Editing List of file formats (section)

== Video game storage media ==
List of the most common filename extensions used when a game's [[ROM image]] or storage medium is copied from an original [[read-only memory]] (ROM) device to an external memory such as [[hard disk]] for [[back up]] purposes or for making the game playable with an [[emulator]]. In the case of cartridge-based software, if the platform specific extension is not used then filename extensions ".rom" or ".bin" are usually used to clarify that the file contains a copy of a content of a ROM. ROM, disk or tape images usually do not consist of one file or ROM, rather an entire file or ROM structure contained within one file on the backup medium.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.emutalk.net/archive/index.php/t-21512.html|title=.GCM file extension! [Archive] – EmuTalk.net|work=emutalk.net|date=21 June 2004 }}</ref>
* 32X – [[32X|Sega 32X]] 
* 3DS – [[Nintendo 3DS]] 
* A26 – [[Atari 2600]]
* A52 – [[Atari 5200]] 
* A78 – [[Atari 7800]]
* ADF – [[Amiga]] (.adf) (for 880K diskette images)
* ADZ – [[GZip]]-compressed version of the above.
* BIN – [[Magnavox Odyssey 2]]
* CIA – [[Nintendo 3DS]] Installation File (for installing games with the use of the FBI homebrew application)
* CRT – (for cartridge images)
* D64 – (for disk images)
* DMS – ''Disk Masher System'', previously used as a disk-archiving system native to the Amiga, also supported by emulators.
* DSI – [[List of DSiWare games|DSiWare]]
* DSK – (for disk images)
* FC# – [[FCEUX]] Save States (.fc#, where # is any character, usually a number)
* FDS – [[Famicom Disk System]] 
* FIG – [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|Super Famicom]] (Japanese releases are rarely .fig, above extensions are more common)
* FRZ, 000-008 – [[Snes9x]] Save States 
* GB – [[Game Boy]] (this applies to the original Game Boy and the [[Game Boy Color]])
* GBA – a [[Game Boy Advance]] game from a [[ROM cartridge]]
* GBC – [[Game Boy Color]] 
* GCM, ISO – a [[GameCube]] disk/game
* GG – [[Game Gear]] 
* INT – [[Intellivision]] 
* ISO, WBFS, WAD, WDF – a [[Wii]] and [[WiiU]] disk/game
* JAG, J64 – an [[Atari Jaguar]] game from a ROM cartridge
* JST – Jnes Save States 
* LNX – [[Atari Lynx]] 
* MIN – [[Pokémon Mini]]
* N64, V64, Z64, U64, USA, JAP, PAL, EUR – [[Nintendo 64]] 
* NDS – a [[Nintendo DS]] game from a ROM cartridge
* NES – [[Nintendo Entertainment System]]<ref>{{cite web |last1=Medley |first1=Sam |title=You can now play your own NES ROMs on Nintendo Switch Online thanks to a new hack |url=https://www.notebookcheck.net/You-can-now-play-your-own-NES-ROMs-on-Nintendo-Switch-Online-thanks-to-a-new-hack.333420.0.html |website=Notebookcheck |date=20 September 2018 |access-date=9 November 2022 |language=en}}</ref> 
* NGC – [[Neo Geo Pocket Color]] 
* NPC, NGP – [[Neo Geo Pocket]] 
* NSP – [[Nintendo eShop]] Video Game file that stores audio data, video data, game data, and program code for the [[Nintendo Switch]]; also supported by emulators.
* PCE – [[TurboGrafx-16|TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine]] 
* PJ – [[Project64|Project64]] Save States 
* PSS – a Sony [[PlayStation 2]] Game Video file used to store audio and video data by games for the PlayStation 2 console.
* SAV – [[Game Boy Advance]] Saved Data Files 
* SG – [[SG-1000]] 
* SGM – [[VisualBoyAdvance]] Save States 
* SMC, 078, SFC – [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]] (.078 is for split ROMs, which are rare)
* SMD, BIN – [[Sega Genesis|Mega Drive/Genesis]] 
* SMS – [[Master System]] 
* SRM – Super Nintendo Entertainment System Saved Data Files
* T64 – (for tape images without copy protection, considerably smaller than .tap files)
* TAP – [[Commodore 64]] (.tap) (for tape images including copy protection)
* TAP – for tape images without copy protection
* TZX – [[ZX Spectrum]] (for exact copies of ZX Spectrum games)
* VB – [[Virtual Boy]] 
* VEC – [[Vectrex]] 
* WS – [[WonderSwan]] 
* WSC – [[WonderSwan|WonderSwan Color]] 
* XCI – Nintendo Switch Video Game cartridge dump file that stores audio data, video data, game data, and program code for the Nintendo Switch; also supported by emulators.
* Z80, SNA – (for snapshots of the emulator RAM)
* ZST, ZS1-ZS9, Z10-Z99 – [[ZSNES]] Save States