diff --git a/BizHawk.Client.Common/RomLoader.cs b/BizHawk.Client.Common/RomLoader.cs
index b8754a9bcb..d20e74a845 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Client.Common/RomLoader.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Client.Common/RomLoader.cs
@@ -514,7 +514,9 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.Common
 							// try to use our wizard methods
 							game = new GameInfo { Name = Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(file.Name), Hash = discHash };
 
-							switch (new DiscIdentifier(disc).DetectDiscType())
+                            var dt = new DiscIdentifier(disc).DetectDiscType();
+
+                            switch (dt)
 							{
 								case DiscType.SegaSaturn:
 									game.System = "SAT";
@@ -532,9 +534,23 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.Common
 								case DiscType.PCFX:
 									game.System = "PCFX";
 									break;
+                                case DiscType.TurboCD:
+                                    game.System = "PCECD";
+                                    break;
+
+                                case DiscType.Amiga:
+                                case DiscType.CDi:
+                                case DiscType.Dreamcast:
+                                case DiscType.GameCube:
+                                case DiscType.NeoGeoCD:
+                                case DiscType.Panasonic3DO:
+                                case DiscType.Playdia:
+                                case DiscType.Wii:
+                                    // no supported emulator core for these (yet)
+                                    game.System = dt.ToString();
+                                    throw new NoAvailableCoreException(dt.ToString());
 
 								case DiscType.AudioDisc:
-								case DiscType.TurboCD:
 								case DiscType.UnknownCDFS:
 								case DiscType.UnknownFormat:
 									if (PreferredPlatformIsDefined(ext))
@@ -543,7 +559,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.Common
 									}
 									else
 									{
-										game.System = "PCECD";
+                                        game.System = "NULL"; // "PCECD";
 									}
 
 									break;
@@ -552,6 +568,9 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.Common
 
 						switch (game.System)
 						{
+                            case "NULL":
+                                nextEmulator = null;
+                                break;
 							case "GEN":
 								var genesis = new GPGX(nextComm, null, new[] { disc }, GetCoreSettings<GPGX>(), GetCoreSyncSettings<GPGX>());
 								nextEmulator = genesis;
@@ -1029,7 +1048,14 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.Common
 						DoMessageCallback("Failed to load a GB rom in SGB mode.  Disabling SGB Mode.");
 						return LoadRom(path, nextComm, false, recursiveCount + 1);
 					}
-					else
+
+                    // handle exceptions thrown by the new detected systems that bizhawk does not have cores for
+                    else if (ex is NoAvailableCoreException)
+                    {
+                        DoLoadErrorCallback(ex.Message + "\n\n" + ex, system);
+                    }
+
+                    else
 					{
 						DoLoadErrorCallback("A core accepted the rom, but threw an exception while loading it:\n\n" + ex, system);
 					}
diff --git a/BizHawk.Emulation.Common/EmulationExceptions.cs b/BizHawk.Emulation.Common/EmulationExceptions.cs
index f0bc2a5860..ea85be6924 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Emulation.Common/EmulationExceptions.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Emulation.Common/EmulationExceptions.cs
@@ -20,6 +20,20 @@ namespace BizHawk.Emulation.Common
 		}
 	}
 
+    public class NoAvailableCoreException : Exception
+    {
+        public NoAvailableCoreException()
+            : base("System is currently NOT emulated")
+        {
+        }
+
+        public NoAvailableCoreException(string message)
+            : base ("System is currently NOT emulated: " + message)
+        {
+
+        }
+    }
+
 	public class CGBNotSupportedException : Exception
 	{
 		public CGBNotSupportedException()