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EmulationStation
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This is a fork of EmulationStation for RetroPie.
EmulationStation is a cross-platform graphical front-end for emulators with controller navigation.
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Building
========
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Building on Linux
-----------------
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EmulationStation uses some C++11 code, which means you'll need to use at least g++-4.7 on Linux, or VS2010 on Windows, to compile.
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EmulationStation has a few dependencies. For building, you'll need CMake, SDL2, FreeImage, FreeType, LibVLC (ver. 3 or later), cURL and RapidJSON. You also should probably install the `fonts-droid` package which contains fallback fonts for Chinese/Japanese/Korean characters, but ES will still work fine without it (this package is only used at run-time).
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### On Debian/Ubuntu:
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All of this be easily installed with `apt-get` :
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```bash
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sudo apt-get install libsdl2-dev libfreeimage-dev libfreetype6-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev rapidjson-dev \
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libasound2-dev libgles2-mesa-dev build-essential cmake fonts-droid-fallback libvlc-dev \
Changed Audio settings to be much more flexible
Changed the selectable options for EmulationStation audio mixer
(called AudioDevice in EmulationStation) to be a greater range of
selectable options within Linux and RPi so that it is a lot more
flexible and will work with any aftermarket add-on audio cards and
RPi Audio HATs. Hopefully this gives people the flexibility that
they need in order to avoid the issues people have with unusual RPi
audio setups.
Added the ability to select the audio card as well, by surfacing
the audio card under the Audio Card setting. It was previously forced
to 'default' for all linux users, which was too restrictive in some
instances. This change now adds flexbility to support additional
Linux and RPi Audio Cards.
This option will only be available on Linux (and therefore RPi) as
Windows uses a different audio subsystem.
CHOOSING AUDIO ON LINUX AND RPi
You now select which ALSA Audio Card you want EmulationStation to use
by choosing the relevant AUDIO CARD option. If your one is not listed
then you can add a custom one in the es_settings.cfg file (see below).
You then select which ALSA Audio Mixer Control from that Audio Card
that you want EmulationStation to use, by choosing the relevant
AUDIO DEVICE option. (I kept the name AUDIO DEVICE as that what
EmulationStation previously used to describe an Audio Mixer.)
If your mixer name is not listed then you can add a custom one in
the es_settings.cfg file (see below).
ADDING A CUSTOM AUDIO CARD OR AUDIO DEVICE
In addition I added the ability to manually change the setting in
es_settings.cfg to add anything custom that you want. This will give
advanced users enough extra power that should avoid even the most
strange setups.
Step 1:
To add a custom Audio Card, edit the "AudioCard" setting and replace
the value with the name of your Audio Card. You can find this out by
opening a terminal window and running 'aplay -L'. This will generate a
list of Audio Cards similar to the one below:
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ aplay -L
null
Discard all samples (playback) or generate zero samples (capture)
default:CARD=sndrpijustboomd
snd_rpi_justboom_dac,
Default Audio Device
sysdefault:CARD=sndrpijustboomd
snd_rpi_justboom_dac,
Default Audio Device
dmix:CARD=sndrpijustboomd,DEV=0
snd_rpi_justboom_dac,
Direct sample mixing device
dsnoop:CARD=sndrpijustboomd,DEV=0
snd_rpi_justboom_dac,
Direct sample snooping device
hw:CARD=sndrpijustboomd,DEV=0
snd_rpi_justboom_dac,
Direct hardware device without any conversions
plughw:CARD=sndrpijustboomd,DEV=0
snd_rpi_justboom_dac,
Hardware device with all software conversions
Select any one of the Audio Cards listed by using the first word on
the line in your AudioCard settings in the es_settings.cfg, e.g.
<string name="AudioCard" value="default" />
NOTE: If the AudioCard value is not listed, please either close and
reopen EmulationStation (the settings is created upon close if it
doesn't exist), or add it manually to the es_settings.cfg file.
Step 2:
To add a custom Audio Device (mixer), edit the "AudioDevice" setting
and replace the value with the name of your Audio Device. You can get
a list off avilable Audio Devices on the Audio Card by opening a
terminal window and running 'amixer scontrols -D <AudioCard>', where
<AudioCard> is replaced with the name of your Audio Card that you
found in Step 1. This command will generate a list of Audio Devices
(mixers) that you can use in the AudioDevice setting in the
es_settings.cfg file, e.g.
