Compatibility
How published Next SD card images behave in Bizmuth. Each image was booted on the Next, and a game that did not start from its own card was copied onto a working card and run from there, to tell a fault in the card image from a fault in the game or in Bizmuth.
The results are from a sweep of 47 card images that ended on 29 July 2026, before 1.0.0-beta2. No title has been retested since, so a fault listed here may already be fixed.
Results
| Result | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Runs | boots from its own card and plays |
| Runs from another card | its own card image does not boot as it is, and the game runs when copied to a working card |
| Runs, with faults | plays, with the faults noted |
| Does not run | does not reach play, from its own card or another |
Titles
| Title | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Aliens Neoplasma | Runs | |
| Bikers (Cavern Games) v1.0 | Runs from another card | |
| Bikers Deluxe (Cavern Games) v1.03c | Runs, with faults | on its own card, Bizmuth corrupts the game’s data and it crashes; runs from another card |
| Baggers in Space | Runs from another card | |
| Black and White | Runs | |
| Bubblegum | Runs | |
| Captain Squarejaw | Runs | |
| Cuadragon Next | Runs from another card | |
| Deep Cover | Runs | |
| Delta’s Shadow | Does not run | a .snx; it loads and the screen stays blank |
| Delta Star | Runs from another card | |
| Dungeonette | Runs from another card | |
| Dweebs Drop | Runs | |
| Gold Compilation | Runs | all three games launch from its menu |
| Grelox: Contagion | Does not run | the title screen appears, then the game stops |
| Head Over Heels (Rusty Pixels) | Runs, with faults | a band of the scrolling intro is black and the logo is missing; its own card crashes, and it runs from another |
| Head Over Heels (Rusty Pixels, second release) | Runs, with faults | the same black band in the intro |
| Magnum | Runs | |
| Montana Mike | Runs | |
| Nextcade Vol. 1 | Does not run | the card image cannot be read |
| NextDAW | Does not run | the card image is not bootable; copied to a working card, its editor screen is blank |
| Night Knight Deluxe (Wasp) | Runs, with faults | the scrolling intro text is misplaced |
| Night Knight (Wasp) | Runs, with faults | does not boot cleanly, starts from the menu; the scrolling intro text is misplaced |
| O | Runs | |
| Qbee | Runs from another card | |
| Q-Storm | Runs | |
| Saboteur | Runs | |
| Screen Stars | Runs | a collection card; each game launches from the NextZXOS menu |
| Shovel Adventure | Runs, with faults | movement is uneven and the menu keys do not respond |
| Shpeed | Runs | |
| System card | Does not run | the card image is not bootable |
| Tengu | Runs, with faults | the puzzle-select layer is clipped wrongly |
| The Hollow Earth Hypothesis | Runs | |
| The Lost Temples | Does not run | the music plays and the screen stays black but for one line |
| The Next War | Runs, with faults | no digital (DAC) sound |
| Treasure Hunters | Runs from another card, with faults | runs too fast, and its DAC sound effects are silent |
| TX-1696 | Runs from another card, with faults | the intro and its music play, then the screen goes black while the music continues |
| Tyvarian | Runs from another card | |
| VegNext | Runs from another card | a NextBASIC program |
| VradarkNext | Runs from another card, with faults | no DAC music; the AY music plays |
| Vradark Revenge | Runs | mouse-controlled; capture the mouse with Ctrl+M |
| Warhawk Deluxe (Rusty Pixels) | Runs from another card | |
| Way of the Exploding Fist (Wasp) | Does not run | stops at its “please update your system” screen; no DAC sound |
| Wonderful Dizzy | Runs from another card | a 128K .tap |
| ZX Harrier | Runs |
Two images were not tested: a backup of a personal card, and a second release of Warhawk, the game above.