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Hey folks! So I'm using NEStopia to capture some screenshots and sprites from various NES games. Overall it's working very well for me, but there is one problem that's becoming an increasing annoyance--to pause, you have to press Shift+P. Does anyone know of a way to change it so that it's just a one button press instead of two? (I know most emulators use a simple P, and I don't know why NEStopia doesn't.) It sounds like such a little thing, but with the kind of screenshots I want to take, some require single-frame precision and having to press two keys instead of one really works against that. I've searched all over the settings and can't find where to adjust this. I know there are other emulators, but NEStopia works so well for other things, I'd hate to have to switch just because of this.

So does anyone know how to change the pause keys in NEStopia?

EDIT: Never mind, just figured it out. For those who come to this thread with the same problem, you have to go to Options, then Input, then click on Machine, and there you can change the Pause function. (For some reason, I thought Pad 1 was the only applicable thing for me to click on that menu.)

If you want to rip NES sprites, you should also try out YY-CHR, which lets you directly pull sprites out of the game's ROM. It does take some time to learn it (and you have to figure out the palettes yourself or load in save states) but if used properly it can be a really powerful tool for getting NES sprites.

There's also FCEUX, probably one of the de-facto emulators for NES ripping mostly cause of it's viewable maps and graphic banks, but it's palette is kinda bright and saturated for my tastes.