SYNOPSIS

fceu [options] "filename"

DESCRIPTION

FCE Ultra is an emulator for the original (8-bit) Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). It has a robust color palette rendering engine that is fully customizable, along with excellent sound and joystick support, and even includes TCP/IP based network playing for head-to-head gaming with your friends!

OPTIONS

These are some of the more frequently used options in FCE Ultra. Run fceu without any options for a larger list, or see the README for the full list.

-fs {0|1}

Toggle full-screen mode.

-xres <res>

Set the Horizontal resolution for full-screen mode.

-yres <res>

Set the Vertical resolution for full-screen mode.

-gg

Enable Game Genie emulation support.

-cpalette <file>

Use the custom palette in <file>.

-soundvol <percentge>

Sets the sound volume to the given percentage.

-sound <rate>

Set the sound playback sample rate (0 == off).

-connect <server>

Connect as a client (player 2) to <server> for TCP/IP network play.

-server

Be a host server (player 1) for a TCP/IP network game.

-netport <portnum>

Use <portnum> for TCP/IP network play. Default is 4046.

KEYBOARD COMMANDS

FCE Ultra has a number of commands available within the emulator. It also provides keyboard bindings for emulating gamepads or powerpads.

Gamepad Keyboard Bindings

NES Gamepad Keyboard Arrows Cursor Arrows A Left ALT B Left CTRL Select TAB Start ENTER

Other Commands

<F2>

Activate cheat interface.

<F4>

Toggle full-screen mode.

<F5>

Save game state into current slot (set using number keys).

<F7>

Restore game state from current slot (set using number keys).

<F9>

Save screen snapshot.

<F10>

Reset NES.

<F11>

Toggle power to NES.

<F12>, <ESC>

Quit FCE Ultra.

AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Joe Nahmias <[email protected]>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).