Emulator Settings¶

Tools → Settings → Emulators → Settings opens Emulator Settings. It sets each emulator's options for a whole console, without starting a game first.

For one game, use Game Settings in the game's context menu instead. See Game Settings.

The emulator list¶

The page lists every emulator that runs at least one of your consoles, with the tags it covers beside it, such as Gambatte GB · GBC. Emulators for consoles you have no games for are not listed.

Emulator Settings, listing each emulator with its tags

Press A on an emulator. When it covers more than one tag, the app asks for the console first.

An emulator's settings¶

The page is titled with the emulator, the console and the tag, such as Genesis Plus GX — Sega Genesis (MD). It has two groups:

Group	What it holds
Console settings	The app's own settings for the console: Controller Layout for every console but N64, Controller Type for Sega Genesis, Sega CD and Sega 32X, and the Layout and Big Screen rows for Nintendo DS. These are the rows of the in-game Console Settings page.
Core settings	The emulator's own options. Rows with `›` open a group of options, such as Video or Audio.

Genesis Plus GX for Sega Genesis: Console settings, then Core settings with its groups

The shot shows a legacy Sega Genesis (GPGX) folder. A Sega Genesis (MD) folder looks the same, with (MD) in the title.

LEFT and RIGHT change a value. A steps it forward too.
Each change is saved straight away. There is no Save row.
The page also offers options that only take effect when a game starts, such as the N64 resolution. The in-game Core Options page leaves those out. The new value is used the next time you start a game.
When the app cannot read an emulator's options outside a game, Core settings shows This core's options aren't available outside a game. Change them from the in-game menu instead.

What you set here is the console's setting. It is the same file the in-game menu's Save Changes → Save for console writes. See the in-game menu for the options themselves.

Game Settings¶

Open a game's context menu with MENU in a game list and choose Game Settings. The same page opens over the list, for that one game.

Game Settings for Streets of Rage 2, over the Sega Genesis game list

The first change gives the game its own settings, starting from the console's. It is the same file Save Changes → Save for game writes.
While the game has its own settings, the page starts with Use emulator settings. A on it deletes the game's settings, so the game follows the console's again.
B goes back to the game list, on the same game.

Default emulators¶

Some consoles can run on more than one emulator. Tools → Settings → Emulators → Default emulators picks the one used for a folder that has no tag.

Default emulators: one row per console, with Game Boy Advance the only one shown here that can change

The page explains:

For games in folders without a (TAG), e.g. "My Game Boy Advance". A per-game Emulator choice still wins.

The tag is where saves and settings are kept.

Each console you have games for has a row, showing its emulator and tag, such as gpSP (GBA). Only two consoles have a choice, and their rows always show:

Console	Choices
Game Boy Advance	gpSP (GBA), mGBA (MGBA)
Super Nintendo ES	Snes9x (SFC), Supafaust (SUPA)

A, LEFT or RIGHT cycles them. The other rows are dimmed and only show the emulator in use.

A folder with a tag, such as Game Boy Advance (MGBA), always uses that tag's emulator.
To switch one game to another emulator, use Emulator in its context menu. See Emulators.