Synopsis¶
higan [--fullscreen] [GAME [SUBGAME1 [SUBGAME2]]]
Description¶
When launched with --fullscreen,
higan will automatically enter fullscreen mode
when it starts,
otherwise it starts in windowed mode.
This is not much use unless you also specify GAME,
because you won’t be able to load a game
until you exit fullscreen mode
by pressing the “Toggle Fullscreen”
hotkey.
When GAME is not given,
higan starts with no game loaded.
When GAME is the path to an existing
game folder
for any supported console,
that game will automatically be loaded
after higan starts.
When GAME is the path to a ROM file
for any supported console,
it will be imported into a game folder in
the Game Library,
and loaded from there after higan starts.
When GAME is of the form REGION|PATH
(that is,
a region code,
a vertical bar (|),
and a path to a game folder or ROM file)
higan will load the game at PATH
into the REGION variant of the appropriate console,
rather than detecting which variant the game expects.
This is the command-line equivalent
of choosing a region from
the drop-down in the bottom-right of the filesystem browser window
when you load a game from the game library.
The list of region codes differs from console to console,
so load a game from the library
and check the list
before loading it from the command-line.
When GAME refers to a game with
a Satellaview memory pak slot,
SUBGAME1 should be
the path to a game folder or ROM file
representing the memory pak to insert into the slot.
If SUBGAME1 is not supplied,
higan will prompt for one.
SUBGAME2 is ignored.
When GAME refers to
the Super Game Boy,
SUBGAME1 should be
the path to a game folder or ROM file
representing a Game Boy game to insert into the slot.
If SUBGAME1 is not supplied,
higan will prompt for one.
SUBGAME2 is ignored.
When GAME refers to
the Sufami Turbo,
then SUBGAME1 should be
the path to a game folder or ROM file
representing the mini-cartridge to be inserted into
slot A of the Sufami Turbo base cartridge,
and SUBGAME2 is the same thing for slot B.
higan will prompt for
any mini-cartridges not supplied on the command-line.
When GAME refers to any other game,
both SUBGAME1 and SUBGAME2 are ignored.
Examples¶
Play a previously-imported copy of Super Mario World in fullscreen (assuming Linux defaults):
higan --fullscreen "$HOME/Emulation/Super Famicom/Super Mario World.sfc"
Play a previously-imported copy of Sonic the Hedgehog 3, forcing higan to emulate a Japanese Mega Drive:
higan "NTSC-J|$HOME/Emulation/Mega Drive/Sonic the Hedgehog 3.md"