With everything wired up, turn on the Fruit Jam, the TV, and the speakers (or headphones) and play!

Menu Usage

Gamepad buttons:

• UP/DOWN: Next/previous item in the menu.
• LEFT/RIGHT: next/previous page.
• A (Circle): Open folder/flash and start game.
• B (X): Back to parent folder.
• START: Show metadata and box art (when available)

The colors in the menu can be changed and saved:

• Select + Up/Down changes the foreground color.
• Select + Left/Right changes the background color.
• Select + A saves the colors. Screen will flicker when saved.
• Select + B resets the colors to default. (Black on white)

When using an USB-Keyboard in menu:

• Cursor keys: Up, Down, left, right
• Z: Back to parent folder
• X: Open Folder/flash and start a game
• S: Show metadata and box art (when available).
• A: acts as the select button.

USB-keyboard: When using an USB-Keyboard in-game:

• D-pad keys: up, down, left, right
• A: Select
• S: Start
• Z: B
• X: A

Emulator (in game)

Gamepad buttons:

• SELECT + START, Xbox button: Resets back to the SD Card menu. Game saves are saved to the SD card.
• SELECT + UP/SELECT + DOWN: switches screen modes.
• SELECT + A/B: toggle rapid-fire.
• START + A : Toggle framerate display
• Fruit Jam Only
  • Button 1 (on board): Mute audio of built-in speaker. Audio is still output to the audio jack.
  • SELECT + UP: Toggle scanlines.
  • Button 2 (on board) or SELECT + RIGHT: Toggles the VU meter on or off -- NeoPixel LEDs light up in sync with the music rhythm

Save Games

For games which support it, saves will be stored in the /SAVES folder of the microSD card. Caution: the save ram will only be saved back to the microSD card when quitting the game via (START + SELECT)

USB Game Controller Latency

Using a USB game controller introduces some latency. The classic controllers over I2C have less latency.