Controls¶
Three submenus for adjusting controls can be found in Settings → Controls.
- Shelf: the keys for getting around the shelf. Previous Shelf, Next Shelf and Favorite.
- Shortcuts: everything you do with a chord in game. Save and load states, brightness, blue light, shaders, palettes, color correction, screenshots, fast-forward and rewind.
- In-Game: which console button each button on your device presses. This is where you'd swap A and B, or move Turbo A and Turbo B off X and Y.
All three apply globally. The In-Game page is also in the in-game menu, for on-the-fly remapping.
Changing a button¶
Pick a row and press A.
It will say Recording while it waits for you to press a button or buttons.
| Button | Does |
|---|---|
| A | Set the row |
| X | Clear it, so nothing does it |
| Y | Reset the whole page to the defaults |
Shortcuts and shelf keys take a single button or two held together, like L1 + R1. In-Game takes a single button or MENU plus a button.
SELECT, START and MENU only work as the first button of a chord.
If two rows end up on the same button, both get a warning triangle and slot shows a toast saying what it clashes with.
How chords work in game¶
SELECT is still a button your game needs, so slot waits a moment before deciding. Press SELECT and then the second button within about half a second and you get the shortcut. Otherwise the game gets SELECT.
For other chords, the first button goes to the game straight away and the second fires the shortcut.
Default Controls¶
Everywhere¶
- SELECT + Up / Down
- Adjust brightness
- SELECT + Left / Right
- Adjust blue light
- VOL+ / VOL−
- Change the volume
- VOL+ + VOL−
SELECT + VOL+ or VOL− - Toggle mute
Carousel¶
- Left / Right
- Move along the shelf
- Up / Down
- Skip to next letter
- L1 / R1
- Switch between platforms
- Tap A
- Resume the last save state
- Hold A
- Start the game fresh
- Y
- Favorite / Unfavorite selected game
- MENU
- Open the settings menu
- START
- Choose which emulator runs the cart (GBA only)
In Game¶
- Hold MENU
- Save state, eject the cart, back to the carousel.
- Tap MENU
- Open the in-game menu
- Double tap MENU
- Open the save state switcher
- SELECT + MENU
- Link with another device running
slot. - SELECT + R1
- Save state
- SELECT + L1
- Load the most recent save state.
- SELECT + B / A
- Previous / next screen shader.
- SELECT + Y
- Toggle color correction.
- SELECT + X
- Take a screenshot.
- SELECT + L2 / R2
- Previous / next Game Boy palette, in original Game Boy games.
- Hold L2
- Rewind
- Hold R2
- Fast-forward
- Double tap R2
- Lock fast-forward on. Press again to unlock.
- Hold X
- Turbo A
- Hold Y
- Turbo B
- L1 / R1
- Stretch / back to the Scale setting.
Game Boy and Game Boy Color only.
Save State Switcher¶
- Left / Right
- Flick through the states
- A
- Load the one on screen
- Y
- Delete the one on screen
- X
- Undo the last save or load, up to 30 seconds after
- B
- Back to the game
Volume¶
VOL+ and VOL− change the volume.
Press both together, or SELECT + VOL+ or VOL− to mute.
The speaker and headphones each keep their own volume level and mute status.
The left stick¶
On devices with a left stick, it works as the D-pad. You can turn off Left Stick as D-Pad in Settings → Gameplay.