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====== Pygame ======

[[https://www.pygame.org|Pygame]] is a set of Python modules designed for writing video games. It was first released in 2000, and pygame 2 was released in 2020.

It is known for being incredibly simple to program for.

This system scrapes metadata for the "pygame" group and loads the ''pygame'' set from the currently selected theme, if available.
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==== Quick reference ====

  * **Emulator:** [[#pygame|pygame]]
  * **Folder:** ''/userdata/roms/pygame''
  * **Accepted ROM formats:** ''.pygame''

===== BIOS =====

No Pygame emulator in Batocera needs a BIOS file to run.

===== ROMs =====

Place your Pygame ROMs in ''/userdata/roms/pygame''.

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Batocera comes with a game quiz pygame, which reads data from your game library's XML to quiz you on various aspects of it. How well do you know your own collection?
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===== Emulators =====

==== pygame ====

=== pygame configuration ===

Standardized features available to all cores of this emulator: ''pygame.videomode'', ''pygame.ratio'', ''pygame.padtokeyboard'', ''pygame.decoration''

===== Controls =====

Here are the default Pygame's controls shown on a [[:configure_a_controller|Batocera RetroPad]]:

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===== Troubleshooting =====

==== Further troubleshooting ====

For further troubleshooting, refer to the [[:support|generic support pages]].