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ amixer scontrols -D default
Simple mixer control 'DSP Program',0
Simple mixer control 'Analogue',0
Simple mixer control 'Analogue Playback Boost',0
Simple mixer control 'Auto Mute',0
Simple mixer control 'Auto Mute Mono',0
Simple mixer control 'Auto Mute Time Left',0
Simple mixer control 'Auto Mute Time Right',0
Simple mixer control 'Clock Missing Period',0
Simple mixer control 'Deemphasis',0
Simple mixer control 'Digital',0
Simple mixer control 'Max Overclock DAC',0
Simple mixer control 'Max Overclock DSP',0
Simple mixer control 'Max Overclock PLL',0
Simple mixer control 'Volume Ramp Down Emergency Rate',0
Simple mixer control 'Volume Ramp Down Emergency Step',0
Simple mixer control 'Volume Ramp Down Rate',0
Simple mixer control 'Volume Ramp Down Step',0
Simple mixer control 'Volume Ramp Up Rate',0
Simple mixer control 'Volume Ramp Up Step',0
Select any one of the Simple mixer controls listed by using the
name within the quotes within the AudioDevice setting in your
es_settings.cfg file, e.g.
<string name="AudioDevice" value="Digital" />
Using the example above, the following two settings within the
es_settings.cfg file will use the 'default' Audio Card to play
sounds, and will use the 'Digital' mixer (Audio Device) to
control the volume.
<string name="AudioCard" value="default" />
<string name="AudioDevice" value="Digital" />
NOTE: Any custom manually used settings will be overwritten if you
select any of the other options in the GUI and exit the Sound
Settings window, as the Sound Settings GUI window overwrites the
es_settings.cfg options when you exit the window.
Fix latest package renames
fonts-droid is now fonts-droid-fallback
vlc-nox is now vlc-bin
Fixed up whitespacing to project tab standard
Had not paid enough attention and had accidentally provided
whitespacing in spaces rather than the project standard of
tabs. This change fixes some additional use of spaces to
ensure all the code in the two files now uses tabs.
Vero4k autodetection and volume mixer fix
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libvlccore-dev vlc-bin
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```
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### On Fedora:
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All of this be easily installed with `dnf` (with rpmfusion activated) :
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```bash
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sudo dnf install SDL2-devel freeimage-devel freetype-devel curl-devel \
alsa-lib-devel mesa-libGL-devel cmake \
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vlc-devel rapidjson-devel
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```
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Optionaly, `pugixml` can be installed and used (Debian package: `libpugixml-dev` , Fedora/SuSE package: `pugixml-devel` ), but EmulationStation can use its own included copy if not found.
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**Note**: this repository uses a git submodule - to checkout the source and all submodules, use
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```bash
git clone --recursive https://github.com/RetroPie/EmulationStation.git
```
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or
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```bash
git clone https://github.com/RetroPie/EmulationStation.git
cd EmulationStation
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git submodule update --init
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```
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Then, generate and build the Makefile with CMake:
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```bash
cd YourEmulationStationDirectory
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cmake .
make
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```
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NOTE: to generate a `Debug` build on Unix/Linux, run the Makefile generation step as:
```bash
cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug .
```
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### On the Raspberry Pi:
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* Choosing a GLES implementation.
* if the Pi system uses the legacy/Broadcom driver, install the `libraspberry-dev` package before running `cmake` to configure the build
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* if the Pi system uses the Mesa VC4/V3D GL driver, build using `-DUSE_MESA_GLES=On` to choose the MESA GLES implementation. This option is _mandatory_ when compiling for a Pi4 system, since the legacy GL drivers are not supported anymore on this system.
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NOTE: Starting with RasPI OS 'Bullseye', the legacy/Broadcom drivers are not supported anymore, so `-DUSE_MESA_GLES=On` should be used.
* Enable the audio/memory defaults by adding `-DRPI=On` to the build options
* Support for using `omxplayer` to play video previews in the gamelist is enabled by adding `-DOMX=On` to the build options.
NOTE: `omxplayer` support is not available on 64bit RasPI OS or in the default RasPI OS 'Bullseye' configuration.
