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To open the game menu, press the buttons on your controller that best match Select + X on the SNES controller.
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.
If your controller doesn't have a Select button (such as N64 or Sega Genesis controllers), you can hold start for 1 second.

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.

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

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

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