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If you would like to propose a change to higan,
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you should create an account on the [official forums][f],
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go to the "Projects" forum and the "higan" subforum,
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go to the "Projects" forum and the "higan" sub-forum,
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and post your idea in a new topic there.
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[f]: https://board.byuu.org/
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The unofficial higan repository
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===============================
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higan emulates a number of classic videogame consoles of the 1980s and 1990s,
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higan emulates a number of classic video-game consoles of the 1980s and 1990s,
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allowing you to play classic games on a modern general-purpose computer.
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This repository includes
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Holds streamable audio for [the MSU-1][msu1].
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Files that are only useful to higan specifically
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are placed in a `higan` subfolder:
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are placed in a `higan` sub-folder:
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- `cheats.bml`:
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All information present in
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When [icarus](../interface/icarus.md) imports a game,
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it creates or updates
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the corresponding game folder in the game library.
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When you use the console submenu items
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When you use the console sub-menu items
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in [higan's Library menu](../interface/higan.md#the-library-menu),
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it higan shows you the games for that console
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that are already in the library.
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Inside the game library folder
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there is a subfolder for each system.
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there is a sub-folder for each system.
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Inside each system folder
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are the game folders
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for each imported game.
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in [the Advanced settings](interface/higan-settings.md#advanced)
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(remember to restart higan if you change driver settings)
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- Make sure your computer has speakers or headphones connected
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(some computers disable all audio if no ouputs are available)
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(some computers disable all audio if no outputs are available)
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- If you want the game to be silent,
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tick "Mute Audio" in
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[the Settings menu](interface/higan.md#the-settings-menu)
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requires an Intel Core 2 Duo (or AMD equivalent),
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full-speed for games with the SuperFX chip
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requires an Intel Ivy Bridge (or equivalent),
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full-speed for the wireframe animations in Mega Man X2
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full-speed for the wire-frame animations in Mega Man X2
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requires an even faster computer.
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Low-power CPUs like ARM chips,
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or Intel Atom and Celeron CPUs
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as their hardware counterparts.
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The problem is forty years of technology
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designed to make programs run as fast as possible:
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optimizing compilers
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and superscalar, out-of-order CPU architectures
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optimising compilers
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and super-scalar, out-of-order CPU architectures
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change programs to make them faster,
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speeding up some programs more than others
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in ways that are very difficult to understand and predict.
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**Note:**
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By default,
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higan uses the audio driver to regulate its emulation speed.
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If games run too faston your computer,
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If games run too fast on your computer,
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see [Games run too fast](../faq.md#games-run-too-fast) in the FAQ.
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Input
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in the most commonly-used formats
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for each supported console,
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and also those same formats inside `.zip` files
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(as long as tthe `.zip` file contains only one game).
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(as long as the `.zip` file contains only one game).
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More advanced compression formats
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like RAR or 7-zip are not supported.
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To play a game for a particular console from your library,
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open the Library menu,
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pick the console manufacturer submenu
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pick the console manufacturer sub-menu
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(Nintendo for the Super Famicom,
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Bandai for the WonderSwan,
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etc.)
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[wpbsx]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satellaview
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The control cartridge had a slot that accepted
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rewritable "memory paks",
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re-writable "memory paks",
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so that people could store the games and data they downloaded.
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A small number of games that did not use the Satellaview modem
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also had a memory pak slot,
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make sure the emulated Satellaview
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is connected to the emulated Super Famicom's expansion port
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by opening the "Super Famicom" menu,
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selecting the "Expansion Port" submenu,
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selecting the "Expansion Port" sub-menu,
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and choosing "Satellaview".
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If the expansion port was previously
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configured with a different option,
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but importing and playing games
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works the same way in higan.
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The Super Game Boy cartrige includes
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The Super Game Boy cartridge includes
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the complete hardware of an original
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(black-and-white)
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Game Boy,
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or any other visual effect.
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The available video shaders are listed in
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the "Video Shaders" submenu of
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the "Video Shaders" sub-menu of
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[the Settings menu](../interface/higan.md#the-settings-menu).
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Which shaders are available depends on
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[video driver](drivers.md#video) higan is configured to use.
