BIOS Requirements
✅ Systems requiring/utilizing BIOS ℹ️ Specifications per System 🛃 Importing BIOS files
DO NOT ask us where to obtain BIOS files. Distributing BIOS files violates copyright law.
BIOS: ✅ = Required 🔶 = Optional
Manufacturer | System | BIOS |
Atari | 2600 | |
| 5200 | ✅ |
| 7800 | |
| Lynx | ✅ |
| Jaguar | |
Bandai | WonderSwan | |
| WonderSwan Color | |
NEC | PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16 | |
| PC Engine Super CD-ROM² System / TurboGrafx-CD | ✅ |
| PC Engine SuperGrafx | |
| PC-FX | ✅ |
Nintendo | Famicom / Nintendo Entertainment System | |
| Famicom Disk System | ✅ |
| Game Boy | |
| Super Famicom / Super Nintendo Entertainment System | |
| Game Boy Color | |
| Virtual Boy | |
| Nintendo 64 | |
| Game Boy Advance | 🔶 |
| Pokemon mini | |
Sega | SG-1000 | |
| Master System | |
| Mega Drive / Genesis | |
| Game Gear | |
| Mega-CD / CD | ✅×3 |
| 32X | |
| Saturn | ✅×3 |
SNK | Neo Geo Pocket | |
| Neo Geo Pocket Color | |
Sony | PlayStation | ✅×3 |
Filenames are arbitrary as long as the MD5s match. Provenance will rename files on import.
Filename | MD5 Hash |
| 281f20ea4320404ec820fb7ec0693b38 |
Filename | MD5 Hash |
| fcd403db69f54290b51035d82f835e7b |
Filename | MD5 Hash |
| ca30b50f880eb660a320674ed365ef7a |
Filename | MD5 Hash |
| a860e8c0b6d573d191e4ec7db1b1e4f6 |
Game Boy Advance BIOS is optional.
Filename | MD5 Hash |
| ff1a674273fe3540ccef576376407d1d |
Filename | MD5 Hash |
| 08e36edbea28a017f79f8d4f7ff9b6d7 |
Filename | BIOS Name / Version | Region | MD5 Hash |
| Sega CD Model 1 (US 921011) BIOS 1.10 | US | 2efd74e3232ff260e371b99f84024f7f |
| Mega-CD Model 1 (EU 921027) BIOS 1.00 | EU | e66fa1dc5820d254611fdcdba0662372 |
| Mega-CD Model 1 (JP 911217) BIOS 1.00p | JP | bdeb4c47da613946d422d97d98b21cda |
All 3 BIOS are required.
Filename | BIOS Name / Version | Region | MD5 Hash |
| Sega Saturn BIOS v1.00 | JP/US | af5828fdff51384f99b3c4926be27762 |
| Sega Saturn BIOS v1.01a | EU | 3240872c70984b6cbfda1586cab68dbe |
| Sega Saturn BIOS v1.01 | JP | 85ec9ca47d8f6807718151cbcca8b964 |
All 3 BIOS are required. Filenames online may vary. If the MD5s match, Provenance will correctly rename for you on import.
Filename | BIOS Name / Version | Region | MD5 Hash |
| SCPH-5500 / v3.0J | JP |
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| SCPH-5501 / v3.0A | USA |
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| SCPH-5502 / v3.0E | EU |
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All 3 BIOS are required.
BIOS files are imported exactly the same as ROMs: Importing ROMs. When you have the correct BIOS successfully imported they will shown in Settings → Cores or they show as missing/red/required, otherwise you have the wrong files. You need the exact ROMs files matching the MD5 hashes above.
Though not required, you can verify the MD5 hashes of your files to be certain. To obtain the MD5 hash of your BIOS files, you can use md5 [path to file, or drag and drop file here] in Terminal. Check that it matches the MD5 hash of the file listed above.
Alternatively, BIOS files can be force uploaded manually into /BIOS/com.provenance.[system] via WebUI or WebDav (iOS, tvOS) or the Apple Files app (iOS only).
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