Using the menu

Using the menu

Opening it

Hold L + R for about a second, on the Home screen or in a game. On consoles without shoulder buttons (NES Classic, Famicom Classic, Famicom Shonen Jump), hold B + Down instead.

You can pick a different combo in Advanced Options → Controller.

Buttons

Button	Action
Up / Down	Move (hold to repeat)
A or Start	Run the entry or open its submenu
B	Back; closes the menu on the main screen
B (hold ~1 second)	Delete the selected entry, on lists that allow it — confirm with A

Entries that open a submenu have a › on the right. Switches show whether a setting is on or off. The footer always shows the buttons you can use on the current screen.

Entries you can't use right now are hidden: the USB ones when no USB/SD drive is connected, RetroArch when it isn't installed, NES-only options on a SNES, and so on.

Main menu

Entry	What it does
Hibernate/Standby	Low-power modes (see below)
Shutdown Device	Safely turns the console off
Reboot Device	Safely restarts the console
RetroArch ›	RetroArch settings, backups and BIOS files
Network ›	Network and Wi-Fi
Saved Games ›	Back up and restore your saves
Language ›	Menu language; the menu restarts in the new language
Advanced Options ›	Controller, diagnostics and system tools

Exit RetroArch before shutting down or restarting from the menu, or you may lose saves.

Hibernate and Standby

Mode	Screen	Memory	Waking up
Hibernate	Off	Kept	Resumes exactly where you were
Standby	Off	Cleared	Boots the console from scratch; uses even less power

Wake it with the controller:

Combo	From Hibernate	From Standby
L + R + Up	Resume	Reboot
L + R + Down	Reboot	Shut down

Language

English, Français, Deutsch, Español, Italiano, Nederlands, Português (Europeu), Русский and 日本語. Mods that plug into the menu follow the same language when they have a translation for it, and fall back to English otherwise.

For smoother Japanese text, install the Japanese Font Pack.