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can produce surprising behaviour
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in certain shaders,
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particularly shaders that compare each console pixel
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with its neigbours.
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with its neighbours.
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See [Video Shaders and TV-based consoles][vstv] for details.
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[vstv]: #video-shaders-and-tv-based-consoles
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for the change to take effect.
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Open the Settings menu again,
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choose the "Video Shader" submenu,
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choose the "Video Shader" sub-menu,
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and now the shaders you installed
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should be listed at the bottom of the menu.
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and shimmer
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that most game players would have seen
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on real televisions.
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Some games depend on NTSC artifacts
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Some games depend on NTSC artefacts
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to display colours outside the console's official palette
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or to create effects like transparency.
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higan, the multi-system emulator
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================================
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higan emulates a number of classic videogame consoles of the 1980s and 1990s,
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higan emulates a number of classic video-game consoles of the 1980s and 1990s,
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allowing you to play classic games on a modern general-purpose computer.
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To get started with higan right away,
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higan has top-tier support for the following consoles:
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- Nintendo Super Famicom/Super Nintendo Entertainment System,
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including addon hardware:
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including add-on hardware:
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- Super Game Boy
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- Sufami Turbo
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- Nintendo Game Boy Advance
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It also includes some level of support for these consoles:
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- Satellaview addon for the Super Famicom
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- Satellaview add-on for the Super Famicom
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- Nintendo Famicom/Nintendo Entertainment System
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- Nintendo Game Boy
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- Nintendo Game Boy Color
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- Sega Master System
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- Sega Game Gear
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- Sega Megadrive/Genesis
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- Sega Mega Drive/Genesis
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- NEC PC Engine/TurboGrafx 16 (but not the CD-ROM² System/TurboGrafx-CD)
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- NEC SuperGrafx
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- Bandai WonderSwan
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- Bandai Wonderswan Color
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**Note:** Some consoles were released under different names
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- [BizHawk](http://tasvideos.org/BizHawk.html)
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specialising in the creation of
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tool-assisted speed-runs.
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Its Super Famicom emulation is based on bsnes v087.
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It also restores the "balanced" Super Famicom emulation core
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that was removed from higan in v099,
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which is less CPU intensive
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than the current accuracy-focussed core.
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than the current accuracy-focused core.
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cannot be distributed with higan,
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so you'll need to obtain a copy of the BIOS for yourself.
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If you have a real GBA and a flashcart,
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If you have a real GBA and a flash-cart,
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the Internet contains many tools
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3. Delete the subfolders named `icarus` and `higan`
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3. Delete the sub-folders named `icarus` and `higan`
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For this, it uses a special Filesystem Browser dialog.
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Although many operating systems provide a native filesystem browser,
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they do not all allow the same customizations.
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they do not all allow the same customisations.
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they just switch to viewing the contents of that folder.
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any adjustment applied by
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the "Colors" option
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in the "Video Emulation" sub-menu
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of the [Settings menu](higan.md#the-settings-menu).
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- **Luminance** adjusts the overall brightness,
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where 100% is normal,
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the [Video Scale sub-menu](higan.md#the-settings-menu),
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Manufacturer submenus
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Manufacturer sub-menus
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[Using video shaders](../guides/shaders.md)
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describes all the options in this submenu.
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describes all the options in this sub-menu.
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this has no noticable effect.
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this has no noticeable effect.
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the status bar displays the current emulation speeed
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the status bar displays the current emulation speed
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sub-menu that has not had a save-state saved to it,
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icarus gueses the manifest data.
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icarus guesses the manifest data.
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and only supported four-shade grey-scale graphics.
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there were also some games
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but would stick to grey-scale if it wasn't.
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These games came in black cartridges.
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but the Game Boy Player addon for the Gamecube
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but the Game Boy Player add-on for the GameCube
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allowed Game Boy Advance games
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to use the rumble feature in GameCube controllers.
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and if there is a submenu for a controller port,
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and if there is a sub-menu for a controller port,
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make sure the port is using
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the controller you [set up previously](#configuring-inputs).
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If you configured inputs for a Gamepad in Controller Port 1,
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the Controller Port 1 submenu
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the Controller Port 1 sub-menu
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should be set to Gamepad.
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higan's controller ports
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