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Choose a system to emulate.

  1. Find an emulator for the system you are looking for and examine the setup details:
    https://www.mgalaxy.com/setting-emulators/
  2. Download and install this emulator.
  3. Run mGalaxy_Runway, then:
    1. Drag and drop the selected system from the left column to the right column.
    2. Specify the paths to the emulator and the rom files.
    3. To finish, click on the ‘Save’ button. You can now launch mGalaxy.

 Create a database.

  1. In mGalaxy_Runway, click on the ‘Update database’ tab.
  2. Select the type of items you want to retrieve.
  3. Choose the server on which the request will be made and enter the login and password.
  4. Click on the ‘Update all’ button.
  5. To finish, click the ‘Save’ button. You can now start mGalaxy.

 

Don’t miss our tutorials on YouTube!

The procedures described above, as well as additional step-by-step tutorials and tips are illustrated in video on our YouTube channel:

https://www.youtube.com/user/mGalaxyFE

Using a database:
What is a database and why use one?

By default, mGalaxy lists files by the way they are named, but this information alone is often not enough:

  • the filename itself may be abbreviated or incomplete and therefore not represent the real name of the game.
  • you would like to have additional information, such as a synopsis, the genre of the game, the number of players allowed, the release date.

 

All this information can be collected automatically by mGalaxy_Runway when creating a database.
Note also that in this process, image and video files can also be collected!

Using a script:
What is a script...and why use it?

When using an emulator with mGalaxy, 2 criteria are induced:

  • the emulator must be able to run in full screen.
  • you must be able to exit the emulator by pressing the ‘ESC’ key.

 

Sometimes an emulator will not allow to specify one or all of these 2 settings in the application. In this case, you need a ‘script’.

A script is a small piece of software between mGalaxy and the emulator to execute tasks that are not natively provided by the emulator.

mGalaxy comes with all the necessary scripts pre-installed.