Emulator:Mednafen

About

Mednafen is a portable, utilizing OpenGL and SDL, argument(command-line)-driven multi-system emulator with many advanced features. The Atari Lynx, GameBoy (Color), GameBoy Advance, NES, PC Engine(TurboGrafx 16), SuperGrafx, Neo Geo Pocket (Color), PC-FX, and WonderSwan (Color) are emulated.

Mednafen is an acronym for "My Emulator Doesn't Need A Frickin' Excellent Name."

Configuration

Platform	Version	Device	Exec	Type	commandline_format
Linux	0.8.D	ROM	/usr/games/mednafen	D	"[rompath]/[name].[romext]"

Reassigning Inputs and Hotkeys

While an NES game is running in Mednafen, press ALT + SHIFT + 1. This will prompt you to set and confirm all of your inputs for player 1. To set up player 2's controls, press ALT + SHIFT + 2 and repeat the process. [1]

Alternatively, you can edit Mednafen's config file in a text editor. Open ~/.mednafen/mednafen.cfg. Scroll down to, or search for ";nes" (without the double-quotes), and set the desired keycodes for your inputs.

If you're using Mednafen with Wah!Cade in an arcade cabinet, you will probably want to redefine the 1 and 2 keys, which are used as save state selections by default. Scroll down in the config file to ";Save" and make the following changes:

  ;Save state 1 select
  command.1 keyboard 0
  
  ;Save state 2 select
  command.2 keyboard 0

Now you can map player 1 start to the 1 key, and player 2 start to the 2 key, without conflicting with the save state selector.

The help menu is accessible at any time by pressing F1.

ESC exits the emulator by default.

External Links

• mednafen.sourceforge.net - Mednafen homepage