What the Ardens Core Is

Ardens is a simulator for the Arduboy FX, distributed as a core for RetroArch. The core was authored by Peter Brown and is licensed under the MIT license. This article is a source summary of the official documentation page; no hands-on testing has been performed.

Prerequisites and BIOS Requirements

  • The documentation lists no special requirements for the Ardens core, and the core does not use a BIOS file.

Content Formats

The Ardens core loads content with the .hex or .arduboy file extensions. Because the documentation confirms neither a BIOS file nor any special requirements, the supported content types above are the only prerequisites it records.

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ItemValue
Supported content extensions.hex, .arduboy
BIOSNot used
Special requirementsNone documented
Evidence and publication details

Sources & references

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Published .

RetroArch: ardens — official gaming software documentation https://raw.githubusercontent.com/libretro/docs/master/docs/library/ardens.mdRetrieved Oct 12, 2026

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