If you use emulators, this guide will teach you how to set them up.

Note that AArcade doesn't come with any emulators. It does come with script files that allow it to launch emulators if you have them though.

Before you can start spawning games for an emulator, you need to activate the correct emulator profile. Go into the Collect Rewards screen, click on Emulators, and find the emulator you are trying to use on the list.

If your favorite emulator is not on the list, that means that a script for launching it hasn't been added to Anarchy Arcade yet. You could write the script yourself and use it as an addon, but that's for a different tutorial. For now, let's assume the emulator you want to use does have a profile in the list.

Make sure the emulator you want to spawn games for says "ACTIVATED" next to it, then load up a map.

1. Middle click on an empty spot.
2. Click Browse.
3. Choose your game file and spawn it.
4. Tell it to OpenWith the emulator you activated earlier.
6. Try to launch the game and follow the instructions for setting up paths. (READ ITS INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY!)

After you setup your emulator's paths, adding other games won't require any additional setup.

When people report problems spawning emulator games, 9 times out of 10 it is because they were trying to spawn the emulator's executable instead of the specific game they wanted. Remember, spawn the GAME and tell it to OpenWith the emulator profile.

If you're an advanced user with scripting experience, you can go into the "Anarchy Arcade/aarcade/apps" folder and create your own emulator scripts for any program you could imagine.

Each .app file in that folder will show up as an OpenWith value when spawning new files for the 1st time.