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 ====== EmulationStation ======
-Gamers who are emulator fans tend to come across the same problem over and over again. How do you organize the hundreds of emulators and thousands of ROMs on your disks? This ends up being a mundane task especially when you consider all of the different formats and methods of sorting data involved. In an attempt to solve this problem, and avoid your emulators from getting too messy, EmulationStation (abbreviated as ES) puts everything in one place. It’s a front-end with one of the best interfaces out there today. Even though the process of setting things up can be tedious, the results are very well worth it.
+Gamers who are emulator fans tend to come across the same problem over and over again. How do you organize the hundreds of emulators and thousands of ROMs on your disks? This ends up being a mundane task especially when you consider all of the different formats and methods of sorting data involved. In an attempt to solve this problem, and avoid your emulators from getting too messy, EmulationStation (abbreviated as ES) puts everything in one place. It’s a front-end with one of the best interfaces out there today. Even though [[:add_games_bios|the process of setting things up can be tedious]], the results are very well worth it.
 {{ blog:screenshot-2021.08.28-15h15.03.jpg?nolink&720 |EmulationStation's system list.}}
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 In ES's menus, the South button {{:wiki:south.png?nolink&20|South button (B SNES)}} (Enter on keyboard) is to confirm and the East button {{:wiki:east.png?nolink&20|East button (A SNES)}} (Esc on keyboard) is to cancel, following the standard Western (Xbox/PS3 in US) orientation. You can swap them from **MAIN MENU** -> **SYSTEM SETTINGS** -> **DEVELOPER MENU** -> **SWITCH A/B BUTTONS IN EMULATIONSTATION** to mimic the Eastern (Nintendo/PSX in Japan) orientation instead. Just note that all instructions in this wiki will assume you are using the Western orientation.
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+The West button {{:wiki:west.png?nolink&20|West button (Y SNES)}} (- on keyboard) and North button {{:wiki:north.png?nolink&20|North button (X SNES)}} (= on keyboard) are usually assigned to utility functions that differ depending on the context of the screen you are on, refer to the help prompts at the bottom of the screen to see what they do.
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 In Batocera **v30** and lower, the game options button is accessed by pressing {{:wiki:north.png?nolink&20|North button (X SNES)}} and (in **v30** only) the save state manager is accessed by holding {{:wiki:south.png?nolink&20|South button (B SNES)}}. This behavior can be replicated in post-v31 versions by going to **DEVELOPER MENU** -> **ACCESS GAME OPTIONS WITH NORTH BUTTON** and switching it "ON".
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 Press the ''[START]'' button on your controller (Spacebar on keyboard) to bring up the Main Menu of EmulationStation (from any list).
-If you press ''[SELECT]'' button (Backspace on keyboard) the menu popping up will be different depending on if you are in the Main/System Menu or the Game List. This can be a quick way to get to your **Per System Advanced Settings** for that system.
+If you press ''[SELECT]'' button (Backspace on keyboard) the menu popping up will be different depending on if you are in the Main/System Menu or the Game List. This can be a quick way to get to your **Per System Advanced Settings** for that system. Long-pressing ''[SELECT]'' will filter the current Game List to show only your favorites, long-press ''[SELECT]'' again to return to the full list.
 ^    Start Button in Main Menu and Game List          ^    Select Button in Main Menu           ^    Select Button in Game List           ^
 | {{ :main_menu_startbutton.png?300 |}} | {{ :main_menu_selectbutton.png?300 |}}  | {{ :game_menu_selectbutton.png?300 |}} |
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+Batocera can be shutdown (powered off) from the **QUIT** menu as well.
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 New to Batocera 5.27: You can press {{:wiki:east.png?nolink&20|East button (A SNES)}} on the system list to access the system manufacturer bar.
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 ===== File manager and Applications menu =====
-Batocera has a simple built-in file manager called [[https://wiki.lxde.org/en/PCManFM|PCManFM]]. It can be accessed by pressing ''F1'' on your keyboard on the main EmulationStation menu. This is only available on x86/x86_64 builds.
+Batocera has a simple [[:built_file_manager|built-in file manager]] called [[https://wiki.lxde.org/en/PCManFM|PCManFM]]. It can be accessed by pressing ''[F1]'' on your keyboard on the main EmulationStation menu. This is only available on x86/x86_64 builds.
 {{::batocera_applications_1.png?nolink|}}
-If you want to configure certain Emulators for systems like [[systems:wiiu|Wii U]], [[systems:ps2|PlayStation 2]] or [[systems:ps3|PlayStation 3]] you can find the emulator settings by opening ''Applications'' in the sidebar. Keep in mind that any settings set in EmulationStation's **Per System Advanced Settings** will overwrite any applicable configuration you've made here when launched!
+If you want to configure certain emulators for systems like [[systems:wiiu|Wii U]], [[systems:ps2|PlayStation 2]] or [[systems:ps3|PlayStation 3]] you can find the emulator settings by opening ''Applications'' in the sidebar. Keep in mind that any settings set in EmulationStation's **Per System Advanced Settings** will overwrite any applicable configuration you've made here when launched!
 {{::batocera_applications_2.png?nolink|}}
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 If you end up deleting files through this interface, they will be moved to the trash by default. You can override this behavior by holding down the ''[Shift]''+''[Del]'' keys instead of just ''[Del]'', or alternatively configure the file manager itself to delete by default. In case you've moved files to the trash and can't find them, the trash folder path is ''/userdata/system/.local/share/Trash/files''.
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