diff --git a/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/MainForm.cs b/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/MainForm.cs
index 9633629995..1a22788b6e 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/MainForm.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/MainForm.cs
@@ -3091,6 +3091,18 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 
 					Global.Game.Status = nes.RomStatus;
 				}
+				else if (loader.LoadedEmulator is QuickNES)
+				{
+					var qns = loader.LoadedEmulator as QuickNES;
+					if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(qns.BootGodName))
+					{
+						Global.Game.Name = qns.BootGodName;
+					}
+					if (qns.BootGodStatus.HasValue)
+					{
+						Global.Game.Status = qns.BootGodStatus.Value;
+					}
+				}
 
 				SetWindowText();
 
diff --git a/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Consoles/Nintendo/QuickNES/QuickNES.cs b/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Consoles/Nintendo/QuickNES/QuickNES.cs
index 557ebc0d64..30551470ce 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Consoles/Nintendo/QuickNES/QuickNES.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Consoles/Nintendo/QuickNES/QuickNES.cs
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Emulation.Cores.Consoles.Nintendo.QuickNES
 		static QuickNES()
 		{
 			LibQuickNES.qn_setup_mappers();
+			Emulation.Cores.Nintendo.NES.NES.BootGodDB.Initialize();
 		}
 
 		public QuickNES(CoreComm nextComm, byte[] Rom, object Settings)
@@ -85,6 +86,8 @@ namespace BizHawk.Emulation.Cores.Consoles.Nintendo.QuickNES
 					CoreComm.VsyncNum = 39375000;
 					CoreComm.VsyncDen = 655171;
 					PutSettings(Settings ?? new QuickNESSettings());
+
+					ComputeBootGod();
 				}
 				catch
 				{
@@ -385,6 +388,44 @@ namespace BizHawk.Emulation.Cores.Consoles.Nintendo.QuickNES
 
 		#endregion
 
+		#region bootgod
+
+		public RomStatus? BootGodStatus { get; private set; }
+		public string BootGodName { get; private set; }
+
+		void ComputeBootGod()
+		{
+			// inefficient, sloppy, etc etc
+			var chrrom = MemoryDomains["CHR VROM"];
+			var prgrom = MemoryDomains["PRG ROM"];
+
+			var ms = new System.IO.MemoryStream();
+			for (int i = 0; i < prgrom.Size; i++)
+				ms.WriteByte(prgrom.PeekByte(i));
+			if (chrrom != null)
+				for (int i = 0; i < chrrom.Size; i++)
+					ms.WriteByte(chrrom.PeekByte(i));
+
+			string sha1 = BizHawk.Common.BufferExtensions.BufferExtensions.HashSHA1(ms.ToArray());
+			Console.WriteLine("Hash for BootGod: {0}", sha1);
+			sha1 = "sha1:" + sha1; // huh?
+			var carts = Emulation.Cores.Nintendo.NES.NES.BootGodDB.Instance.Identify(sha1);
+			if (carts.Count > 0)
+			{
+				Console.WriteLine("BootGod entry found: {0}", carts[0].name);
+				BootGodStatus = RomStatus.GoodDump;
+				BootGodName = carts[0].name;
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				Console.WriteLine("No BootGod entry found.");
+				BootGodStatus = null;
+				BootGodName = null;
+			}
+		}
+
+		#endregion
+
 		#region settings
 
 		public class QuickNESSettings