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[[File:Game_help_message.png|720px|The help dialog]]
[[File:Game_help_message.png|720px|The help dialog]]


To open the game menu, press the buttons on your controller that best match Select + X on the SNES controller. On modern controllers, this is Back (Xbox), View (Xbox One), Share (PS4) and various others.
To open the game menu, press the buttons on your controller that best match <b>Select + X</b> as they appear on the SNES controller. On modern controllers, the <b>Select</b> button is called <b>Back</b> (Xbox), <b>View</b> (Xbox One), <b>Share</b> (PS4) and various others.


== Button combos ==
== Button combos ==

Revision as of 22:30, 21 October 2018

Home icon grey.png   ▶ Games ▶ Game playback controls

In Kodi, game playback can be controlled similar to movies. Pause, rewind and fast-forward are possible if supported by the emulator.

Button combo reminder

Kodi uses button combos inspired by RetroPie (see RetroPie documentation). A reminder is shown the first time a game is played:

The help dialog

To open the game menu, press the buttons on your controller that best match Select + X as they appear on the SNES controller. On modern controllers, the Select button is called Back (Xbox), View (Xbox One), Share (PS4) and various others.

Button combos

The following button combos are available:

  • Select + X: Pause/resume
  • Select + Start: Exit
  • Select + Left trigger: Rewind
  • Select + Right trigger: Fast-forward
  • Select + Right stick: Change volume
  • Hold Start: Pause/resume

In-game menu

The in-game menu allows for some basic playback controls and shows the button combos.

The in-game menu

Gameplay settings

The Settings menu lets you control video, audio, input and emulator tweaks.

The game settings menu