---
name: "virtualjaguar"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "virtualjaguar"
version: "2.1.3+final-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/virtualjaguar"
---

# virtualjaguar(1)

An Atari Jaguar emulator

## NAME

virtualjaguar - An Atari Jaguar emulator

## SYNOPSIS

**virtualjaguar** \[options\] \[rom image file\]

## DESCRIPTION

Virtualjaguar is an emulator for the Atari Jaguar videogame system.

## OPTIONS

- **\[rom image file\]**

  Name of file to load

- **-a, --alpine**

  Run in Alpine emulation mode

- **-b, --bios**

  Boot using Jaguar BIOS

- **--no-bios**

  Do not use Jaguar BIOS

- **-g, --gpu**

  Enable GPU emulation

- **--no-gpu**

  Disable GPU emulation

- **-l, --log**

  Create and use log file

- **--no-log**

  Do not use log file

- **-h, --help**

  Show command line help

## SOUND

DSP emulation is needed for audio output

- **-d, --dsp**

  Enable DSP emulation

- **--no-dsp**

  Disable DSP emulation

## VIDEO

- **-f, --fullscreen**

  Start in full screen mode

- **-p, --pal**

  PAL mode

- **-n, --ntsc**

  NTSC mode

- **-B, --blur**

  Enable GL bilinear filter

- **--no-blur**

  Disable GL bilinear filter

- **-z, --please-dont-kill-my-computer**

  Do not show emulation of tv static. This can be slow on low end CPUs.

## CONTROLS

- **Ctrl-Q**

  Quit virtualjaguar

- **Ctrl-I**

  Load a new program

- **Esc**

  Pause emulation

- **F7**

  Advance the emulation by a single frame

- **F9**

  Toggle full screen mode

- The default keybindings for controller 1 are:

  (Keybindings can be changed in the configuration dialog.)

- **S**

  Up

- **X**

  Down

- **A**

  Left

- **D**

  Right

- **P**

  Pause

- **O**

  Option

- **J**

  Button C

- **K**

  Button B

- **L**

  Button A

- **1 through 0**

  Buttons 1 through 0 on the keypad

- **=**

  Keypad \*

- **-**

  Keypad #

## FILES

- **virtualjaguar.log**

  Virtualjaguar log file. Only written if the log option (-l or --log) is given. If the file cannot be opened, the log it sent to standard output instead. The log file is overwritten on startup. Note that the file is written to the current directory.

- **${XDG\_DATA\_HOME}/virtualjaguar/eeproms/ (typically ~/.local/share/data/virtualjaguar/eeproms/)**

  Some Atari Jaguar cartridges feature a small writable EEPROM, used for saving game state and score lists. If this directory exists, virtualjaguar will emulate the EEPROM by saving the state in file in this directory.

- **${XDG\_DATA\_HOME}/virtualjaguar/software/ (typically ~/.local/share/data/virtualjaguar/software/)**

  The virtualjaguar GUI for loading software scans this directory, and shows the loadable files, along with information about the program, and a label image if one is included in a zip archive of the software.

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Teemu Hukkanen \<tjhukkan@iki.fi\>.