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File Extensions
cowarlydragon edited this page May 9, 2024
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Emulation is a dizzying array of file extensions and file formats. This hopefully clears up some of it:
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ext | desc |
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dsk | floppy disk 5.25" 140k SD, apple2, mac, trs80, msx, DOS, cpc |
dmk | floppy disk 5.25" 140k SD, apple2, trs80 |
do | floppy disk 5.25" 140k SD, DOS ordered |
woz | floppy disk 5.25" 140k SD, apple2 |
nib | floppy disk 5.25" 140k SD Nibble format, apple2 |
d13 | seen in asimoc, especially system disks |
po | hard disk image, ?floppy to?, apple2 |
hdv | hard disk image, apple2 |
2mg | hard disk image, ?3.5" floppy too? |
2img | hard disk image, ?3.5" floppy too? |
hvf | hard disk image, basilisk/mac |
t64 | Commodore64 ?tape? |
c64 | Commodore64 ?cart? |
trd | Sinclair Spectrum disk format |
bas | usually a BASIC file to be executed on a legacy computer like Apple, Commodore, TR80 |
adf | CommodoreAmiga disk file |
adz | compressed CommodoreAmiga disk file |
ipf | COmmodoreAmiga disk format |
dms | CommmodoreAmiga ?floppy? Disk Masher System |
lha | compression format, but also a CommodoreAmiga file format |
hdf | hard drive format esp Sinclair Spectrum and Sharp X68000 |
trd | Sinclair Spectrum disk |
img | Sinclair Spectrum floppy disk |
mgt | Sinclair Spectrum< |
p | Sincalir zx1 |
iso | optical disc image file of an optical disk |
bin cue | optical disc image bin is the data made by many apps |
ccd img sub | optical disk image made by CloneCD, sub is the subchannel data |
mdf mds | optical disk image made by Alcohol120% |
cdi | optical disk image (CD-i + some others?), and gamecube |
gdi | optical disk image for GameCube emulators |
sbi | optical disk subchannel info, most commonly EU PSX copy protected games |
gcz | optical disk image for Dolphin emulator |
mdz | optical disk image for dolphin |
nrg | optical disk image made by Nero Burning Rom |
chd | compressed image of hard drive or optical disc |
ecm | optical disk image that excludes ECC |
a26 | atari 2600 cart |
a52 | atari 5200 cart |
a78 | atari 7800 cart |
lnx | atari lynx |
bin | atari carts, sometimes |
jag | Atari Jaguar cart |
atr | atari cartidges or disks |
xex | atari 8bit floppies |
st | atari st (earlier format / floppies?) |
stx | atari st |
int | INtellivision cart |
col | colecovision cart |
rom | colecovision cart or bios/roms from a hardware board |
tzx | Sinclair spectrum (compressed tape?) |
tap | sinclair spectrum tape |
trd | sinclair spectrum |
ssd | Acorn BBCMicro/Electron disk |
wsc | Bandai Wonderswan Color cart |
n64 | Nintendo64 cart |
v64 | Nintendo64 cart (Doctor V64) |
z64 | Nintendo64 cart (Zip Diskette N64 ROM) |
ndd | Nintendo64 DD cart |
nes | Nintendo NES cart |
fds | Famicom Disk System aka Nintento NES disk |
sfc | Super Famicon Cart aka Nintendo SNES cart |
smd | Super Magic Drive aka SEGA 32X |
32x | SEGA 32X |
smc | Super Magicom aka Nintendo SNES cart |
gg | SEGA gamegear cart |
sms | SEGA Master System car |
gen | SEGA Genesis |
md | SEGA Genesis (Multi Doctor) |
sg | SEGA 1000 computer cart |
gb | Gameboy cart |
gbc | Gameboy Color cart |
gba | Gameboy Advance cart |
pce | TurboGrafx16 aka NEC PC-Engine cart |
rom | generally a cartridge dump of a Read-Only-Memory bank, often for bios |
jar | ZIP-compressed bunch of compiled java code, j2me |
zip | ZIP compressed file(s), probably the most common compression format |
7z | 7ZIP compressed file(s), a good open source compression format |
rar | RAR compressed file(s) made by WinRAR, common, good, but closed source |
ace | ACE compressed files(s) made by WinACE, uncommon,good, but closed source |
gz | GZIP compressed file(s), an older compression format common in UNIX/Linux |
tar | tape archive format, used to group files for backups or downloading in UNIX/Linux |
bz2 | compressed files(s), uncommon format |
sit | StuffIt compressed file(s), usually need a mac to create or decompress |
ips | binary patch file |
wad | DOOM custom files/levels |
001 part01 r01 | split files |
par par2 | parity files for recovering from partial downloads, particularly in usenet |