Hotkeys

Hotkeys can be found in the Retrobat notice here.

Hotkeys are used to perform several operations while in-game, the more frequent usage will be to quit games/emulators by pressing HOTKEY + START

In-Game Hotkeys

For some Emulators, hotkeys for face buttons will be reversed for NINTENDO controllers based on the NINTENDO layout (Switch Pro controllers for example):

becomes

becomes

Reach out to the RetroBat team if this is the case, we'll perform the correction to align all emulators to the standard layout.

RetroArch

Hotkeys	Action
Hotkey +	PAUSE
Hotkey +	RetroArch MENU
Hotkey +	Load Save State
Hotkey +	Save State
Hotkey + START	Quit RetroArch
Hotkey + L1	Eject Disc
Hotkey + R1	AI Service
Hotkey + L2	Select Disc Index -
Hotkey + R2	Select Disc Index +
Hotkey + D-PAD UP	Select Save Slot Index +
Hotkey + D-PAD DOWN	Select Save Slot Index -
Hotkey + D-PAD LEFT	Rewind
Hotkey + D-PAD RIGHT	Fast Forward (can be changed from Hold to Toggle)
Hotkey + R3	Screenshot

Ares

Hotkeys (keyboard)	Action
Hotkey + (TAB)	PAUSE
Hotkey + (F6)	Toggle fullscreen
Hotkey + (F2)	Load State
Hotkey + (F1)	Save State
Hotkey + START (F12)	Exit ARES
Hotkey + D-PAD UP (F4)	Select Save Slot Index +
Hotkey + D-PAD DOWN (F3)	Select Save Slot Index -
Hotkey + D-PAD LEFT (F8)	Rewind
Hotkey + D-PAD RIGHT (F9)	Fast Forward
Hotkey + R3	Screenshot

Ares uses pad2key to handle shortcuts.

BigPEmu

Hotkey is equal to left trigger (L2), except to quit

Hotkeys	Action
L2 +	Menu
L2 +	Load State
L2 +	Save State
L2 + D-PAD LEFT	Rewind
L2 + D-PAD RIGHT	Fast Forward
L2 + R3	Screenshot

BizHawk

Hotkeys (keyboard)	Action
Hotkey + (F9)	PAUSE
Hotkey + (F3)	Load State
Hotkey + (F4)	Save State
Hotkey + START	Exit
Hotkey + D-PAD UP (F6)	Select Save Slot Index +
Hotkey + D-PAD DOWN (F5)	Select Save Slot Index -
Hotkey + D-PAD LEFT (F1)	Rewind
Hotkey + D-PAD RIGHT (F2)	Fast Forward
Hotkey + R3 (F12)	Screenshot

BizHawk uses pad2key to handle shortcuts.

Dolphin

Hotkeys	Action
Hotkey +	PAUSE
Hotkey +	FULLSCREEN
Hotkey +	Load State 1
Hotkey +	Save State 1 & Screenshot
Hotkey + START	Exit DOLPHIN
Hotkey + L1	Eject Disc
Hotkey + R1	Change Disc

DuckStation

Hotkeys	Action
Hotkey +	PAUSE
Hotkey +	Open MENU
Hotkey +	Load State
Hotkey +	Save State
Hotkey + START	Exit DuckStation
Hotkey + L1	Toggle FULLSCREEN (when option 'disable fullscreen' is ON)
Hotkey + R1	Change Disc
Hotkey + R3	Screenshot
Hotkey + D-PAD UP	Select Save Slot Index +
Hotkey + D-PAD DOWN	Select Save Slot Index -
Hotkey + D-PAD LEFT	Rewind
Hotkey + D-PAD RIGHT	Fast Forward

Flycast

Hotkeys (keyboard)	Action
Hotkey + (TAB)	Menu
Hotkey + (F2)	Load State
Hotkey + (F1)	Save State
Hotkey + START (ESCAPE)	Exit Flycast
Hotkey + R3 (F9)	Screenshot
Hotkey + D-PAD RIGHT (F4)	Fast Forward

Flycast uses pad2key to handle shortcuts.

