FujiNet Go Desktop
Bally Astrocade
The Bally Professional Arcade, with FujiNet on the cartridge port.
FujiNet Go Astrocade v0.7.0 Released November 6, 2026 Bally, 1978
Screenshots
GNOME
KDE
Windows
Features
- Z80 with the Astrocade's data-chip video and magic function generator
- {'Controllers window': 'the 24-key keypad and all four hand controllers, each with a stick, a trigger and a knob dial, plus RESET and RESET TO CONFIG'}
- Map any key, gamepad button or stick to any control, the knob included; any USB or Bluetooth gamepad or joystick is picked up, even one with no mapping
- Open Cartridge…, plus RAM expansions
- A full debugger: breakpoints on execute, read, write and ports with conditions, editable registers, a console, symbols, and a FujiNet tab that shows every FujiBus packet live
- FujiNet web UI in your browser, or switch to an external FujiNet
BIOS ROMs
RequiredThe Astrocade needs one of its three on-board ROMs. None are bundled.
| File | What it is | CRC32 | Needed |
|---|---|---|---|
| astro.bin | '3159' BIOS (Professional Arcade, Astrocade) (8 KB) | EBC77F3A | Required |
| bioswhit.bin | 'White' BIOS (Bally Computer System) (8 KB) | 6EB53E79 | Optional |
| ballyhlc.bin | '3164' BIOS (Home Library Computer) (8 KB) | D7C517BA | Optional |
How to add them: Machine ▸ Import BIOS… or Import BIOS from a Folder…, also on the No Astrocade BIOS page and in Preferences ▸ ROMs. Takes files, a zip (MAME's astrocde set works) or a folder.
Where to get them
- Bally Alley Astrocade ROM collectionAll three on-board ROMs are in its TOSEC/BIOS folder. Import that folder.
- Bally Alley emulation page
Download and install
FujiNet Go Astrocade 0.7.0, released November 6, 2026. Release notes
Linux
Install with Flatpak (any distribution)
- Install Flatpak with your distribution's package manager if you don't have it yet.
- Add Flathub, which supplies the runtime, and the FujiNet Go repository:
flatpak remote-add --user --if-not-exists flathub \ https://dl.flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo flatpak remote-add --user --if-not-exists fujinet-go \ https://fujinetwifi.github.io/fujinet-go-desktop-flatpaks/fujinet-go.flatpakrepo - Install the GNOME edition (or swap
gnomeforkde):flatpak install --user fujinet-go online.fujinet.go.astrocade.gnome
Windows
Installer Recommended
Windows 10 or 11, 64-bit. Installs for your user only and needs no administrator rights.
Download fujinet-go-astrocade-0.7.0-windows-setup.exe6.2 MB
- Run the downloaded file.
- If Windows SmartScreen says it protected your PC, choose More info, then Run anyway. The app isn't code-signed yet.
- Start FujiNet Go Astrocade from the Start menu.
Portable zip
Nothing to install. Good for a USB stick or a locked-down PC.
Download fujinet-go-astrocade-0.7.0-windows.zip7.8 MB
- Right-click the zip, choose Extract All…, and pick a folder.
- Open the folder and run the
.exeinside.
macOS
macOS app
macOS 11.0 or later. For Macs with Apple silicon (M1 and later).
- Open the downloaded zip and drag FujiNet Go Astrocade into Applications.
- The first time, Control-click the app and choose Open, then Open again. (On macOS 15 and later: try to open it, then go to System Settings ▸ Privacy & Security and choose Open Anyway.)
