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EmulationStation: Is it possible to validate BIOS prior to playing a game? (lemmy.world)
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I find that launching certain games seems to be hit or miss as far as the BIOS is concerned, even though I think I have the right files. Is there a method that confirms you have the correct BIOS prior to launching a title?

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[–] bossjack@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

There probably isn't an automated solution for this, but you could just get the SHA checksum of your BIOS dumps and compare them to others' checksums on the internet.

As for how, well, you can use the shasum command in the terminal on linux. for windows, powershell has get-filehash. and 7zip for windows has a checksumming function as well.