Softpatching ROMs with RetroArch¶

RetroArch currently supports the UPS, IPS, BPS, and XDelta¹ patching formats. If you load rom.bin and one of the following is present, the ROM will be autopatched: rom.ups, rom.ips or rom.bps. Autopatching only takes place if the libretro implementation supports loading ROMs from memory.

You can apply multiple patches to one ROM by naming the patches with the .ips$ extension, where $ is a number. For example, given the following files...

rom.bin
rom.ips
rom.ips1
rom.ips2

...rom.bin will have rom.ips, rom.ips1, and rom.ips2 applied to it in that order.

Cores Compatibility¶

Atari - Jaguar¶

Core	Supported
Virtual Jaguar	✔

Cartridge content only — Jaguar CD images are loaded by path and are not softpatched.

Bandai - WonderSwan/Color¶

Core	Supported
Beetle Cygne	✔

Coleco - ColecoVision¶

Core	Supported
Gearcoleco	✔

NEC PC Engine - TurboGrafx-16 / PC Engine CD - TurboGrafx-CD¶

Core	Supported
Geargrafx	✔

Nintendo - DS¶

Core	Supported
melonDS DS	✔

Nintendo - Game Boy / Color¶

Core	Supported
Gambatte	✔
Gearboy	✔
Mesen-S	✔
mGBA	✔
SameBoy	✕
TGB Dual	✔
VBA-M	✔

Nintendo - Game Boy Advance¶

Core	Supported
Meteor	✔
mGBA	✔
VBA-M	✔
VBA Next	✔

Nintendo - NES / Famicom¶

Core	Supported
bnes	✔
FCEUmm	✔
Mesen	✔
Nestopia	✔
QuickNES	✔
RustyNES	✔

Nintendo - SNES / Famicom¶

Core	Supported
Beetle bsnes	✔
bsnes-mercury Accuracy	✔
bsnes-mercury Balanced	✔
bsnes-mercury Performance	✔
bsnes 2014 Accuracy	✔
bsnes 2014 Balanced	✔
bsnes C++98 (v085)	✔
bsnes 2014 Performance	✔
higan Accuracy	✔
nSide Balanced	✔
Mesen-S	✔
Snes9x	✔
Snes9x 2002	✔
Snes9x 2005	✔
Snes9x 2005 Plus	✔
Snes9x 2010	✔

Sega - Master System¶

Core	Supported
SMS Plus GX	✔
Gearsystem	✔
Genesis Plus GX	✕
PicoDrive	✕

Sega - MegaDrive / Genesis¶

Core	Supported
BlastEm	✔
ClownMDEmu	✔
Genesis Plus GX	✔
PicoDrive	✕

SNK - Neo Geo Pocket / Neo Geo Pocket Color¶

Core	Supported
Beetle NeoPop	✔
RACE	✕

When enabled at compile-time. ↩