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Controls and Hotkeys
The KONKR's round top button is called the slot. cap. Press it to insert a cartridge, hold it while playing to save and eject.
On a Retroid Pocket, the round centre key works the same way. On the Anbernic RG Rotate, it's the middle button. On any handheld, SELECT + X works like a tap on the slot. cap while playing, and SELECT + START saves and ejects.
Unlike the original slot., this port uses START for the main menu and SELECT to choose a game's core on the shelf.
| Button | Action |
|---|---|
| ← / → | Browse cartridges |
| ↑ / ↓ | Jump to the next or previous letter |
| L1 / R1 | Change shelf: GBA, GB, GBC, NES, SNES, Mega Drive, Recents, Favorites |
| slot. cap / A | Insert the cartridge and resume |
| Hold slot. cap / A | Start the game fresh, without its auto save state |
| Y | Add or remove a favorite |
| X | Open the cartridge in Cart Studio |
| L2 / R2 | On the GBA shelf: switch to the Game Boy Advance Video shelf and back |
| Hold L2 + R2 | Delete the game (saves and save states are kept) |
| SELECT | Choose the core for this game |
| START | Open the main menu |
These are the default shortcuts. All of them, except the ones marked as fixed, can be changed in Hotkeys (below).
| Button | Action |
|---|---|
| Tap slot. cap | Open or close the Game Menu |
| Double-tap slot. cap | Open the Save State Switcher |
| Hold slot. cap | Save and eject |
| SELECT + X | Open the Game Menu |
| SELECT + START | Save and eject |
| SELECT + slot. cap | Open Multiplayer |
| SELECT + R1 | Save a state |
| SELECT + L1 | Load the latest state |
| Hold R2 | Fast-forward |
| Double-tap R2 | Lock or unlock fast-forward |
| Hold L2 | Rewind |
| SELECT + B / A | Previous / next shader |
| SELECT + Y | Open the Screen menu |
| SELECT + L2 / R2 | Previous / next Game Boy palette (Game Boy games, when GB Palette is on) |
| SELECT + Up / Down | Bigger / smaller screen: Integer, Original Ratio, Stretch |
| SELECT + Left / Right | Run-Ahead: Off, 1 frame, 2 frames |
| R3 / L3, or SELECT + R2 / L2 | More / less sun (Boktai) or sensitivity (motion games) |
| Hold X / Y | Turbo A / B, when X / Y is set to Turbo A / B |
| L1 / R1 | Bigger / smaller screen on GB, GBC and NES, when L1 / R1 is set to Screen Size |
Double-tap the slot. cap while playing.
| Button | Action |
|---|---|
| ← / → | Browse save states |
| A | Load the selected state |
| Y | Delete the selected state (X confirms, B keeps it) |
| X | Undo the last save or load, within 30 seconds |
| B | Back to the game |
In long menus, L1 / R1 jump a screen up or down (L2 / R2 in Cheats).
Open START → Settings → Controls.
Each port is one player. Port 2 is player 2 on NES, Super Nintendo and Mega Drive. A second controller lets two players share one handheld on these systems.
- Controller: the controller for this port. Press A and then any button on the controller you want, or change it with left / right.
- Up, Down, Left, Right, A, B, X, Y, L1, R1, L2, R2, L3, R3, SELECT, START: which physical key sends each button. Press A, then the key. Y clears a button. Up, Down and A can't be left without a key, so you can always use the menus.
- Left Stick: D-Pad (the stick moves like the D-pad) or Off.
- Reset to Default: back to the controller's default keys.
The shortcuts of slot., for Port 1. They are the same for every system and game.
- Hotkey Button: the button held for the combinations. SELECT (default), or L3 / R3 on handhelds with sticks.
- Game Menu, Screen, Save and Eject, Multiplayer, Save State, Load State, Previous / Next Shader, Color Correction, Previous / Next Palette, Bigger / Smaller Screen, Run-Ahead - / +, Screenshot: press A, then the keys. Y clears a shortcut.
- Fast Forward, Rewind, Less Sun, More Sun: fixed, shown for reference.
- Screenshot has no shortcut by default. It saves the screen as shown into Pictures/Screenshots.
- Color Correction has no shortcut by default.
- Reset to Default: back to slot.'s own shortcuts.
Resets all controls: Port 1, Port 2 and Hotkeys.
Each system has its own layout in START → Settings → Systems → [system] → Controls. In game, Game Menu → Settings → Controls changes the layout for that game only.
For each port:
- Console buttons (A, B, Start, Select... depending on the system): which of your buttons plays each console button. Press A, then the button. Y clears it.
- X / Y (Game Boy Advance, Game Boy, Game Boy Color, NES): Turbo A / B (hold X or Y for rapid A or B), B / A (X plays B, Y plays A), or None.
- L1 / R1 (Game Boy, Game Boy Color, NES): on Port 1, Screen Size (default), Load / Save, Turbo A / B, A / B, Palette - / + (Game Boy only), Shader - / + or None. On Port 2, Turbo A / B, A / B or None (default).
- C / Z (every system but the Mega Drive, with a six-button pad such as the Retroid Pocket Classic 6-button): the same choices as L1 / R1, C taking the first and Z the second. None by default. On the Mega Drive, the pad's C and Z can play the console's C and Z.
- Reset to Default: back to the system's layout.
Values set by the system show dimmed on a game's page; values the game sets itself show bright.