- Or clear the download quarantine in Terminal:
xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine "/Applications/FujiNet Go Astrocade.app"
Every file in this release, with SHA-256 checksums
| File | For | Size | SHA-256 |
|---|---|---|---|
| online.fujinet.go.astrocade.gnome.flatpak | Linux · GNOME · Flatpak bundle | 4.9 MB | b3019ad0a5d10e97bb4b4e3fa58d427f2aca0133cb0bd08cf7de056711b7af42 |
| online.fujinet.go.astrocade.kde.flatpak | Linux · KDE · Flatpak bundle | 4.8 MB | 90a76e1b30f1a0ee9ba2ce296835e9db57df037b5ab63f2a09c19a4bc9f514a8 |
| fujinet-go-astrocade-gnome-0.7.0-Linux.deb | Linux · GNOME · .deb | 5.1 MB | 0db3a27b8261466c244e09fb64c9194665ef7e8b2fe1c66762c911c73e4bc42d |
| fujinet-go-astrocade-kde-0.7.0-Linux.deb | Linux · KDE · .deb | 5.2 MB | 6b77de7243a697e66c1e9b3dcf74c7c522f35eba9f3075c0027907c49a451913 |
| fujinet-go-astrocade-gnome-0.7.0-Linux.rpm | Linux · GNOME · .rpm | 4.3 MB | d605bdc0c9bc74e890ae7a7905e2ba7a8abf99e5d779f3efd1863ae5dff056c1 |
| fujinet-go-astrocade-kde-0.7.0-Linux.rpm | Linux · KDE · .rpm | 4.4 MB | ea745056c911b7e6361bb682b20980b9b34c5a4615c833bff46d1f3c4b505abd |
| fujinet-go-astrocade-gnome-0.7.0-Linux.tar.gz | Linux · GNOME · .tar.gz | 5.1 MB | 906f2540058534816a2013c0aea3ab1f562310e9e001eb2a4063a1b1d69b52b3 |
| fujinet-go-astrocade-kde-0.7.0-Linux.tar.gz | Linux · KDE · .tar.gz | 5.2 MB | c326acec5214bcdbd9f155c7cbf48ed69944b12295e1e6f7b7d695372ac4bb05 |
| fujinet-go-astrocade-0.7.0-windows-setup.exe | Windows installer | 6.2 MB | 9fbae3a92b5d4bb3169fea6391dee41d0f6b21543f92d59f6bc3cbeb0b336695 |
| fujinet-go-astrocade-0.7.0-windows.zip | Windows portable zip | 7.8 MB | 405e574fc63288330a9163617ee7042d3d2cd234ec9a9fa16a8c62a46e602ce7 |
| fujinet-go-astrocade-0.7.0-macos.zip | macOS · Apple silicon | 5.7 MB | 0d2745964eadde8a381a11d647eca7521ba1dc3b75873f46dcfc5155946299d1 |
Built on
FujiNet Go Astrocade is free software (GPL-3.0). It stands on these projects:
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MAME (astrohome, astrocde_v, astrocde) BSD-3-Clause
Machine, video and sound, transposed to C. Nicola Salmoria, Mike Coates, Frank Palazzolo, Aaron Giles, Dirk Best
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floooh/chips z80.h Zlib
Z80 CPU. Andre Weissflog
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SDL_GameControllerDB Zlib
Gamepad mappings. Gabriel Jacobo and contributors
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fujinet-firmware GPL-3.0-or-later
The FujiNet itself, built into every app. Thomas Cherryhomes and the FujiNet contributors
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Mbed TLS Apache-2.0
TLS for FujiNet's network protocols. The Mbed TLS contributors
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libssh, libsmb2, libnfs LGPL-2.1-or-later
FujiNet's SSH, SMB and NFS protocols. Their respective authors
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cJSON, expat MIT
JSON and XML parsing in FujiNet. Dave Gamble; the Expat maintainers
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SDL 3 Zlib
Video, audio and gamepads. Sam Lantinga and the SDL contributors
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GTK 4 and libadwaita LGPL-2.1-or-later
The GNOME edition's interface. The GNOME project
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Qt 6 LGPL-3.0-only
The KDE edition's interface. The Qt Company and contributors
The full list of bundled code, versions and licences is in COMPLIANCE.md. Source code · All releases · Report a problem