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How to add consoles that require additional commandlines e.g. Retro Arch being used with the Sega Genesis / Mega Drive

·         Open the console that the emulator will be assigned to

·         Select File > Add > Emulator from the menu bar or right click in the Emulator’s menu and select Add emulator

·         Navigate to the emulators executable file and then click the Open button

·         Enter the emulator’s name in the Emulator’s name field

·         Assign additional consoles to the selected emulator if desired

·         Click the Ok button

·         Right click on the newly added emulator and select Properties

·         Open the Commandlines section

·         Click the Add icon in the toolbar and select Commandline Group

·         Rename New group to Launch

·         Click on the Ok button

·         Click on the newly created Launch folder and move it to the top of the list using the Up Arrow icon

·         Click the Add icon in the toolbar and select Commandline

·         Input Detaches the console window (Hides unneed extra window that launches with RetroArch) in the Name field (this step is not needed for all consoles / cores)

·         Input -D in the Code field (this step is not needed for all consoles / cores)

·         Click on the Ok button

·         Click the Add icon in the toolbar and select Commandline

·         Input Load libretro core(Path to libretro implementation / overrides any config setting) in the Name field

·         Input -L in the Code field

·         Click on the Ok button

·         Click the Add icon in the toolbar and select Commandline

·         Input Sega Genesis Core in the Name field or if adding Retro Arch to another console, input the console name e.g. Super Nintendo Core

·         Input cores/genesis_plus_gx_libretro.dll in the Code field or if adding Retro Arch to another console, input the path to that core’s .dll file e.g. cores/ bsnes_accuracy_libretro.dll

·         Click on the Ok button & then click the Ok button again

·         Ensure that the Emulator Icon at the top of the screen is selected (there should be a box encompassing the icon)

·         Select the game that is going to be launched

·         Double left click on the game or click the Play icon in the toolbar

Note: For a full list of Retro Arch’s commandline options, open the command prompt from the Start Menu in windows and use the below example to generate the help file

Type cd\ then press the Enter key

Type the path to Retro Arch’s executable file e.g. cd\emulators\Retroarch then press the Enter key

Type retroarch.exe -help then press the Enter key