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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 Select + X on the SNES controller. On modern controllers, this is Back (Xbox), View (Xbox One), Share (PS4) and various others.
If your controller doesn't have a Select button (such as N64 or Sega Genesis controllers), you can hold start for 1 second.


== Button combos ==
== Button combos ==
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* Select + Right trigger: Fast-forward
* Select + Right trigger: Fast-forward
* Select + Right stick: Change volume
* Select + Right stick: Change volume
If your controller doesn't have a Select button (such as N64 or Sega Genesis controllers), you can hold start for 1 second.


== In-game menu ==
== In-game menu ==

Revision as of 19:06, 16 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 on the SNES controller. On modern controllers, this is 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

If your controller doesn't have a Select button (such as N64 or Sega Genesis controllers), you can hold start for 1 second.

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