Not every dumping group covers every platform, and the best choice changes from one system to the next. This table tells you, for each platform, which set to favour.
To learn what these groups are and how they differ, read Roms, isos and romsets first.
Key:
For arcade, the romset depends on the core you use, not on a dumping group. The romset version expected by each core is documented on the Emulators > Arcade pages.
To fully understand arcade romsets (split, merged, non-merged, BIOS, CHD), see Arcade in Recalbox.
| Platform | No-Intro | TOSEC | Redump | TruRip |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amiga CD32 | ❌ | 🥈 | 🥇 | 🥉 |
| Amiga CDTV | ❌ | 🥈 | 🥇 | 🥉 |
| Amstrad GX4000 | ❌ | 🥇 | ❌ | 🥈 |
| Atari 2600 | 🥇 🎮 | 🥈 | ❌ | ❌ |
| Atari 5200 | 🥇 | 🥈 | ❌ | 🥉 |
| Atari 7800 | 🥇 | 🥈 | ❌ | 🥉 |
| Atari Jaguar | 🥇 🎮 | 🥈 | ❌ | 🥉 |
| ColecoVision | 🥇 | 🥈 | ❌ | 🥉 |
| Dreamcast | ❌ | 🥇 | 🥈 | 🥉 |
| Fairchild Channel F | 🥇 | 🥈 | ❌ | 🥉 |
| Family Computer Disk System | 🥇 🎮 | 🥈 | ❌ | 🥉 |
| GameCube | ❌ | 🥈 | 🥇 🎮 | 🥉 |
| Intellivision | 🥇 | 🥈 | ❌ | 🥉 |
| Master System | 🥇 🎮 | 🥈 | ❌ | 🥉 |
| Megadrive | 🥇 🎮 | 🥈 | ❌ | 🥉 |
| Multivision | ❌ | 🥇 | ❌ | ❌ |
| Neo-Geo CD | ❌ | ❌ | 🥇 | 🥇 |
| NES | 🥇 🎮 | 🥈 | ❌ | ❌ |
| Nintendo 64 | 🥇 | 🥈 | ❌ | ❌ |
| Nintendo 64DD | 🥇 | 🥈 | ❌ | ❌ |
| Panasonic 3DO | ❌ | 🥈 | 🥇 | 🥉 |
| PC Engine | 🥇 🎮 | 🥈 | ❌ | 🥉 |
| PC Engine CD | ❌ | 🥈 | 🥇 | 🥉 |
| PC-FX | ❌ | 🥉 | 🥇 | 🥈 |
| PlayStation | ❌ | 🥉 | 🥇 | 🥈 |
| PlayStation 2 | ❌ | 🥉 | 🥇 | 🥈 |
| Satellaview | 🥇 | 🥉 | ❌ | ❌ |
| Saturn | ❌ | 🥉 | 🥇 | 🥈 |
| Sega 32X | 🥇 🎮 | 🥈 | ❌ | 🥉 |
| Sega Mega CD | ❌ | 🥉 | 🥇 | 🥈 |
| Sega SG-1000 | 🥇 🎮 | 🥉 | ❌ | ❌ |
| Sufami Turbo | 🥇 | 🥈 | ❌ | ❌ |
| Super Famicom | 🥇 | 🥈 | ❌ | 🥉 |
| Super Nintendo | 🥇 🎮 | 🥈 | ❌ | 🥉 |
| SuperGrafx | 🥇 🎮 | 🥈 | ❌ | 🥉 |
| Vectrex | 🥇 | 🥈 | ❌ | 🥉 |
| Videopac | 🥇 | 🥈 | ❌ | 🥉 |
| Virtual Boy | 🥇 | 🥈 | ❌ | 🥉 |
| Wii | ❌ | 🥈 | 🥇 🎮 | ❌ |
| Platform | No-Intro | TOSEC | Redump | TruRip |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Game & Watch | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
| Game Boy | 🥇 | 🥈 | ❌ | 🥉 |
| Game Boy Color | 🥇 | 🥈 | ❌ | 🥉 |
| Game Boy Advance | 🥇 | 🥈 | ❌ | 🥉 |
| Game Gear | 🥇 | 🥈 | ❌ | 🥉 |
| Lynx | 🥇 | 🥈 | ❌ | 🥉 |
| Neo-Geo Pocket | 🥇 | 🥈 | ❌ | 🥉 |
| Neo-Geo Pocket Color | 🥇 | 🥈 | ❌ | 🥉 |
| Nintendo DS | 🥇 | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
| Palm OS | 🥇 | ❌ | 🥈 | 🥉 |
| Pokémon Mini | 🥇 | 🥈 | ❌ | 🥉 |
| PSP | 🥇 | ❌ | 🥈 | ❌ |
| WonderSwan | 🥇 | 🥈 | ❌ | 🥉 |
| WonderSwan Color | 🥇 | 🥈 | ❌ | 🥉 |
| Platform | No-Intro | TOSEC | Redump | TruRip |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acorn BBC Micro | ❌ | 🥇 | ❌ | ❌ |
| Amiga ECS/OCS (Amiga 600) | ❌ | 🥇 | ❌ | ❌ |
| Amiga AGA (Amiga 1200) | ❌ | 🥇 | ❌ | ❌ |
| Amstrad CPC | 🥈 | 🥇 | ❌ | 🥉 |
| Apple II | ❌ | 🥇 | ❌ | 🥈 |
| Apple IIGS | ❌ | 🥇 | ❌ | 🥈 |
| Atari 800 | ❌ | 🥇 | ❌ | 🥈 |
| Atari ST | 🥈 | 🥇 | ❌ | 🥉 |
| Commodore 64 | 🥈 | 🥇 | ❌ | 🥉 |
| Dragon 32/64 | ❌ | 🥇 | ❌ | ❌ |
| Elektronika BK | ❌ | 🥇 | ❌ | ❌ |
| MSX 1 | 🥈 | 🥇 | ❌ | 🥉 |
| MSX 2 | 🥈 | 🥇 | ❌ | 🥉 |
| MSX Turbo R | 🥈 | 🥇 | ❌ | 🥉 |
| NEC PC-8801 | ❌ | 🥈 | 🥇 | 🥉 |
| NEC PC-9801 | ❌ | 🥈 | 🥇 | 🥉 |
| Oric Atmos | ❌ | 🥇 | ❌ | ❌ |
| SAM Coupé | ❌ | 🥇 | ❌ | 🥈 |
| Sharp X1 | ❌ | 🥇 | ❌ | 🥈 |
| Sharp X68000 | ❌ | 🥈 | 🥇 | 🥉 |
| Spectravideo SV-318 | ❌ | 🥇 | ❌ | 🥈 |
| Tandy TRS-80 Color Computer | ❌ | 🥇 | ❌ | ❌ |
| Texas Instruments TI-99/4A | ❌ | 🥇 | ❌ | ❌ |
| Thomson MO/TO | ❌ | 🥇 | ❌ | 🥈 |
| ZX Spectrum | 🥇 | 🥈 | ❌ | 🥉 |
| ZX81 | ❌ | 🥇 | ❌ | 🥈 |
The file format matters as much as the group: for optical-disc systems, prefer a
.chdbuilt from a proper set rather than a.chdconverted from another format. See the Dreamcast guide for an example.