Z64 BIOS 2.11 Features

This BIOS update is our service committment to all our customers. Note that if you have Z64 HW1.0, you do not need to upgrade as new BIOS provides no benefits so the last BIOS you can upgrade is BIOS v.2.00

• Squeeze one or two more files on each ZIP diskette with .zip format compression. You will have to "ZIP" the backup image file first on PC. Note that game load will become *much* slower (due to decompression) so you have a trade-off here. i.e. the more it is compressed (to save space), the slower it loads (to decompress).
• Patches are now one compressed data file stored externally on ZIP disk. (So each ZIP disk should have this file.) You can download the external patch data file here which includes many more patches and enhancements for new games. You need to unzip that file and then copy it to your ZIP disk which has game that needs patches.
  Version 2.11 BIOS added support for APS file in the external patch file because original Zelda 64 crack is a PC program file to run on the PC, and many users don't have a PC and ZIP a driver to run the crack program. IPS file cannot work on Zelda crack, because IPS can only work on image <=16MB, and Zelda 64 is 32MB. APS is a new patch file format, which can process files >16MB. So a APS file is used to support Zelda crack.
• Zelda 64 and future >16MB cartridges support. (though patch/crack is still needed, such as Zelda 64.)
• Save Controller Memory Pak onto ZIP disk. Also Zelda 64 SRAM save onto ZIP disk is supported.
• Game consoles emulation filename support. (e.g. GB, NES, SMC, NEO, MP3, etc.) (p.s. needs emulators to work though ... emulator will be just like a regular N64 game which you need to load into Z64 first.)
• ZIP Disk copy feature enabled to copy save data to another disk.
• Multi-Lingual support. (limited languages initially, but do you really care?)

Please click on FAQ at the left for information on how to update BIOS.