, 0x463724-0x463833, 0x463838-0x4638ac,
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 and ts2j."
source_ref: "ZiNc.exe 1.1 0x463590-0x4638ac (game load: record from the driver table at 0x49fc08, BIOS set name at record+0x28 formatted %s/%s.zip at 0x4636ae-0x4636d7, each ROM looked up in the parent, BIOS and own set zip at 0x463724-0x463808, missing ROM fatal at 0x46381e-0x463833, CRC32 mismatch fatal at 0x463838-0x4638ac), record 0x49926c (starglad, first ROM coh-1000c.353)"
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 1.1 0x463590-0x4638ac (game load: record from the driver table at 0x49fc08, BIOS set name at record+0x28 formatted %s/%s.zip at 0x4636ae-0x4636d7, each ROM looked up in the parent, BIOS and own set zip at 0x463724-0x463808, missing ROM fatal at 0x46381e-0x463833, CRC32 mismatch fatal at 0x463838-0x4638ac), record 0x499054 (tgmj, first ROM coh-3002c.353)"
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 glpracr3, shngmtkb, mfjump, cbaj, tondemo, doapp and brvblade."
source_ref: "ZiNc.exe 1.1 0x463590-0x4638ac (game load: record from the driver table at 0x49fc08, BIOS set name at record+0x28 formatted %s/%s.zip at 0x4636ae-0x4636d7, each ROM looked up in the parent, BIOS and own set zip at 0x463724-0x463808, missing ROM fatal at 0x46381e-0x463833, CRC32 mismatch fatal at 0x463838-0x4638ac), record 0x496dec (cbaj, first ROM coh-1002m.353)"
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, mgcldtex, gdarius, gdarius2, raystorm, raystorj and ftimpcta."
source_ref: "ZiNc.exe 1.1 0x463590-0x4638ac (game load: record from the driver table at 0x49fc08, BIOS set name at record+0x28 formatted %s/%s.zip at 0x4636ae-0x4636d7, each ROM looked up in the parent, BIOS and own set zip at 0x463724-0x463808, missing ROM fatal at 0x46381e-0x463833, CRC32 mismatch fatal at 0x463838-0x4638ac), record 0x49cb98 (psyforce, first ROM coh-1000t.353)"
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 1.1 0x463590-0x4638ac (game load: record from the driver table at 0x49fc08, BIOS set name at record+0x28 formatted %s/%s.zip at 0x4636ae-0x4636d7, each ROM looked up in the parent, BIOS and own set zip at 0x463724-0x463808, missing ROM fatal at 0x46381e-0x463833, CRC32 mismatch fatal at 0x463838-0x4638ac), record 0x49c3ac (beastrzr, first ROM coh-1002e.353)"
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 1.1 0x463590-0x4638ac (game load: record from the driver table at 0x49fc08, BIOS set name at record+0x28 formatted %s/%s.zip at 0x4636ae-0x4636d7, each ROM looked up in the parent, BIOS and own set zip at 0x463724-0x463808, missing ROM fatal at 0x46381e-0x463833, CRC32 mismatch fatal at 0x463838-0x4638ac), record 0x49ed34 (hvnsgate, first ROM coh-1001l.353)"
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, pbball96 and susume."
source_ref: "ZiNc.exe 1.1 0x463590-0x4638ac (game load: record from the driver table at 0x49fc08, BIOS set name at record+0x28 formatted %s/%s.zip at 0x4636ae-0x4636d7, each ROM looked up in the parent, BIOS and own set zip at 0x463724-0x463808, missing ROM fatal at 0x46381e-0x463833, CRC32 mismatch fatal at 0x463838-0x4638ac), record 0x49f0e4 (weddingr, first ROM 999a01.7e)"
contents:
- name: "999a01.7e"
crc32: "ad498d2d"