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**GLES build notes**
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If your system doesn't have a working GLESv2 implementation, the GLESv1 legacy renderer can be compiled in by adding `-DUSE_GLES1=On` to the build options.
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Building on Windows
-------------------
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* Install [Visual Studio 2022 ](https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/vs/community/ ). At a minimum, install the "Desktop development with C++" workload with the default list of optional items.
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* Install the latest version of [CMake ](https://cmake.org/download/ ) (e.g., [cmake-3.27.1-windows-x86_64.msi ](https://github.com/Kitware/CMake/releases/download/v3.27.1/cmake-3.27.1-windows-x86_64.msi )). CMake is used for generating the Visual Studio project.
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* Use git to clone [vcpkg ](https://vcpkg.io/en/ ), then run the bootstrap script as shown below to build vcpkg . This is a C/C++ dependency manager from Microsoft.
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```batchfile
C:\src>git clone https://github.com/Microsoft/vcpkg.git
C:\src>.\vcpkg\bootstrap-vcpkg.bat
```
* Download the latest [nuget.exe ](https://dist.nuget.org/win-x86-commandline/latest/nuget.exe ) to a folder that is in your Windows PATH. NuGet is a .NET package manager.
* Use NuGet to download the latest [libVLC ](https://www.videolan.org/vlc/libvlc.html ). This library is used to play video snaps.
```batchfile
C:\src\EmulationStation>mkdir nuget
C:\src\EmulationStation>cd nuget
C:\src\EmulationStation\nuget>nuget install -ExcludeVersion VideoLAN.LibVLC.Windows
```
* Use vcpkg to download the latest pre-compiled [cURL ](http://curl.haxx.se/download.html ). This is a library for transferring data with URLs.
```batchfile
c:\src>.\vcpkg\vcpkg install curl:x86-windows-static-md
```
* Use vcpkg to download the latest [FreeImage ](https://freeimage.sourceforge.io/index.html ). This library supports popular graphics image formats.
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```batchfile
c:\src\>.\vcpkg\vcpkg install freeimage:x86-windows-static-md
```
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* Use vcpkg to download the latest pre-compiled [FreeType2 ](https://freetype.org/ ). This library is used to render fonts.
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```batchfile
c:\src>.\vcpkg\vcpkg install freetype:x86-windows-static-md
```
* Use vcpkg to download the latest [SDL2 ](http://www.libsdl.org/ ). Simple DirectMedia Layer is a cross-platform development library designed to provide low level access to audio, keyboard, mouse, joystick, and graphics hardware via OpenGL and Direct3D.
```batchfile
c:\src>.\vcpkg\vcpkg install sdl2:x86-windows-static-md
```
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* Use vcpkg to download the latest [RapidJSON ](http://rapidjson.org/ ). This library provides a fast JSON parser/generator for C++ with both SAX/DOM style API.
```batchfile
c:\src>.\vcpkg\vcpkg install rapidjson:x86-windows-static-md
```
* Using the example shown below, configure environment variables to point to the libraries that were installed in the above steps. Please note that the below example intentionally uses forward slashes for compatibility with CMake.
```batchfile
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C:\src\EmulationStation>set VCPKG=C:/src/vcpkg/installed/x86-windows-static-md
C:\src\EmulationStation>set NUGET=C:/src/EmulationStation/nuget
C:\src\EmulationStation>set FREETYPE_DIR=%VCPKG%
C:\src\EmulationStation>set FREEIMAGE_HOME=%VCPKG%
C:\src\EmulationStation>set VLC_HOME=%NUGET%/VideoLAN.LibVLC.Windows/build/x86
C:\src\EmulationStation>set RAPIDJSON_INCLUDE_DIRS=%VCPKG%/include
C:\src\EmulationStation>set CURL_INCLUDE_DIR=%VCPKG%/include
C:\src\EmulationStation>set SDL2_INCLUDE_DIR=%VCPKG%/include/SDL2
C:\src\EmulationStation>set VLC_INCLUDE_DIR=%VLC_HOME%/include
C:\src\EmulationStation>set CURL_LIBRARY=%VCPKG%/lib/*.lib
C:\src\EmulationStation>set SDL2_LIBRARY=%VCPKG%/lib/manual-link/SDL2main.lib
C:\src\EmulationStation>set VLC_LIBRARIES=%VLC_HOME%/libvlc*.lib
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C:\src\EmulationStation>set VLC_VERSION=3.0.11
```
* Use CMake to generate the Visual Studio project.
