Guest Posted December 5, 2022 Report Share Posted December 5, 2022 What is a .bin file and how can you play them? I found .smc files that run on my SNES emulator. Just curious how those work. I don't own a computer so editing/compiling is out of the question. I play on my SNES console and on a android TV box. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Posted December 5, 2022 Report Share Posted December 5, 2022 .bin files are binary dumps. Typically Genesis ROMs are .bins, so you can play them in any Genesis emulator. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 5, 2022 Report Share Posted December 5, 2022 That's cool. I'll have to try that ECHL.bin out. I love the Cincinnati Cyclones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D. Sekreterenson Posted January 30, 2023 Report Share Posted January 30, 2023 Idk but they're the only ones that seem to work with my retroarch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D. Sekreterenson Posted February 21, 2023 Report Share Posted February 21, 2023 I have a question about this the roms in here are bin and I can play them on my retroarch but other roms idk I can't seem to get them in files to will work on retroarch...for example the other day I wanted to download a rom of the old Press your luck game,I think from 88,I couldn't find it in a bin file. And also the 98 Nagano olympic hockey gm on n64. Anybody know where to find them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smozoma Posted February 21, 2023 Report Share Posted February 21, 2023 1 hour ago, D. Sekreterenson said: I have a question about this the roms in here are bin and I can play them on my retroarch but other roms idk I can't seem to get them in files to will work on retroarch...for example the other day I wanted to download a rom of the old Press your luck game,I think from 88,I couldn't find it in a bin file. And also the 98 Nagano olympic hockey gm on n64. Anybody know where to find them? You can get ROMs off archive.org. n64 games - click "ZIP" under "DOWNLOAD OPTIONS" to get the list of all downloads - https://archive.org/details/nintendo-64-romset-usa I couldn't find "Press your luck", what system is that on? After getting the ROMs, you need to add the appropriate "core" to RetroArch so it knows how to play games from that system: https://www.retroarch.com/?page=cores Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D. Sekreterenson Posted February 21, 2023 Report Share Posted February 21, 2023 It's on Dos I found them both on this site but idk if it's the laptop it doesn't seem to change them to bin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smozoma Posted February 21, 2023 Report Share Posted February 21, 2023 9 minutes ago, D. Sekreterenson said: It's on Dos I found them both on this site but idk if it's the laptop it doesn't seem to change them to bin. You can't change it to bin, it's a different thing. Try installing the DOSBox core in Retroarch - https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/01/dosbox-pure-for-retroarch-aims-to-simplify-classic-ms-dos-gaming/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D. Sekreterenson Posted February 21, 2023 Report Share Posted February 21, 2023 Ok cool thx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaos Posted February 21, 2023 Report Share Posted February 21, 2023 If you don't see "Download Core" in the Load Core window, go to Settings-User Interface-Menu Item Visibility and turn "Show Core Downloader" to on. 21 minutes ago, D. Sekreterenson said: Ok cool thx 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D. Sekreterenson Posted February 22, 2023 Report Share Posted February 22, 2023 Ok,but the prob is really they're not even showing on the thumb drive when i put it in my ps3. The ones from here do. But not these ones from the other sites. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smozoma Posted February 22, 2023 Report Share Posted February 22, 2023 Hm you might need to run the appropriate core and then navigate to the game file. Otherwise maybe it's just remembering the old core you used and only showing you games compatible with that core? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D. Sekreterenson Posted February 23, 2023 Report Share Posted February 23, 2023 I'm downloading that n64 right now. I'll have to check the press your luck thing after that. Man this is gonna take a while,shouldn't of started it this late... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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