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Describe how the higan game library works.
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To run higan, open the `higan.exe` file.
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Before you can actually play games,
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you'll need to [import them](#importing-games)
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you'll need to [import them](#the-game-library)
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and [configure higan](#configuring-higan).
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If you want to play Game Boy Advance games,
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you will need [a GBA BIOS](#installing-the-gba-bios).
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[instwin]: #installing-an-official-release-on-windows
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Before you can actually play games,
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you'll need to [import them](#importing-games)
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you'll need to [import them](#the-game-library)
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and [configure higan](#configuring-higan).
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If you want to play Game Boy Advance games,
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you will need [a GBA BIOS](#installing-the-gba-bios).
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to take effect.
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Before you can actually play games,
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you'll need to [import them](#importing-games)
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you'll need to [import them](#the-game-library)
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and [configure higan](#configuring-higan).
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If you want to play Game Boy Advance games,
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you will need [a GBA BIOS](#installing-the-gba-bios).
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[bios]: http://problemkaputt.de/gbatek.htm#biosfunctions
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Importing games
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===============
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The Game Library
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What's a game folder?
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---------------------
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higan maintains a "game library"
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containing all the games you've played.
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- In Windows, the game library is the `Emulation` folder
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inside your profile folder.
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- to find your profile folder,
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press `Win+R` to open the Run dialog,
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then type `%USERPROFILE%` and press Enter.
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- In Linux, the game library is the `Emulation` directory
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inside your home directory.
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On all platforms, the game library location
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can be configured.
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Launch higan,
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then from the Settings menu,
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choose "Configuration ..."
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then click the Advanced tab
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then click the "Change ..." button.
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A directory-picker window will appear,
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allowing you to choose any existing directory
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to be your game library.
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Next launch icarus,
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then click the "Settings ..." button in the lower-right,
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then click the "Change ..." button.
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A directory-picker window will appear,
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allowing you to choose the same directory again.
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Inside the library directory there is a subdirectory for each system,
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and inside each system directory are the game folders
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for each imported game.
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For more information about game folders,
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see [Why game folders?](#why-game-folders) below.
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To play a game from your library,
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start higan,
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click on the Library menu,
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click on the console manufacturer submenu
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(Nintendo for the SNES,
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Bandai for the WonderSwan,
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etc.)
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then click on the console menu item.
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A window will appear listing all the games in your library
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for that particular console.
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Select the game you want to play
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and click the Open button,
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or just double-click the game,
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and it will begin playing as though you'd just turned on the console.
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To add a new game to your library,
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choose "Load ROM File ..." from the Library menu.
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A file-picker dialog will appear,
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allowing you to pick any ROM image for any supported system,
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with any of the most common file extensions.
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It also allows loading ROM images from `.zip` archives,
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if the archive contains a single ROM image.
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To add many games at once,
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run icarus,
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or choose "Import ROM Files ..." from the Library menu
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(which just runs icarus anyway).
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A file-picker will appear,
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with a check-box for each file in the current directory.
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Check the check-boxes for all the files you want to import,
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then click "Import ..." in the bottom right.
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Why game folders?
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-----------------
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A game is more than just
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the raw data originally encased in a game's ROM chip.
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If a game allows you to save your progress,
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that information needs to be stored somewhere.
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If you use an emulator's save-state feature,
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those save-states need to be stored somewhere.
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If you use Game Genie or Pro Action Replay codes,
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information about what codes exist,
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what codes are enabled,
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and what they do
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needs to be stored somewhere.
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On the technical side,
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a physical game cartridge contains a circuit board
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that makes the game data available to the console,
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and different games used circuit boards that work differently.
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That circuit-layout information needs to be stored somewhere.
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Some games included custom processors
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to do calculations the base console could not do quickly enough
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(like the SuperFX chip used in _StarFox_ for the SNES)
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and information about extra chips needs to be stored somewhere.
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Some of those custom processors require extra data to work
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that's not part of the main game data
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(like the DSP chip used in Super Mario Kart for the SNES),
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and that data needs to be stored somewhere too.
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higan keeps all this game-related information together
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in a single place:
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a game folder in the higan library.
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Importing regular games
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