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==AES BIOS==
==AES BIOS==
todo: USA BIOS exists, even if most people swapped out the chip. Has it been dumped?
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==CD System BIOS==
==CD System BIOS==
Regions are handled via a set of jumpers. Does the Brazilian/Portugese language system have a different BIOS ROM?
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| top-sp1.bin || Top-Loading NeoGeo CD
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| front-sp1.bin || Front-Loading NeoGeo CD
| front-sp1.bin || Front-Loading NeoGeo CD

Revision as of 05:30, 15 November 2014

Quick overview of known BIOS versions, may not be completely accurate. Various third-party BIOS (e.g. Universe BIOS, Neopen BIOS, smkdan's Diagnostics BIOS) are missing from this list.

MVS BIOS

Filename Region Description
sp1.jipan.1024 Japan Japan MVS v1
sp1-1v1_3db8c.bin Japan Japanese Hotel v1.3
sp-j2.sp1 Japan Japan MVS v2
vs-bios.rom Japan Japan MVS v3
japan-j3.bin Japan Japan MVS J3
236-bios.bin Asia BIOS for The Irritating Maze (Trackball)
asia-s3.bin Asia Asia MVS v3
sp-45.sp1 Asia NEO-MVH MV1C
sp-e.sp1 USA USA MVS v1
sp-u2.sp1 USA USA MVS v2?
sp-s.sp1 Europe Europe MVS v1
sp-s2.sp1 Europe Europe MVS v2 (Visualization)

AES BIOS

todo: USA BIOS exists, even if most people swapped out the chip. Has it been dumped?

Filename Region Description
neo-po.bin Japan Japan AES
neo-epo.bin Asia Asia AES
neodebug.bin Japan Debug/Development BIOS

CD System BIOS

Regions are handled via a set of jumpers. Does the Brazilian/Portugese language system have a different BIOS ROM?

Filename Description
`top-sp1.bin` Top-Loading NeoGeo CD
front-sp1.bin Front-Loading NeoGeo CD
neocd.bin NeoGeo CDZ (Visualization)