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    • Prerequisites
    • Installation & First Startup
    • RetroBat Folder Structure
    • Adding a game
    • Running a game
    • Adding BIOS files
  • NAVIGATION
    • Navigation Keys
    • Hotkeys
    • System View and Game View
    • Main Menu
    • View Options
    • Game Options
    • Configuration of systems and games
    • Scraping & Metadata
    • Game Collections
  • Systems & Emulators
    • Arcade Guide
    • Supported Game Systems
      • Game Consoles
        • 3DO
        • Actionmax
        • Adventure Vision
        • Amstrad GX4000
        • APF MP-1000
        • Arcadia 2001
        • Atari (consoles)
          • Atari 2600
          • Atari 5200
          • Atari 7800
          • Atari XEGS
          • Jaguar
          • Jaguar CD
        • Bally Astrocade
        • Casio Loopy
        • Channel F
        • ColecoVision
        • Commodore (game consoles)
          • Amiga CDTV
          • Amiga CD32
        • Intellivision
        • Lowres NX
        • Microsoft (consoles)
          • Xbox
          • Xbox 360
        • NEC (consoles)
          • PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16
          • PC Engine CD-ROM/TurboGrafx-CD
          • SuperGrafx
          • PC-FX
        • Nintendo (game consoles)
          • Nintendo Entertainment System - Family Computer
          • Family Computer Disk System
          • NES 3D
          • Super Nintendo Entertainment System - Super Famicom
          • Satellaview
          • SuFami Turbo
          • Super NES MSU-1
          • Super Game Boy
          • Nintendo 64
          • Nintendo 64 Disk Drive
          • GameCube
          • Wii
          • WiiU
          • Switch
        • Philips CD-i
        • Odyssey²
        • Othello Multivision
        • PV-1000
        • Sega (game consoles)
          • SG-1000
          • Master System - Mark III
          • Megadrive - Genesis
          • Megadrive - Genesis (MSU)
          • Mega-CD - Sega-CD
          • Sega 32X
          • Saturn
          • Dreamcast
        • SNK (game consoles)
          • Neo Geo
          • Neo Geo CD
        • Sony (game consoles)
          • PlayStation
          • PlayStation 2
          • Playstation 3
          • Playstation 4
        • Super Cassette Vision
        • Super A'Can
        • Uzebox
        • VC4000
        • Vectrex
        • Vircon32
        • VTech
          • CreatiVision
          • V.Smile
      • Portable Game Consoles
        • Arduboy
        • Atari (portable game consoles)
          • Lynx
        • Gamate
        • Game.com
        • Game Pocket Computer
        • Game Master
        • Game & Watch
        • GP 32
        • LCD Games
        • Mega Duck
        • Nintendo (portable game consoles)
          • Game Boy
          • Game Boy MSU
          • Game Boy 2 players
          • Virtual Boy
          • Game Boy Color
          • Game Boy Color 2 players
          • Game Boy Advance
          • Game Boy Advance 2 players
          • Nintendo DS
          • Pokémon Mini
          • Nintendo 3DS
        • Nokia
          • N-Gage & Symbian
        • Sega (portable game consoles)
          • Game Gear
        • SNK (portable game consoles)
          • Neo Geo Pocket
          • Neo Geo Pocket Color
        • Sony (portable game consoles)
          • PlayStation Portable
          • PlayStation Vita
        • Supervision
        • Wonderswan
          • WonderSwan
          • WonderSwan Color
      • Home Computer
        • Acorn Computers
          • Archimedes
          • ATOM
          • BBC Micro
          • Electron
        • Amstrad CPC
        • Apple
          • Apple II
          • Apple IIGS
        • Atari (computers)