Jgenesis

Hotkeys (keyboard)	Action
Hotkey + (F5)	PAUSE
Hotkey + (TAB)	Toggle fullscreen
Hotkey + (F2)	Load State
Hotkey + (F1)	Save State
Hotkey + START (ESCAPE)	Exit Jgenesis
Hotkey + D-PAD UP (F4)	Select Save Slot Index +
Hotkey + D-PAD DOWN (F3)	Select Save Slot Index -
Hotkey + D-PAD LEFT (F6)	Rewind
Hotkey + D-PAD RIGHT (F7)	Fast Forward

JGenesis uses pad2key to handle shortcuts.

MAME

Hotkeys	Action
Hotkey +	PAUSE
Hotkey +	MAME menu
Hotkey +	Load State
Hotkey +	Save State
Hotkey + D-PAD LEFT	Rewind
Hotkey + D-PAD LEFT	Fast Forward
L3 + R3	Service menu

Mednafen

Hotkeys	Action
Hotkey +	PAUSE (Pause)
Hotkey +	Toggle in-game quick help screen (F1)
Hotkey +	Load Save State (F7)
Hotkey +	Save State (F5)
Hotkey + START	Quit (F12)
Hotkey + R2	Select Disc (F6)
Hotkey + D-PAD UP	Select Save Slot Index + (=)
Hotkey + D-PAD DOWN	Select Save Slot Index - (-)
Hotkey + D-PAD LEFT	Rewind (Backspace) : only if save-state rewinding is enabled)
Hotkey + D-PAD RIGHT	Fast Forward (`)
Hotkey + R3	Screenshot (F9)

Mesen

Hotkeys	Action
Hotkey +	Pause
Hotkey +	Load State
Hotkey +	Save State
Hotkey + START	Exit Emulator
Hotkey + L1	Toggle Rewind
Hotkey + R1	Toggle Fast Forward
Hotkey + R3	Take Screenshot
Hotkey + D-PAD HAUT	Move To Next State Slot
Hotkey + D-PAD BAS	Move To Previous State Slot
Hotkey + D-PAD GAUCHE	Rewind
Hotkey + D-PAD DROITE	Fast Forward

Mupen64 (RMG)

Hotkeys	Action
Hotkey +	PAUSE
Hotkey +	Load State
Hotkey +	Save State
Hotkey + START	Exit emulator
Hotkey + D-PAD LEFT	slowdown (factor 50)
Hotkey + D-PAD UP	Normal speed
Hotkey + D-PAD RIGHT	Speed up (factor 250)
Hotkey + R3	Screenshot

OpenMSX

Hotkeys	Action
Hotkey +	PAUSE
Hotkey +	Save State
Hotkey +	Load State
Hotkey + L1	Rewind
Hotkey + R1	Fast Forward

PCSX2

Hotkeys	Action
Hotkey +	PAUSE
Hotkey +	Open MENU
Hotkey +	Load from slot
Hotkey +	Save to slot
Hotkey + START	Exit PCSX2
Hotkey + L1	Toggle FULLSCREEN (when option 'disable fullscreen' is ON)
Hotkey + R3	Screenshot
Hotkey + D-PAD UP	Select Save Slot Index +
Hotkey + D-PAD DOWN	Select Save Slot Index -
Hotkey + D-PAD LEFT	Toggle Slow Motion
Hotkey + D-PAD RIGHT	Toggle Turbo

Raine

Hotkeys	Action
Hotkey + L1	Menu
Hotkey +	Save to slot
Hotkey +	Load from slot
Hotkey + D-PAD UP	Switch save slot
Hotkey +	Pause game
Hotkey + R3	Screenshot

Raine uses pad2key to handle shortcuts.

YUZU, SUYU, SUDACHI

Hotkeys	Action
Hotkey +	PAUSE
Hotkey + START	Exit YUZU