The quasi88 core is an emulator for the NEC PC-8000 / PC-8800 series. It is licensed under the BSD 3-Clause license.

  • The quasi88 core requires the following BIOS files:
  • - n88.rom: Required.
  • - n88n.rom: Required for PC-8000 series emulation.
  • - disk.rom: Required for loading disk images.
  • - n88knj1.rom: Required for viewing kanji.
  • - n88_0.rom: Required.

The quasi88 core is licensed under the BSD 3-Clause license.

The sound processing portion of the quasi88 core uses source code from MAME, XMAME, and the FM audio generator 'fmgen'.

The quasi88 core can start using between 0 and 6 disks as content.

The quasi88 core supports multiple disks through the subsystem interface and M3U playlists.

  • The quasi88 core supports the following file extensions:
  • - .d88: PC-8000 / PC-8800 series disk image
  • - .u88: User disk, same functionality as .d88
  • - .m3u: Playlist file

The quasi88 core supports the following features:

  • - Restart
  • - Screenshots
  • - Saves
  • - States
  • - Rewind
  • - Netplay
  • - Core Options
  • - Memory Monitoring
  • - RetroArch Cheats
  • - Controls
  • - Remapping
  • - Rumble

The quasi88 core does not support the following features:

  • - Native Cheats
  • - Multi-Mouse
  • - Sensors
  • - Camera
  • - Location
  • - Softpatching
  • - Disk Control
  • - Username
  • - Language
  • - Crop Overscan
  • - LEDs

The quasi88 core saves data to the frontend's save directory.

The quasi88 core saves states to the frontend's state directory.

The quasi88 core has the following geometry specifications:

  • - FPS: 60
  • - Sample rate: 44100 Hz
  • - Base width: 640
  • - Base height: 400
  • - Max width: 640
  • - Max height: 400
  • - Aspect ratio: 8/5
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RetroArch: quasi88 — official gaming software documentation https://raw.githubusercontent.com/libretro/docs/master/docs/library/quasi88.mdRetrieved Oct 13, 2026

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