          • Atari 800
          • Atari ST
        • Camputers Lynx
        • Coleco Adam
        • Pegasus
        • Commodore (computers)
          • Commodore PET
          • Commodore VIC-20
          • Commodore 64
          • Commodore Plus/4
          • Commodore 128
          • Amiga 500
          • Amiga 1200
          • Amiga 4000
        • Dragon 32/64
        • Fujitsu
          • FM-7
          • FM-TOWNS
        • Mattel
          • Aquarius
        • Microsoft (computers)
          • MSX
          • MSX2
          • MSX2+
          • MSX turbo R
        • NEC (computers)
          • NEC PC-8800
          • NEC PC-9800
        • Oric Atmos
        • Philips
          • P2000t
          • VG5000µ
        • Sam Coupé
        • Sharp
          • Sharp X1
          • Sharp X68000
        • Sinclair Research
          • ZX 81
          • ZX Spectrum
        • SpectraVideo (SV-318)
        • Thomson - MO/TO
        • TI-99/4A
        • Tomy Tutor
        • TRS-80 Color Computer
      • Arcade
        • Atomiswave
        • Capcom Play Systems
          • CPS I
          • CPS II
          • CPS III
        • Cave CV1000
        • Final Burn Neo
        • Gaelco
        • HomeBrew MAME
        • Hyper Neo Geo 64
        • LaserDisc
        • MAME
        • Namco 246/256
        • SEGA
          • Sega Model 2
          • Sega Titan-Video
          • Sega Model 3
          • Sega NAOMI
          • Sega NAOMI 2
          • Sega Hikaru
          • Triforce
          • Sega Chihiro
        • TeknoParrot
        • Zinc
      • Game Engines
        • EasyRPG
        • GemRB
        • IKEMEN
        • Löve
        • Lutro
        • MUGEN
        • Open Beats Of Rage
        • Singe
        • Solarus
      • Pinball
        • Future Pinball
        • Pinball FX
        • Pinball FX2
        • Pinball FX3
        • Pinball M
        • Visual Pinball
        • Zaccaria Pinball
      • Others
        • Cannonball
        • Cave Story
        • CDogs
        • Commander Genius
        • DevilutionX
        • Dinothawr
        • Doom III
        • DOS
        • Duke Nukem 3D
        • Flash
        • GzDoom
        • Java ME
        • Karaoke
        • OpenGOAL
        • OpenJazz
        • Perfect Dark
        • Pico-8
        • Ports
        • PrBoom
        • Quake
        • Quake 2
        • Raze
        • REminiscence
        • Ship Of Harkinian
        • Starship
        • Sonic 3 AIR
        • Sonic Mania
        • Sonic Retro
        • Super Mario War
        • ScummVM
        • The Force Engine
        • Theme Hospital
        • TIC-80
        • Tomb Raider
        • TV Games
        • WASM-4
        • Windows
        • Wolfenstein 3D
  • Controllers
    • Supported Controllers
      • 🎮Gamepads
        • Special controllers
      • 🕹️Arcade Sticks
      • 🔫Lightguns
        • WiimoteGun
      • 🛞Wheels
      • ⌨️Keyboard
    • Controllers Configuration
    • Gun controls
    • Emulator specific controls mapping
      • Dolphin controller mapping
      • MAME64 controller mapping
      • Model2 controller mapping
      • RetroArch controller mapping
    • Pad2Key
  • Advanced Features
    • Decorations (bezels)
    • Updates & Content Download
    • Kiosk and Kid mode
    • Save States
    • Retroachievements
    • Netplay
    • AI Translation Service
    • Batgui
    • retrobat.ini
    • Latency and blur reduction
    • Softpatching
  • TUTORIALS
    • Know issues & fixes
    • Symbolic links
    • Adding RetroArch Shader Sets to Retrobat
    • Customize Mega-Bezels
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  • Sound Settings
  • Game Collection Settings
  • Scraper
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  • System Settings

