Storage Reference¶
slot keeps everything on the card in plain folders.
If you use two cards, all of this is on the one in SD2.
The folders¶
| Folder | What's in it |
|---|---|
Games/GBA, Games/GBAV, Games/GB, Games/GBC |
Your games |
Labels/GBA, Labels/GBAV, Labels/GB, Labels/GBC |
Cart labels |
Saves/ |
Battery saves, the game's own saves |
States/ |
Save states |
Screenshots/ |
Your screenshots |
BIOS/ |
Optional BIOS files |
Wallpapers/ |
Your wallpapers |
Bezels/GBA, Bezels/GB, Bezels/GBC |
Your bezels |
Config/ |
Your settings |
Logs/ |
Logs, for when something breaks |
System/ |
slot itself |
slot makes any of these that are missing when it boots, except Screenshots/, which appears with your first screenshot.
Games¶
| Folder | Takes |
|---|---|
Games/GBA |
.gba |
Games/GBAV |
.gba |
Games/GB |
.gb, .gbc |
Games/GBC |
.gb, .gbc |
The folder decides which shelf a game goes on.
ROMs must be unzipped!
slot does not read .zip or .7z files.
Put games right in the folder. slot doesn't look inside subdirectories.
Names matter¶
Everything about a game hangs off its file name: its battery save, save states, label, cart shell and emulator choice.
If you rename Metroid Fusion.gba, rename its save in Saves/GBA too, or slot won't find it.
Saves and states¶
- Battery saves are
Saves/<system>/<game>.sav. - Save states are in
States/<system>/<emulator>/<game>/. Each one has a.pngnext to it for the switcher. - Screenshots are
Screenshots/<system>/<game>/<date and time>.png.
Periodically back up Saves/ and States/. You never know when an SD card will go bad.
Config¶
Most of what's in Config/ is written by slot when you change a setting.
I don't recommend editing these by hand but it's your life.
| File | What it holds |
|---|---|
slot.state |
Your settings and where you left off |
controls.txt, shortcuts.txt, carousel.txt |
Your button layout |
favorites.txt, recents.txt |
Your Favorites and Recents |
selected_core.txt |
Which emulator each GBA game uses |
video_mode.txt |
Which Game Boy games you've stretched with L1 |
cart_shell.txt |
Cart colors, see Customization. A Labels/cart_shell.txt overrides it |
bootlogo.bmp |
Your boot logo, if you've made one |
If you ever want slot back to how it came, delete Config/.
You'll have to set the clock again on the next boot.
Updating¶
To update, download the latest release and replace the System/ folder.
See Updating for detailed instructions.