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Final Burn Alpha is a Multiple Arcade Emulator most popular for emulating Neo-Geo, Capcom, Konami, and Cave games. It is developed by the final burn team and originated from FinalBurn by Dave
There are a variety of arcade emulators available in RetroPie. There are significant differences in performance, compatibility, and configuration between them. If you're getting started with arcade emulation, start by reading Arcade.
This page is a resource for additional details on RetroPie's Final Burn Alpha emulators including configuration paths, controls, and the ROM sets which each emulator requires.
All Arcade ROMS Compatibility List feel free to contribute to the list.
Emulator | Rom Folder | Extension | Required ROM Version | Controller Config |
---|---|---|---|---|
lr-fbalpha | arcade or fba or neogeo | .7z .zip | FB Alpha v0.2.97.44 | /opt/retropie/configs/arcade/retroarch.cfg, or /opt/retropie/configs/fba/retroarch.cfg, or /opt/retropie/configs/neogeo/retroarch.cfg |
lr-fbalpha2012 | arcade or fba or neogeo | .7z .zip | FB Alpha v0.2.97.29 | /opt/retropie/configs/arcade/retroarch.cfg, or /opt/retropie/configs/fba/retroarch.cfg, or /opt/retropie/configs/neogeo/retroarch.cfg |
PiFBA | arcade or fba or neogeo | .zip | FB Alpha 0.2.96.71 | /opt/retropie/emulators/pifba/fba2x.cfg or /opt/retropie/configs/fba/fba2x.cfg |
Arcade ROM paths
Five of the available arcade ROM paths in RetroPie are shared directories which are used by more than one emulator: arcade
, mame-libretro
, mame-advmame
, fba
, and neogeo
. In order to successfully load zipped ROM sets in these locations you must specify the arcade emulator version which matches your ROMs.
To avoid having several menus for different arcade emulators, all arcade-based ROMs can be placed in the arcade
ROM folder, but you will have to specify which emulator each zipped ROM set will use from the Runcommand Menu.
Emulators
lr-fbalpha
Visit the Final Burn Alpha homepage on github
Important announcement about FBAlpha romset constantly changing
Note: Please see lr-fbalpha for information on how to configure specific features of this emulator.
Accepted File Extensions: .7z .zip
Roms Dir: /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/fba
Samples Dir: /home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS/fba/samples/
Binary Dir: /opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-fbalpha
Config Dir: /opt/retropie/configs/fba/retroarch.cfg
ROM Version: Subset of latest MAME/HBMAME roms available
Total arcade games emulated: 5500+
- BIOS: 7
- Samples: ?
FB Alpha DAT Files:
Other Dats for home console systems available here
lr-fbalpha compatibility list feel free to contribute to the list.
Controls: lr-fbalpha utilises RetroArch configs. Add custom retroarch controls to the retroarch.cfg file in:
/opt/retropie/configs/fba/retroarch.cfg
For more information on custom RetroArch controls see: RetroArch Configuration
lr-fbalpha2012
Visit the Final Burn Alpha 2012 homepage on github
Accepted File Extensions: .7z .zip
Roms Dir: /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/fba
Binary Dir: /opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-fbalpha2012
Config Dir: /opt/retropie/configs/fba/retroarch.cfg
lr-fbalpha2012 does not have support for Samples in any form.
ROM Version: FB Alpha v0.2.97.30
Total games emulated: 3369
- BIOS: 5
- Samples: ?
FB Alpha v0.2.97.30 DAT File: FB Alpha v0.2.97.30.dat.zip
FB Alpha v0.2.97.30 Neo Geo Only DAT File: fba-lr-neogeo
lr-fbalpha2012 Compatibility List feel free to contribute to the list.
Controls: lr-fbalpha2012 utilises RetroArch configs. Add custom retroarch controls to the retroarch.cfg file in:
/opt/retropie/configs/fba/retroarch.cfg
For more information on custom RetroArch controls see: RetroArch Configuration
PiFBA
Visit the PiFBA homepage on sourceforge
Accepted File Extensions: .zip
Roms Dir: /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/fba
Binary Dir: /opt/retropie/emulators/pifba
Config Dir: /opt/retropie/configs/fba/fba2x.cfg
ROM Version: FB Alpha 0.2.96.71
Total games emulated: 684
- BIOS: ?
- Samples: ?
FB Alpha v0.2.96.71 DAT File: FB Alpha v0.2.96.71 (ClrMame Pro).dat
FB Alpha v0.2.96.71 'Lite' DAT File: [fba_029671_od_release_10_working_roms_filtered.zip] (https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2TMeZ6iEFvHMTV2TnlrZWwxRXc/view?usp=sharing) (clones, non-working, mahjong, quiz, adult, casino, rythm removed)
PiFBA Compatibility List feel free to contribute to the list.
Controls
PiFBA controls are located in:
/opt/retropie/emulators/pifba/fba2x.cfg
As there is no menu to configure controllers with PiFBA like there is with Mame4all, you'll have to edit the aforementioned file manually.
NOTE PiFBA currently only supports 2 players.
Example of fba2x.cfg
[Keyboard]
# Get codes from /usr/include/SDL/SDL_keysym.h
A_1=306 #LCTRL (button1)
B_1=32 #SPACE (button3)
X_1=308 #LALT (button2
Y_1=304 #LSHIFT
L_1=122 #z
R_1=120 #x
START_1=49 #1
SELECT_1=53 #5
LEFT_1=276 #left
RIGHT_1=275 #right
UP_1=273 #up
DOWN_1=274 #down
QUIT=27 #escape
#player 2 keyboard controls, disabled by default
A_2=97 #a (button1)
B_2=113 #q (button3)
X_2=115 #s (button2)
Y_2=119 #w
L_2=105 #i
R_2=107 #k
START_2=50 #2
SELECT_2=54 #6
LEFT_2=100 #d
RIGHT_2=103 #g
UP_2=114 #r
DOWN_2=102 #f
[Joystick]
# Get codes from "jstest /dev/input/js0"
# from package "joystick"
A_1=3
B_1=1
X_1=2
Y_1=0
L_1=4
R_1=5
START_1=9
SELECT_1=8
#Joystick axis
JA_LR=0
JA_UD=1
#player 2 button configuration
A_2=3
B_2=1
X_2=2
Y_2=0
L_2=4
R_2=5
START_2=9
SELECT_2=8
#Joystick axis
JA_LR=0
JA_UD=1
[Graphics]
DisplaySmoothStretch=1
# Display Effect: 0 none, 1 scanlines
DisplayEffect=0
DisplayBorder=0
MaintainAspectRatio=1
[Sound]