Emulator settings and setup
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- The other FAQs and guides if information you are looking for isn't listed here.
- See these pre-setup pages: Ripping games, ROM & ISO sites, and Downloading BIOS files.
This page lists basic emulation settings and directions to find / change them.
When using emulators some (5th generation onward) require BIOS files.
To not list the same button in every instruction the Browse...
or ...
button is the button to find the folder in file explorer.
For Multi-system emulators "(SYSTEM)" or "(COMPANY)" indicates that you have to select in the menu.
Load ROM
- NES/Famicom
- FCEUX:
File
->Open
- Nestopia:
File
->Open...
- PuNES:
File
->Open
- SNES/Super Famicom
- bsnes:
System
->Load Game...
- Snes9x:
File
->Load Game...
- zsnes:
GAME
->LOAD
- Nintendo 64
- Project64:
File
->Open ROM
- PlayStation
- DuckStation:
System
->Start File
- PlayStation 2
- PCSX2:
System
->Boot ISO (full)
/Boot ISO (fast)
/Boot ELF
- Xbox (original)
- Cxbx-Reloaded:
File
->Load Xbe...
- GameCube / Wii
- Dolphin:
File
->Open
- PlayStation 3
- RPCS3:
File
->Boot Game
/Boot (S)Elf
- Wii U
- Cemu:
File
->Load
- Nintendo Switch
- Ryujinx:
File
->Load Application From File
/Load Unpacked Game
- Multi-system
- Ares: (COMPANY) -> (SYSTEM)
- Mesen:
File
->Open
ROM paths
- NES/Famicom
- FCEUX:
Config
->Directories...
->Roms
- SNES/Super Famicom
- Snes9x:
Emulation
->Settings
->Directory
->Roms
- bsnes:
Settings
->Paths
->Games
->Assign
- Nintendo 64
- Project64:
File
->Choose ROM Directory
- PlayStation
- DuckStation:
Settings
->Add Game Directory
- Nintendo Switch
- Ryujinx:
Settings
->Preferences
->User Interface
->Game Directories
->Add
- Multi-system
- Mesen:
Settings
->Preferences
->Folder/Files
->Games
BIOS paths
- NES/Famicom
- FCEUX:
Config
->Directories...
->FDS Bios rom
- PuNES:
Settings
->General
->FDS Bios file
- SNES/Super Famicom
- Snes9x:
Emulation
->Settings
->Directory
->BIOS
->..
- PlayStation
- DuckStation:
Settings
->Add Game Directory
- PlayStation 2
- PCSX2:
Config
->Plugin/BIOS Selector
->BIOS
- Multi-system
- Ares:
Settings
->Paths
->Firmware
Controller input
- NES/Famicom
- FCEUX:
Config
->Input...
- Nestopia:
Options
->Input...
- PuNES:
Settings
->Input
- SNES/Super Famicom
- bsnes:
Settings
->Input Settings
- Snex9x:
Input
->Input Configuration
- Nintendo 64
- Project64:
Options
->Input
- PlayStation
- DuckStation:
Settings
->Input
- PlayStation 2
- PCSX2:
Config
->Controllers (PAD)
->Plugin Settings
- Xbox (original)
- Cxbx-Reloaded:
Settings
->Config Input...
- GameCube / Wii
- Dolphin:
Options
->Controller Settings
- PlayStation 3
- RPCS3:
Configuration
->Pads
- Wii U
- Cemu:
File
->Input settings
- Multi-system
- Mesen:
Settings
->Controllers
- Ares:
Settings
->Input
Custom settings files
- Link custom settings files here
- PCSX2
- Native DS3 controls with Lilypad-SCP - Import this with the 'Load Bindings' button in Lilypad's config.
- Dolphin