Document the "soft reset" functionality.

This was added in v105r01, but I forgot about it until now. :/
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@ -315,6 +315,13 @@ instead of the emulated console.
If your PC struggles to hit "real time" If your PC struggles to hit "real time"
(60fps for most emulated consoles), (60fps for most emulated consoles),
this likely won't have any effect. this likely won't have any effect.
- **Soft Reset** restarts the emulated console's CPU
while leaving the console's memory untouched,
just like the "Soft Reset" menu item
in [the console menu](higan.md#the-console-menu).
This hotkey does nothing
when the "Soft Reset" item
does not appear in the console menu.
- **Power Cycle** turns the emulated console off and back on - **Power Cycle** turns the emulated console off and back on
(a "hard reset"), (a "hard reset"),
just like the "Power Cycle" menu item just like the "Power Cycle" menu item

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to control the emulated SNES, to control the emulated SNES,
for development or testing. for development or testing.
**Soft Reset**
restarts the emulated console's CPU
while leaving the console's memory untouched,
like pressing the "reset" button
on a physical console.
This menu item does not appear
for consoles that did not have a "reset" button,
like hand-helds.
It also does not appear for the Sega Master System,
since that console's reset button is wired up like a controller
rather than directly attached to the CPU.
To reset the Master System,
bind a keyboard or joypad button
to the "Reset" function
on the "Controls" controller
in the "Hardware" port
of the Sega Master System
in [higan's Input settings](higan-settings.md#input).
**Power Cycle** **Power Cycle**
restarts the loaded game restarts the loaded game
as though the emulated console were switched off and on again. as though the emulated console were switched off and on again.