The ROM folder

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Whenever a game produces a file (a save file, screenshot, Game Genie file, etc,) that file is saved in the ROM folder, which is located in ...\saves\[ROMname]\. From there, the files will also be loaded whenever they are needed again. This allows the user to customize each individual game by placing palette files, Game Genie codes, battery-save files, etc. in that folder. The new settings will override the default settings, which are located in ...\files\settings\.

Files saved in the ROM folder

battery.sav	- Battery-backed RAM, can be used by most other emulators.
game genie.gen	- A simple text file containing Game Genie codes.
quick.sst	- Latest quick-save state.
save###.sst	- Save state.
snap###.bmp	- Screenshots.

Files loaded from the ROM folder

*.sav	- The first .sav file found will be used as non-volatile data.
*.cfg	- The first .cfg file found will replace the default settings.
*.gen	- The first .gen file found will be used to import Game Genie codes.
*.pal	- The first .pal file found will override the default palette.
*.ips	- The first .ips patch found will be used to patch the loaded ROM.
*.sst	- All .sst files found in the ROM folder will be displayed in the load game dialog.

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Default settings for all games are loaded from the settings folder, located in ...\files\settings\.

Files saved in the settings folder

config.cfg

- Button assignments, preferences, etc

Files loaded from the settings folder

*.cfg	- The first .cfg file found will replace the internal default settings.
*.pal	- The first .pal file found will override the internal default palette.

 

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