Controls and library

Arrange touch controls, use a controller, and personalize each game.

Apollo works with touch controls and compatible controllers. Each game can keep its own preferences. Button names, default controller bindings, sensors, and screen choices belong to your app’s reference: Apollo Boy, Apollo Super, Apollo Classic, or Apollo Drive.

Touch controls

In a game, open Settings > Controls > On-screen buttons. Buttons can appear automatically after the first touch, stay visible, or stay hidden.

Open Settings > Style & Layout… > EDIT LAYOUT to arrange the controls on a grid. Portrait and landscape have separate layouts. You can:

• drag controls and resize them by their corners;
• match one control’s size to another;
• center a control or remove an optional control;
• undo layout changes;
• add the extra buttons offered by your app, such as quick save, quick load, speed, rewind, screenshot, or turbo controls.

The D-pad’s diagonal setting can be narrow, wide, or off for four-way movement. It can be changed per game. If a game feels difficult to steer, try changing this before moving the whole layout.

Controllers

Open Settings > Controls > Controller… to see or change the bindings. Choose the action to change, then press the controller input you want to use. Use the app reference for the default mapping and the buttons that its games need.

Where turbo buttons are available, Turbo speed controls how often they press their game buttons. Turbo follows game frames, so increasing game speed also changes how many presses happen in a real-world second.

Screen and screenshots

Open Settings > Screen to choose from the app’s filters and display options. Available color modes, aspect choices and system-specific effects vary by app. On Android, orientation can be locked rather than following the phone.

The optional SHOT button captures the game’s picture. Screenshot settings let you choose an image scale and whether to keep the filtered look or the plain pixels. On Android, look in Pictures, in the folder named after your Apollo app.

Settings for one game or every game

Settings opened during play apply to that game. From the home screen, Settings > Game settings… opens the default settings and games with settings of their own. Use this to prepare a layout before opening a game or to return a game’s choices to the default. Portrait and landscape still keep separate control layouts.

Cartridge sensors

For Apollo Boy’s sensor support and calibration, see Cartridge sensors. For the other apps, use their references at the top of this page.

The Game Boy Camera

For Apollo Boy’s camera choices and permission explanation, see The Game Boy Camera.

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