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Help regarding games.

What are ROMs?

ROMs are the software version of a video game cartridge or arcade game PCB. ROMs are used with Emulators to enable classic games to run on newer operating systems. Nearly all retro gaming devices use ROM files to run the games. The Polycade Arcade Ga

No audio in console games

If you're hearing audio in the game menu, but not when you launch a console game (nes, genesis, etc), try the following:

Lightgun Games

Lightguns were used in many classic consoles (i.e. Duckhunt on NES), as well as in arcades. There's also some modern games that are designed for light guns. Here's a list of lightgun games that can be purchased on Steam:. https://store.steampowered.c

Arcade (MAME) ROM errors

If you added arcade ROMs to AGS and you're getting errors when attempting to launch them, usually the issue is your ROM is missing files. When the ROM fails to launch, AGS will show you the error which will indicate the names of the files that are mi

How To Remap Controls In Console Games (RetroArch)

In order to remap the controls of a game running through the RetroArch emulator (these will typically be console games), follow these steps:

Resetting Emulators To Polycade Defaults

If you're having issues with your emulated games, it's possible settings could have been corrupted, or maybe you made some changes that caused problems and you're not sure how to roll those changes back. In these instances, you can reset the emulator

Save your game

The ability to save a game in Polycade AGS depends on how the game is being run - i.e. Steam, an emulator (Retroarch, MAME, etc), etc. Saving MAME (Arcade) Games. In order to save an arcade game, first launch the game. MAME allows 10 save slots, each