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How to use the two emulators bundled with our retro games: load games, remap controls, and switch the arcade emulator to a Chinese UI.

๐Ÿ•น๏ธ Arcade Emulator ยท FinalBurn Neo

The arcade collection runs on FinalBurn Neo. The UI language can be switched to Simplified Chinese.

Load a game (F6)

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    Press F6 to open the "Select Game" window (or open the in-game menu: Game โ†’ Load game).

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    Click Scan ROMs and wait until the scanning progress finishes.

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    Check "Show available" to list only games you own, then double-click a game (or press OK / Play) to start.

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๐Ÿ’ก List is empty? Click ROMs Dirs... first, add your ROM folder, then scan again.

Remap controls

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    While a game is running, open the top menu Input โ†’ Map game inputs (or press F5).

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    Double-click the input you want to change, then press the new key or gamepad button.

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    Click OK to save. You can also pick a ready-made layout from the preset dropdown below.

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Switch the UI to Chinese

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    Open the Misc menu in the top menu bar.

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    Go to UI language โ†’ Download UI language.

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    Choose Chinese (Simplified) in the dropdown.

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    Save the language file into the config\localisation folder, then restart the emulator โ€” the UI is now Chinese.

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๐ŸŽฎ FC Emulator ยท Mesen

FC games run in Mesen. Its interface is English only and games must be loaded manually each time โ€” below is how to bind your controller / keyboard.

Set up controls

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    Right-click the game window and choose Input to open Settings (or open Settings from the main menu).

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    On the Input page, switch to the NES tab.

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    In the left sidebar go to NES โ†’ Input, find Port 1 and click the Setup button next to it.

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    In Controller Configuration, click a button (D-Pad / Select / Start / A / B) and then press the key or gamepad button to bind. Each input supports up to 4 bindings; Turbo Speed adjusts auto-fire. Click OK when done.

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