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  1. NAVIGATION

Main Menu

Configure Retrobat

PreviousSystem View and Game ViewNextView Options

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The MAIN MENU is accessed by pressing START (ENTER on the keyboard).

From there you will have access to:

  • Game Settings

  • User Interface Settings

  • Controller Settings

  • Sound Settings

  • Game Collection Settings

  • Scraper

  • Updates & Downloads

  • System Settings

Game Settings

Section
Setting
Description

Tools

Update Gamelist

Retrobat will refresh gamelist by looking for added ROMs, new scraped media...

Global Options

Shader Set

Choose from a selection of predefined shaders to apply on your system.

Global Options

Decorations

Choose the default decoration for your system.

Global Options

Video Mode

Define the Windows resolution and frequency when using Retrobat.

Global Options

Game Aspect Ratio

Global Options

Integer Scaling

Tick to activate Pixel Perfect emulation for compatible systems.

Global Options

Smooth Games

Tick to apply Bilinear Filtering globally

Global Options

Autoconfigure controllers

Tick to disable controller autoconfiguration globally

Compression

Decompression

Define how the system should managed decompressed folders after decompressing a zipped ROM.

RetroArch Options

Video

Video parameters related to RetroArch

RetroArch Options

Screen Sync

Parameters such as VSYNC...

RetroArch Options

Audio

Audio parameters related to RetroArch

RetroArch Options

Emulation

Enable or disable REWIND

RetroArch Options

Latency Reduction

Several settings to reduce frame drops

RetroArch Options

AI Game Translation

Activation and configuration of Game Translation service

RetroArch Options

User Interface

user Interface settings (notifications, show menu elements...)

RetroArch Options

Drivers

Selection of video, audio and controller drivers

Savestates

Auto Save/Load

Enable automatic saving and loading of saved data in game.

Savestates

Incremental Savestates

Configure how automatic saving manages save files.

Savestates

Show Savestate Manager

Display Savestate Manager before launching a game.

System Settings

Per System Advanced Configuration

Link to the Individual System Settings (see related wiki section for more details)

System Settings

Retroachievements Settings

Enable and configure RetroAchievements

System Settings

NetPlay Settings

Enable and configure NetPlay

System Settings

Missing BIOS check

Shows the list of missing BIOS in the /bios/ folder.

System Settings

Check BIOS before Running a Game

Enable or disable BIOS check when running a game.

User Interface Settings

Section
Description

Appearance

Select Theme and configuration of the theme.

Display Options

Several display options (transitions, show clock, Screensaver settings, ...)

Gamelist Options

General Settings related to the Gamelist View (Favorites on top, icons, Filenames instead of game name...)

Controller Settings

This menu item is used to configure a new controller or to reconfigure a controller.

You can also activate/deactivate screen icons (battery level, controller activity) and assign default controllers to players.

Sound Settings

This menu item is used to manage Retrobat sounds :

  • Music volume

  • Activation and configuration of music in Retrobat interface

  • Activation of Navigation Sounds

Game Collection Settings

Section
Description

Collections to display

Select the Systems and Game Collections to display in Retrobat.

Create Custom Collection

Add a Game Collection to Retrobat

Options

Several display options: sorting, show hidden systems...

Scraper

This menu item is used to configure Scrapers and launch game scraping.

Updates & Downloads

This menu item is used to:

  • Download content such as Free Games, Bezels, Themes

  • Update Retrobat

Retrobat does not provide ROMs, only Games that are not licenced and free-to-use are available in the Download section.

System Settings

Section
Setting
Description

System

Information

Display system information

System

Language

Select Retrobat interface language

System

Show Clock in 12-Hour Format

Select whether the clock should be in 12h or 24h format

System

Power Saving Mode

Choose Power Saving Mode

System

Screen Reader

Enable or disable "Text to Speech"

System

User Interface Mode

Choose between Full, Kid or Kiosk

Advanced

Video Options

VRAM size, Framerate display and Vsync options

Advanced

Tools

Developer Tools such as log activation, etc.

Advanced

Data Management

Advanced

User Interface

Advanced

Optimizations

More information on Game Collections is available in the .

More information on Scrapers is available in the

dedicated wiki section
dedicated wiki section.