```batchfile
C:\src\EmulationStation>mkdir build
C:\src\EmulationStation>cmake . -B build -A Win32 ^
-DRAPIDJSON_INCLUDE_DIRS=%RAPIDJSON_INCLUDE_DIRS% ^
-DCURL_INCLUDE_DIR=%CURL_INCLUDE_DIR% ^
-DSDL2_INCLUDE_DIR=%SDL2_INCLUDE_DIR% ^
-DVLC_INCLUDE_DIR=%VLC_INCLUDE_DIR% ^
-DCURL_LIBRARY=%CURL_LIBRARY% ^
-DSDL2_LIBRARY=%SDL2_LIBRARY% ^
-DVLC_LIBRARIES=%VLC_LIBRARIES% ^
-DVLC_VERSION=%VLC_VERSION% ^
-DCMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS=/SAFESEH:NO
```
* Use CMake to build the Visual Studio project.
```batchfile
C:\src\EmulationStation>cmake --build build --config Release
```
* Using the example shown below, copy the newly built binaries and other needed files to destination folder.
```batchfile
C:\src\EmulationStation>mkdir -p C:\apps\EmulationStation\.emulationstation
C:\src\EmulationStation>xcopy C:\src\EmulationStation\resources C:\apps\EmulationStation\resources /h /i /c /k /e /r /y
C:\src\EmulationStation>copy C:\src\EmulationStation\Release\*.exe C:\apps\EmulationStation /Y
C:\src\EmulationStation>copy C:\src\EmulationStation\nuget\VideoLAN.LibVLC.Windows\build\x86\*.dll C:\apps\EmulationStation /Y
C:\src\EmulationStation>xcopy C:\src\EmulationStation\nuget\VideoLAN.LibVLC.Windows\build\x86\plugins C:\apps\EmulationStation\plugins /h /i /c /k /e /r /y
```
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Configuring
===========
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**~/.emulationstation/es_systems.cfg:**
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When first run, an example systems configuration file will be created at `~/.emulationstation/es_systems.cfg` . `~` is `$HOME` on Linux, and `%HOMEPATH%` on Windows. This example has some comments explaining how to write the configuration file. See the "Writing an es_systems.cfg" section for more information.
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**Keep in mind you'll have to set up your emulator separately from EmulationStation!**
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**~/.emulationstation/es_input.cfg:**
When you first start EmulationStation, you will be prompted to configure an input device. The process is thus:
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1. Hold a button on the device you want to configure. This includes the keyboard.
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2. Press the buttons as they appear in the list. Some inputs can be skipped by holding any button down for a few seconds (e.g. page up/page down).
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3. You can review your mappings by pressing up and down, making any changes by pressing A.
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4. Choose "SAVE" to save this device and close the input configuration screen.
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The new configuration will be added to the `~/.emulationstation/es_input.cfg` file.
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**Both new and old devices can be (re)configured at any time by pressing the Start button and choosing "CONFIGURE INPUT".** From here, you may unplug the device you used to open the menu and plug in a new one, if necessary. New devices will be appended to the existing input configuration file, so your old devices will remain configured.
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**If your controller stops working, you can delete the `~/.emulationstation/es_input.cfg` file to make the input configuration screen re-appear on next run.**
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You can use `--help` or `-h` to view a list of command-line options.
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As long as ES hasn't frozen, you can always press F4 to close the application.
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Writing an es_systems.cfg
=========================
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Complete configuration instructions at [emulationstation.org ](http://emulationstation.org/gettingstarted.html#config ).
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The `es_systems.cfg` file contains the system configuration data for EmulationStation, written in XML. This tells EmulationStation what systems you have, what platform they correspond to (for scraping), and where the games are located.
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ES will check two places for an es_systems.cfg file, in the following order, stopping after it finds one that works:
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* `~/.emulationstation/es_systems.cfg`
* `/etc/emulationstation/es_systems.cfg`
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The order EmulationStation displays systems reflects the order you define them in.
