> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.kouch.dev/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.kouch.dev/playing/game-page.md). # The game page Everything on a game's page, the game menu, and tags, collections, finished and hidden. Press **A** on any game to open its page. **B** takes you back to the same card. ![A game's page](https://3008865259-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FiaV8VKDYJngjWWkPZx0Q%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-b5819b55bac6c963e1ad4066129736f903a5e635%2Fgame-page.png?alt=media) At the top: the game's cover and logo over its art, its system, when you last played and how many times. Below that are **Play**, the **favorite** star and **…** (**More**). ## The controller for this game Some games expect the controller to be held a certain way: a remote held upright or sideways, a remote with an attachment, or a classic pad. When the game's emulator profile describes those ways, a **Controller** chip sits above **Play**, with a picture and the one in use, for example **Controller · Remote with attachment**. Press **A** on the chip (or click it) to choose. The sheet **Controller for \** says *How this game expects the controller to be held. It applies when the game starts.* Each choice shows what it needs, for example **Needs motion · pointing · a second piece**, or **Nothing extra**, and the one in use is marked **In use**. ![Choosing the controller for one game](https://3008865259-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FiaV8VKDYJngjWWkPZx0Q%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-60e7d228e6a6f55f6593e80e7759320b8743415c%2Fcontroller-type-picker.png?alt=media) After you pick one yourself, **Use the game's default (…)** or **Use the emulator's setting (…)** undoes your choice. The same choice is in the game's **Options** tab, under **Controls**, and, while the game runs, in the Quick Menu's [Controller tools](/playing/quick-menu.md#controller-tools). The emulator profile sets it up in the emulator; there's nothing to change there yourself. Only emulators whose profile offers this show the chip. | Button | Does | | ---------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | **A** on **Play** | Play. Hold **A** for the [pre-launch sheet](/playing/play-a-game.md#before-it-starts-the-pre-launch-sheet). | | **X** | Add to favorites or remove it, from anywhere on the page. | | **Y** | **Tags**: the game's tags sheet. | | **Start**, or **A** on **…** | The [game menu](#the-game-menu). | | **LB / RB** | Change tab. | | **B** | Back. | ## At a glance Beside the tabs, **At a glance** sums the game up: how long you've played it, or **Not played yet**; when you last played; developer and year; how many players; **Finished** and **Has saves** when they apply; and a short description. **Edit tags** (or **Add tags**) opens its tags. ## Tabs | Tab | What's in it | | ----------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | **Options** | Which emulator plays this game, and the game's own settings, such as resolution. See [Per-game options](/playing/game-options.md). | | **Mods** | Mods for this game: on or off, and their order. See [Mods](/mods-and-plugins/mods.md). | | **Netplay** | Playing online. See [Online play](/online/online.md). | | **Details** | The game's description and information, its tags, its file, and removing it from the library. | ### Details * **Description and information:** developer, publisher, release date, genre, number of players and rating. A long description has **More** / **Less**. Kouch reads all of this from a `gamelist.xml` beside your games, if you have one. * **Tags:** the game's tags, or **None yet · edit**. Choose it to edit them. * **File:** first the file's own name, and under it, in small print, where the name Kouch shows came from (see [Game names](/library/library.md#game-names)). Then **System**, **Times played**, **Last played**, **File** (**Found** or **Missing**), and the file's **File checksum** and **SHA-1**, worked out the first time you open the tab. They're handy for checking you and a friend have the same copy. * **Remove from library** (a red button; hold **A**). It takes the game off Kouch's list. **It never deletes the file.** A rescan finds it again unless you move it out of your game folders. ## The game menu Every game has a menu. Open it with **Start** (the pause button) on any game card, in Home, Grid A–Z, Shelf, the Playtime lists or a collection, or anywhere on its game page. **Holding X** on a card or choosing **…** on the page opens it too. A quick press of **X** still just favorites; the prompt says **Favorite · hold: More**. ![The game menu](https://3008865259-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FiaV8VKDYJngjWWkPZx0Q%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-6ad7823c12235789c5d185a2b0829c10551e2f20%2Fgame-menu.png?alt=media) | Item | Does | | --------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | **Play** | Play the game. | | **Add to favorites** / **Remove from favorites** | Star it, or unstar it. | | **Add to collection…** | Your collections, with **In \** saying how many it's in. **A** adds the game to one, or takes it out. | | **Tags…** | The game's tags sheet (below). | | **Change artwork…** | Pick the game's cover, background, logo or icon. See [Game art › Change a game's artwork](/library/library/art.md#change-a-games-artwork). | | **Change emulator profile…** | Which emulator runs this game. Its value shows the current choice, for example **Default (Profile B)**. The page lists **Default for its system** (follows the emulator set for the system) and every emulator for that system; **A** picks one. | | **Graphics…** | The game's [Graphics](/playing/graphics.md) sheet: resolution, filtering, V-Sync and every other graphics setting, for this game only. | | **Go to emulator** | Opens **Settings › Emulators** on the emulator that runs this game. | | **Export game data and mods…** | A `.kod` of just this game: its files, settings and mods. See [Export one game](/emulators/emulators/backup.md#export-one-game). | | **Mark as finished** / **Not finished** | Finished games fill the **Finished** collection, and a Home row can hide them. | | **Hide from the Library** / **Show in the Library** | Hidden games only show with **Show hidden games** in **Order and filter** (**Y** in the Library). | | **Game page** | Open its page (not shown when you're already on it). | ## Tags ![A game's tags](https://3008865259-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FiaV8VKDYJngjWWkPZx0Q%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-9a2a0d2bc7e19cb2f908331f2ca7880d3944b76f%2Ftags-sheet.png?alt=media) The tags sheet shows the tags **from its info**, filled in with the art (hide one if it's wrong), **your tags** (**Add a tag** to type one), and **in these collections**, with why the game is in each. See [Tags and collections](/library/library/collections.md). --- # Agent Instructions This documentation is published with GitBook. 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