EmulationStation
When you start the Recalbox, you can access the EmulationStation (ES) interface.
This allows you to launch your games, adjust certain options or update the Recalbox.
The first screen is the system screen :
It shows all available systems with games inside.
By Pressing Start, you will be able to change some system settings.
Start Kodi Media Center (aka XBMC).
You can start Kodi from the Home screen by pressing the X button on your controller.
To exit Kodi, select "QUIT" in the program, and you will be back in EmulationStation.
Controllers are supported in Kodi. But if you prefer, you can also use HDMI-CEC (allows you to use your TV's remote control to navigate Kodi) or a smartphone remote control application.
For more information on Kodi: Kodi in recalbox. Use an infrared remote control.
Here you can access system information, language selection, overclock settings, updates settings and kodi settings. You can change the overclock of your RPI. The overclock speed order for RPI1 is : NONE < HIGH < TURBO < EXTREME. Extreme may void your warranty but is the only one that will give you really good performance for all emulators on RPi1.
It is also recommended to overclock your RPi2, if you want emulate the N64 and have the best gaming experience.
Her you can activate or not the updates and choose if we want to install only stable versions or also the beta versions of Recalbox.
You can set game options :
Video ratio:
Auto; Retroarch configuration; Provided by the core; pixel; Specific Retroarch; 1/1; 16/10; 16/15; 16/9; 12/19; 19/14; 2/1; 9/21; 3/2; 3/4; 30/17; 32/9; 4/1; 4/3; 5/4; 6/5; 7/9; 8/3; 8/7; 9/16
Image smooth, Allows to give a little blur effect to the pixels so that it looks prettier on our modern TVs.
rewind, This option allows you to turn back time in games and rewind for 30 secondes.
This feature may slow down some emulators (PS1, Dreamcast, ...) if you activate it on these emulators. You can choose to activate it only for certain emulators via the Advanced settings menu.
auto save/load. Lets you resume a game where you were when you left the game previously.
If you want to return to the title screen of this game, use the special command reset. You can enable it by emulator in recalbox.conf
Press twice to quit the game: Confirms that you want to quit the current game.
You can also easily configure shaders for your systems. The shader set configuration contains the shader sets available for recalbox.
The scanlines shaders enable scanlines on all systems to look like a CRT television.
The retro shaders is a set of the best shaders, chosen by the community, that will offer you the closest to original gaming experience ! More info on Shaders configuration page.
You can also switch shaders in-game using your controller. Use the Special commands Hotkey + R2 or Hotkey + L2 to see the next or previous shader.
Integrate Scale (Pixel Perfect): Displays the games in their original resolution.
Retroachievements options: Allows you to configure Retroachievements (Equivalent to achievements / trophies but for old consoles).
NetPlay options: Allows you to configure the NetPlay (online game).
In this screen you can customize your controller mappings and order.
You will have access to the frontend setting.
Screensaver: Configuration of the screensaver with different options.
Clock in the menu
Help display
Adjust popups
Quick system selection : Allows you to switch from one system to the next system using the right or left keys.
Virtual keyboard
Theme: Choice of different themes created by the community (These new themes are not available by default with Recalbox)
See Overscan settings for more information.
You can enable or disable background sounds in Emulationstation, set system volume and choose output device (auto, jack or hdmi). Select jack to force analog output.
You can enable and configure the wifi and the hostname, get the recalbox IP. Type the SSID of your network and the network key with a keyboard. Once you validate, the wifi is activated.
A known bug exists that does not allow you to enter all the characters you need for the SSID or the Key. If you cannot enter certain special characters required for your network information you can configure this directly from your wifi using recalbox.conf.
For each game, you can obtain information (cover, summary, etc.) which will be displayed in the game selection menu of EmulationStation.
Press START and go to SCRAPPER. Then follow the on-screen instructions.
In Recalbox 6.0, the Scrapper is disabled and therefore does not work.
Overclock: Overclock settings (NONE <HIGH <TURBO <EXTREM)
The Turbo and Extrem settings can cause irreversible damage to the Raspberry if they are not done in the right conditions (heat dissipation, ventilation, ...). Your hardware warranty may be void.
The ranking of overclock presets for RPi1, in ascending order of speed, gives: NONE <HIGH <TURBO <EXTREM The Extrem setting may void your RPi's warranty, but it is the only one that will give you good performance with all RPi1 emulators.
It is also advisable to overclock the RPi2 if you want to emulate the N64 and get the best gaming experience.
Startup parameters: Different startup parameters.
Advanced emulator configuration: Allows you to configure the emulator options independently from the others.
Kodi options
Security: Reinforce the security of Recalbox and change the root password.
Overscan
Display frequency
Recalbox Manager
Recalbox API
Use this to shut down your Recalbox.
Frontend commands :
A → Select
B → Back
Y → Switch Favorite on the roms list, contextual help in a menu
X → Launch Kodi
Start → Menu
Select → Options (reboot menu on systems screen)
R → Next Page
L → Previous Page
When you select a system with A, the screen changes and shows all available games.
When the game is running, go to the section During the game to see how you can go back to the frontend.
You can set a game as a favorite by pressing the Y button. The game will be on top of the game list with a controller icon before its name.
You have to reboot the system properly within the EmulationStation menu to save your favorites and then find them in the next startup.