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**NOTE:** A system *must* have at least one game present in its "path" directory, or ES will ignore it! If no valid systems are found, ES will report an error and quit!
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Here's an example es_systems.cfg:
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```xml
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<!-- This is the EmulationStation Systems configuration file.
All systems must be contained within the < systemList > tag.-->
< systemList >
<!-- Here's an example system to get you started. -->
< system >
<!-- A short name, used internally. -->
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< name > snes< / name >
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<!-- A "pretty" name, displayed in the menus and such. This one is optional. -->
< fullname > Super Nintendo Entertainment System< / fullname >
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<!-- The path to start searching for ROMs in. '~' will be expanded to $HOME or %HOMEPATH%, depending on platform.
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All subdirectories (and non-recursive links) will be included. -->
< path > ~/roms/snes< / path >
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<!-- A list of extensions to search for, delimited by any of the whitespace characters (", \r\n\t").
You MUST include the period at the start of the extension! It's also case sensitive. -->
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< extension > .smc .sfc .SMC .SFC< / extension >
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<!-- The shell command executed when a game is selected. A few special tags are replaced if found in a command, like %ROM% (see below). -->
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< command > snesemulator %ROM%< / command >
<!-- This example would run the bash command "snesemulator /home/user/roms/snes/Super \ Mario \ World.sfc". -->
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<!-- The platform(s) to use when scraping. You can see the full list of accepted platforms in src/PlatformIds.cpp.
It's case sensitive, but everything is lowercase. This tag is optional.
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You can use multiple platforms too, delimited with any of the whitespace characters (", \r\n\t"), eg: "genesis, megadrive" -->
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< platform > snes< / platform >
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<!-- The theme to load from the current theme set. See THEMES.md for more information.
This tag is optional; if not set, it will use the value of < name > . -->
< theme > snes< / theme >
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< / system >
< / systemList >
```
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The following "tags" are replaced by ES in launch commands:
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`%ROM%` - Replaced with absolute path to the selected ROM, with most Bash special characters escaped with a backslash.
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`%BASENAME%` - Replaced with the "base" name of the path to the selected ROM. For example, a path of "/foo/bar.rom", this tag would be "bar". This tag is useful for setting up AdvanceMAME.
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`%ROM_RAW%` - Replaced with the unescaped, absolute path to the selected ROM. If your emulator is picky about paths, you might want to use this instead of %ROM%, but enclosed in quotes.
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See [SYSTEMS.md ](SYSTEMS.md ) for some live examples in EmulationStation.
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gamelist.xml
============
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The gamelist.xml file for a system defines metadata for games, such as a name, image (like a screenshot or box art), description, release date, and rating.
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If at least one game in a system has an image specified, ES will use the detailed view for that system (which displays metadata alongside the game list).
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*You can use ES's [scraping ](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_scraping ) tools to avoid creating a gamelist.xml by hand.* There are two ways to run the scraper:
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* **If you want to scrape multiple games:** press start to open the menu and choose the "SCRAPER" option. Adjust your settings and press "SCRAPE NOW".
* **If you just want to scrape one game:** find the game on the game list in ES and press select. Choose "EDIT THIS GAME'S METADATA" and then press the "SCRAPE" button at the bottom of the metadata editor.
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You can also edit metadata within ES by using the metadata editor - just find the game you wish to edit on the gamelist, press Select, and choose "EDIT THIS GAME'S METADATA."
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A command-line version of the scraper is also provided - just run emulationstation with `--scrape` *(currently broken)* .
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The switch `--ignore-gamelist` can be used to ignore the gamelist and force ES to use the non-detailed view.
If you're writing a tool to generate or parse gamelist.xml files, you should check out [GAMELISTS.md ](GAMELISTS.md ) for more detailed documentation.
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Themes
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By default, EmulationStation looks pretty ugly. You can fix that. If you want to know more about making your own themes (or editing existing ones), read [THEMES.md ](THEMES.md )!
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I've put some themes up for download on my EmulationStation webpage: http://aloshi.com/emulationstation#themes
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If you're using RetroPie, you should already have a nice set of themes automatically installed!
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-Alec "Aloshi" Lofquist
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http://www.aloshi.com
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http://www.emulationstation.org