Installation

Weitere Installationsbefehle

macOS

Homebrewverifiziert · 100%

brew install ucon64

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Nixverifiziert · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#ucon64

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/uc/ucon64/package.nix · Quelle: api.github.com

Überblick

Paketzusammenfassung

ROM backup tool and emulator's Swiss Army knife program

Projektlinks

Befehle und Aliase

ucon64

Verlauf

Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

uCON64 is a long-running command-line utility for video-game ROM backup, inspection, conversion, patching, and related emulator workflows. Its own site calls it a backup tool and emulator's Swiss Army knife.

Projektgeschichte

The SourceForge project was registered in October 2000, while the developer page credits NoisyB with work from 1999 through 2009 and dbjh with work from 2001 through 2005 and again from 2015 through 2021. The project kept an old-school SourceForge presence, with a public web site, downloads, mailing-list contact, and SVN source access.

The official site frames uCON64 around broad console, handheld, and arcade support, verbose ROM information, backup-unit communication, patch formats such as IPS, APS, BSL, PPF, and Game Genie, zip/gzip handling, and DAT generation for ROM verification.

Adoptionsgeschichte

uCON64's adoption came from the emulator, ROM preservation, and cartridge-backup communities rather than from mainstream developer tooling. Its downloads page documents binaries for Linux, Windows, DOS, Cygwin, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, and macOS via pkgsrc, and the input metadata shows Homebrew and Nix packaging.

Wie es verwendet wird

Users run uCON64 to inspect ROM metadata, manipulate ROM or SRAM files, apply or create patches, create DAT files, and interface with many cartridge backup units where supported. Its FAQ documents a per-user configuration file such as .ucon64rc outside DOS, with UCON64_HOME and HOME-style environment variables influencing lookup.

Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

For package nerds, uCON64 is a preservation-era CLI that keeps specialized hardware and ROM-format knowledge installable through modern package managers. It is not a generic game emulator; it is the kind of small executable that turns a package manager into an archive of console-backup and ROM-maintenance tooling.

Zeitleiste

1999: Developer page credits NoisyB with the start of uCON64 development.
2000: SourceForge project registered.
2001: dbjh begins a long-running maintainer/contributor role.
2019: uCON64 2.2.0 released according to the project news.
2021: uCON64 2.2.2 released according to the project news.

Related projects

The project site lists uCON64dat DAT files and uCON64 frontends as companion downloads.
The developer page credits ideas or code from older tools and communities including original uCON, patchers, backup-unit support code, emulator-related projects, and ROM database work.

Quellen

Sicherheitslage

Risikostufe: blue

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.

Risikoklassifikator

blue Risiko · mittel Konfidenz · tool

Warum

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal

Signale

text:backup

Installationsverhalten

In den Formelmetadaten ist kein Homebrew-Post-install-Hook erfasst.
Homebrew-Bottle-Metadaten sind für 6 Plattformziele verfügbar.

Empfohlene Prüfung

Prüfe vor unbeaufsichtigter Agent-Nutzung, ob das Tool Klartext-Credentials liest, Remote-Zustand schreibt, Artefakte veröffentlicht oder Plugins ausführt.

local files

Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.

Configuration files

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Unix: ~/.ucon64rc

Executables

Installierte Executables

Befehl	Art	Sichtbarkeit	Hinweis
`ucon64`	cli	globales Executable

Aktualität

Version und Aktualität

Diese Signale trennen das Alter der Seitengenerierung, Aktivität des Paketmanagers und Upstream-Release-Vergleich. Versionsrückstand wird nur gemeldet, wenn eine Evidenz-URL und vergleichbare Versionen vorhanden sind.

Seite generiert2026-07-08

Manager-Version2.2.2

Manager aktualisiert

lokale DatenOK

Upstreamnot checked

neueste erkannte Versionnicht erkannt

https://ucon64.sourceforge.io/

InfoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.niedrig Konfidenz
InfoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://ucon64.sourceforge.io/none Konfidenz

Installationsmetadaten

Paketmetadaten

Paketschlüssel	brew:ucon64
Version	2.2.2
Paketmanager	Homebrew
Paketmanager-Seite	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/ucon64
Homepage	https://ucon64.sourceforge.io/
Repository	https://sourceforge.net/p/ucon64/code/HEAD/tree
Upstream-Dokumentation	https://ucon64.sourceforge.io/
Lizenz	GPL-2.0-or-later
Quellarchiv	https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/ucon64/ucon64/ucon64-2.2.2/ucon64-2.2.2-src.tar.gz
Bottle	verfügbar (auf arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-install	nicht definiert
Dienst	keiner deklariert
Einschränkungen	You can copy/move your DAT file collection to $HOME/.ucon64/dat Be sure to check $HOME/.ucon64rc for configuration after running uCON64 for the first time.

Registry-Fakten

Details aus der Quelldatenbank

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	ucon64
Version Scheme	0
Revision	0
Head Version	HEAD
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	head stable

Source-Datenbank-Treffer

Andere Paketmanager-Einträge

Treffer stammen aus externen Paketmanager-Indizes und bleiben von lokalen Automic-Vault-Paketlinks getrennt.

Nix95%

ucon64

nix profile install nixpkgs#ucon64

normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Ucon64

nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/uc/ucon64/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

Paketgraph

Links stammen aus dem lokalen Paketbeziehungsgraph, Ergänzungen, Abhängigkeitskanten, Ecosystem-Matches und Paket-Hub-Mitgliedschaft.

Quellspur

Aus Repository-Daten generiert

Diese Seite wird von av-web aus dem privaten Paket-SQLite-Artefakt bereitgestellt, das scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py erstellt.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/ucon64.yml

Verwendete Quellen

Geiger risk classifier
Nucleus package database
av.db category and tag curation
cross-ecosystem install command graph
curated configuration and credential file locations
curated package history
external package-manager database matches
package relationship graph
package version freshness
package-page enrichment

ucon64 mit Homebrew, Nix installieren