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FAQ:

Included systems (complete game libraries)

• About 30,000 official games so far from:
  • Nintendo NES/SNES/N64/Gamecube
  • Nintendo Handhelds (GB/GBC/GBA), DS
  • Sony Playstation 1, PSP
  • Sega Dreamcast/Genesis/Mastersystem/Gamegear/32x
  • Wonderswan (ever heard of it?)
  • More to come...
  • Romhacks and translations too!

How do I use this?

• You'll need windows and an xbox/ps4 controller.
• There's a lot of games, but searching is powerful
• A game is ready to play once there is a controller icon to the left of the title
• Start by typing to find a game
  • try searching:
    • romhack
    • ps1
    • gba mario
    • super smash bros
• Controller (playstation notation):
  • navigation is all with dpad
    • This means dpad left is back (rather than O or B)
  • L1 R1: skip down list by first letter
    • this might glitch out
  • X/O to launch game or activate an item
  • Triangle to open menu on a rom
  • Click right stick to go to a random game
• Keyboard/Mouse
  • you can type to search
  • left click to download/launch
  • right click on a game for more options
• In-Game controls:
  • https://docs.libretro.com/guides/input-and-controls/
  • Keyboard hotkeys:
    • f2 f4: save, load state
    • f1: open retroarch menu
    • spacebar: fast forward
  • double tap center button to quit
  • Press F1 to open retroarch menu
    • 'Quick Menu' has most options you need
    • Retroarch is a confusing place, but ask google anything you don't understand
  • Google "retroarch tutorial" for help on anything else
    • we preconfigured it to make things easier

Features

• tag games and make playlists (press triangle on a game)
• press X on a game to download
• once download is complete, press again to launch
• Search:
  • You filter games by clicking/selecting any tags on the right
  • Or search any tag or game title

What is a rom?

• A ROM is a dump/rip of a game disc or game cartridge
• They can be stored on a computer and launched by an emulator

How does this thing work?

• We bundled together Retroarch and a pre-scraped and tagged list of ROM direct download links
• it is built using
  • Backend: Python
  • Frontend: Eel
  • Emulators: Retroarch / Libretro

Where are the games stored?

• In the ROMs Folder, try not to rename or move them
• (you are not currently able to add ROMs in there manually, but there's plenty for you to download already)

How do I save?

• You can save as you would in game or use
  • F2 key to save a state
  • F4 key to load state

My game won't start!

• You can go into retroarch settings in game (f1) and change video drivers
  • try switching between vulkan or gl/glcore
• Some roms do not play nicely with emulators:
  • Dreamcast and DS games can be troublesome

Retroarch Menus Explained:

• Quick menu is where you change options for the current system/game
  • You open the quick menu by pressing F1 ingame
  • if you go to Controls you can change how your controller is mapped for that system
  • we set up defaults as best we could
  • Quick menu also lets you load/save states and close/restart content
  • The quick menu only exists while you are running a game
• The Main menu is separate and you get to it by right clicking while in the quick menu or pressing back on your controller
  • you can change video drivers under Settings>Drivers>Video
  • you will have to restart retroarch when you set a new video driver

Where do the games come from?

• https://archive.org/details/no-intro-rom-sets
• And other sets found there, we did not upload all of these games ourselves

A game is missing from the list!

• we did the best we could

Is this legal?

• We are not distributing any games, just listing and organizing links to them.
• Most games are from pre-2005 so they are not commercially viable

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