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EmulationStation

EmulationStation Desktop Edition (ES-DE)

EmulationStation is a frontend for RetroArch and many other standalone emulators.

BIOS

Because EmulationStation uses RetroArch under the hood, the instructions are generally the same as RetroArch. By default, the EmulationStation BIOS directory is /userdata/bios/:

You can copy BIOS files from a USB drive named "USB-Drive" like this:

igir copy extract test clean \
  --dat "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/libretro/libretro-database/master/dat/System.dat" \
  --input /media/USB-Drive/BIOS/ \
  --output /userdata/bios/

Other emulators may use other names for their BIOS images but all reside in the same BIOS directory.

ROMs

EmulationStation uses its own proprietary ROM folder structure, so igir has a replaceable {es} token to sort ROMs into the right place. See the replaceable tokens page for more information.

You can copy ROMs from a USB drive named "USB-Drive" like this:

igir copy zip test clean \
  --dat "/media/USB-Drive/No-Intro*.zip" \
  --input "/media/USB-Drive/ROMs/" \
  --output "/userdata/roms/{es}" \
  --no-bios